[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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Friday, 15 August 1941 - Southwest of Iceland -

0611 - Sunrise. NNE7/6, overcast, hazy, medium visibility, ~1000mb.

1200 - Qu.3353AK - Days Run: 176.8sm - (↗ 24h).
131.9cbm (4.4cbm/24h). 14 internal eels. T=40.

1440 - Qu.3355AK -

1800 - Norddeich Radio reporting on scuttling of the German steamer "Norderney", at the approach of the British Cruiser HMS Despatch and the Auxiliary Cruiser HMS Pretoria Castle.

2000 - WNW2/2, partly cloudy, hazy, good visibility, >1000mb.

2248 - Sundown. Midnight Twilight. SW2/2, partly cloudy, hazy, good visibility, >1000mb.

Boat operating on convoy "Clausen".

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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Saturday, 16 August 1941 - East of Greenland -

0145 - It's beginning to rain, poor visibility. Wind and Sea increasing, shifting to SE.

0525 - Qu.2655AK -

0545 - Breakfast for the port engine watch.

0600 - Morning call for the remaining crew and morning wash and breakfast. K.F.-Ahead.

0624 - Sunrise. ESE7/6, overcast, rain, poor visibility, <1000mb.

0700 - Diving for torpedo maintenance at T=50. 65rpm; 1.6kn.

0852 - O₂=20%.

1008 - Bow torpedoes serviced. Break.

1030 - Servicing of stern torpedoes until 1200h.

1200 - Qu.2657AK - Days Run: 166.4sm - ↗ 159.8 (19h) - ↘ 6.6sm (5h)
128.4cbm (3.5cbm/24h). 9500Ah. 14 internal eels. T=50.

1252 - O₂=19%.

1300 - Surfaced after 6h and 8.3sm. Weather unchanged since Sunrise.

1306 - Boat ventilated and Pressurized Air Supply filled. 2 x 1/3-Ahead.

1836 - Norddeich Radio sending O.K.W.-Report about Operation "Barbarossa" being on schedule and unsuccessful Soviet air raids in northern and northeastern Germany.

2253 - Sundown. Midnight Twilight.

Have broken off action agianst convoy "Clausen". Boat operating now along North Atlantic shipping lanes and convoy routes.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.