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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Saturday, 10 July 1943 - Indian Ocean -
0111 - Incoming F.T.: From O.K.M.:
The Allies have launched Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, Italy, with an airborne assault before dawn; amphibious elements of Operation Husky landed to join the fight later in the day. All available German naval Forces are to proceed immediately to OP.-area south of Licata.
1015 - Morning Dawn.
1120 - Sunrise.
1200 - Qu.9595KR - Days Run: 188.6nm - ↗ 24h
Total: 11938.5nm (66tg 22h) - ↗ 11515.7nm (60tg 07h 05') - ↘ 422.8nm (6tg 14h 55')
Course 41°; 502cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold.
ESE7/6, overcast, light haze, visibility ~3.5nm, ~1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 6d 12h)
1620 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
RST: Schlieman is in Qu.4278KS top center. - B.d.U. -
Cmdr.: The navigational position is given as 27°02'S, 60°56'O.
2131 - Sundown.
2312 - Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) Greek partisan fighters killed 2 officers and 16 soldiers of the 2nd Company of the Pioneer Battalion of German 104th Jäger Division near Lake Trichonida near the city of Agrinio in Greece.
From O.K.M.:
a) During Operation Husky, the British encountered little resistance at Syracuse, while the advance of the US troops was halted by our Herman Göring Division and the Italian Livorno and Napoli Dvisions. Out at sea, the hospital ship Tampala and LST-313 were sunk by a Luftwaffe attack. Picket ship USS Sentinel was sunk by a SC250 bomb delivered by a Fw 190 aircraft off Molla. Destroyer USS Maddox was also sunk after being attacked by dive bombers and sunk within two minutes. While the United States Navy covered the landings on Sicily with naval gun support throughout the offensive, using the proximity fuzed anti-aircraft shell for the first time in the European Theater, the US Navy will subsequently suffer severe accusations for failing to supply adequate air cover.
From B.d.U.:
a) U 198 (IXD2; Kpt.z.S. Werner Hartmann) sighted a darkened armed cruiser at anchor in KP 5351. Attack was forbidden because of territorial waters.
b) Italian Supply U-boat Aquilla III (Comandante Cappellini) departed Sabang, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies at 1935 hours, escorted by Italian sloop Eritrea.
c) U 607 (Oblt. Wolf Jeschonnek; ex Mengersen) and U 613 (KrvKpt. Helmut Köppe) sailed to carry out mining operations Kingston (Jamaica) and Jacksonville (Florida) respectively.
B-Dienst Report:
a) The minesweeper USS Agent was transferred to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease act.
RST
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Sunday,
11 July 1943 - ESE of Madagascar -
1015 - Morning Dawn.
1109 - Sunrise.
1200 - Qu.4717KR -
Days Run: 188.1nm - ↗ 24h
Total: 12126.6nm (67tg 22h) - ↗ 11703.8nm (61tg 07h 05') - ↘ 422.8nm (6tg 14h 55').
Course 41°; 499cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold.
ESE7/6, overcast, light haze, visibility ~3.5nm, ~1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 7d 12h).
1636 -
Incoming F.T.:
From B.d.U.:
RST: Schlieman is in Qu.4278KS top center. - B.d.U. -
Cmdr.:
Repeat of B.d.U. F.T.1620/10/7. Hopefully, Schliemann has the necessary spare parts for repair of the compressor.
1911 -
Incoming F.T.:
From B.d.U.:
Flak U-boat U 441 (Kptlt. Götz von Hartmann) was strafed by three British Beaufighters from 248 Sqdn RAF in the Bay of Biscay, in Qu.4894BF. Ten men dead and 13 wounded, including all officers except the ship's doctor. Dr.Paul Pfaffinger took over command from Kplt.von Hartmann, treated the wounded and will bring the boat back to Brest. Air escort and surface escort will be arranged. Dr.Pfaffinger will be awarded the German Cross in Gold. This action will lead to the abandonment of the flak boat experiment, and all the boats involved will be returned to their original armament configuration.
2134 - Sundown.
2312 -
Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) At the
Battle of Kursk, our 4th Panzer Armee and Battle Group Kempf, captured the strategic important town of Prokhorovka.
b) During
Operation Husky, HMS Howe bombarded Trapani and Favignana, Sicily. The British 8th Army captured Syracuse, Sicily, and its useful harbour. Also on Sicily, General Paul Conrath's Hermann Göring Panzer Division overran the American outposts at Ponte Dirillo and were only prevented from breaking through the Allied lines by an attack by James Gavin's paratroopers from the rear. Elsewhere, Conrath personally led a column which assaulted the weakly held Piano Lupo, to get within 2,000 yards of the beach before being stopped by the defenders. Omar Bradley arrived at Sicily, Italy while recovering from a recent hemorrhoidectomy.
c) A German officer was killed in Greece when a partisan fighter threw a grenade into the officer's vehicle.
From B.d.U.:
a) U 198 (IXD2; Kpt.z.S. Werner Hartmann) was unsuccessfully bombed in KP 3783.
b) U 566, 230, 607, 613 and 373 have been given course instructions for carrying out their mine laying operations. Except for U 373, it is intended to refuel these boats as far as possible on their return passage or after they have carried out their operations.
c) U 628 (Kptlt. Heinrich Hasenschar) has not reported since she left Brest on 1.7. She must be presumed lost. Nothing is known of the cause of her loss, but it was probably due to a/c or A/S groups in Biscay.
2355 - Qu.4278KS - Charlotte Schliemann in sight, E=6000 (nor radar detection). Giving Recognition Signal, confirmed.
Supply cannot be done during darkness, circling Schliemann until morning, at distance of 5000m. Switching off radar.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115