May 16, 1940 AN11
0702 Rain is here again. Visibility very poor. Wind 3 sea 3. Will rely on sonar to check our surroundings.
2224 Rain stopped. Visibility improved. Overcast, lightning here and there. No contact to report.
May 17, 1940 AN11
1209 Unable to perform midday Sun reading. Wind dropped a bit. U-48 course 160°, speed 7 knots.
1701 We have a sound contact ESE of us, coming our way. Sonar believes her to be a warship. Alone or escorting something? Will take a closer look.
1729 Spotted her. Definitely a warship, most likely a destroyer. Alone. She is sailing NW, we are keeping at respectful distance.
1736 She changed course? Yes...she is coming our way! Did they spot us?
1744 She is on a steady course and speed so I assume she is just following her course. She is now heading SW and bound to pass just in front of us...
1752 I believe her to be an Hunt type destroyer, course 232, speed 12 knots. Maneuvered to aim our stern tube at her. Torpedo set for high speed, impact pistol, depth 3m.
1801 Open tube 5...range 800m, AoB 72° starboard...fire! Lower periscope! Dive!
1802 Impact!...she is still chugging...uh oh...we may have troubles here...but she should be at least badly damaged.
1804 She is coming our way but very slow already. We just heard a secondary explosion... she may not be dead but she is not okay either.
1806 She stopped. We will keep moving away. Will raise periscope once we are further away.
1808 Explosions coming from our friend! A lot of explosions! I guess she is blowing up! Let me snatch a quick peek...there! Burning hull is all that remains. A lot of debris in the water...we got her!
AN14 Ship sunk! HMS Pytchley (Hunt I class), 1000 tons. Crew: 151. Crew lost: 43
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