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Wednesday, 6 January 1943 - Stettin
Conducting tactical exercises and training with the 4th Training Flotilla (Freg.Kpt. Heinz FISCHER), Stettin and AGRU-Front, (Kvt.Kpt.-Ing. H. MÜLLER).
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Captured French submarines "Phoque" and "Saphir" depart Bizerte, Tunisia with an Italian crew.
U 214 (VIID; Kptlt. Günther Reeder) sighted 3 tankers, 3 patrol boats, in ED (square garbled) course S.W. Forced away from convoy by strong land-based air patrols. Bombs and flares, submarine submerged during the day. No shipping in EC 90. Very strong land-based air activity. Moved away to the north because of breakdown of gyro.
U 134 (Kptlt. Rudolf Schendel) sighted a corvette in DS 6670 at 1400 on northerly course.
U 224 (Oblt. Hans-Carl Kosbadt) reported that Warrant Quartermaster was sick. After conversation with doctor she was ordered to carry out her special task (break through at Gibraltar).
U 618 (Oblt. Kurt Baberg) reported: Brightly illuminated steamer, similar to the English steamer announced to be leaving Lisbon. She proceeded south within territorial waters south of Lisbon. This strengthened the assumption that enemy shipping between Lisbon and Gibraltar sailed within territorial waters camouflaged as neutral.
"Milkcow" U 459 (KrvKpt. Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf) has been given FD 2555 as rendezvous to supply the Italian submarine "CAGNI" as planned.
U 648 (Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) conducts exercises with the AGRU-Front Hela.
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Thursday,
7 January 1943 - Stettin
Conducting tactical exercises and training with the 4th Training Flotilla (Freg.Kpt. Heinz FISCHER), Stettin and AGRU-Front, (Kvt.Kpt.-Ing. H. MÜLLER).
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U 406 (Kptlt. Horst Dieterichs) reported fast independent in BF 7375, 30°. Pursuit was broken off after 5 hours.
U 105 (Oblt. Jürgen Nissen) No shipping off Port of Spain between 5th and 8th January.
Convoy No. 2 (TM.1):
At 0209 U 436 (Kptlt. Günther Seibicke) fired triple and single miss in DG 8144, at 0400 fired another triple miss at a fast freighter in DG 4995. Boat suspected "Q" ship. 0430 U 381 (Kptlt. Wilhelm-Heinrich Graf von Pückler und Limpurg) sighted a destroyer in DG 8111. As U 436, U 381 and U 442 (Korvkpt. Hans-Joachim Hesse) had been delayed, Group "DELPHIN" was ordered not to move off the patrol strip until 1400. The patrol which was running out to encounter the convoy on its supposed mean course, would cover the convoy's degree of speed 10 or 9 knots during daylight. At 2030 the patrol would proceed at a speed of 9 knots, mean course 65°, covering the night delay.
U 175 (Kptlt. Heinrich Bruns) had been ordered to operate off Freetown on the convoy routes to Trinidad, as established by Radio reconnaissance. Convoy's run at intervals of about 10 or 11 days.
U 648 (Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) conducts exercises with the AGRU-Front Hela.
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