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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Saturday, 26 June 1943 - South of the Cape of Good Hope -
0935 - Qu.9491GR - Course 113°.
1100 - Qu.9496GR - Course 123°; 1/3-Ahead.
1050 - Qu.9496GR - Reached Control Point No.4 (17km from actual position in Qu.9577GR top left).
Cmdr.: We seem to have cleared the enemy air cover zone.
1141 - Qu.9577GR top left - Course 87°; 235RPM/8kn.
1200 - Qu.9577GR - Days Run: 254.3nm - ↗ 244.5nm (20h 45') - ↘ 9.8nm (3h 15')
Total: 9313.0nm (52tg 22h) - ↗ 8917.3nm (46tg 16h 37') - ↘ 395.7nm (6tg 05h 23')
Course 87°; 455cbm (4cbm in 24h); Battery 90%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold.
SSE4/3, clear, visibility 4.5nm, >1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 61h) - Early Morning Dawn -
1245 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
Reached Control Point 4. Going to supply point acc. Op.-Orders and F.T.1215/25/4307. Much air south of Capetown to Qu.8355GR, Sunderland, Catalina, Wellington and Hudson/Ventura, partially no radar detection, spotlights at night. Still have 2 EtoFat and 455cbm. SSE4/3, clear, scattered clouds, visibility 4-5nm, >1000mb. - RST -
1303 - Qu.9578GR center top - Diving for torpedo maintenance and trial dive.
1309 - T=48. Beginning torpedo maintenance.
1331 - Sunrise.
1400 - Tube V serviced (EtoFat/Pi39H). - Break until 1409 -
1500 - Tube VI serviced (EtoFat/Pi39H).
1510 - Beginning of Trial Dive acc. B.d.U. Standing Orders No.507 and No.308. 145rpm.
1553 - Boat is safe and secure at 2A-Meter.
1555 - Setting for T=20 with 96rpm.
1611 - Reception Depth. Battery 83%, Compressed Air Supply 300Atü, CO₂ 1.5%.
1615 - Qu.9576GR bottom center - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 3h 12' and 9.1nm. Weather and Sea unchanged.
1620 - Boat ventilated. Charging batteries (83.0%): Stbd.-Diesel Charging 496RPM; Port-Diesel Propulsion 285RPM/8kn.
1755 - Batteries fully charged: 1h 35min. for 17%.
1800 - Testing main diesels acc. B.d.U.-Standing Order No. 510. Running diesels up and back down in 5min. intervals:
- 1/3-Ahead, 285RPM, 10kn/10.0kn
- 2xH.F., 375RPM, 13kn/13.3kn
- Full-Ahead, 455RPM, 16.5kn/16.4kn
- A.K., 496RPM, 18.2kn, from 1815 until 1845.
1900 - 235RPM/8kn.
2255 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged.
RST
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Sunday, 27 June 1943 - South of the Alguhas Bank -
0808 - Qu.7444KY -
1200 - Qu.7545KY - Days Run: 183.9nm - ↗ 174.8nm (20h 48') - ↘ 9.1nm (3h 12')
Total: 9496.9nm (53tg 22h) - ↗ 9092.1nm (47tg 13h 25') - ↘ 404.8nm (6tg 08h 35')
Course 87°; 452cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold.
SSE4/3, clear, visibility 4.5nm, >1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 3d 13h) - Early Morning Dawn -
1210 - Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) Despite the Möhne reservoir dam and the Edersee reservoir dam still damaged from the 17 May 1943 British raid, total water output was restored to full capacity by today, achieved by the implementation of the emergency pumping scheme inaugurated the previous year.
From B.d.U.:
a) If numerically possible, U 180 (IXD1; Fregkpt. Werner Musenberg) is to be escorted by Ju 88 from 8° W, as of 26 June. Destroyer escort is also anticipated. The boat is carrying Japanese Officers, also, valuable apparatus and gold.
To U 115: As there is still no reports from supply group U 488 (Oblt.d.R. Erwin Bartke) and "Schliemann", all southward bound boats are duty bound to proceed at economical cruising speed in order to have more freedom of movement in the event of enemy contact. RST: Switch to Circuit Afrika-II, on 28 June, 1400h. - BdU -
B-Dienst Report:
a) British Chiefs of Staff circulated the "German Long-Range Rocket: Evidence Received from All Sources" report, with details of our V-Weapons potentially capable of carrying 2 to 8 tons of high explosives.
1320 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged.
2245 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115