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Old 03-26-23, 02:53 AM   #367
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)

Thursday, 25 March 1943 - North Atlantic -

- 2nd Week at Sea completed -

0316 - Qu.2655AL - Course 180°.

0630 - Morning Dawn.

0804 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 3 days and 12h.

1040 - Qu.2955AL - Course 225°.

1200 - Qu.2957AL - Days Run: 179.2nm - ↗ 159.7nm (17h 45') - ↘ 19.5nm (6h 15')
Total: 2702.6 nm (12days 14h 17') - ↗ 2515.7 nm (9days 15h 43') - ↘ 186.9 nm (2days 22h 34')
On course 225°; 440cbm (5cbm in 24h)

1304 - Incoming F.T.'s:
1) From B.d.U.:
a) Op.-Order from 24 March: Contrary to present instructions Portuguese ships are not for the present to be stopped for the purpose of removing enemy nationals of military age. This does not cancel the general instructions for occasional examination of these ships for contraband.
b) Intel-Report: Torpedo boats Jaguar and Greif, escorting heavy cruiser Lützow and light cruiser Nürnberg, arrived yesterday at Altafjord, Norway.
c) OKW-Report: Report from U 510 (Korvkpt. Karl Neitzel) about Op. at coast of Guyana (South America) against convoy BT-6 from Brazil to Trinidad, and the need for a new Pi-2 pistol.
2) From U 191:
As ordered, have reconnoitered the ice boundary N. of Iceland and in the Denmark Straits. The boundary runs from AE 2231 via AE 2284 to AD 2931 and thence bearing 240°. Nature: pack-ice barriers with drift-ice in parts. Very thick fog in the Denmark Straits. Drift mine sighted in AD 2931, otherwise no patrol or Radar. Fired on by destroyer at 1700/25/3. - Fiehn -

Cmdr.: Special Op.-Report from the boat we left with together from Kiel and Kristiansand for both of our first war patrols.

1611 - Qu.5233AL - Course 180°.

2020 - Qu.5269AL top right - Reached ordered approach point.

2026 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 3 days and 22.5h.

2107 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
Reached ordered patrol area. Alarm from enemy aircraft as follows: 22.3., 1717 and 1803 Qu.8753AE bottom left, 1900 Qu.8755AE top right; 23.3., 1046 Qu.8775AE bottom left, 1429 Qu.8777AE bottom left, 1830 Qu.3311AL bottom left, 2227 Qu.3234AL center; 24.3., 1345 Qu.3157AL center, 1431 Qu.3157AL bottom left, 1604 Qu3173AL center, 1905 Qu.3175AL center. During attack on 23.3., 2227, water entry in stern torpedo room, tube VI not operational, damages to both Flak guns cannot be repaired due to sea state, damage to pressure hull, safe diving depth 209m, several slightly wounded crew members back on deck. On 23.3., 1908 until 2002, according sound contact U.-Search Group of six patrol vessels from Qu.3239AL center right to Qu.3235AL, course 300°, speed 15kn. Airplanes mainly Sunderland, some Hudson, few Wellington. Mainly Sunderlands with new radar gear, cannot be detected by means of FuMB and Magic Eye. 439cbm. SSE7/6, medium to heavy swell, clear, good visibility, >1000mb. - RST -

Cmdr.: We seem to have cleared the Enemy Patrol Area of the Iceland Passage.

RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115
Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)

Friday, 26 March 1943 - West of Rockall Bank -

0150 - Qu.5611AL - Course 135°.

0640 - Morning Dawn.

0700 - Diving for Torpedo Maintenance.

0705 - T=50. Beginning of torpedo maintenance.

0812 - Sunrise.

1016 - Bow tubes serviced. Break.

1031 - Servicing stern tubes (Tube VI is not operational).

1122 - Tube V serviced.

1154 - CO₂ Warning at 1.7%.

1200 - Qu.5655AL - Days Run: 154.2nm - ↗ 140.3nm (19h) - ↘ 13.9nm (5h)
Total: 2856.8 nm (13days 14h 17') - ↗ 2656.0 nm (10days 10h 43') - ↘ 200.8 nm (3days 3h 34')
On course 135°; 437cbm (3cbm in 24h); T=50; Battery 92%.

1300 - Setting for Reception Depth.

1304 - T=20.

1310 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 1h 10min. and 3.3nm.
Weather and Sea unchanged in 4 days and 15h.

1311 - Boat ventilated.

1315 - Charging batteries (89.3%): Stbd.-Charging, 496RPM; Port-Propulsion, 285RPM/7kn.

1430 - Batteries charged (1h 15' for 10.7%). Small Ahead.

1538 - Qu.5682AL center - FuMB Detection (no Magic Eye) in 49°true, E=13000.

1539 - "ALARM!" for approaching twin-engine A/C in 45°true, E=10000.

1541 - At A-Meter Wabos and again at 1542 and 1544 - no damages, no Sound Contact. Boat remains submerged.

1555 - A-20.

1646 - Setting for Reception Depth.

1651 - T=20.

1654 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 1h 05min. and 3.8nm.
Weather and Sea unchanged in 4 days and 19h.

1657 - Boat ventilated and Compressed Air Supply filled. 1/3-Ahead.

2027 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 4 days and 22.5h.

2224 - Qu.5955AL -

2303 - Incoming F.T.s:
1) From B.d.U.:
a) Op.Order: Sector C in Route A (15 - 30 N.) is open for attack on independent ships with immediate effect until 29.3 inclusive.
b) Intel-Report: Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) and her escorts detached from Convoy SC.123 in the mid-Atlantic and set course back toward Argentia, Newfoundland.
c) OKW-Report: During Operation Supercharge II, the British 8th Army, lead by the Indian 4th Division, has won the battle for the Mareth-Line, Tunisia, forcing the Axis Troops to withdraw to the North.
2) U 648 (Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) completes Final Repairs at Blohm & Voss shipyard Hamburg.

RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115
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