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Old 04-10-23, 10:23 PM   #133
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2.8.1936 Bismarck Sea 0°51’N, 139°47’E 336th. day at sea

Since the last report the situation has deteriorated quickly Schiff 30 departed Kirimati Island and sank in target practice the last tanker on 14.7. Three days later on the 17th. the Spanish Army in Morocco rose up against the Spanish Republic and so the Spanish Civil War broke out the Kommandant was informed at 0200 hrs. local time. Hartmann decided to continue into the Bismark Archipelago and the Bismarck Sea which the Hilfskreuzer entered on 21.7. On 23.7. a fleet under V.Adm. Carls sailed from Wilhelmshaven with the pocket battleships “Deutschland” and “Admiral Scheer” a larger contingent of light cruisers and torpedo boats will depart in the near future for Spanish waters. Schiff 30 has been kept well informed by reports from the Deutsche Rundfunk, Reuters, and the BBC.

Schiff 30 was sailing off the coast of Papua New Guinea when the fore crosstrees sighted smoke on the horizon. Kapitan.z.S Hartmann ordered an intercept course of 157° speed increased to 14 knots and crew to action stations. Closing to 189 hm. a single mast and smoke stack came into view shortly by a smokestack and a bridge structure the arrangement of a tanker. At 150 hm. a Spanish flag was flying from the mast over the bridge and Hartmann decided to stop the Spanish tanker for a search. At 1449 for the first time in combat the battle flag was hoisted and the camouflage for the 7.5cm stop gun and Cannon Nr. X was hastily dropped 2 warning shots brought the tanker to a halt and the Examination and Demolition commandoes went aboard. It was determined that the Spanish tanker “Jose I” 11 200 grt had departed Miri, North Borneo and was bound for Cartagena. The master, officers, and crew stated their support for the Spanish Republicans and that their firm had ordered the cargo to be delivered to the Spanish Republican Army the cargo being paid for by the Spanish Republican Government. After careful consideration Hartmann gave the order to scuttle the tanker and its cargo of 13 200 t of gasoline.

After the scuttling of that tanker Schiff 30 sailed off at 16 knots on course 200° Hartmann radioed his success to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine who in turn gave Hartmann slight congratulations for sinking the tanker and its valuable cargo of 13 200 t of gasoline however there was strict reprimand for sinking vessel when the order had not been given to engage and sink Republican merchant shipping.

Kapitan.z.S Hartmann decided to abandon the Pacific and disappear into the Ross Sea and wait there for at least 30 days to let the situation calm down as soon Madrid would be calling for the now sunk tanker. The weather begins to quickly deteriorate as Schiff 30 sails east.


Schiff 30 sails east towards the Solomon Islands

Examination Commando makes its way towards the tanker

Tanker sinking over the stern
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Kapitan.z.S Hartmann's (U-35,U-46-U-204-U-332-U-256-U-293, U-838, U-830, U-834, U-1188, U-1180, U-835, U-840, U-839, Schiff 44 “AFRIKA”, Schiff 77 "Stortebecker", "Schiff 66 "WOLF", Schiff 19, Schiff 30) motto: Eastward Ho!
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Schiff 30 wird sie alle versenken!

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