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Friday, 23 October 1942 - Gotenhafen-Oxhöft
Work-up's and Trials with the U.A.K. (Kpt.z.S.R. BRÄUTIGAM), the 2nd Training Division (U.L.D.; Freg.Kpt.d.R. Ernst HASSHAGEN) and 22nd U-Flotilla (Korvkpt. Wilhelm Ambrosius):
Dry-Run Exercises with Machinery/Mechanics; Weapons; Torpedoes.
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Tirpitz departed Bogen near Narvik, Norway for refitting at Fættenfjord/Lofjord near Trondheim.
U 333 (Kptlt. "Ali" Cremer) entered La Pallice.
U 87 (Kptlt. Joachim Berger) fired 3 spread which missed at unknown 4,000 tonner in ET 5241, possibly dummy warship, course 100°, low speed. Probable pistol failure.
U D 5 (ex Dutch submarine O 27; KptzS. Bruno Mahn) sighted no traffic in western sector of ET, commenced return passage on account of fuel supply. Reported heavy air patrol by sea planes and land-based aircraft in CF 6181.
U 441 (Kptlt. Klaus Hartmann) sighted independent ship in AK 6577 on 22 Oct. During attack at dusk (or dawn, not indicated) 2 spread fired, which missed also 2 single shots. Another submarine in the vicinity, behaving very suspiciously.
U 129 (Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Witt) sank American ship "Reuben Tipton" in EE 5627, carrying mixed cargo from Capetown to Trinidad, course 290° degrees. In FE 5654 2 shots missed at ballaster on W. course. U 332 (Kptlt. Johannes Liebe) lay in the same area as U 129 and also operated on "Reuben Tipton". SOS sent by "Reuben Tipton" (6,870 GRT) in EE 6440.
Situation U 161 (Kptlt. Albrecht Achilles; ex Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Witt): On 20 Oct. in FP 2362 nothing sighted. U 126 (Kptlt. Ernst Bauer) also operating there. On morning of 23 Oct. torpedoed destroyer of "Balch" class, hit below bridge ( was actually Dido Class Cruiser HMS Phoebe (43). Nothing further observed on account of defence. Cabinda (Angola) harbor greatly enlarged. At present 5 steamers along jetty. Probable formation of enemy convoy since arrival of 2 destroyers.
U 516 (Korvkpt. Gerhard Wiebe) on passage through DS 30 for refueling from "Milk Cow" U 462 (Oblt. Bruno Vowe).
U 154 (KrvKpt. Heinrich Schuch) picked up returning "Tannenfels" according to plan at arranged meeting place CD 9755 at 1400 on 22 Oct. and sent message from DF 1229 as ordered by German Naval Staff.
Allied convoy UCF 1, containing troops and equipment for the invasion of French North Africa ("Operation Torch"), departed Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.
RAF bombers attacked Genoa and Turin, Italy.
"Operation Lightfoot" was launched by the British in Egypt, attempting to penetrate the extensive Axis minefield with a major offensive.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in London, for a three-week visit as guest of King George VI.
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Saturday, 24 October 1942 - Gotenhafen-Oxhöft
Work-up's and Trials with the U.A.K. (Kpt.z.S.R. BRÄUTIGAM), the 2nd Training Division (U.L.D.; Freg.Kpt.d.R. Ernst HASSHAGEN) and 22nd U-Flotilla (Korvkpt. Wilhelm Ambrosius):
Dry-Run Exercises with Machinery/Mechanics; Weapons; Torpedoes.
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U 518 (Oblt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann) fired 4 spread miss on
destroyer, which was probably picked up on hydrophones and out-maneuvered.
U 606 (Oblt. Hans-Heinrich Döhler) sighted 2 single
destroyer masts in AK 0377, and presumed an A/S patrol.
U 161 (Kptlt. Albrecht Achilles) during night attack on vessels on course 320 in FH 9593 on 24.10. was forced off by
destroyer. Destroyer was apparently operating on 200 meter line, and boat presumed traffic to be proceeding close inshore.
U 132 (Kptlt. Ernst Vogelsang) in patrol line of Group "Veilchen" reported bearing increasing in signal strength in BC 2275, and later a number of bearings over whole scale.
Boat heard pistons and turbines passing overhead on two occasions. Retired in S.E. direction. As no convoy lay in the vicinity according to own dead reckoning estimations Group "Veilchen" received orders to continue patrol. U 132 was left free to pursue.
Following completed refueling from
"Milk Cow" U 463 (KrvKpt. Leo Wolfbauer): U 620 - 382 - 260 and 662.
The British submarine
HMS Unique, last heard from on 9 Oct 1942, is posted as missing presumed lost, most probably after detonating a mine west of the Bay of Biscay, on or around 10 Oct 1942.
In Egypt outside of
El Alamein, British aircraft dropp 122 tons of bombs on Axis airfields and tank concentrations, as Allied troops continued to engage in heavy combat.
General Georg Stumme, temporarily in command of Panzer Army Afrika in Erwin Rommel's absence,
dies from a heart attack after falling from his car while conducting a reconnaissance of British positions at El Alamein, Egypt. His body will not be found until the next day. General Wilhelm von Thoma, commanding the Afrika Korps, takes over pending Rommel's return.
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