IX U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius)
Patrol 1 (continue)
08 April 1940(Monday)
04:00 - AM3619.
06:40 - Dive test, 35m. Torpedoes maintenance.
07:26 - Surfaced.
08:00 - AM3563.
12:00 - AM3558.
13:14 - Crashdive drill. Practiced fire exercices.
13:46 - Surfaced.
16:00 - AM3575.
20:00 - AM3497.
00:00 - AM3716.
09 APril 1940 (Tuesday)
04:00 - AM2962.
06:52 - Crashdive drill. Torpedoes maintenance.
07:49 - Surfaced.
08:00 - AM2986.
12:00 - AM5322.
16:00 - AM5387.
19:57 - AM5627. Operation area reached.
20:20 - Kurzsignal to BDU : "AM5627 X U-43"
20:57 - Message from BDU : "KURZSIGNAL ACKNOWLEDGED X CONTINUE OPERATION X BDU"
00:00 - AM5627.
10 April 1940 (Wednesday)
00:10 - Clouds overcast, heavy fog, wind SW Beaufort 4, Sea 3, heavy rain. Dive because of bad visibility, 35m.
04:00 - AM5627.
06:00 - Torpedoes maintenance.
07:17 - Surfaced for batteries and CO2, no weather improvment.
08:00 - AM5627.
09:53 - Dived, 35m.
12:00 - AM5627.
16:00 - AM5627.
16:55 - Surfaced, no improvment.
19:56 - Dived, 35m.
20:00 - AM5627.
00:00 - AM5627.
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