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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Friday, 18 June 1943 - South-Atlantic -
0250 - Qu.9753GG - Course 110°.
0532 - Qu.9766GG - Course 119°.
1140 - Qu.9886GG - Morning Dawn - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 38 Sec. (3rd Watch with Diving Officer); T=20 after 61 Sec.; A-Meter after 1min, 50 Sec.
1145 - Setting for A-20 with 96rpm.
1155 - Submerged cruise at A-20.
1200 - Qu.9894GG - Days Run: 165.8nm - ↗ 152.1nm (19h 20') - ↘ 13.7nm (4h 40')
Total: 7849.9nm (44tg 22h) - ↗ 7557.9nm (40tg 11h 19') - ↘ 292.0nm (4tg 10h 41')
Course 119°; 475cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 81.5%; 1xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; T=60; Compressed Air Supply 295Atü; CO₂ 1.1%.
1245 - Sunrise.
1300 - Setting for Reception Depth.
1308 - T=20.
1315 - Surfaced after 1h 15' and 3.3nm since Etmal (Total: 1h 35min. and 4.4nm). Weather and Sea unchanged.
1316 - Boat ventilated; Battery 80%; 2x245RPM/8kn.
1321 - Compressed Air Supply filled.
1415 - Qu.9898GG - Course 110°.
1658 - Qu.2112GQ - Course 119°.
2251 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 18 days and 8h.
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Saturday, 19 June 1943 - West of South-Africa -
0030 - Qu.GQ2165 - Course 117°.
1240 - Morning Dawn.
1200 - Qu.2535GQ - Days Run: 182.1nm - ↗ 178.8nm (22h 45') - ↘ 3.3nm (1h 15')
Total: 8032.0nm (45tg 22h) - ↗ 7736.7nm (41tg 10h 04') - ↘ 295.3nm (4tg 11h 56')
Course 117°; 472cbm (3cbm in 24h); Battery 80.0%; 1xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold.
SSE6/5, clear, visibility 6.5nm, >1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 18days and 21h).
1245 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 18 days and 22h.
2244 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 19 days and 8h.
2309 - Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) On 18 June, two men of Italian Air Force Assault Engineer Battalion penetrated into Benina airfield in Libya and destroyed two B-24 and two Wellington aircraft; both men were captured after the mission.
b) The RAF attacked the Schneider armaments factories in Le Creusot.
From O.K.M.:
a) On 17 June, the Merchant Raider "Michel", sunk the Norwegian Tanker Ferncastle, 9.940ts, with a cargo of Fuel, off the west coast of Australia.
From B.d.U.:
a) To all boats:
B.d.U.-Order from 17 June:
The following is ordered as an addition to Standing Order No. 11:
Para. 3) If it is not possible to take ship's officers prisoner, take other white members of crew on board, in as far as accommodation and further duties allow. Reason: Interrogation of prisoners for military purposes.
Para. 4) When an isolated destroyer, corvette or escort vessel has been sunk, try to take prisoners, if this is possible without endangering the boat. Questioning of prisoners by P/W/ transit camp can reveal the most valuable information on enemy U-boat defence procedure, apparatus and armament. The same applies to shot down aircraft crews. Be careful of aircraft wreckage, however. (See Standing Order No. 12).
b) Report from U 177 (IXD2; Kptlt. Robert Gysae): Heavy westerly storm S. of 34° S. (south of Madagascar) since 10.6. (southwest of Cape Town). No armament/weapons/attack or "Bachsteltze" activity.
c) U 417 (Oblt. Wolfgang Schreiner) has not reported since putting out of Kiel. Repeated requests for a position report remained unanswered. It is possible that the boat was intercepted and destroyed by the regular air reconnaissance in the Iceland Passage. There are no further details.
B-Dienst Report:
a) In a letter written to Winston Churchill on 17 June, President Franklin Roosevelt expressed his conviction that General Charles de Gaulle poses "a very dangerous threat" to the Allied war.
b) On 18 June, the word RADAR, from Radio Detection and Ranging, was made the official British name for the technology.
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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115