15.9.1940 South Atlantic 200km North of Tristian da Cunha 228th day at sea
After an uneventful voyage south, the Wolf meets the naval tanker Altmark in position 35°25’S, 12°17’W. The raider took aboard 800 x 15cm shells, 100 x 7.5cm shells, 12000 x 2cm shells, 3 torpedoes, 2200 cbm3 of diesel fuel, 2000 t of water, 1000 cbm3 of lubricating oils, 7 months’ worth of stores, 1 Arado Ar 196 A-1 aircraft stored in 5 ton crates. During the resupply the currently used Arado is launched carrying out daily reconnaissance flights in a 250km radius of the ships. The Wolf also took aboard 10 prize officers and another 100 petty officers and ratings for use as prize crews as well as 1 officer and 10 petty officers and ratings specializing in EMC mines.
Considering that Schiff 16 is operating in the mid Indian ocean and Schiff 33 off Madagascar, having sunk 3 ships, and heading east Kapitan.z.S Hartmann plans to repeat the mining operations carried out by the ship’s namesake. Hartmann, the first officer, and the navigation officer plan to lay 8 minefields off the approaches to Cape Town. Kapitan.z.S Hartmann plans to depart for the Cape Town area on the 20th.
