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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)

Sunday, 4 April 1943 - Bay of Biscay -

0003 - Entering approach path escorted by own A/C. The entire time, several FuMB and Magic Eye Detections - seem to be 2-3 A/C.

0520 - Morning Dawn.

0629 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 4 days and 2.5h.

0722 - Radar Detection with Surface Vessel in 70°true; E=7500. It is our escort. Wind and Sea subsiding somewhat, weather is clearing up.

0735 - SE7/6, decreasing, shifting East, partly cloudy, light haze, visibility 3.5nm, >1000mb.
Taking on escort (1 Escort Destroyer und 3 R-Boats); Bf110's continue to patrol approach path.

0836 - Course 110°.

1200 - Qu.9234BF - Days Run: 228.0nm - ↗ 228.0nm (24h)
Total: 4767.3 nm (22days 14h 17') - ↗ 4509.1 nm (18days 16h 46') - ↘ 258.2 nm (3days 21h 31')
On course 110°; ENE7/6, partly cloudy, light haze, visibility 3.5nm, >1000mb; 380cbm (6cbm in 24h); 11 internal torpedoes; Battery 97%.

1228 - Arrived at exit point of approach path. Releasing escort. Course 90°.

1300 - ENE4/3, partly cloudy, light haze, visibility 3.5nm, >1000mb.
Starting repair of Flak guns.

1325 - Patrol boat (M-Boat) on opposite course to our port beam.

1419 - Course 135°. Flak guns repaired. Three 3-Mast-Schooners are patrolling the Gironde Estuary.

1533 - Qu.9341BF - Course 140°. Entering Bordeaux.

1615 - Making fast in the Box. Mooring boat.

1615 - Qu.9344BF - Since Etmal: 41.5nm - ↗ 41.5nm (4h 15')
Total: 4808.8 nm (22days 18h 32') - ↗ 4550.6 nm (18days 21h 01') - ↘ 258.2 nm (3days 21h 31')
Arrived Bordeaux: ENE7/6, partly cloudy, light haze, visibility 3.5nm, >1000mb; 379cbm (1cbm in 4h); 11 internal torpedoes; Battery 97%.

Clearing out of boat and placing boat in dry-dock.
Crew standing by and guarding the boat during the shipyard time.

Cmdr.: Upon arrival in Bordeaux received word that RAF bombers conducted a raid on Kiel during the night and that Soviet troops launched the Taman Offensive Operation in an attempt to push our troops out of the Taman Peninsula in the Caucasus.

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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115

Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)

Monday, 5 April 1943 - 12th U.-Flotilla Bordeaux -

Debriefing with F.d.U. (Korvkpt. Klaus Scholz; ex U 108)

Totals of 1st leg of the 1st war patrol with U 115 (17th war patrol overall):

- Torpedo hits: None
- Torpedo misses: 4 T-3/Pi39H on fast Escort Carrier at great distance and in medium-heavy swell.
- Torpedo failures: None

- Crash Dives: 18 from airplanes (mainly in Iceland Passage)

- Depth Charges/Fliebos: 80 from airplanes (one from warships). The Bold-2 was not deployed.

Pressure hull: 95% (Accumulated damage: 5%); Safe Diving Depth is now 218.5m (historic specification max.230m x 95%); Honour points: None (Accumulated: None)

Daily F.d.U. Briefing

O.K.W.-Report:
a) Major General Theo Osterkemp is appointed the commanding officer of Jagdfliegerführer Sizilien and charged with safeguarding Axis flights between Sicily and Tunisia, while the Allies launch Operation Flax, a concentrated effort to destroy Axis capability to supply Tunisia by air.

B.d.U.-Report:
a) U 648 (Ob.Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) arrives at Kristiansand for Fuel and Fresh Water Supply.

B-Dienst Report:
a) Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) arrived at Argentia, Newfoundland.

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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115