[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

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Wednesday, 8 October 1941 - West of Ireland -

0305 - Qu.2255BE -

0400 - Wind and Sea shifting to the West, the haze is lifting.

0600 - Morning Dawn. West7/6, clear, visibility 8-9sm, >1000mb.

0711 - Sunrise.

1010 - Qu.9855AL -

1200 - Qu.9828AL - Days Run: 188.0sm - ↗ 183.3 (22h 20') - ↘ 4.7sm (1h 40').
193.4cbm (5.3cbm/24h). 6200Ah. 9 internal torpedoes (6xEto, 3xAto). On course 0°.

1715 - Qu.9555AL -

1827 - Sundown. Weather unchanged since Morning Dawn.

Cmdr.: Some of the boats operating on the south-bound convoy make brief contact but loose it again in bad weather and with setting darkness.

Boat continuing outbound transit acc. Op.-Orders.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

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

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Thursday, 9 October 1941 - West of the Porcupine Bank -

0020 - Qu.9255AL -

0600 - Morning Dawn. Weather unchanged in 24h.

0714 - Sunrise.

0730 - Qu.6855AL -

1200 - Qu.6585AL - Days Run: 197.0sm - (↗ 24h).
189.0cbm (4.4cbm/24h). 6200Ah. 9 internal torpedoes (6xEto, 3xAto). On course 0°.

1435 - Qu.6555AL -

1821 - Sundown. Weather unchanged in 36h.

2140 - Qu.6255AL -

Cmdr.: The operation against the south-bound convoy is continuing. The air reconnaissance committed to the task had no successes on account of the very unfavorable weather conditions. The last certain enemy position, which was in BE 7976 at 0100 hours on the 9th October. U 126 (Kptlt. Ernst Bauer) made contact for a short time with one of the groups of 4 steamers protected by destroyers. It lost them when darkness fell.

According to a still unconfirmed report, 44 men of a German U-boat crew have been landed in Gibraltar. They are said to belong to a large U-boat which was sunk by a trawler. It is not out of the question that this is U 111 (Kleinschmidt).

Boat continuing outbound transit acc. Op.-Orders.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.