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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Thursday, 11 March 1943 - Kiel
Taking on of fresh food and water supply.
Received transit and Op.-Orders:
- Proceed to Kristiansand under escort for fuel and lubrication oil, and fresh water supply.
- Further Op.-Orders will be given during transit.
- Tirpitz and Scharnhorst will sail today from Drontheim, escorted by Torpedo Boats Jaguar and Greif, to our Navy base in Bogen Bay, Norway.
Pre-War Patrol Preparation completed (sailed without Focke Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze).
Cmdr.: The day we all have been waiting for has finally come: 5 months after commissioning of our new boat, we get to give proof of what we have learned in the many weeks of rigorous training and exercises, testing - and often times exceeding - the limits of our boat and us. May good luck and fortune be with us and accompany us until after a glorious journey, we are allowed to enter the safe haven again.
1510 - N3/2, clear, visibility 7sm, >1000mb - Casting off Tirpitz Mole. Departed Kiel for escort meeting point.
1530 - Taking on of escort (Class 34 Destroyer).
1541 - Cleared barrage Friedrichsort.
1550 - Transit in convoy (with U-191; IXC/40; Kptlt. Helmut Fiehn) for Kristiansand. Entering transit path, which is patrolled by a Class 36 Destroyer, and a Dornier Do-24 and a Arado AR196.
Today, Feldmarschall Erwin Rommel received Diamonds to his Knight's Cross.
RST
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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)
Friday,
12 March 1943 - Great Belt/Skagerrak
During transit, received daily intel and Op.-Updates:
1) RAF bombers attack the Krupp steel plants in Essen.
2) Heavy fighting at Kharkov; Our troops evacuate Vyazma.
3) British destroyer HMS Lighting (G55) of Force Q is sunk in the Mediterranean by twelve German torpedo bombers and German motor torpedo boat S-158.
4) Tirpitz arrives at Bogen/Narvik.
5) In order to facilitate the transit of closed areas within Route "A" to uboats, the areas will be divided into the following sections:
A) Section "A" extends from W. France to 30° W.
B) Section "B" extends from 30° W. to the south to 30° N.
C) Section "C" extends from 30° N. to 15° N.
D) Section "D" extends from 15° N. to 05° S.
With the immediate closing of section "B" until further notice, only section "A" is open for attacks on isolated vessels.
1200 -
Days Run: 311.5 nm ↗ (20h 50') - since Kiel
504cbm (6cbm in 20h); Weather and Sea unchanged since Kiel.
Bottoming boat outside of Kristiansand, due to darkness rapidly setting-in.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115