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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Thursday, 20 May 1943 - North of the Cape Verde Islands
0050 - Batteries charged (1h 40min. for 17.1%). 2x225RPM/8kn.
0900 - Early Morning Dawn.
0957 - Sunrise. SSW1/1, clear light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.
1000 - Qu.6593DS - Crash Dive for training. T=10 after 39sec.
1003 - A-Meter.
1005 - Setting for T=20 with 96rpm.
1015 - At Reception Depth (60m in 10min. at 96rpm).
1020 - Surfaced after 20min. and 1.1nm.
SW1/1, clear light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.
1023 - Compressed Air Supply filled. Battery 97%. 2x225RPM/8kn.
1200 - Qu.6833DS - Days Run: 198.0nm - ↗ 195.8nm (23h 20') - ↘ 2.2nm (40')
Total: 2961.1nm (15tg 22h) - ↗ 2851.9nm (14tg 6h 54') - ↘ 109.2nm (1tg 15h 06')
468cbm (2cbm in 24h); Course 180°; Battery 97%; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; SW1/1, clear light haze, good visibility, >1000mb.
1957 - Qu.9236DS center right - "ALARM!" for carrier-based airplane approaching from 80°true. Is already very close (no FuMB Detection or Magic Eye). Turning hard to port and A.K. toward the approaching airplane. Machine Gun Fire. After the fly-over, crash diving to A-Meter.
2000 - At A-Meter, 2 bombs behind the boat - no damages.
Returning to general course at 96rpm/2kn.
2035 - A-20 and course 180°.
2137 - Reception Depth.
2142 - Surfaced after 1h 45min. and 4.6nm.
2143 - Boat ventilated.
2147 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn.
2215 - Qu.9239DS bottom right - FuMB Detection in 36°true, E=10000 (no Magic Eye).
2216 - "ALARM!" for carrier-based airplane approaching from 33°true, E=5100, direct approach.
2218 - At A-Meter, 2 bombs behind the boat. No damages.
Cmdr.: The direct approach by both airplanes indicate, that even carrier-based airplanes seem to have some kind of radar installed. I therefore haven given the order to immediatly dive upon FuMB and/or Magic Eye Detection.
2239 - A-20.
2301 - Reception Depth.
2306 - Surfaced after 50min. and 2.4nm.
2307 - Boat ventilated.
2312 - Compressed Air Supply filled.
2305 - Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) The Chinese have launched a counter-offensive along the Yantze river.
From O.K.M.:
a) The Italian Navy withdrew all its personnel from Yalta, Ukraine; all of the Italian torpedo boats were given to the German Navy in the region.
B-Dienst Report:
a) Yesterday, Battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) arrived at Scapa Flow.
2312 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 11h.
2314 - Charging batteries (91.4%): Stbd.-Charging, 496RPM; Port-Propulsion, 285RPM/8kn.
2356 - Batteries charged => 42min. for 8.6%. 225RPM/8kn.
RST
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)
Friday, 21 May 1943 - Northwest of the Cape Verde Islands
0200 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
20.5. 1957 Qu.9236DS center right and 2216 Qu.9239DS bottom right attack from carrier based airplane. Machine Gun fire and bombs. No damages. Continue outbound transit. 467cbm and 6 eels. SSW1/1, clear light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb. - RST -
0910 - Early Morning Dawn. 3/4-Moon setting in WSW.
1014 - Sunrise. SSE1/1, partly cloudy, medium visibility, >1000mb.
1200 - Qu.9836DS - Days Run: 181.6nm - ↗ 174.6nm (21h 25') - ↘ 7.0nm (2h 35')
Total: 3142.7nm (16tg 22h) - ↗ 3026.5nm (15tg 4h 19') - ↘ 116.2nm (1tg 17h 41')
466cbm (2cbm in 24h); Course 180°; Battery 100%; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; E1/1, partly cloudy, medium visibility, >1000mb.
2304 - Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) Fw190 Fighter bombers attacked targets on Malta.
From B.d.U.:
a) U 177 (IXD2; Kptlt. Robert Gysae) from 13th - 15th May in GR 5656 to 5627. Nothing sighted apart from 2 pilot vessels, with lights. Operations intended during the full moon period in JJ, then later return to Cape Town.
B-Dienst Report:
a) The Soviet GKO issued a secret order for the construction of a railroad from Komsomolsk, Khabarovsk Krai, eastern Russia to Sovetskaya Gavan 200 kilometers to the southeast, in preparation for a war against Japan.
b) The 8th Combined Air Corps was relocated to Liski, Voronezh Oblast, Russia. The air corps is attached to the Steppe Front.
2313 - Sundown. NNE1/1, partly cloudy, medium visibility, >1000mb.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115