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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
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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)
Saturday, 22 May 1943 - West of the Cape Verde Islands
0920 - Early Morning Dawn.
1023 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 11h.
1200 - Qu.3869EH - Days Run: 196.0nm - ↗ (24h)
Total: 3338.7nm (17tg 22h) - ↗ 3222.5nm (16tg 4h 19') - ↘ 116.2nm (1tg 17h 41')
464cbm (2cbm in 24h); Course 180°; Battery 100%; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; Weather and Sea unchanged in 13h.
1405 - Qu.3899EH - 2nd Op. Target completed.
1415 - Diving for torpedo maintenance and trial dive.
1418 - T=30. Beginning torpedo maintenance.
1511 - Tube I serviced.
1602 - Tube II serviced - Watch Change at 1607 -
1658 - Tube III serviced (tubes I-III are T-3/Pi39H) - Break and dinner until 1800 -
1851 - Tube V serviced (EtoFat/Pi39H).
1905 - CO₂ Warning at 1.7% (after 4h 50min.).
1942 - Tube VI serviced (T-4/Pi39H).
1949 - Reception Depth.
2002 - Beginning of Trial Dive acc. B.d.U. Standing Orders No.507 & 308. 145rpm/3kn.
2045 - Boat is safe and secure at 2A-Meter. Setting for T=20 with 145rpm.
2057 - Boat rises to T=17.
2058 - Boat is level at Reception Depth (140m in 13min. at 145rpm).
2105 - Surfaced after 6h 50min. and 18.8nm.
WNW6/5, light swell, clear light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb.
2106 - Boat ventilated. Battery 82.9%.
2109 - 2x225RPM/8kn.
2125 - Course 161°. Boat heading toward supply boat ("Milkcow" U 460; Kptlt. Ebe Schnoor; until 29.5. in Qu.8756ES).
2319 - Sundown. SW6/5, light swell, clear light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb.
2330 - Qu.6347EH -
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115