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U 113 (IXC) - 3rd War Patrol - Awards & Promotions Ceremony
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Saturday, 28 February 1942 - Lorient
The totals of this 3rd war patrol with U 113 and 15th war patrol overall are:
Traveled surfaced: 9840.7sm - 57 days, 0h, 58min.
Traveled submerged: 814.3sm - 15 days, 16h, 22min.
Traveled total: 10655.0sm - 72 days, 17h, 20min.
Total of 8 merchants for 30757ts and 2 tankers for 21689ts (Total of 52446ts) sunk and 1 airplane "Beaufort" shot down.
All sunk ships were independently travelling acc. Op.-Order "Paukenschlag".
Torpedo hits: 14 (7 Eto and 7 Ato).
Torpedo misses: None.
Torpedo failures:
- 1 Ato was a dud.
- 2 Eto ignited prematuraly.
- 2 Ato and 1 Eto understeered.
Note: All torpedoes with Pi-G7H.
Crash Dives: 15 from airplanes:
- 5 Bay of Biscay during outbound transit;
- 9 North of Bermuda
- 1 U.S.A. East Coast
Depth Charges: 15 (all from airplanes) - some damage.
Pressure hull: 99.50% (Accumulated: 0.50%)
Honour points: 2508.43 (Accumulated: 28075.31)
B.d.U. Assessment
This was the third war patrol of this boat and crew, and was performed under special Op.-Orders "Paukenschlag".
The outbound cruise was hampered by bad weather and and strong enemy air patrols north of Bermuda, which caused the outbound voyage to take longer than anticipated. The return voyage went according to plan, with no enemy airplanes encountered during transit and in the Bay of Biscay.
The weather improved just long enough, for the external torpedoes to be loaded under deck, and enabling the boat to finish the patrol with the most ships sunk and the second highest tonnage of the first wave of 6 Paukenschlag boats, as well as 1 enemy airplane shot down.
It is with great honor and respect, that the Commander is being awarded after the Oak Leaves, with Crossed Swords to the Knights Cross!
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Sunday, 1 March 1942 - Lorient
Awards & Promotions:
The Commander was awarded with the Crossed Swords to the Knights Cross!
The XO, Ltnt.z.S. Rainer SCHEUFLER was promoted to Ob.Ltnt.z.S.!
The II.W.O., Ob.Fähnr.z.S. Jakob APPELT, was promoted to Ltnt.z.S.!
The No.2, Coxswain Klaus WOLFBAUER, was promoted to Boatswain's Mate 2cl.!
The L.I., Ltnt.-Ing. Fritz FRIEDERICHS was awarded with the Iron Cross 1st Class!
The XO, Ob.Ltnt.z.S. Rainer SCHEUFLER, the No.3, Coxswain Karl-Heinz ISDEPSKI and A/A Mate Philipp HARTMANN, were awarded with the Iron Cross 2nd Class!
The II.W.O., Ltnt.z.S. Jakob APPELT, the Machinist(E) Kurt MARKS, the No.2, Boatswain's Mate 2cl.Klaus WOLFBAUER, the Torpedoman’s Mate 3cl.,Klemens ECKEL, the Radiomen 3cl., Ewald MASSMANN and Jan STEFFENSEN, and the Firemen 1cl., Anton OBERMAYER(Z), Karl DURLACHER(E), Klaus SAUER(E), Wolf DEGEN(D), Axel THURMANN(D) and Jörg ZANDER(D), were awarded with the U-boat War Badge!
The crew is given leave of 3 1/2 weeks in Quiberon, guarding the boat in shifts of 10 days each.
Third war patrol with U 113 and 15th war patrol overall completed.
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