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Monday, 20 October 1941 - Northwest of Porcupine Bank -

0402 - Incoming F.T.: From U 126:
Have sunk the US Lehigh, 4983ts and the tanker British Mariner, 6996ts, Qu.ET61, off Freetown. - Bauer -

0501 - Morning Dawn -

Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
The boats remaining in their waiting positions for the convoy which is to leave Gibraltar, are to move away to the SW as far as necessary, in the case of heavy ASW activities. U 206 receives orders to carry out refueling from "Gata" (Cádiz) on the night of 21st to 22nd October.

0641 - Sunrise. Weather unchanged in 24h.

1200 - Qu.4754AM - Days Run: 139.0sm - (↗ 24h).
159.1cbm (2.7cbm/24h). On course 90°. 6900Ah. 8 external Ato. Weather unchanged since Sunrise, 19 Oct.

1201 - Second status and position request for U 204 (Kell).

1326 - Qu.4755AM. New course 0°.

1741 - Sundown. Weather unchanged since Sunrise, 19 Oct.

2340 - Qu.4455AM -
Boat not operating on ship contact report in Qu.4499AM, on course WSW, medium speed, due to lack of torpedoes and bad weather.

Boat operating acc. Op.-Orders as per F.T.0502/19.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

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Tuesday, 21 October 1941 - South of Rockall Bank -

0500 - Morning Dawn.

0641 - Sunrise. Weather unchanged in 48h.

0839 - It's beginning to rain. Wind and Sea becoming a bit less, shifting to SSE.

0920 - Qu.4155AM - SSE6/5, overcast, rain, limited visibility, <1000mb.

1200 - Qu.4128AM - Days Run: 140.7sm - (↗ 24h).
156.5cbm (2.6cbm/24h). On course 0°. 6900Ah. 8 external Ato. Weather unchanged since 0920h.

Third status and position request for U 204 (Kell). Boat is presumed lost.

(U 204 - VIIC, Kptlt. Walter Kell - was sunk on 19 October 1941 in the Straits of Gibraltar off Tangier, in position 35.46N, 06.02W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Mallow and the British sloop HMS Rochester. 46 dead, all hands lost.)

1750 - Sundown. SSE6/5, overcast, fog, poor visibility, ~1000mb.

1801 - Norddeich Radio sending a report about the French cargo ship Nivana (1,530 GRT) being bombed and damaged within French territorial waters in the Gulf of Hammamet (Tunisia) by seven British aircraft and being beached with the loss of nine of her crew. Instructions are then given by the Vichy-French Government to each ship off the French/Tunisian Coast, to provide an escort by torpedo boats and to shoot at attacking aircraft without prior warning.

1830 - Diving for submerged cruise at T=50. 65rpm, 1.6kn.

2022 - O₂ = 20%.

2100 - Lights out for the Off-Watch. Silent Running.

Boat operating acc. Op.-Orders as per F.T.0502/19.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.