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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Sunday,
9 May 1943 - West of Vigo
- continued from 9 May 1943, 1215 -
1657 - Qu.1755CG top right - Diving for FuMB Detection (No Magic Eye) in 210°true, E=13000.
1700 - At T=30, one bomb at the diving position and again at 1701.
1703 - At A-Meter, no sound contact.
1723 - At A-20, Sound contact warship bearing 328°, E=14000, on course NW. Seems to be too far from the position of the last contact at noon, to be the same escort group.
1729 - Reception Depth.
1737 - S-Tiefe. U Class Destroyer bearing 330° on search pattern, E=7500. Anything further cannot be seen due to the high swell and the destroyer is too close to be able to surface.
1741 - Boat turning to course 321°.
1748 - The destroyer runs off at high sped on course West.
1757 - Surfaced after 1h and 3.1nm.
Escort Carrier sighted bearing 323°, on course 323°. Boat changing course to 304° and A.K.
1815 - Qu.1752CG bottom left - Boat is attacked by carrier-based A/C with machine guns and bombs, E=2500. Turing toward the approaching A/C hard to port, which cause the two bombs to overshoot the boat. After the fly-over, "ALARM!".
1817 - At T=25, ejecting one Bold (9 pcs. left), and running off on course 004°.
1818 - At A-Meter no further bombs or damages, but two destroyers are approaching our diving position.
1821 - At E=7000 to destroyers, rigging for Silent Running. The Escort Carrier seems to have reduced its speed, most likely zig-zagging.
1832 - The two destroyers run off from our diving position, in direction toward the Escort Carrier. As before, one very fast and the other at medium speed.
1842 - At Reception Depth. Secured from Silent Running.
1845 - S-Tiefe. A G&H Destroyer bearing 225°, E=6500, still on search pattern.
1855 - In the B-Periscope a carrier based A/C is seen on our stbd. beam, approaching from NNE, on opposite course, and dropping two bombs in the area of our last diving position, 4250m astern.
1910 - At E=10000, the Destroyer is out of sight (a faint smoke trail can still be seen in the B-Periscope).
1915 - Surfaced after 1h and 3.1nm.
1918 - Qu.1752CG top left - Right after the boat is ventilated and the Compressed Air Supply is filled, the boat is attacked by an Avenger A/C with Machine Guns, bombs and RP-3 Rockets, direct approach from West. Again, turned toward the approaching A/C with A.K., which cause the bombs and rockets to overshoot the boat. Right after the fly-over, "ALARM!".
1921 - At A-Meter, rigged for Silent Running and ran-off on course 0°.
1930 - As the two destroyers about 13000m away are not approaching, secured from silent running.
1940 - A-20.
2015 - After the watch change, set for Reception Depth.
2028 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 1h 10min. and 3.1nm.
2033 - Boat ventilated. On course 65°.
2037 - Compressed Air Supply filled.
2040 - Charging batteries (80%): Stbd.Diesel, Charging/496RPM; Port.-Diesel, Propulsion/285RPM/8kn. FuMB-Detection in 250°true, E=14500 (No Magic Eye). Boat stays surfaced.
2108 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 38h.
2220 - Batteries charged: 1h 40min. for 20%.
- to be continued -