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1/5/1941 Central Atlantic 505th day at sea
The hunt continues with Ship 15 sinking freighters in the Atlantic and Caribbean. On November 7th 2 British freighters are sunk the BRENTON 5,021 grt (OFJD) from Karachi to Cape Town loaded with textiles, tea, and spices. Later in the afternoon the British freighter CHESTER 4,093 grt (CJNH) from Melbourne to Southampton loaded with timber, steel, rubber, and mail. Crossing the equator for the last time on November 12th Ship 15 made for the Central and North Atlantic to continue operations. On December 11th the British freighters CLEMENTINE 5,252 grt (CFCG) from Cape Town to Malta loaded with airplane engines and propellers and the freighter NORINGTON 5,188 grt (YDBF) from in ballast from Halifax to Karachi. After the sinking of the Norington, Ship 15 proceeded into the Caribbean where on December 21st the small British freighter ATLAS 2,429 grt (HCHF) was sighted and sunk. On December 24th a Norwegian tanker was sighted, stopped, and taken prize she was the motor tanker HORTEN 8,384 grt (VNIS) she was placed under the command of Oblt.z.S.d.R Kuhn and with a prize crew (1 officer, 3 Petty Officers, and 12 ratings) was sent back to Germany (Prize Nr.I) along with her cargo of 10,000 t of gasoline the 563 prisoners Ship 15 had aboard were transferred as well. These successes bring Ship 15’s total to 26 ships for 153,642 grt, however Brinkmann wants more, He plans to take Ship 15 to the Pernambuco area to hunt the South American shipping lanes. The plan is to remain North of the Equator and because there are still 130 EMC mines aboard FKpt.z.S Brinkmann plans to lay 2 minefields off Freetown and on the approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar for this another tanker must be captured intact. Brinkmann plans to make for the Trinidad-Gibraltar-Freetown routes by mid-January and begin the return transit in late February.
Included in today's report is the Ship's emblem Oberbootsmann Karl Neumeister designed it for Ship 15 in early 1940.


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