June 12, 1940 Indian Ocean 306th day at sea 1°38’N, 79°19’E
Ship 77 proceeded through the South Atlantic without further incident and rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 3/1/1939. On April 7th 2 ships were sunk the British freighters BURLINGTON 2,775 grt and INDIA 4,897 grt. 3 days later the British freighter MORGAN 5,229 grt was shelled and sunk. After this Ship 77 began a trek across the Indian Ocean and soon found herself approaching Australia where on April 14th she sank the Australian freighter HERO 8,075 grt and that same day the British freighter READING 4,237 grt.
After operating south of Java, she sank the British freighter LIVERPOOL 7,904 grt. Moving north along the coast of Sumatra Ship 77 entered the Bay of Bengal and began to hunt enemy merchant shipping on June 4th she shelled the British freighter BRENTWOOD 4,923 grt. Exiting the Bay of Bengal Ship 77 sank south of Ceylon the British motorship OXFORD 3,038 grt.
Ship 77 is now being hunted by up to 15 warships and Kapitan.z.S Hartmann makes a decision that will seal the fate of the dreaded raider...............
