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Old 05-28-22, 08:35 PM   #41
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10/4/1936 Mediterranean Sea, 40°23’N, 5°33’E, 117th day at sea

Ship 66 continues to cause chaos among the Spanish Republican supply lines. Since she entered the Mediterranean Ship 66 has sunk or captured 116,000 grt of shipping. Next she was lay her 130 EMC mines on the approaches to Spanish Republican ports. While in transit to her mining area, she sank 2 Spanish Republican tankers

Arriving in mid-September, Ship 66 laid nine minefields on the approaches to 3 of the Spanish Republicans vital ports. According to Reuters and Spanish radio some 22 merchant ships have been either sunk or damaged off Barcelona and Valencia with a destroyer, 3 mine sweepers, and 6 fishing and merchant ships lost between Valencia and Barcelona. These reports are not reliable, therefore Kapitan.z.S Hartmann will await confirmation from the Seekriegsleitung on these figures, if they hold true this has been a tremendous success against the Republican’s Odessa Supply line. By all appearances neither the Soviets or Republicans have any idea that a German auxiliary cruiser is causing said damage, all so far have been credited to either the Italians or the Nationalist Navy.
After the mining operation Ship 66 drifted off the coast of Algeria only sighting a hospital ship and various Portuguese vessels. On 21.Sep. Ship 66 adopted her peacetime self for her new camouflage sailing as the “WESERFELS” 10,100 grt from Bremen to Calcutta the route that was originally intended for her. The perfect disguise since the Ehrenfels class of ships run the East Asia Route via the Suez Canal. No sooner had the disguise been completed that another British non-intervention patrol was sighted patrolling the Nationalist supply route from La Spezia. After running into a storm and days or boredom on the 28.Sep. L.z.S(MA.E) Michealson serving as III.WO on the bridge sighted a silhouette off the starboard quarter and by 21:32 the Spanish Republican freighter was sent to the bottom. Ship 66 continues on her way drifting quietly along the supply lines waiting patiently for her next prize.


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Kapitan.z.S Hartmann's (U-35,U-46-U-204-U-332-U-256-U-293, U-838, U-830, U-834, U-1188, U-1180, U-835, U-840, U-839, Schiff 44 “AFRIKA”, Schiff 77 "Stortebecker", "Schiff 66 "WOLF", Schiff 19, Schiff 30) motto: Eastward Ho!
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