10.2.1940 59°41’N, 3°26’E 10th day at sea
Work on the ship’s disguise is complete. On the 9th Schiff 19 sent a radio message via M 22 to Gruppe West indicating that the Kapitan.z.S Hartmann intended to sail early on the 10th. Gruppe West approved and gave the ship its course and new operational orders, to advance via AN 2255, AF 8451, and 5566 afterwards the Kommandant is free to operate against merchant shipping until 1.3.1940 before beginning the westward march to the Denmark Strait.
Kapitan.z.S Hartmann plans to operate well into the Barents Sea the B-Dienst informs that British merchant shipping to and from Norwegian and Soviet ports is plentiful. There are no known warships to be operating in this area however at the first sinking that is to change. For now Schiff 19 sails to her ordered course at a steady 10 knots.
