10.5.1940 Greenland Sea 74°4'N, 6°9'W 100th day at sea
Schiff 19 arrives at Waiting Area C as instructed, now she waits to meet her supply ships. During the passage Schiff 19 briefly swung south and sank a tanker and 2 freighters before steering north. On 25.4 she sank the British tanker “ATLANTIC RANGER” 4,876 grt loaded with 5000 t of gasoline from Lerwick to Narvik. 13 salvos send the tanker to the bottom, 21 of the 58 crew were picked up. Two days later the freighter “GLENBURG” 7,254 grt from London to Narvik loaded with army and air force equipment for Norwegian troops after being inspected by the search commando the ship was sunk with scuttling charges 76 were taken prisoner. On 30.4 Schiff 19 sank the Freighter “VIRGINIA” 5,247 grt loaded with 10 tanks and 130 t of army equipment again bound for Narvik a torpedo sent the freighter to the bottom, 87 were taken prisoner. The sinkings caused a brief disruption in traffic from England to Norway, all distress signals from the enemy ships were successfully jammed by the main radio room. The raider with 184 prisoners aboard headed northwest at 16 knots.
Today to commemorate 100 days at sea, the crew was lined up for a speech by the Kommandant in which he announced the name of the raider, she was to be called “Wolf”. In 4 months of commerce warfare, “Wolf” has sunk 108,713 grt of shipping she’s become the most notorious privateering vessel of WWII and has yet to make it into the main shipping lanes of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
