22.5.1940 North Atlantic 63°10’N, 29°43’W 112th day at sea
The Wolf runs the British blockade! after spending 2 days refueling and rearming the raider makes for the Denmark Strait at 10 knots just south of the ice limit. The Wolf entered the Straits on the evening of the 21st and sailing at 16 knots crossed into the North Atlantic. The main radio room reported 3 British freighters within a 20km radius these were successfully avoided. On the morning of 22nd lookouts sighted out of the mist a large vessel to starboard. On the bridge Kapitan.z.S Hartmann identified her as the British Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. WALVIS BAY 10,191 grt she briefly came into view then disappeared again into the mist. The crew were disappointed that the ship was not engaged however the mood changed when Kapitan.z.S Hartmann informed that the sighted vessel was an Armed Merchant Cruiser.
For the Wolf her hour had come and the raids for which she was to gain eternal notoriety were about to begin……………..
