IX U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius)
Patrol 1, continue.
05 April 1940 (Friday)
04:00 - AN2971. Clouds clear, wind N Beaufort 2, sea 1.
06:42 - Crashdive drill. Practiced fire excercices and conducted torpedoes maintenance.
07:25 - Surfaced.
08:00 - AN2861.
12:00 - AN2822.
16:00 - AN2572.
20:00 - AN2462.
00:00 - AN2189.
06 April 1940 (Satuday)
04:00 - AN2146. Clouds clear, wind N Beaufort 2, sea 1.
06:26 - Test dive, 35m. Torpedoes maintenance.
07:07 - Surfaced.
08:00 - AN2114.
12:00 - AF7883.
16:00 - AF7854.
16:16 - Crashdive drill.
16:35 - Surfaced.
19:33 - AF7849. Visual contact with british G&H destroyer, bearing 60 at very fast speed. Crashdive. It seems that we remains undetected from her. Proceeding submerged.
20:00 - AF7854.
21:00 - Surfaced.
21:13 - Message to BDU : "AF7872 X CONTACT WITH BRITISH DESTROYER AF7849 AT 1933 x HEADING NW AT FAST SPEED X U-43"
21:42 - Message from BDU : "REPORT ACKNOWLEDGED X CONTINUE ACCORDING TO ORDERS X SWITCH TO IRELAND CIRCUIT X BDU"
21:45 - Radio switched to "Ireland" circuit.
00:00 - AF7877.
07 April 1940 (Sunday)
04:00 - AF1126. Clouds clear, wind N Beaufort 3, sea 2.
06:29 - Dive test, 35m, and torpedoes maintenance.
07:17 - Surfaced.
08:00 - AF1219.
12:00 - AM1116.
16:00 - AM1182.
20:00 - AM1175.
00:00 - AM3631.
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