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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Sunday, 20 June 1943 - South-Atlantic -
0222 - Qu.3478GQ - 19nm south of the underwater mountain in Qu.3449GQ (31°40'S, 8°20'E) - Reached the Air Cover Zone, about 670nm off Cape Town.
Cmdr.: "All hands be on the Quivive!"
1140 - Morning Dawn.
1200 - Qu.3841GQ - Days Run: 189.6nm - ↗ (24h)
Total: 8221.6nm (46tg 22h) - ↗ 7926.3nm (42tg 10h 04') - ↘ 295.3nm (4tg 11h 56')
Course 117°; 470cbm (2cbm in 24h); Battery 80.0%; 1xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold.
SSE6/5, clear, visibility 6.5nm, >1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 19days and 21h).
1240 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 19 days and 22h.
1928 - Qu.3894GQ - Course 119°.
2231 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 20 days and 8h.
2313 - Qu.6311GQ - Course 117°.
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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Monday, 21 June 1943 - West of Cape Town -
0700 - Qu.6364GQ - Diving for Torpedo Maintenance.
0705 - T=50. Beginning torpedo maintenance.
0756 - Tube I serviced (T-3/Pi39H). - Break until 0810 -
0901 - Tube V serviced (EtoFat/Pi39H).
0956 - Tube VI serviced (T-4/Pi39H).
1000 - Beginning of Trial Dive acc. B.d.U. Standing Orders No.507 & No.308. 145rpm/3kn.
1041 - Boat is safe and secure at 2A-Meter.
1045 - Setting for T=20 with 96rpm.
1100 - Reception Depth. Submerged cruise.
1150 - CO₂ - Warning at 1.7%.
1200 - Qu.6369GQ - Days Run: 163.9nm - ↗ 150.2nm (19h) - ↘ 13.7nm (5h)
Total: 8385.5nm (47tg 22h) - ↗ 8076.5nm (43tg 05h 04') - ↘ 309.0nm (4tg 16h 56')
Course 117°; 468cbm (2cbm in 24h); Battery 68.6%; 1xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; T=20; CO₂ 1.7%.
1235 - Sunrise.
1257 - S-Tiefe. Battery 65.7%; CO₂ 1.9%
1300 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 1h and 2.7nm since Etmal (Total: 6h and 16.4nm). Weather and Sea unchanged.
1301 - Boat ventilated.
1305 - Charging batteries (65.7%): Stbd.-Charging, 496RPM; Port-Propulsion, 375RPM/10kn.
1555 - Qu.4172GR - Batteries charged => 2h 50min. for 34.3%. 2xSmall-Ahead/185RPM/8kn.
2221 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 21 days and 8h.
2309 - Incoming Radio Reports:
O.K.W.-Report:
a) Heavy air raid by the RAF on Krefeld, Ruhr. 44 terror bombers were shot down.
From B.d.U.:
a) Additonal Order, from 20 June: The following has been added to B.d.U. Standing Order No. 13: Life jackets are to be available to the entire crew in the air endangered areas according to para.1).
b) Report from "Milkcow" U 462 Oblt. Bruno Vowe: On outbound transit was attacked and damaged by 5 Mosquito aircraft in BF 8153. One aircraft possibly shot down. One man killed (Mtr.Gfr. Ferdinand Brunnbaur) and several seriously wounded. Have begun return passage.
B-Dienst Report:
a) On 20 June, the RAF initiated shuttle bombing, where planes departed home fields to bomb Germany, re-armed in Africa, then bomb Italian targets en route back to Britain. The first of these raids targeted Friedrichshafen, Germany.
b) On 20 June, Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, with survivors of U 118 (XB; KrvKpt. Werner Czygan), sunk on 12 June, west of the Canary Islands, by eight Avenger aircraft of USS Bogue (43 dead and 16 survivors). Task Group 21.12 was dissolved and made eligible for European-African-Middle Eastern Area Engagement Star E207. This sortie was one of six Bogue sortie's singled out in a Presidntial Unit Citation.
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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115