[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

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Monday, 13 October 1941 - Rockall Bank -

0000 - It's becoming overcast. Wind and Sea weakening somewhat: West6/5, overcast, light haze, medium visibility, ~1000mb.

0140 - Water depth 64m.

0305 - Qu.1955AM - New course 63°.

0605 - Diving for torpedo maintenance and trial dive acc. Standing Order 507.

0607 - At Reception Depth. 65rpm, 1.6kn. Breakfast.

0701 - Sunrise. T=50. Beginning of torpedo maintenance.

0803 - O₂=20%.

1000 - Bow tubes serviced. Break until 1030h.

1143 - O₂=19%.

1200 - Qu.1937AM - Days Run: 107.7sm - ↗ 100.3 (18h 05') - ↘ 7.4sm (5h 55').
179.3cbm (0.9cbm/24h). 9500Ah. O₂=19%. On course 63°. T=50. 9 internal torpedoes (6xEto, 3xAto).

Stern tubes serviced. Lunch Break.

1300 - Beginning of trial dive acc. Standing Order 507. 135rpm.

1318 - 2A-Meter. Boat and safe and secure, reacts well at 135rpm.

1336 - At Reception Depth.

1340 - Surfaced after 7h 35' and 10.4sm.
Weather unchanged since 0000h.

1343 - Boat ventilated. Battery 9300Ah. K.F.-Ahead, 205RPM.

1815 - Sundown. Weather unchanged since 0000h.

1955 - Qu.1799AM - Reached enemy air cover zone around England. New course 297°.

Boat operating acc. Op.-Orders as per F.T.0501/11.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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Tuesday, 14 October 1941 - Rockall Bank -

0501 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
For Commanders eyes only:
RST: About F.T.0501/11:
Own units currently in Qu.3698AL, on course NNE.

0600 - Morning Dawn.

0704 - Qu.1755AM - Sunrise.
Weather unchanged since 13 Oct., 0000h.

1001 - Incoming F.T.: From U 206:
Have sunk the British Corvette HMS Fleur de Lys (K 122), in front of the Straits of Gibraltar. - Opitz -

1200 - Qu.1719AM - Days Run: 132.3sm - ↗ 129.3 (22h 20') - ↘ 3.0sm (1h 40').
177.6cbm (1.7cbm/24h). 9300Ah. On course 297°. 9 internal torpedoes (6xEto, 3xAto). Weather unchanged since 13 Oct., 0000h.

1605 - Incoming F.T.: From U 83:
ASW hunt by destroyers and aircraft. - Kraus -

Cmdr.: Probably as a result of U 206 (Opitz) sinking the destroyer in CG 9593.

1608 - According to a radio intercept message, the convoy, on which we have been operating since the 2nd October, has entered Gibraltar. According to this reliable report, the convoy must have traveled about 2.5kn faster than calculated up to now. As all the operations on the convoy were not calculated for such an unusually high speed, the boats were, in fact, traveling behind the convoy.

The boats are now west of the Straits of Gibraltar and receive orders to move away, in order to operate on the convoy leaving Gibraltar on or after the 17th of October.

1600 & 1640 - Position reports from Group "Mordbrenner" (Arsonist) in Qu.3693AL, on course South, speed 5kn.

Group "Mordbrenner" consists of U 208 (Oblt. Alfred Schlieper); U 374 (Oblt. Unno von Fischel); U 573 (Kptlt. Heinrich Heinsohn) - all VIIC - and U 108 (IXB, Kptlt. Heinrich Bleichrodt).

1643 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
U 553 (Kptlt. Karl Thurmann) and U 568 (Kptlt. Joachim Preuss) have been assigned to attacking areas AK 55 and AK 59, which is the area inside the patrol lines S.E. of Greenland.

1816 - Sundown. Weather unchanged since 13 Oct., 0000h.

Boat operating acc. Op.-Orders as per F.T.0501/11.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.