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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Friday,
26 March 1943 - West of Rockall Bank -
0150 - Qu.5611AL - Course 135°.
0640 - Morning Dawn.
0700 - Diving for Torpedo Maintenance.
0705 - T=50. Beginning of torpedo maintenance.
0812 - Sunrise.
1016 - Bow tubes serviced. Break.
1031 - Servicing stern tubes (Tube VI is not operational).
1122 - Tube V serviced.
1154 - CO₂ Warning at 1.7%.
1200 - Qu.5655AL -
Days Run: 154.2nm - ↗ 140.3nm (19h) - ↘ 13.9nm (5h)
Total: 2856.8 nm (13days 14h 17') - ↗ 2656.0 nm (10days 10h 43') - ↘ 200.8 nm (3days 3h 34')
On course 135°; 437cbm (3cbm in 24h); T=50; Battery 92%.
1300 - Setting for Reception Depth.
1304 - T=20.
1310 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 1h 10min. and 3.3nm.
Weather and Sea unchanged in 4 days and 15h.
1311 - Boat ventilated.
1315 - Charging batteries (89.3%): Stbd.-Charging, 496RPM; Port-Propulsion, 285RPM/7kn.
1430 - Batteries charged (1h 15' for 10.7%). Small Ahead.
1538 - Qu.5682AL center - FuMB Detection (no Magic Eye) in 49°true, E=13000.
1539 - "
ALARM!" for approaching twin-engine A/C in 45°true, E=10000.
1541 - At A-Meter Wabos and again at 1542 and 1544 - no damages, no Sound Contact. Boat remains submerged.
1555 - A-20.
1646 - Setting for Reception Depth.
1651 - T=20.
1654 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 1h 05min. and 3.8nm.
Weather and Sea unchanged in 4 days and 19h.
1657 - Boat ventilated and Compressed Air Supply filled. 1/3-Ahead.
2027 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 4 days and 22.5h.
2224 - Qu.5955AL -
2303 -
Incoming F.T.s:
1)
From B.d.U.:
a)
Op.Order: Sector C in Route A (15 - 30 N.) is open for attack on independent ships with immediate effect until 29.3 inclusive.
b)
Intel-Report: Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) and her escorts detached from Convoy SC.123 in the mid-Atlantic and set course back toward Argentia, Newfoundland.
c)
OKW-Report: During Operation Supercharge II, the British 8th Army, lead by the Indian 4th Division, has won the battle for the Mareth-Line, Tunisia, forcing the Axis Troops to withdraw to the North.
2) U 648 (Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) completes Final Repairs at Blohm & Voss shipyard Hamburg.
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