U-505 IXC
26 March 1942
07:22 hours All systems check Ok - U-505 left Lorient for grid CA-28
08 April 1942
Grid CD21
07:35 hours Ship seen bearing 022 heading East - dived to PD
07:52 hours Visual contact : Passenger/cargo
08:04 hours 1 bow shot
08:05 hours Impact - surfacing
08:09 hours Target finished off by gunfire
08:09 hours SS Vital de Oliveira (Passenger/Cargo), 2581 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 92. Crew lost: 33 - 15 105mm rounds used
19 April 1942
Grid CA51
17:09 hours Attacked by destroyer in heavy fog - damaged by gunfire - crash dive
17:12 hours DC attack - more damages
17:13 hours Diving to 100m
17:17 hours DCs
17:23 hours Pinging - more DCs
17:25 hours Depth 100m - Noch tiefer tauchen 130m
17:27 hours DCs - no damages
17:32 hours DCs - no damages
17:37 hours Depth 131m - DCs drop every 5 minutes
17:58 hours No more DCs
21:00 hours Surfaced (I forgot I had Bold decoys on board)
20 April 1942
Grid CA28
11:21 hours Reached patrol grid
23 April 1942
Grid CA87
13:21 hours Ship seen bearing 344 heading North - dived to PD
13:27 hours Visual contact: Liberty cargo
13:50 hours SS Joseph Warren (Liberty Cargo), 7976 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 9 - 3 bow + 2 stern torpedoes
Grid DC12
21:53 hours Ship seen bearing 349 heading ENE - dived to PD
22:00 hours Visual contact: Attack cargo ship
22:28 hours 4 bow + 2 stern torpedoes fired - ship stil on the surface
22:38 hours Tube 1 reloaded
22:39 hours Fired tube 1
22:40 hours Warship sound contact bearing 255 long range
22:50 hours Tube 2 reloaded
22:51 hours Fired tube 2
22:52 hours Impact followed by huge explosion amidships
23:00 hours Tube 3 reloaded and fired
23:01 hours Impact - no effect - no internals left - leaving area
24 April 1942
Grid DC12
00:40 hours USS Brookings APA - 140 (Attack cargo ship 1), 7690 tons. Cargo: Trucks. Crew: 229. Crew lost: 219. Sunk after 9 torpedo hits
05:41 hours Surfaced in 15m/s winds
Grid CA85
22:06 hours Ship seen bearing 043 heading West - dived to avoid detection
23:42 hours Surfaced
26 April 1942
Grid CA67
08:30 hours Ship seen bearing 337 heading NNW - dived to PD
16:03 hours Surfaced
28 April 1942
Grid CB19
19:16 hours Winds 0 - 1m/s Moved externals inside
03 May 1942
Grid CA51
09:57 hours Warship seen bearing 321 heading NNE - dived to PD
10:14 hours Visual contact : Armed tugboat
10:32 hours J.T.A. 6 (Armed Tugboat), 1275 tons. Crew: 8. Crew lost: 4 - sunk by 1 bow shot
10:34 Surfaced
10:44 hours Aircraft spotted - dived to PD at flank speed - shallow waters
23:15 hours Ship seen bearing 345 heading South - dived to PD
23:35 hours Visual contact : Ceramic type liner
23:40 hours 4 bow shots fired
23:41 hours Impacts
23:51 hours SS Chenoneaux (Ceramic-type Ocean Liner), 13917 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 616. Crew lost: 197
5 May 1942
Grid CA61
16:17 hours Warship seen bearing 144 heading NE - dived to PD
16:32 hours Fired 2 stern shots at destroyer - diving to 100m
23:00 hours Surfaced
08 May 1942
Grid CB27
13:18 hours Spotted Colombian small tankers bearing 125 heading North - no action
30 May 1942
03:13 hours Docked at Lorient
66 days at sea
5 ships sunk
33439 tons
22 torpedoes fired
15 105mm rounds
U-boat damaged (H.I. 92.94%)
No casualties
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