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05-28-23, 07:32 AM
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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - Black May - New B.d.U.-Orders
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Friday, 28 May 1943 - Southwest of Freetown 0258 - Qu.8756ES - NW7/6, overcast, rain, poor visibility, <1000mb - Running off on course 90°. 0300 - Diving due to poor visibility. Submerged cruise at Reception Depth. 0755 - Qu.8765ES - CO₂ Warning at 1.7%. 1057 - S-Tiefe. It has cleared up but there is still a medium swell. CO₂ is 2.2%. 1100 - Surfaced after 20.9nm and 8h. NNW7/6, medium swell, clear, light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb. 1101 - Boat ventilated. 2x225RPM/8kn. 1200 - Qu.8844ES - Days Run: 120.5nm - ↗ 94.4nm (14h) - ↘ 26.1nm (10') Total: 4342.8nm (23tg 22h) - ↗ 4154.1nm (21tg 01h 24') - ↘ 188.7nm (2tg 20h 36') 450.5cbm (1.5cbm in 24h); Battery 80%; Course 90°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold NE7/6, medium swell, clear, light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb 1215 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.: Supply boat not found. 450cbm. NE7/6, medium swell, clear, light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb. Moving off to the East. - RST - 1230 - Qu.8845ES - Course 180°. 1320 - Qu.8848ES - Course 270°. Heading back to the supply area. 1729 - Qu.8759ES - E7/6, medium swell, clear, light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb - Course 340°. 1834 - Course 270°. No sight of supply boat. 2118 - Qu.8746ES - NE7/6, medium swell, clear, light haze, medium visibility, >1000mb. 2307 - Incoming Radio Reports: From O.K.W.: a) Yesterday, fourteen Mosquito bombers from RAF Marham, conducted a daylight raid on the Zeiss optical instrument plant at Jena, some 45 miles from Leipzig. Despite losing three aircraft over the target and two others written off whilst attempting to land on their return, the operation had caused some damage to the works. b) The 15th US Airforce attacked the Oil Refineries in Livorno, Italy. From. B.d.U.: B.d.U.-Standing Order No. 42 from 27 May 1943: a) Only a plot drawn up accurately with every report on the enemy and the enemy route marked in enables one to find a convoy quickly and operate successfully against it. b) The first night of operations always promises the best chance of success. Therefore, try to fire as quickly as possible when the convoy is reached. c) On moonlight nights the enemy appears to protect primarily the side away from the moon. Attacks from the moon side, therefore, are more likely to be successful in many cases, also in view of less danger of location. d) Always try to escape on the surface from locating escort vessels, since the enemy usually breaks off the chase quickly and cannot leave the convoy for too long. e) Try to ward off escort aircraft if possible at once, if Flak guns are ready for action, but above all before dark in order not to lose valuable chances of attack. f) Only submerge in view of aircraft if the boat can with certainty reach at least 80-100 m. If there is any doubt remain surfaced and ward off attack. Train the crew for this and keep in mind the danger of being bombed at low diving depth. g) Make every effort to eliminate the possibilities of surprise attacks while underway and in position. Either proceed with main engine running, in order to hear aircraft beforehand, or submerge in unfavorable weather conditions. h) In some cases decoy depth charges were again dropped with great success. Do not be deceived by these but go to periscope depth as quickly as possible, if there are no hydrophone fixes, and investigate. j) If the convoy frequency is very busy use alternative wave lengths. 2315 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 2h. RST
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05-29-23, 07:53 AM
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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - "Milkcow" not found
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Saturday, 29 May 1943 - Middle Atlantic 0025 - Qu.7966ES - 0033 - As contact with the Supply Boat cannot be established and the weather report does not suggest any improvement of the seastate any time soon, decision is made to continue with the outbound transit. Running off on southerly heading. 2x225RPM/8kn. 0121 - Qu.7969ES - Course 169°. 0700 - Qu.2141FD - Diving for Torpedo Maintenance and Trial Dive. 0705 - T=50. Beginning torpedo maintenance. 0756 - Tube I serviced. 0814 - Tube II pulled - Watch Change at 0808 - 0848 - Tube II serviced. 0939 - Tube III serviced (Tubes I-III are T-3/Pi39H). - Break until 1000 - 1051 - Tube V serviced (EtoFat/Pi39H). - Break until 1100 - 1109 - Sunrise. 1151 - Tube VI serviced (T-4/Pi39H). CO₂ Warning at 1.7% (after 4h 51min.). Submerged cruise at A-20. 1200 - Qu.2148FD - Days Run: 151.7nm - ↗ 138.7nm (19h) - ↘ 13.0nm (5h) Total: 4494.5nm (24tg 22h) - ↗ 4292.8nm (21tg 20h 24') - ↘ 201.7nm (3tg 01h 36') 448.5cbm (2cbm in 24h); Battery 71.4%; Course 169°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; T=A-20; CO₂ =1.7%. - Lunch Break - 1257 - S-Tiefe. Weather and Sea unchanged. 1300 - Reception Depth. Beginning of Trial Dive acc. B.d.U. Standing Order No.507 & No.308. 145rpm/3kn. 1340 - Boat is safe and secure at 2A-Meter. Setting for T=20 with 96rpm. 1357 - Boat rises to T=19.5m. (17min. for 140m). 1400 - Weather and Sea appear to be unchanged. Battery 65.7%; Compressed Air Supply 265 Atü; CO₂ 2%. 1405 - Surfaced after 2h 05' and 6.2nm - since Etmal (Total: 7h 05' and 19.2nm). - N6/5, medium swell, clear, good visibility, >1000mb. 1410 - Boat ventilated and Compressed Air Supply filled. 1415 - Qu.2172FD - Charging batteries (65.7%): Stbd.-Charging, 496RPM; Port-Propulsion, 285RPM/8kn. 1710 - Batteries charged => 2h 55min. for 34.3%. 2xSmall-Ahead/185RPM/7kn. 2005 - Qu.2443FD - NW1/1, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 39 Sec. 2007 - A-Meter. 2010 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm. 2019 - Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 97%. 2025 - Surfaced after 20min. and 1.1nm. - WNW1/1, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 2028 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2030 - Test Run of main diesels acc. B.d.U.-Standing Order No.510. - 2xSmall-Ahead/185RPM/6.8kn. 2030 - 285RPM/1/3-Ahead/10.6kn. 2035 - 375RPM/2xH.F./13.4kn. 2040 - 455RPM/Full-Ahead/16.5kn. 2045 - 496RPM/A.K./18.3kn/30min. 2115 - Reducing speed in speed settings of 5min. decrements. 2130 - 2x225RPM/8kn. 2306 - Incoming Radio Reports: O.K.W.-Report: a) Major air raid by the RAF against Wuppertal with 1,900 tons of explosives. The British claim that half of the city has been destroyed. There were many civilian casualties. From B.d.U.: a) In order to make it difficult for enemy aircraft in the Biscay area to find U-boats and in order, in case of enemy air attacks, to be able to counter the enemy when surfaced, which has proved to be most practical , with heavy and successful gunfire, all boats returning in a position W. of 16° should continue the return passage together, through the Biscay area in Groups up to 4 boats. b) U 707 (Oblt. Günther Gretschel) which is able to submerge and is proceeding with U 952 (Oblt. Oskar Curio) will be closely escorted on the 30th May by 5 Ju. 88 until met by escorts. c) Since U 128 (Oblt. Hermann Steinert; ex Heyse) did not arrive for refueling she must be considered lost. 2322 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 3h. RST
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05-30-23, 09:10 AM
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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - Equator Crossing
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Sunday, 30 May 1943 - Northeast of Brazil 0445 - Qu.2785FD - Crossing Equator - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.: After standing up and down for 3 days, supply boat still not found. Continued outbound transit. Switching to Circuit Afrika-I. 6 eels. 447 cbm. WNW1/1, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 1006 - Incoming Radio Report: From B.d.U.: The orders given, in view of the new situation, for the protection of boats against surprise aircraft attacks are summarized as follows in B.d.U.-Standing Order No. 13: The danger of surprise by locating aircraft, particularly by night is great. The following basic principles should be observed by the boats: be as careful as possible while under way and at waiting positions - avoid losses. If the enemy is sighted then go into operation with courage and tenacity in spite of danger from aircraft, remain surfaced and ward off attacks of aircraft when necessary. It is, therefore, ordered that: 1) U-boats approaching and returning from the Biscay area up to 18° W and in the approach area home North Atlantic up to and including square AL, upper third, will proceed submerged as a general rule. They will surface only for charging the battery and ventilating the boat and only by day. Surface run by day is permissible only in very good visibility which excludes the possibility of surprise. Boats should proceed surfaced as a rule on incoming routes. Only submerge when danger of aircraft is acute. Boats will proceed out in the morning and in at evening, so that the incoming route is passed by day. See Standing Order 483, Section D 1. 2) Special instructions will follow regarding passage of several boats together. 3) Procedure in the operational area North Atlantic, i.e. AL, lower and middle third, AK, AD, AJ, BC, BD, north half BE, CG, CF east half, under way and when stopped in position. a) By night: One main engine slow to half speed and the other Diesel engine ready to start up, boat's ventilator switched off. Reason: to detect aircraft approaching by means of hydrophone. b) By day: With higher cruising speed than before confirm that the boats is maneuverable and able to dive. c) If weather conditions are unfavorable, proceed only submerged by day and night. 4) Procedure in coastal area os America, the Caribbean, middle and South Atlantic according to situation and decision of the Commanding Officer. 5) When operating against the enemy no restrictions as to surface run, attack is the most important factor. 6) When proceeding on the surface always keep radar interception apparatus and Flak guns ready for action and manned. 7) B.d.U.-Standing Order No. 483, Section a) Fig. 2 and Section C) invalid at present. Carry out correction in pencil. B.d.U.-Standing Order No. 13, dated April 1943 and admonitory radio message 2303/22/48/165/259/379/416/718/845 is therefore invalid and should be destroyed. 8) In message to O.K.M., O.K.W. is reporting that development of new FuMB-Technology and Accoustic Torpedoes is continuing with highest priority. 1025 - Early Morning Dawn. 1/4-Moon in the East. 1122 - Sunrise. SW1/1, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 1149 - All engines stop. Manning flak guns (still outside of Ascension Island air cover zone) - Equator-Crossing Ceremony - 1200 - Qu.5194FD - Days Run: 187.9nm - ↗ 180.6nm (21h 35') - ↘ 7.3nm (2h 25') Total: 4682.4 (25tg 22h) - ↗ 4473.4nm (22tg 17h 59') - ↘ 209.0nm (3tg 04h 01') 447cbm (1.5cbm in 24h); Battery 97%; Course 169°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; SSW1/1, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 1400 - Continuing outbound transit. 2x225RPM/8kn. 2000 - SE5/4, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 2321 - Sundown. RST
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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - Black May
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Monday, 31 May 1943 - South Atlantic 0815 - Qu.8218FD - Reached the Air Cover Zone of Ascension Island. 1040 - Early Morning Dawn. 7/8 Moon in the East. 1133 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 15.5h. 1200 - Qu.8276FD - Days Run: 172.8nm - ↗ (24h) Total: 4855.2 (26tg 22h) - ↗ 4646.2nm (23tg 17h 59') - ↘ 209.0nm (3tg 04h 01') 445cbm (2cbm in 24h); Battery 97%; Course 169°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; SSW1/1, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 1313 - Qu.8279FD - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 41 Sec. (w/o Diving Officer). 1316 - A-Meter. 1320 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm. 1329 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 97%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü. 1333 - Surfaced after 20min. and 1.2nm. - Weather and Sea unchanged. 1337 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn. 1533 - Qu.8527FD - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 42 Sec. (w/o Diving Officer). 1535 - A-Meter. 1540 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm. 1548 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (8min. for 60m). Battery 94%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü. 1553 - Surfaced after 20min. and 1.2nm. - SSE6/5, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 1556 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn. 2307 - Incoming Radio Reports: From O.K.W.: a) The US 15th Airforce attacked German and Italian airports at Foggia and claim that many airplanes were destroyed on the ground. From O.K.M.: a) The Führer expressed extreme dismay at the withdrawal of our submarines from the American coast. b) In Operation Gearbox II, HMS Cumberland joined HMS Cruiser Bermuda to relieve garrison at Spitzbergen, Norway, escorted by Destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Athabaskan (RCN) covered by Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious, Cruiser HMS Scylla, screened by Destroyers HMS Echo and HMS Middleton. From B.d.U.: a) U 563 (Oblt. Gustav Borchardt) was bombed by aircraft at 1650 in BF 4466. The boat was able to dive and requested air cover. Later she was attacked again and sent a distress message by radio. Boats in the vicinity were ordered to give assistance. Of these boats, U 621 (Oblt. Max Kruschka) reported going to assist U 563. On the way, U 621 was also bombed and has only limited diving capacity. It appears from a decoded aircraft message, that U 563 was sunk and the crew swimming in the water. U 621 broke off the search towards morning in view of fuel shortage. Our own aircraft could not be sent in owing to bad weather conditions, however, the first formation of Junkers, consisting of 8 airplanes, will be sent starting at 0700 on 1st June. The aircraft will take rubber boats with them, which can be dropped if necessary. b) U 467 (Kptlt. Heinz Kummer) has not reported since putting out from Bergen. After receipt of a special intercept message of 29th May regarding an aircraft attack on a U-boat in AE 58 with a Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo from a PBY-5A Catalina, the boat was ordered several times to give her position but did not reply. According to dead reckoning, she was in the proximity of the attack position. She must be considered lost. B-Dienst Report: a) Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) and her escorts departed Argentia, Newfoundland on a purely offensive anti-submarine patrol. This is Bogue's first Hunter-Killer sortie without concurrent convoy escort duty. 2322 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 7.5h. RST
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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - German Agent arrested in Brazil
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Tuesday, 1 June 1943 - West of Ascension - 4th week at sea completed - 0900 - Qu.1348FL - 1045 - Early Morning Dawn. 7/8-Moon setting in the East. 1139 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 20h. 1200 - Qu.1613FL - Days Run: 186.8nm - ↗ 184.4nm (23h 20') - ↘ 2.4nm (40') Total: 5042.0 (27tg 22h) - ↗ 4830.6nm (24tg 17h 19') - ↘ 211.4nm (3tg 04h 41') 442.5cbm (2.5cbm in 24h); Battery 94%; Course 169°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; SSE6/5, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 1306 - Qu.1616FL - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 39 Sec. (1st Watch with Diving Officer). 1309 - A-Meter. 1310 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm. 1319 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 94%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü. 1323 - Surfaced after 17min. and 1.1nm. 1327 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn. 1606 - Qu.1657FL - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 39 Sec. (2nd Watch with Diving Officer). 1609 - A-Meter. 1610 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm. 1619 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 93%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü. 1623 - Surfaced after 17min. and 1.1nm. 1626 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn. 2026 - Qu.1925FL - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 41+ Sec. (3rd Watch with Diving Officer). 2029 - A-Meter. 2030 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm. 2039 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 91.5%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü. 2043 - Surfaced after 17min. and 1.1nm. 2046 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn. 2306 - Incoming Radio Reports: From O.K.W.: a) The Russian Airforce attacked rear communications and airfields at Smolensk, Orel and Bryansk. b) British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden announced that British casualties in first three years of war were 92,089 killed, 226,719 missing, 88,294 wounded, and 107,891 captured. c) While serving time in prison for embezzlement, Fritz Kuhn, leader of the dissolved, pro-Nazi, German American Bund, has his American citizenship rewoked. From B.d.U.: a) In search of U 563 (Oblt. Gustav Borchardt), 23 Ju 88's carried out a search without result. Sea was force 5. Nothing was seen of the crew. In air battles the Ju's shot down 4 English aircraft, including 2 Wellington bombers and one large carrier aircraft (Douglas). b) U 409 (Oblt. Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann) was observed in CG 9472 during her passage through the Straits of Gibraltar. She was ordered to move away to the W and attempt to break through again after about 48 hours. The same goes for U 594 (Kptlt. Friedrich Mumm). B-Dienst Report: a) Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card (CVE-11) arrived in Casablanca Harbor, Morocco. b) Alerted by US direction-finders, the Brazilian police raid the house of German-born Werner Waltemath discovering his Abwehr radio, microfilm and other espionage paraphernalia hidden in a cavity under the living room floor. He will receive a twenty-five-year prison sentence, while a fellow–expatriate, Hans-Christian von Kitze, whom he had recruited to his spy group will become a double agent for the British. RST
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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - Stalemate on the Eastern Front
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Wednesday, 2 June 1943 - South-Atlantic 0700 - Qu.4364FL - Diving for Torpedo Maintenance and Trial Dive. 0705 - T=50. Beginning torpedo maintenance. 0756 - Tube I serviced. 0814 - Tube II pulled - Watch Change at 0805 - 0848 - Tube II serviced. 0939 - Tube III serviced (Tubes I-III are T-3/Pi39H). - Break until 1000 - 1051 - Tube V serviced (EtoFat/Pi39H). - Break until 1100 - 1148 - Sunrise. CO₂ Warning at 1.7% (after 4h 48min.). 1151 - Tube VI serviced (T-4/Pi39H). 1158 - At Reception Depth. 1200 - Qu.4391FL - Days Run: 158.3nm - ↗ 142.0nm (18h 09') - ↘ 16.3nm (5h 51') Total: 5200.3 (28tg 22h) - ↗ 4972.6nm (25tg 11h 28') - ↘ 227.7nm (3tg 10h 32') 441cbm (1.5cbm in 24h); Battery 82.9%; Course 169°; T=20; CO₂ = 1.8%; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold. - Lunch Break - 1222 - A-20 1300 - Beginning of Trial Dive acc. B.d.U. Standing Order No.507 & No.308. 145rpm/3kn. 1341 - Boat is safe and secure at 2A-Meter. 1345 - Setting for T=20 with 96rpm. 1402 - Reception Depth. (21min. for 140m). Battery 77%; Compressed Air Supply 275 Atü; CO₂ 2.1%. 1410 - Surfaced after 2h 10' and 6.4nm - since Etmal (Total: 7h 10' and 19.4nm). Weather and Sea unchanged in 46h. 1414 - Boat ventilated and Compressed Air Supply filled. 2307 - Incoming Radio Reports: From O.K.W.: a) The Japanese are in full retreat from the Yangtze River. b) The Russian Airforce attacked Kiev and Roslavl, while the Luftwaffe attacked Kursk. From O.K.M.: a) USAAF 99th Fighter Squadron made its combat debut with its P-40L fighters, strafing Italian positions on Pantelleria island southwest of Sicily, Italy. From B.d.U.: a) U 195 (IXD1; KrvKpt. Heinz Buchholz) situation report: nothing sighted in KZ 7558 - 24 - 16 - 15 - 19. Horizontal Radar location in KZ 1630, presumably aircraft. Return passage. b) U 178 (IXD2; KrvKpt. Wilhelm Dommes) attacked the convoy, which she had already reported, on 1 June in KP 8779 and scored 2 hits. Boiler explosion probable. Effect not observed owing to heavy seas, as accurate depth keeping impossible. c) U 667 (Kptlt. Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler) beat off an attack by a Lockheed Hudson on 26.5. in AF 4915 and scored several hits on a Catalina on 29.5. in AE 6714 during an 80 minute action. No damage. No radar observed in either attack. 2 small sailing vessels observed on patrol in the Iceland Passage and 2 destroyers with deterrent D/c's. 2322 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 55.5h. RST
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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - New B.d.U.-Orders for passage through Biscay
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Thursday, 3 June 1943 - Southwest of Ascension 1100 - Qu.8173FL - Early Morning Dawn. 1123 - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 40 Sec. (3rd Watch with Diving Officer). 1126 - A-Meter. 1127 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm. 1136 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 74.3%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü. 1140 - Surfaced after 17min. and 1.1nm. 1143 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn. 1155 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 67.5h. 1200 - Qu.8176FL - Days Run: 177.1nm - ↗ 169.6nm (21h 33') - ↘ 7.5nm (2h 27') Total: 5377.4 (29tg 22h) - ↗ 5142.2nm (26tg 9h 01') - ↘ 235.2nm (3tg 12h 59') 439.5cbm (1.5cbm in 24h); Battery 74.3%; Course 169°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; SSE6/5, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb. 1916 - Incoming Radio Reports: O.K.W.-Report: a) All Japanese resistance on Attu, Aleutian Islands ceased. b) Operation Cottbus: German forces attacked partisans in Barysaw (Borisov), Byelorussia. c) French Resistance saboteurs destroyed 300 tons of tires in the Michelin factory at Clermont-Ferrant. d) The first fruits of victory reached British shops in the form of Algerian wine. From B.d.U.: a) It is intended that U 575 and U 731 shall proceed in company through Biscay. The following basic order has been issued. As far as possible 2-4 boats are to make the return passage through Biscay in company. Commanding Officers will agree at the rendezvous on details of procedure for the return passage. The basis is to be: 1) Proceed in accordance with B.d.U. Standing Order No. 13. 2) Remain surfaced as long as possible in good weather in order to cover ground. 3) In case of a surprise attack, remain on the surface. Fire from all guns. 4) Keep together at all costs. b) U 178 (IXD2; KrvKpt. Wilhelm Dommes) reported: As convoys proceed close inshore, it is possible to haul ahead without maintaining close contact, if the boat remains at least 60 miles off the coast. Boat will not then be subject to interference by a/c, even though Radar locations constantly intercepted. The enemy is using a large number of a/c, which patrol the area ahead and to seaward of the convoy. At times 3 a/c were sighted at one time by day as far as 50 miles off the coast. Boat succeeded in getting away on the surface. c) U 119 (XB; Kptlt. Horst-Tessen von Kameke) has carried out the minelaying operation off Halifax as ordered. d) U 304 (Oblt. Heinz Koch) last made a short weather report on 24.5. from BD 23. On the same day she was ordered to an attack area in AK 4675, depth 70 miles. Since 1.6. the boat has several times been ordered to give her position and no answer has been received. As there are no clues, she must be presumed lost. B-Dienst Report: a) Radio intercept from the RAF: The months of April and May have resultated in the destruction of the German Uboat Arm, with 43 Uboats sunk during the month of May alone. This became possible with the arrival of the Escort Carriers as of the month of March. 2316 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 3 days and 7.5h. RST
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