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Old 03-03-22, 10:06 PM   #31
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12/19/1939 Central Atlantic 32°35’N, 34°17’W 130th day at sea

Since the last report Ship 77 has sailed over 30,000km and sunk 177,822 grt of shipping. Ship 77 cruised the Caribbean once more as far east as Port-of-Spain however no shipping was sighted, then she made for the Yucatan Channel where she stopped and inspected 12 vessels all of which were let go. Entering the Gulf of Mexico, no shipping was sighted, Hartmann then steered into the Straits of Florida where on 11/24 a neutral American freighter was sighted, Ship 77 turned away making no contact with the ship.

Three days later Ship 77 passed the Island of Tortuga the following day off Haiti the bridge watch sighted mastheads and the Hilfskreuzer’s artillery was soon shelling the vessel, which was the Southern Line Ltd, Co. ship KRIKLAND 5,159 grt in ballast from Kingston to Tampico the English freighter was sunk and 49 were taken prisoner. Ship 77 returned to the Atlantic on 11/30 and again began to hunt for British merchant ships. On 12/7 Ship 77 sighted a 2 stack liner and closed in, by 17:39 Ship 77 has sunk the Australian Harris Line Co. RANGOON 9,885 grt from Sydney to Southampton she was to be converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, 139 were taken prisoner. From 12/8-12/18 Ship 77’s boarding parties were busy boarding and inspecting 38 ships. After thorough inspections all were released. Due to the high concentration of British warships in pursuit of the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee Kapitan.z.S Hartmann decides to remain in the North Atlantic.

Ship 77 will proceed north to operate between Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Azores afterwards she will make for the French coast to lay mines then loop around the Azores and begin the trek southwards into the South Atlantic.


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2/7/1940 South Atlantic 13°43’S, 9°6’W 180th day at sea
Since the last report Ship 77 has been experiencing success after success. Operating between Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Azores Ship 77 sank the British freighter ODYSSEY 5,250 grt from Port-of-Spain to Southampton loaded with 6,000 tons of general cargo 26 crew were taken prisoner later that night another British freighter came into view she was the BRISBANE 4,173 grt from Durban to Liverpool loaded with 5,000 tons of spices and tea. 9 days later Ship 77 found herself off the coast of France where she laid 4 minefields (291 EMC Mines) That same day she sank 6 ships the first was the Bulk Carrier BONNET 3,612 grt from Boudreaux to Liverpool loaded with general cargo 2 hours later 2 French fishing vessels Nr.281 1,100 grtand Nr.38 90 grt were sunk by the 7.5cm gun amidships. No sooner had the last of the 18 survivors been brought aboard that 2 smoke columns were sighted, and Ship 77 started up her diesels and proceeded at 18 knots to the sighting which turned out to be 2 small British freighter both were sunk by artillery. MILLINGTON 2,181 grt and HERSHIRE 3,482 grt. She took on 75 survivors and as she steered towards the open ocean a radio message came in from a warship that departed La Pallice she struck a mine her identity was later established to be the LAVIT 1,188 grt. Heading west then south she rounded the Azores in mid-January on the 23rd she sighted a large steamer and closed the range, she hoisted her battle flag and opened fire, after expending 3 torpedoes and 52 shells 2 more British ships were sent to the bottom the Liner CAPE VERDE 19,000 grt and the freighter CLEMENTINE 4,148 grt both had departed Cape Town and were enroute to Southampton loaded with army and air force equipment. 376 were taken prisoner. By now Ship 77 had over 500 prisoners aboard and on the 27th she met once again with the tanker NORDMARK which took on the prisoners and resupplied Ship 77, her final resupply at least for the time being, the disguise of the ship was changed during this period, she was to become the Norwegian freighter TRONDHEIM 8,500 grt
1.Outer hull painted black
2.Superstructre white with brown band on the upper bridge 3.Ventilators, deck hatches, winches, etc. painted yellow
4.Fake ventilator added aft of the wheelhouse
5.Smokestack lowered, painted black, and orange band added. 6.Boats painted grey 7.2 ventilators next to fake deckhouse removed.
8.Neutrality markings painted on the hull words “NORGE” and “TRONDHEIM” painted port and starboard amidships.
On February 3rd the Nordmark and Ship 77 parted ways and later that day she crossed the equator 2 days later 3 ships were sent to the bottom south of Ascension Island they were the JUNIPER 19,000 grt, TALLY 3,064 grt, and NORTH BANK 3,423 grt. Ship 77’s prisoner quarters were once again home to 268 men.
Ship 77 is now steering for the Indian Ocean where she will operate for the next 11 months. Ship 77 has sunk 247,321 grt of shipping and soon the hunter would become the hunter.......................











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Great thread, ideas and reports !
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Thank you very much im glad y'all are enjoying it!
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June 12, 1940 Indian Ocean 306th day at sea 1°38’N, 79°19’E

Ship 77 proceeded through the South Atlantic without further incident and rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 3/1/1939. On April 7th 2 ships were sunk the British freighters BURLINGTON 2,775 grt and INDIA 4,897 grt. 3 days later the British freighter MORGAN 5,229 grt was shelled and sunk. After this Ship 77 began a trek across the Indian Ocean and soon found herself approaching Australia where on April 14th she sank the Australian freighter HERO 8,075 grt and that same day the British freighter READING 4,237 grt.
After operating south of Java, she sank the British freighter LIVERPOOL 7,904 grt. Moving north along the coast of Sumatra Ship 77 entered the Bay of Bengal and began to hunt enemy merchant shipping on June 4th she shelled the British freighter BRENTWOOD 4,923 grt. Exiting the Bay of Bengal Ship 77 sank south of Ceylon the British motorship OXFORD 3,038 grt.
Ship 77 is now being hunted by up to 15 warships and Kapitan.z.S Hartmann makes a decision that will seal the fate of the dreaded raider...............




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August 8, 1940 Arabian Sea 6°56’N, 60°47’E 363rd day at sea


Kapitan.z.S Hartmann takes Ship 77 into the Arabian Sea, a hotspot for merchant and naval shipping she begins to hunt enemy merchant shipping on June 28th she captured the Norwegian tanker ARUBA 9,800 grt she transferred 392 of the 504 prisoners to the tanker and under the command of L.z.S.d.R Panzer the tanker departed for Germany. The following day the disguise was changed for the last time, she was disguised as an anonymous Greek freighter,

1. Outer hull black
2. Superstructure white with black band on the upper bridge
3. White band painted on the hull, Greek neutrality markings painted on the hull port and starboard “GREECE” painted 4 times with 6 Greek flags
4. Aft 15cm cannon disguised as a deckhouse
5. Fore 15cm disguised as deck cargo

After this change the raider pressed July passed with no success moving towards Addu Atoll she was cruising on the shipping lanes when in the early hours of August 8th a large silhouette was sighted, Ship 77 came about and began to run at 19 knots. by 11:00 hrs. the unknown vessel was identified as the heavy cruiser HMS LONDON, the range closed, and Hartmann swung Ship 77 hard to port, put on his Kriegsmarine uniform and gave his final order, decamouflage and open fire! The one and only salvo was fired from the auxiliary cruiser when a salvo from the cruiser found its mark the first rounds hit the bridge destroying it and all inside were killed instantly including the Kommandant, Kapitan.z.S Hartmann. A second salvo again hit the bridge and it was obliterated other hits were on the fore deck, amidships, and in the engine room.

There was still hope for the survivors as the most senior officer, as reported by OStrm Witterhold, was the IV. Artillery Officer L.z.S(W) Wrangel gave the order to abandon ship when the final salvo came in and hit Hold Nr.7 which house the remaining 109 EMC mines the ship was blown apart of the 623 man crew only 3 Petty Officers, and 21 ratings survived. As for the prisoners only 2 made it out alive. (Ship 77 never sent a radio message to the S.K.L. The S.K.L. found out over a Reuters broadcast "British heavy cruiser sinks German raider in the eastern Arabian sea")

The raider sank at 13:02 hrs. local time. HMS LONDON stopped to pick up the survivors, and all were taken to Colombo, Ceylon where they spent the remainder of the war. In 363 days at sea Ship 77 sank 279,037 grt of shipping in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. The entire crew were awarded the Iron Cross II Class many received the Iron Cross I class and 3 Knights Cross of the Iron Cross were awarded. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, and Swords was awarded to Kapitan.z.S Hans Felix Hartmann on November 1, 1940.
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And so, the first voyage was concluded. it will be evaluated, and I will improve on the storyline and the writing of the Kriegstagebuch. The Ship’s number and possibly the commander name will change as well.





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Lol the disadvantage of carrying mines! Those spiky little fellows can be a double-edged sword if your ship comes under fire. Better luck next time; your lookouts (assuming they survived) ought to be punished. Then again, by the time they got released in 1945 perhaps it would be a moot point...
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On July 17, 1936 the Spanish Civil War began. The Führer would send Nationalist Forces the Condor Legion and with it ships to bring troops and supplies, under this pretext the notorious merchant raider only known as Schiff 66 began her infamous voyage. she was a vessel, which according to legend was doomed to sail the seas for eternity, this is her story.............

6/30/1936 Bremen A.G. Weser Werft, Dock IX

The recently completed freighter ‘Weserfels’ was taken over from the shipyard by a party of officers and ratings from the Kriegsmarine. She was docked next to 2 of her sister ships the namesake of the class ‘Ehrenfels’ and her future supply ship ‘Kybfels’. in spite of looking identical there was one major difference, the two other ships measured 506ft in length while the ‘Weserfels’ was estimated to have measured over 600ft in length this was because she was “officially” taken over while still on the stocks at the A.G. Weser Werft, Bremen and was modified to become a Handelsstörkreuzer (trade disruption cruiser). Launched in secrecy she was towed to Dock IX where she was fitted with her armament and equipment. She was provided with an extra funnel, telescoping masts, removable derricks, and deck fittings. She was completed on New Years Eve 1935. She was commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on January 1, 1936 at the A.G. Weser Werft Commissioning Pier II and was painted in the colors of her original owners the DDG Hansa Line, Bremen. After commissioning Schiff 66 moved to the Naval Fitting out depot and began to take on fuel, water, coal, and provisions.
For the next 4 months she shifted from the ports of Kiel, Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg, and Bremerhaven taking on supplies including fuel, ammunition, torpedoes, aircraft, and tons of paint and structural material.
Her captain is 32 year old Freg.Kpt Hans Felix Hartmann former commander of the minesweeper M19 and officer aboard the Graf Spee and Deutschland. He went to work handpicking her 440 man crew plus an additional 200 officers and men would join her including Luftwaffe and Heer personnel for land operations. On May 31st the raider returned to A.G. Weser for final adjustments and modifications including the addition of 2 more torpedo tubes. Hartmann left the ship in charge of the I. Officer KKpt Baumgartner while he travelled to Berlin where he received his final briefing and orders from GAdm Reader himself. Hartmann returned on June 28, 1936 and gave the entire crew shore leave ordering them to return to the ship at midnight on June 30th. (In the next report a detailed list of changes made to her disguise will be included)

According to her operational orders Schiff 66 is to depart Bremen for Wilhelmshaven on June 30, 1936 at 01:00 hrs. after the stopover in the Jade Bay off Wilhelmshaven she is to set off for the Mediterranean.


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8/5/1936 North of the Straits of Sicily 57th day at sea

Ship 66 continues her rampage against the supply lines of the Spanish Republic; however, tragedy has marred the successes of the raider, on the third of August, a Greek tanker was sighted and ordered to stop for a search, it took 3 shots over the bow with the 7.5cm then the 15cm to convince the Greek to stop. The Examination Party under L.z.S Schmidt go aboard and after a thorough investigation of her destination and cargo it is determined that the Greek tanker “OLYMPIA” 5,267 grt G R Z A from the Soviet Union to Almeria loaded with 6600 t of gasoline. Because the tanker which was built in 1915 is in rough condition and the cargo is not valuable Kapitan.z.S Hartmann decides to sink the tanker with scuttling charges, the Demolition Commando under Oblt.z.S Wolff and 20 officers and ratings board the tanker, 3 minutes later and with the Examination Party along with 2 of the tanker’s lifeboats in tow, a tremendous explosion shook the boats and the raider herself, the tanker disintegrated in a large fireball the demolition commando had no chance of escape. For now, Ship 66 drifts in the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea along the Republican supply lines the crew takes the opportunity to touchup the ship's hull and paint job.

The following report will find Ship 66 taking a short cruise through the Mediterranean as far a Cyprus before looping around and returning to the blockade area.

Ship 66 has sunk 8 ships for 33,134 grt and sailed over 16,000km.

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8/18/1936 Mediterranean Sea 70th day at sea

Ship 66 has been busy sinking the vital supplies of the Spanish Republicans after the disastrous sinking of the “OLYMPIA” off the coast of Sardinia “Ship 66” stopped and captured the Soviet freighter “LENINGRAD” 8,800 grt from Odessa to Barcelona loaded with 10000 t of general cargo, the ship was taken prize and dispatched with a prize crew under the command of L.z.S(S) Schultz and 13 ratings with orders to make for the provisional Nationalist naval base of Caligari. In the night of the 7th L.z.S(M) Brockman and Mtr.O.Gfr Kob sighted another Soviet vessel, she was shelled to immobilization it was the STEPANOV 8,100 grt loaded with 10000 t of diesel fuel unfortunately due to the damage of the shelling she could not be taken prize and had to be sunk. In the evening on the 11th Mtr Hertzog and L.z.S(W) Fischer sighted a freighter the British “WHIRPOOL” 2,900 grt from Port Said to Barcelona loaded with 3017 t of coal destined for the Spanish Republicans the raider quickly sent the freighter to the bottom. Just after midnight on the 12th Fahnr.z.S Meyer and OStrm Witterhold spotted a large vessel approaching off the starboard bow, after an hour and half long chase the large Spanish Republic Liner “MARIA ELENA I” 8,000 grt from Alexandria and Almeria loaded with 10000 t of army and air force equipment. It turns out that the liner was outfitted as a troop/supply ship. 278 of the 330 aboard were fished out of the water. A few hours later a Dutchman came into view she was signaled to stop for a search and was promptly sent to the bottom “BACHLAAN” 5,547 grt from Alexandria to Barcelona.

No sooner had “Ship 66” cleared the area that the bridge watch again sighted another vessel Mtr.O.Gfr Hahn and Kplt.z.S Wagner this was a Norwegian freighter who turned out to be quite inquisitive it took some convincing to get her to stop for a search which turns out she was carrying contraband for the Spanish Republicans, the “RONSTAD” 6,700 grt was sent to the bottom. By 22:00 hrs. “Ship 66” was off the coasts of Libya and Egypt. On the 14th Stb.O.Fldwl Kirchner and OGfr Phillipp sighted another ship then shortly thereafter another was sighted. Soon the Hilfskreuzer shelled and torpedoed both which turned out to be Spanish Republican ships the “DOMINGO” 2,799 grt and the “MAR AZUL” 4,284 grt later in the day yet another ship was sighted by Kplt.z.S Wagner and by 12:30 hrs. the freighter was sent to the bottom she was the “REY ANTONIO” 5,263 grt from Odessa and Cartagena loaded with misc. cargo. Another Soviet freighter was sighted the “SKVORTZOV” 2,962 grt loaded with food, timber, and steel bound for the Spanish Republicans.

Again, late in the afternoon OGfr Theismann sighted another freighter the Spanish Republican Freighter “EL OLIVO” 2,800 grt from Odessa to Valencia loaded with spare parts for tanks.

The following day “Ship 66” rounded the Island of Cyprus and since the afternoon of 17.August the raider has been drifting at 1-2 knots in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Today she continues to drift awaiting for September 1st to begin the voyage back to the Gulf of Valencia to lay minefields. Then on orders from the Seekriegslietung she is to make for the Alboran Sea and continue to engage in commerce warfare. In 10 days of aggressive commerce warfare “Ship 66” has sunk 49,355 grt of shipping and captured 1 freighter for 8,800 grt totaling over 80,796 grt of shipping sunk/captured. But with success comes major problems currently we have 913 prisoners aboard plus the 600 crew equals to 1,513 aboard! we must find another ship to take prize as this number is unsustainable. If not Kapitan.z.S Hartmann will be forced to abandon his operational area and head to the Port of Cadiz to release the prisoners.



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10/4/1936 Mediterranean Sea, 40°23’N, 5°33’E, 117th day at sea

Ship 66 continues to cause chaos among the Spanish Republican supply lines. Since she entered the Mediterranean Ship 66 has sunk or captured 116,000 grt of shipping. Next she was lay her 130 EMC mines on the approaches to Spanish Republican ports. While in transit to her mining area, she sank 2 Spanish Republican tankers

Arriving in mid-September, Ship 66 laid nine minefields on the approaches to 3 of the Spanish Republicans vital ports. According to Reuters and Spanish radio some 22 merchant ships have been either sunk or damaged off Barcelona and Valencia with a destroyer, 3 mine sweepers, and 6 fishing and merchant ships lost between Valencia and Barcelona. These reports are not reliable, therefore Kapitan.z.S Hartmann will await confirmation from the Seekriegsleitung on these figures, if they hold true this has been a tremendous success against the Republican’s Odessa Supply line. By all appearances neither the Soviets or Republicans have any idea that a German auxiliary cruiser is causing said damage, all so far have been credited to either the Italians or the Nationalist Navy.
After the mining operation Ship 66 drifted off the coast of Algeria only sighting a hospital ship and various Portuguese vessels. On 21.Sep. Ship 66 adopted her peacetime self for her new camouflage sailing as the “WESERFELS” 10,100 grt from Bremen to Calcutta the route that was originally intended for her. The perfect disguise since the Ehrenfels class of ships run the East Asia Route via the Suez Canal. No sooner had the disguise been completed that another British non-intervention patrol was sighted patrolling the Nationalist supply route from La Spezia. After running into a storm and days or boredom on the 28.Sep. L.z.S(MA.E) Michealson serving as III.WO on the bridge sighted a silhouette off the starboard quarter and by 21:32 the Spanish Republican freighter was sent to the bottom. Ship 66 continues on her way drifting quietly along the supply lines waiting patiently for her next prize.


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On September 1st 1939 at 05:45 the first shots of the Second World War were fired. The Seekriegslietung began preparations for commerce warfare begin in earnest.

The Kriegsmarine was to repeat the successes of the disguised commerce raiders of the Great War such as the Mowe, Seeadler, and Wolf II. The newest and fastest freighters were reserved for troop transports therefore the conversion office of the Kriegsmarine was left with a pool of ships some are modern motorships with reliable diesel engines others have recycled steam turbine engines from bygone passenger liners.

One such motorship was the “Weserfels” of the DDG Hansa Line she was part of the Ehrenfels Class of motorships she was a slightly modified version of the class, at 525ft in length she was 16ft longer and had more powerful engines which allowed her to run at a top speed of 18.5 . She was taken over by the Kriegsmarine on the morning of September 3rd at noon and was placed under guard. Fregettenkapitan Wolfgang Felix Hartmann was chosen to take command of the soon to be raider. Born on November 20, 1905 he joined the navy in 1921 but the war ended before he could see active service nevertheless he remained in the Reichsmarine through the ranks. In 1935 he was promoted to Korvettenkapitan and was assigned as gunnery officer aboard the Pocket Battleship Deutschland in which he saw service in the Spanish Civil War. Having been promoted to Fregettenkapitan, Hartmann took a desk job at the Seekriegslietung, at the beginning of the war he was informed that he was to take command of a disguised commerce raider , an assignment he relished.

When he arrived at Bremen he found the freighter still tied up to her moorings he at once sent for a tugboat which took her off to her builders Deschimag A.G. Weser Werft, Bremen over the next month and half months she was converted from freighter to commerce raider she was armed with the following:
Armament:
6 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns
1 × 75 mm (3 in) gun
2 × 3.7 cm (1.46 in) PaK 36 anti-tank guns
2 × twin 3.7 cm SK C/30 anti-aircraft guns
8 × twin 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons
6 × torpedo tubes (25 torpedoes)
600 × EMC mines
Aircraft:
3 × Arado Ar 196 A-1

During the conversion process freezers were installed to keep food longer and fuel, water and coal storage significantly increased
Range: 80,000 nmi (150,000km) at 12 kn
Endurance: 300 days
Complement: 450
Fuel storage: 4,500 cbm3
Coal: 3,300 t
Water: 4,000 t

Also, during conversion, the crew was picked an initial crew list was provided but Hartmann keeping his high standards, rejected three quarters of the crew and instead choose his own officers, petty officers, and ratings by October 10th the crew was quartered at a hotel in Bremen awaiting the completion of the conversion.

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November 10, 1939 Deschimag A.G. Weser Werft, Bremen

With the entire 441 officers, petty officers, and ratings aboard. The Motorship “Weserfels” is commissioned into the Kriegsmarine as Hilfskreuzer Schiff Nr.19 under the command of Kapitan.z.S Wolfgang Felix Hartmann. After the commissioning ceremony the ship is taken to the Naval Fitting Out depot to being taking on stores and equipment she will then be shifted to Columbus Pier to take on fuel, water, and coal. Once she is loaded Schiff 19 will make for the River Weser to conduct trials.
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