U-45 VIIB
Patrol No 1
Shakedown - trials - nothing to report
Patrol No 2
Orders : Proceed to grid to BF16 - cross the English Channel and show the flag. Await new orders
23 August 1939
04:41 hours U-45 departed Wilhelmshaven to grid BF16.
03 September 1939
02:21 hours The war started. - New orders : Proceed to grid AM52 and attack at will.
07 September 1939
Grid AM52
15:39 hours SS Wisconsin (Large Merchant), 11050 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 109. Crew lost: 43 - sunk by 3 torpedoes
10 September 1939
Grid AM53
10:18 hours HMS Vanessa (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 101. Crew lost: 87 - sunk by 1 torpedo
11 September 1939
Grid AM37
03:30 hours ASW trawler missed by 1 torpedo - U-45 remained undetected
Grid AM36
21:23 hours HMS Venomous (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 115. Crew lost: 52 - sunk by 1 torpedo
17 September 1939
Grid AM52
02:25 hours MV Margaret Christina (Tugboat), 1121 tons. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 21 - sunk by 1 torpedo
21 September 1939
Grid AM52
01:56 hours SS Crown Arun (Small Merchant), 1835 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 2 - sunk by 24 8,8 cm rounds
14:31 hours SS Adm. Courbet (Coastal Freighter), 1874 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 3 - sunk by 19 8,8 cm rounds
22 September 1939
Grid AM52
11:07 hours Q Ship HMS Chatsgrove (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 60 - sunk by 37 8,8 cm rounds. Luckily no damage was done in this gun duel
23 September 1939
Grid AM52
05:23 hours SS Lord Strathcona (Ore Carrier), 6071 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 82. Crew lost: 79 - sunk by 68 8,8 cm rounds
25 September 1939
Grid AM52
09:15 hours SS Peebles (Medium Merchant 24), 5093 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 57. Crew lost: 25 - sunk by 47 8,8 cm rounds
10:08 hours SS Akbar (Medium Merchant 40), 5926 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 64. Crew lost: 62 - crippled by 25 8,8 cm rounds - finished by 2 torpedoes
01 October 1939
20:57 hours U-45 returned at port. Unable to help U-174.
40 days at sea
10 ships sunk
37710 tons
No damages or casualties
All 8,8 cm rounds used - 3 torpedoes not used
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