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CPTLTJASON 11-16-20 11:50 AM

U-51 Kapitänleutnant Hans Felix Hartmann
 
**** So as to not make new threads every time a uboat goes to the bottom all future patrols will begin and end here on this thread****



6/16/1940 Wilhelmshaven Basin III 1st day at sea

U-51 is placed under the command of Kapitanleutnant Hartmann after her previous commander Oblt.z.S Kellogg didn’t achieve any success on her last 2 patrols U-51 was modified and underwent an extensive refit for an extended patrol in the Atlantic. Today she departs Wilhelmshaven her first objective is to patrol the convoy routes in naval square AL 8715.

Kapitan 11-16-20 01:37 PM

Look forward to reading the reports now facebook has screwed it

CPTLTJASON 11-16-20 10:38 PM

6/2/1940 East Coast of England AN 5568 2nd day at sea

U-51 sank 3 ships with artillery , the British freighter KIRKLAND 2,430 grt in ballast from Bergen-London following her from and also in ballast was the British tanker FLORANCE 2,671 grt. During the sinking of the tanker lookouts sighted the British freighter PATTERSON 5,159 grt from Bombay-Grimsby loaded with army and RAF stores.

Hartmann plans to remain in the area until June 10th then begin to move north.

CPTLTJASON 11-16-20 10:56 PM

U-51 went on to sink an additional freighter the HAROLD 4,789 grt from Freetown-Grimsby loaded with tin and rubber from Singapore, shortly after this U-51 was spotted by two aircraft patrolling the area she attempted to dive but a depth charge clipped the bow and detonated causing serious damage of the 59 officers and crew only 6 escaped the Kommandant, all officers, and 40 petty officers and ratings went down with U-51 in naval square AN 5273.

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CPTLTJASON 11-17-20 10:11 PM

U-48 (Kapitänleutnant Hartmann)
 
6/15/1940 Wilhelmshaven Naval Base, Basin III

U-48 under the command of Kplt.z.S Hans Felix Hartman (SK/G) departs for the British East Coast her first area of operations where she will operate for 3 weeks then move into the Atlantic.

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CPTLTJASON 11-20-20 02:04 PM

6/25/1940 AM 1581 North Atlantic 10th day at sea

U-48 have has been on a role, 24 hrs after leaving port U-48 arrived off the British East Coast and began her work, a small 2 ship convoy was sighted in the and with artillery she sent the vessels to the bottom. They were the British freighter ALLISON 4,921 grt loaded with general cargo from Karachi-London and the small tanker BRITISH HUNT 3,502 grt loaded with 3,500 tons of fuel from Aden-London 2 days later she sank 2 small fishing boats. FISHING BOAT. No.4 91 grt and COASTAL BOAT No.21 92 grt.

Kplt.z.S Hartmann decided to move towards Blackness Bay and Firth of Forth here in a spectacular raid she sank with torpedoes and artillery 3 destroyers, 1 motor torpedo boat, 3 fishing vessels, and 3 small freighters for 8,497 grt while escaping she was attacked by 8-10 aircraft one a Hurricane Mk.I Fighter was downed and her pilot taken prisoner the amount of tonnage sunk isn’t spectacular what was is the amount of warships the British had to converge on the area leaving other areas devoid of harbor defense. She headed off towards the Norwegian Sea and broke through the Atlantic via the Iceland-Faroes Passage and on the 23rd she sank the British merchant ship AGUSTUS 2,428 grt.

On the 25th B.d.U. Ordered Hartmann to make for Ferrol, Spain to resupply from Ship No.42.

CPTLTJASON 11-20-20 03:13 PM

U-48 resupplies from Ship No.42 she took on torpedoes, fuel, and ammunition as well as 3 months worth of provisions she will now head to the convoy lanes to operate in her ordered area, AL 5472.




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CPTLTJASON 11-20-20 04:12 PM

7/14/1940 North Atlantic 29th day at sea

U-48 searched her ordered area and found no contacts, B.d.U. Instructed us to patrol in AK 6587 and AL 7484 searching for 6 days however no shipping was found. Hartmann informed B.d.U. and they gave Hartmann freedom of movement or return to base, Hartmann choose to continue the patrol further south and she is now working south toward the Azores. For this the crew repainted her camouflage and her emblem was painted over.
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CPTLTJASON 11-20-20 10:35 PM

8/23/1940 Central Atlantic CG 5138 69th day at sea

It seems U-48’s luck stayed behind on the English Coast no shipping has been sighted since 6/18 only on 7/27 did a two stack liner come into view a spread of 3 torpedoes (Atos) missed no further pursuit was possible, we went as far as Freetown and only sighted Neutral shipping. Hartmann now decided to back track and attempt a resupply from the MV THALIA however on 8/3 U-48 ran into a strong depression and her torpedo tubes were damaged effectively ending her patrol. We are making for Lorient.

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CPTLTJASON 11-20-20 11:06 PM

8/26/1940 Lorient Naval Base 72nd day at sea

U-48 arrived at Lorient with a barrel and half in her tanks, Adm. Dönitz came aboard and awarded the Kommandant and crew the Iron Cross II Class U-48 will go into an extended refit.

Total: 16 ships for 20,712 grt.

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CPTLTJASON 11-22-20 01:07 PM

8/19/1940 Lorient, France 1st day at sea

After an extended refit which included the addition of a rear gun platform for another 2cm Flak, U-48 departs on her 2nd war patrol still under the command of Kplt.z.S Hartmann (EK II) once again we will make for the North Atlantic in search of British convoys we have been assigned Naval Square AL 4878
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CPTLTJASON 11-22-20 02:14 PM

10/7/1940 North Atlantic 18th day at sea

U-48 arrived at her patrol area and again nothing was sighted 2 days later BDU ordered us to BD 3426 again 2 days were spent searching nothing was sighted, BDU ordered us to one final position, naval square AL 7823. On October 1st on the first day of searching lookouts sighted a vessel the neutral Swedish liner HELLEN 8,000 grt she was hit with artillery but a British warship responded to distress signals and we sank her with a torpedo. We headed SE at full speed.

On October 5th U-48 sighted a convoy, dived ahead, and fired a spread of 4 torpedoes (Atos) at the convoy 2 detonations were heard. We dived to A+20m and were depth charged for 50 minutes about 22 depth charges were fired after 2 hours we surfaced and on the 500m wavelength we heard that the British tanker BRITISH WAY 2,780 grt and the British freighter MATHIAS 3,605 grt were torpedoed in the North Atlantic we assume them to be the ships we hit

BDU gave us freedom of movement and we are headed towards the Gulf of Cadiz we will resupply from a tanker.

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CPTLTJASON 11-22-20 04:23 PM

11/22/1940 Central Atlantic ES 3629 64th day at sea


U-48 has has been on a rampage she’s sunk in the Central Atlantic an additional 12 ships from the Gulf of Cadiz to the Equator mostly with her deck gun south of Cape Verde a freighter retuned fire and damaged U-48 no major damage but Kplt.z.S Hartmann broke off the attack the freighter was the British SALMON 3,000 grt she was damaged by U-48’s deck gun.
all ships are British

Tanker ALVIN 3,427 grt
Freighter CLEMENTINE 1,938 grt
Freighter ARTURO 3,682 grt
Freighter CAROLINA 1,968 grt
Freighter TROPIC SAND 4,222 grt
Freighter SEA BASS 8,048 grt
Freighter SEA WAVE 8,157 grt
Freighter BELLINGTON 1,704 grt
Tanker BRITISH WAY 4,500 grt
Freighter ALLISON 3,683 grt
Freighter EDWARD 4,251 grt
Tanker BRITISH WEST 3,420 grt

We will now make for another resupply and operations in the Celtic Sea.

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CPTLTJASON 11-23-20 10:12 PM

1/7/1941 Central Atlantic EP 9518 110th day at sea

BDU ordered Hartmann to halt the return transit, resupply from the MV Thalia, and proceed to a new operations area, Pernambuco.

Hartmann arrived in mid December and began operations on the 28th the British freighter DALTON 5,084 grt in ballast from Aruba to Karachi on January 2, 1941 the South African freighter FRENCH 8,172 grt in ballast from Port of Spain to Calcutta on January 5, 1941 the Panamanian freighter MAPCO 7,901 grt loaded with 8,000 tons of freight from Fremantle to Coloń.

Hartmann will patrol naval squares FB, FC, and FK U-48 will be resupplied from the tanker Nordmark.

On her second patrol U-48 has sunk 104,784 grt in total she has sunk 125,496 grt of shipping. BDU awarded the Iron Cross I Class and the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross to Kplt Hartmann.

CPTLTJASON 11-25-20 09:30 PM

1/29/1941 Lorient, France 132nd day at sea

U-48 arrived at night to Lorient while cruising into the lock she crashed and sank a neutral freighter after a 3 hour delay she finally tied up at Pier 4, Kapitänleutnant Hartmann was awarded the Iron Cross first class and the U-boat War Badge. All the crew were awarded the U-boat War Badge and 24 were awarded the Iron Cross first class.

On this patrol she sank 117,637 grt of shipping she went as far as the Equator. Refitting for a third patrol U-48’s flak platform will be removed her bow will have to be repaired she will sail in about one month.


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