22.10.39.
1431 Patrol 2
U-111, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel
Left at: October 22, 1939, 14:31
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM16
23.10.39.
1342 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! S.S. British Renown (Small Freighter), 2228 tons
1816 Grid AN 15 Ship sunk! S.S. Theenim (Granville-type Freighter), 4707 tons
24.10.39.
0958 Grid AN 26 Ship sunk! M/V Neptune (Coastal Tanker), 1240 tons
27.10.39.
0206 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! S.S. Orangemoor (Large Merchant), 10615 tons
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Used the deck gun on the first 3 ships the last one was in a heavy storm, WO saw her smoke at 2.5km, no need to go to periscope depth took 3 torpedos to sink her, crew earned some badges nothing big
Currently I'm on 4th place in the tonnage wars
Herbert Schultze 51930
Günther Prien 37420
Werner Hartmann 31613
**Konrad Steinmann 27636
Wilhelm Rollmann 21708
Heinrich Liebe 16698
Joachim Schepke 2348
Otto Kretschmer 876