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Entry XXV
29 June 1943. 04h55. DC42-79.
Radio report received indicating convoy heading 025 speed 9 knots DC42-42. Moving to intercept.

Entry XXVI
29 June 1943. 07h25. DC42-66.
Contact made with convoy. Weather very poor. Dove to 20m when RWR began receiving surface search set signals. Attempting to make contact on hydrophone now. Weather may force us to abort the attack.

Entry XXVII
29 June 1943. 07h45. DC42-66.
Contact made. Nine vessels thus far, two believed to be escorts. Advancing on the convoy now to attempt a visual contact.

Entry XXVIII
29 June 1943. 08h05. DC42-66.
Visual contact made, twelve kilometres from convoy's South-East-East. Have ID'd several tankers. Will attempt to close for an attack, though due to rough weather and convoy's speed this is not likely to be terribly effective.

Entry XXIX
29 June 1943. 08h40. DC42-66.
Fired one ato at a Modern Tanker set to six metres rundepth range 8560 metres. Torpedo launched perfectly. Boat began diving to twenty meters, altered course to intercept again in thirty minutes, then the torpedo detonated prematurely. Began diving deep and away from the convoy as they now know we're here and the weather has rendered our weapons ineffective.

Entry XXX
1 July 1943. 12h05. DC89-42.
U-198 has received word that the U-boat base in Penang is now operational. The boat will complete its patrol and return to Lorient before rebasing to Penang, as fuel states and crew morale will likely prohibit a direct transfer to Penang from our operational area. There is a notable lack of resupply vessels; at the moment only U-488 and Max Albrecht are available to Atlantic boats, with the latter currently holed up in El Ferrol, Spain. Charlotte Schliemann is operating in the South Indian Ocean, which makes for a total of three servicing the entire Ubootswaffe.

Entry XXXI
1 July 1943. 14h45. DN31-59.
COmpleted a deep diving test. Boat successfully dove to 153 metres and returned after a ballast-blow with no problems. This, despite battle damage incurred earlier in the patrol. LI and the D/C crew are to be commended on a job well done in keeping U-198 mission capable.