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Leandros · 01-26-10, 04:36 PM

Patrol 26 Kaleu Eckhardt - U-68 - west of Freetown May 23rd 1943 15:45

We left Lorient on May 11th for Cape of Good Hope. Uneventful journey but just now dumped into a large convoy out of Freetown. Obviously bound for England. First detected them by the radar signals from the escorts. A valuable new aid! More than 30 ships with at least 6 escorts. We are lying still waiting to be rolled over. The point destroyer has already passed us by. Sea state 3-4 - several hours till the sun is down.

Patrol 24 on the US East Coast ended well. Particularly as we aggregated 91000 tons with no hull damage.

Patrol 25 went to South Africa, too but we never got that far as we hit upon one small and one large convoy North of Madeira and after having emptied our weapons load returned to Lorient. 60000 tons.

So, now we are trying for South Africa again but if all goes well with this convoy out of Freetown we shall most probably use up all our ammo again. Just as well!

01-26-10, 04:36 PM	#661
Leandros Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stockholm Posts: 676 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Patrol 26 Kaleu Eckhardt - U-68 - west of Freetown May 23rd 1943 15:45 We left Lorient on May 11th for Cape of Good Hope. Uneventful journey but just now dumped into a large convoy out of Freetown. Obviously bound for England. First detected them by the radar signals from the escorts. A valuable new aid! More than 30 ships with at least 6 escorts. We are lying still waiting to be rolled over. The point destroyer has already passed us by. Sea state 3-4 - several hours till the sun is down. Patrol 24 on the US East Coast ended well. Particularly as we aggregated 91000 tons with no hull damage. Patrol 25 went to South Africa, too but we never got that far as we hit upon one small and one large convoy North of Madeira and after having emptied our weapons load returned to Lorient. 60000 tons. So, now we are trying for South Africa again but if all goes well with this convoy out of Freetown we shall most probably use up all our ammo again. Just as well!