Patrol 7 - U-99 - Kaleun z.S. Fischer - kvadrant BC35 - Dec 2nd 1942 04:38
Left U-461 on Nov. 28th. Patrol 6 ended well, approx. 70.000 tons total. Returned to U-461 after Patrol 6 for replenishment with one TIII left in a fwd tube. On our way back BdU reported a task force overhauling us from behind. Soon its radar signals were detected. We waited submerged to see if it had a worthwhile target for our single torp.
Yes, a Bogue class carrier with 4 escorts. We fired the single torp, impact setting, from 2500 meters. It hit, but it was a dud. Nobody noticed so we just waited and later set new course for U-461.
After leaving U-461, bound for the North-Western Approaches, a new message from BdU - a task force approaching from the North now. We turned around, and again picked up radar signals. Just sighted it - a Bogue class carrier! No escorts have been observed so far. Probably the same we missed a few days ago. We are waiting now....