Just returned to base after a very short but very succesfull patrol. I patrolled the grid an8455 with no results. Then decided to make an attack on Scapa Flow for the second time. This time around I got depth charged by a lone destroyer that snuck up on me. I was forced to make repairs as the destroyer could not navigate the narrow chanal that I entered from and struck a ship barrier (lucky me) I then commenced my attack on another destroyer, and the light cruiser HMS Newfoundland (Fiji class) but then decided to wait it out till morning, before finishing my attack
CAPTAIN'S LOG
30MAY40 - 09JUN40 (11 days)
30.5.40.
1744 Patrol 8
U-52, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: May 30, 1940, 17:44
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN84
8.6.40.
21:03 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! HMCS Margaree (C&D classes), 1375 tons. Crew: 154. Crew lost: 35
23:45 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! HMS Northern Dawn (ASW Trawler), 1100 tons. Crew: 51. Crew lost: 49
9.6.40.
04:39 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! HMS Newfoundland (Fiji class), 10725 tons. Crew: 745. Crew lost: 499
04:53 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! MV White Castle (Small Tanker), 1981 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 17. Crew lost: 13
04:58 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! MV British Pride (Modern Tanker), 10872 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 76. Crew lost: 3
05:11 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! SS Accra (Troop Transport), 8011 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 237. Crew lost: 109
05:37 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! SS Saltwick (Small Merchant), 2404 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 80. Crew lost: 55
09:04 Patrol results;
U-boat damaged (H.I. 72.83%)
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 7
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 36468 tons
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