U29, Wilhelmshaven
Left at: Jan 6 - 1940
Orders: Patrol grid CF32
Captains Log:
Jan 6: Nothing out of the ordinary.
Jan 7: Nothing out of the ordinary.
Jan 8: British sloop sighted (16:43) grid AN13, radioed our position, moderate winds, sunk with five 8,8cm rounds, left the area at high speed, course 290
Jan 9: Nothing out of the ordinary.
Jan 10: Nothing out of the ordinary, winds now at 13 m/s. overcast.
Jan 11: Nothing out of the ordinary.
Jan 12: Nothing out of the ordinary.
Jan 13: Contact picked up on hydrophone BE59, moved to investigate, British Ore Carrier (SS Port Brisbane), sunk with two torpedos, one in bow, one under the bridge. Sunk in a matter of minutes. (08:01)
Jan 14-18: Reached PG CF32 - nothing out of the ordinary.
Jan 19: Reached grid CG94 in order to pick up convoys from Gibralta. Outbound convey picked up on hydrophone and intercepted, heavy winds, heavy fog and rain, made attacking difficult. One ship damaged with one torpedo, one ship sunk (SS Empire Bede, 10:58) Empire-type Freighter, two torpedos, infront and aft of bridge, heavy list to port, sank within minutes. Three torpedos wasted at targets too close, no sinkings. Went deep and silent, evaded depth charge runs by lone escort, no damage. Decided not to re-engage convoy because of bad weather.
Jan 20: Plotted course for the Corrientes supply ship.
Jan 21-23: Nothing out of the ordinary:
Jan 24: Docked at Corrientes supply ship.
Estimated sinkings: 15.000 tons
U29 - Peter Corpus
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