U124 IXB. Patrol 8 & start of 9.
Patrol 8. Grid ES63 (SW of Freetown).
1.dec.41 til 29.jan.42.
2 ships sunk for 14.395 GRT
U124's record to date:
8 war patrols.
27 ships sunk for 177.792 GRT
Patrol 9. Grid CA85 (E of Norfolk Naval Base, USA).
Depatred Lorient on 26.feb.42 with our newly installed batteries.
Grid BD89 (250 miles N of The Azores).
Date 9.mar.42. Time of completion 1300.
Encountered 2 fast tankers running 14 knots.
Three T2 torpedoes fired at the first, resulting in his sinking for 11.673 GRT.
One T1 torpedo at the second, resulting in his slowing to under 7 knots.
My Gunnersmate finished the job for an additional 11.674 GRT.
(Twin T3 Tankers. I had mistook them for T2 Tankers. Nice surprise.)
Present situation. Grid = CA81. Date = 2.mar.42. Time = 0250 (Zone Time).
With our grid assignment complete, I decided to (as The Uboat Commander's Handbook expresses it) "go further", and set up a patrol line 100 miles E of Norfolk, along the shallows. I think there are Gibralter convoys that originate here, but haven't seen any indication of this thus far.
One aircraft encounter, well S of Sydney.
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