My current patrol - started on 24/7/1941
Ships sunk thus far: 3
Mission: Left new harbour of brest in July 1941. Patrol grid alloted was a distant grid somwhere within the NW quadrant of the "DT" grids west of africa.
A peaceful journey down was only interupted by an encounter with a small, solo merchant, which was despatched using 2 torpedoes (1 missed)
No further activity was to be the norm for the next week or so as I patrolled my grid and then headed away from my grid.
I briefly toyed with temptation to experiment with an operation around gibraltar, but was driven away by numerous air-attacks, one of which resulted in light damage to my pressure hull which was soon repaired.
The journey back to familiar waters around the UK was eventful and in squally seas I was able to dispatch a medium sized frieghter, although I was quite wasteful with my torpedoes and expended more than I had bargained for!
I later THOUGHT I had discovered a convoy, and was plotting my firing position quite nicely, but then as I got to within firing range, a quick look through the periscope had me cursing as I spotted the glaring navigation lights too-ing and fro-ing in the heavy sea!!!
deciding not to fire on a convoy which could possibly be neautral/friendly, I left them be and carried on northwards.
I then encountered a small steamer just SW of longships which I made a right meal of taking another two value-able torpedoes to sink it!
Onwards north still and into the bristol channel. We motored eastwards towards SW wales where I am plotting a look into a couple of the small harbours dotted along the south coast of wales.
Have thus far come under numerous air attacks and have been forced under on three separate occasions.
During one dive my hydroman managed to pickup a fient contact, more in the general direction of ireland. Course was changed and we headed towards the contact.
Soon the merchant contact was no longer being heard but a warship was spotted on the horizon heading in our general direction. Silent speed was ordered and we descended to a depth of 25m hoping the HUNT Class would pass over us without incident.....it DIDNT!!!!
We are now in a battle of cat & mouse and I am trying to evade the clutches of a very good adversary...currently sitting at around 100m trying to dodge the D/C he is throwing my way!
Thankfully no damages thus far from him.
W SUhr
Commander
U-93 (VIIc)
Essex Division
Based: Brest, France
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