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VONHARRIS · 05-31-11, 11:01 AM

Patrol No2
29 January 1940
U-103 has finished routine refit and she was about to set off for her 2nd war patrol
06:36 hours U-103 left port

9 February 1940
Convoy attack
Grid BE39
We gained contact with a convoy in bad weather , rain and windy night
U-103 managed to obtain visual contact with some ships of the convoy
04:09 hours Ore carrier sunk by 1 bow torpedo
We also have fire a spread of three torpedoes at a big shadow and 3 explossion were heard. The sonarman didn't hear any break up noises. We must have hit something but not hard enough to bring her down

12 February 1940
Convoy attack
Grid BE39
In the same bad weather , we intercepted a convoy after a BdU message.
3 bow and 2 stern tubes were fired
von Harris saw through the attack scope a large cargo being hit twice and set on fire and an auxiliary cruiser having the same luck.
Despite that no ship was sunk

19 February 1940
Grid AM52
18:37 hours Large cargo sunk by 2 stern torpedoes

22 February 1940
Grid AM52
00:14 hours Coastal freighter sunk by 1 bow torpedo
2 bow torpedoes remaining.
The weather was too rough to bring the external torpedoes in

23 February 1940
Grid AM52
08:26 hours We fired our last 2 torpedoes at a medium cargo but she remained on the surface.
U-103 surfaced and encountered 7m/s wind. Despite that the gun crew rushed to their gun. Acting above and beyond the call of duty they fired 23 rounds which finally sunk the medium cargo. Iron crosses for them when we come home.

10:02 hours A large merchant was seen. I just couldn't let 10.000 tons sail away and asked the gun crew if they were able to operate the gun in 7m/s winds. I didn't have to say another word.
After 20 rounds the ship was sunk.
The torpedo crew wanted to allow them to bring the externals in but that was out of the question since the wind was getting stronger and rain began to fell.
U-103 headed for home.

2 March 1940
17:40 hours
U-103 docked at home port
5 ships sunk
34232 tons
Minor damages (99% hull integrity)
vonHarris went to the HQ to file in his patrol report. There he was informed that he had badly damaged the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the auxiliary cruiser HMS Antonia
vonHarris asked if there were any news about U-39 and U-552. It appeared that both boats were at sea fighting the Brits

05-31-11, 11:01 AM	#2645
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	U-103 IXB Patrol No2 29 January 1940 U-103 has finished routine refit and she was about to set off for her 2nd war patrol 06:36 hours U-103 left port 9 February 1940 Convoy attack Grid BE39 We gained contact with a convoy in bad weather , rain and windy night U-103 managed to obtain visual contact with some ships of the convoy 04:09 hours Ore carrier sunk by 1 bow torpedo We also have fire a spread of three torpedoes at a big shadow and 3 explossion were heard. The sonarman didn't hear any break up noises. We must have hit something but not hard enough to bring her down 12 February 1940 Convoy attack Grid BE39 In the same bad weather , we intercepted a convoy after a BdU message. 3 bow and 2 stern tubes were fired von Harris saw through the attack scope a large cargo being hit twice and set on fire and an auxiliary cruiser having the same luck. Despite that no ship was sunk 19 February 1940 Grid AM52 18:37 hours Large cargo sunk by 2 stern torpedoes 22 February 1940 Grid AM52 00:14 hours Coastal freighter sunk by 1 bow torpedo 2 bow torpedoes remaining. The weather was too rough to bring the external torpedoes in 23 February 1940 Grid AM52 08:26 hours We fired our last 2 torpedoes at a medium cargo but she remained on the surface. U-103 surfaced and encountered 7m/s wind. Despite that the gun crew rushed to their gun. Acting above and beyond the call of duty they fired 23 rounds which finally sunk the medium cargo. Iron crosses for them when we come home. 10:02 hours A large merchant was seen. I just couldn't let 10.000 tons sail away and asked the gun crew if they were able to operate the gun in 7m/s winds. I didn't have to say another word. After 20 rounds the ship was sunk. The torpedo crew wanted to allow them to bring the externals in but that was out of the question since the wind was getting stronger and rain began to fell. U-103 headed for home. 2 March 1940 17:40 hours U-103 docked at home port 5 ships sunk 34232 tons Minor damages (99% hull integrity) vonHarris went to the HQ to file in his patrol report. There he was informed that he had badly damaged the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the auxiliary cruiser HMS Antonia vonHarris asked if there were any news about U-39 and U-552. It appeared that both boats were at sea fighting the Brits