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VONHARRIS · 06-06-11, 01:23 AM

Patrol No8
02 January 1941
21:02 hours
After a hell of a party with Kaluen Snestorm and all of the crews of both U-39 and U-103 for the New Year , it was time to leave.
Despite the drinking, all men of U-103 were in station and ready for action. The same was for U-39.
Intercepted enemy messages indicated that U-552 had made a succesful attack on an enemy convoy.
Orders were to patrol AK-23 , again in the North Atlantic with its storms.

06 January 1941
23:13 hours.
Grid AM78
Intercepted enemy convoy after Bdu message.
Visual contact was made but ... the lences on the attack scope mulfunctioned. I had to use the observation scope for this patrol
4 bow torpedoes fired
23:48 hours Ore carrier sunk by 1 bow torpedo ( + 1 dud)
23:48 hours Ore carrier sunk by 2 bow torpedoes
U-103 dived to 100m and left without firing the stern tubes.

21 January 1941
23:16 hours
Grid AD83
Aircraft sighted. It was a RAF light bomber. U-103 crash dived and escaped unharmed. 2 explosions were heard away from U-103 position

24 January 1941
13:00 hours
Grid AD59
Convoy attack in good weather
4bow + 2 stern torpedoes fired
Large tanker hit twice
Converted whale factory ship hit once
Medium merchant 02 hit once
No ship sunk. At least we were not spotted by the escorts

That attack brought back bad memories of a previous patrol.
Crew morale dropped.

25 January 1941
12:14 hours
Grid AD83
Aircraft attack, U-103 crash dived to safety.

27 January 1941
10:44 hours
Grid AD83
Aircraft attack, U-103 crash dived but she was damaged by machine gun fire.

30 January 1941
08:19 hours
Grid AD86
Failed to intrecept convoy after BdU message.

17:35 hours
Grid AD83
Aircraft attack, U-103 crash dived to safety. That was the fourth time we were attacked. von Harris decided that it was not safe to operate here anymore since no contacts were made.

31 January 1941
16:50 hours
Grid AE74
Aircraft attack. We engaged the plane with the twin 20mm and caused him some damage. After the aircraft overpassed us without dropping bombs we crash dived. In his second pass , he releashed two DCs that done minor damage to the boat.

08 February 1941
19:20 hours
Grid AM02
Convoy hydrophone contact. Unfortunately they were moving away. We surfaced and radioed BdU of the convoy

10 February 1941
15:24 hours
Grid AM02
Enemy warship on the hydrophones , moving away
And then : merchant closing and another ....
A convoy was heading towards us. With 15m/s winds and rain it wouldn't be an easy task to attack , but if I let this convoy pass it woulf have been very bad for the morale.
All six tubes fired on hydrophone readings. No explosions heard. It didn't matter since now the men knew we were the predators again.

Only 2 bow torpedoes remained in the front tubes and none aft. The weather is just awful. Time to go home

13 February 1941
10:13 hours
Grid AM79
Moving to intercept enemy convoy
11:34 hours torpedoes fired : 1 at an ore carrier and 1 at an intemediate tanker. Both hit , no ship sunk.
U-103 left undetected.

When we surfaced we encountered rain and 9m/s winds. This patrol was over. Back to Lorient.

18 February 1941
06:26 hours
U-103 docked at Lorient.
3 ships sunk
25846 tons
48 days at sea
U-39 was not there. Lets hope Kaluen Snestrom has better luck in his patrol.
No news from U-552.
We lost U-93 during a harbor raid. A good commander was gone. We shall revenge his death.
When vonHarris went to the HQ , he was in for a big surprise.
The flottila commander announced him that he was promoted to Kapitanleutant as from now.

06-06-11, 01:23 AM	#2701
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	U-103 IXB Patrol No8 02 January 1941 21:02 hours After a hell of a party with Kaluen Snestorm and all of the crews of both U-39 and U-103 for the New Year , it was time to leave. Despite the drinking, all men of U-103 were in station and ready for action. The same was for U-39. Intercepted enemy messages indicated that U-552 had made a succesful attack on an enemy convoy. Orders were to patrol AK-23 , again in the North Atlantic with its storms. 06 January 1941 23:13 hours. Grid AM78 Intercepted enemy convoy after Bdu message. Visual contact was made but ... the lences on the attack scope mulfunctioned. I had to use the observation scope for this patrol 4 bow torpedoes fired 23:48 hours Ore carrier sunk by 1 bow torpedo ( + 1 dud) 23:48 hours Ore carrier sunk by 2 bow torpedoes U-103 dived to 100m and left without firing the stern tubes. 21 January 1941 23:16 hours Grid AD83 Aircraft sighted. It was a RAF light bomber. U-103 crash dived and escaped unharmed. 2 explosions were heard away from U-103 position 24 January 1941 13:00 hours Grid AD59 Convoy attack in good weather 4bow + 2 stern torpedoes fired Large tanker hit twice Converted whale factory ship hit once Medium merchant 02 hit once No ship sunk. At least we were not spotted by the escorts That attack brought back bad memories of a previous patrol. Crew morale dropped. 25 January 1941 12:14 hours Grid AD83 Aircraft attack, U-103 crash dived to safety. 27 January 1941 10:44 hours Grid AD83 Aircraft attack, U-103 crash dived but she was damaged by machine gun fire. 30 January 1941 08:19 hours Grid AD86 Failed to intrecept convoy after BdU message. 17:35 hours Grid AD83 Aircraft attack, U-103 crash dived to safety. That was the fourth time we were attacked. von Harris decided that it was not safe to operate here anymore since no contacts were made. 31 January 1941 16:50 hours Grid AE74 Aircraft attack. We engaged the plane with the twin 20mm and caused him some damage. After the aircraft overpassed us without dropping bombs we crash dived. In his second pass , he releashed two DCs that done minor damage to the boat. 08 February 1941 19:20 hours Grid AM02 Convoy hydrophone contact. Unfortunately they were moving away. We surfaced and radioed BdU of the convoy 10 February 1941 15:24 hours Grid AM02 Enemy warship on the hydrophones , moving away And then : merchant closing and another .... A convoy was heading towards us. With 15m/s winds and rain it wouldn't be an easy task to attack , but if I let this convoy pass it woulf have been very bad for the morale. All six tubes fired on hydrophone readings. No explosions heard. It didn't matter since now the men knew we were the predators again. Only 2 bow torpedoes remained in the front tubes and none aft. The weather is just awful. Time to go home 13 February 1941 10:13 hours Grid AM79 Moving to intercept enemy convoy 11:34 hours torpedoes fired : 1 at an ore carrier and 1 at an intemediate tanker. Both hit , no ship sunk. U-103 left undetected. When we surfaced we encountered rain and 9m/s winds. This patrol was over. Back to Lorient. 18 February 1941 06:26 hours U-103 docked at Lorient. 3 ships sunk 25846 tons 48 days at sea U-39 was not there. Lets hope Kaluen Snestrom has better luck in his patrol. No news from U-552. We lost U-93 during a harbor raid. A good commander was gone. We shall revenge his death. When vonHarris went to the HQ , he was in for a big surprise. The flottila commander announced him that he was promoted to Kapitanleutant as from now.