[VONHARRIS]

Patrol No3
U-171 has radioed the sinking of Liberty cargo. Well done as these ships are tough and heavily armed
Missing name has retured to port heavily damaged. (Can you please state the number and type of your boat? Thank you)
25 August 1943
03:53 hours U-507 sailed of Lorient under the cover of darkness

30 August 1943
Grid CF63
08:24 hours Meteox warning dived to PD
08:38 hours Multiple warships sound contacts possible TF
08:55 hours Abandon approach as the targets are moving very fast

25 September 1943
Grid EC69
18:16 hours Ship spotted , dived to PD
18:20 hours Ship identified : US medium cargo
18:27 hours 2 bow torpedoes fired
18:29 hours 2 impacts - ship on fire - pursuing submerged

19:52 hours 1 bow torpedo fired
19:55 hours Pursuit abandoned as ship was not slowing down

27 September 1943
Grid EC93
21:34 hours Meteox warning dived to PD
21:42 hours Multiple warship contacts closing fast
22:14 houts Target ID : Bogue class CVE range 700m 3 bow torpedoes fired
2 impacts 1 dud
22:15 hours 1 bow torpedo fired(TI FaT I) - impact CVE is manouvering as U-507 is turning to present her stern tubes The escorts are in chaos running all over the place
22:16 hours 1 stern torpedo fired - dud
22:18 hours 1 stern torpedo fired - impacts


22:21 hours Explosions heard - sinking sounds - diving to 100m - no pinging
23:08 hours Depth 140m silent running

28 September 1943
01:02 hours Merchant sound contact - ignored since tubes were empty
01:57 hours Tubes reloaded - merchant was still there - rising to PD
01:59 hours 3 bow torpedoes fired at a large shadow
02:00 hours diving to 100m - leaving the area
16:57 hours Still submerged - multiple sound contacts merchants and warships
17:14 hours Diving to 160m as no torpedoes left
19:35 hours Rising to the surface , at 40m sound contact warship closing
21:21 hours Surfaced because the oxygen was running out and the batteries were almost empty. We had been some 24 hours underwater

14 October 1943
Grid DF65
05:27 hours The storm finally stopped beating U-507. Time to bring the external inside

19 October 1943
Grid CF88
17:56 hours Ahead flank to intercept convoy - failed

23 October 1943
Grid CG75
15:34 hours Ahead flank to intercept convoy
15:50 hours Meteox warning , dived to PD
16:07 hours Sound contacts - only 3 escorts
17:08 hours After targets have been tracked by hydrophone 4 bow torpedeos were fired (1 TI FaT I)
17:12 hours 2 impacts heard follwed by 2 more explosions
17:23 hours 2 stern torpedoes fired
17:26 hours 2 impacts - no sinking sounds - diving to 150m - moving away
19:04 hours After all sound contacts were lost U-507 returned to the attack site
21:11 hours Ceramic type ocean liner spotted DIW
21:41 hours 2 stern torpedoes fired
21:42 hours 2 impacts - ship on fire - star shell fired - sinking sounds. Liner observed sinking (forgot to take screenshot)

27 October 1943
04:22 hours U-507 docked at Lorient
64 days at sea
2 ships sunk
29985 tons
No damages or casualties
There were several other Meteox warnings through the whole patrol
The patrol report