[VONHARRIS]

Patrol 10
08 January 1941
U-56 returned from her 3rd patrol having encountered rough weather. She sunk a freighter and damaged a medium cargo. They had some problems with their TIIs.

U-65 was safe after the convoy battle and was on the way to her patrol grid

U-23 has left for her first patrol

17:37 hours U-111 left port for grid AK27

25 January 1941
Grid AD82
12:43 hours ALARM Aircraft seen medium range - no time to dive - engage target
12:44 hours Aircaft shot down - RAF Hudson
15:44 hours ALARM Aircraft seen medium range - no time to dive - engage target
15:45 hours Aircaft shot down - RAF Hudson - took minor damage from machine gun fire.

28 January 1941
Grid AD59
09:34 hours Multiple warship sound contacts
09:38 hours Positive ID: US TF 1x Nevada BB 1x New Orleans CA 5x DDs - let them go - they passed just 950m from our bow tubes.

14:33 hours ALARM - Airraft seen - Crsh dived
14:42 hours Dive uncontrolable - depth 142m and diving - Ordered ahead flank and surface the boat. Fortunately she complied.
14:46 hours Surfaced, the LI checked the dive planes which seemed to work fine at the time

31 January 1941
Grid AD58
04:19 hours Ship seen - dived to PD
04:25 hours Positive ID: Passenger/cargo and small merchant
04:44 hours 3 TIs (bow) fired
04:45 hours 3 impacts
04:49 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - Small merchant sunk - impact
04:50 hours Passenger/cargo sunk after violent explosion

Grid AD82
18:37 hours Iceberg seen,



As we passed next to it , I let the men fire off some rounds with the MGs just for fun (not possible in game , what a pity)



03 February 1941
Grid AD83
07:33 hours Multiple sound conatcts indicated convoy approaching
07:39 hours Positive convoy closing - our current position will put us exactly in the middle of the convoy
08:29 hours 2 TIs (bow) fired
08:30 hours 2 impacts - 2 TIs(bow) fired
08:31 hours Impact
08:35 hours 2 TIs (stern) fired - diving to 100m
08:36 hours 2 impacts - sinking sounds - (ore carrier sunk)
10:12 hours Sinking sounds far away - (converted whale factory ship sunk)
14:02 hours Surfaced in awful weather with rain and 15m/s winds.

09 February 1941
Grid AM43
13:44 hours Weather still awful , the storm kept following U-111's course.

16 February 1941
Grid BF18
02:44 hours Moving to intercept convoy with 2 bow and 2 stern tubes loaded.
04:42 hours 1 TI(bow) fired - impact - 1 TI(bow) fired
04:43 hours Impact
04:44 hours 2 TIs(stern) fired
04:45 hours Impacts
04:50 hours Diving to 100m - no sinking sounds

17 February 1941
13:33 hours U-111 docked at LOrient
41 days at sea
4 ships sunk
24748 tons
2 aircrafts shot down
no casualties
96% hull integrity
No casualties