U021 sober Friday, 13 October 1939 12:00:00 AM
00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
00:00 Post Sunset Fix
00:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
00:43 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 44' E 5° 5'
01:44 No visual contact!
02:00 No visual contact!
02:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
02:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 47' E 4° 44'
04:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
04:00 Pre-dawn Fix
04:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
04:01 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
04:17 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 46' E 4° 8'
04:40 Submarine sighted! It's one of ours! Bearing 335! Long range!
04:40 good to see another kaleun on his way to british waters
04:40 Nearest visual contact at bearing 334, range 7000 m!
04:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 256, range 6900 m!
05:10 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
05:10 No visual contact!
05:10 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced
05:10 Fuel 69.8%, Fore batteries 99.1%, Aft batteries 99.1%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather:
05:33 Ship sighted! Bearing 339! Long range!
05:33 Nearest visual contact at bearing 339, range 7300 m!
05:33 Deeper!
05:34 Depth under keel is 120 m, captain!
05:34 New depth 30 m!
05:34 Normal sweep
05:34 Current depth 10 m
05:34 Ahead slow
05:34 Current depth 20 m
05:34 Shut down diesel engines!
05:34 All stop
05:36 Nearest sound contact: Medium Speed! Constant distance! Bearing 345! Long range!
05:36 No warship sound contact!
05:37 No sound contact!
05:37 hydrophone works sometimes now
05:38 Periscope depth
05:38 Ahead slow
05:39 Surface the boat
05:40 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
05:40 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
05:40 No visual contact!
05:40 Ship sighted! Bearing 357! Long range!
05:40 Ahead slow
05:40 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
05:41 Ahead standard
05:44 Nearest visual contact at bearing 007, range 7400 m!
05:45 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
05:45 Recharging the batteries
05:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 021, range 7400 m!
05:53 ship sighted 20 degrees
05:53 looks like freighter moving away to my starboard side:will travel slow speed until further away
05:54 Ahead slow
06:00 Nearest visual contact at bearing 035, range 7800 m!
06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
06:00 Ante Meridian Fix
06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
06:02 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 041!
06:04 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 043!
06:04 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion!
06:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 043, range 9300 m!
06:06 Ahead flank
06:06 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 044!
06:09 Standard propulsion
06:09 Batteries recharged
06:09 Secure recharging batteries
06:11 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 056!
06:11 Nearest visual contact at bearing 056, range 9400 m!
06:16 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 48' E 3° 44'
07:08 No visual contact!
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