These next few days are travel days.
Sunday, March 30, 1941
04:27 New speed 8 knots.
04:27 Seas still heavy. Getting some distant from strait now.
07:14 Performed daily trim dive.
09:44 Received message from BDU that Joesph wife has had a girl.
10:03 Have 2 torpedoes left in forward compartment and one in external. Aft torpedo still has 3. Seas to rough to load from external.
14:52 Seas have calmed down enough to load external torpedo. Crew is doing so now.
15:53 Tube 3 has been loaded.
15:59 New ETA after speed change is April 2nd at 7:48AM
Taken shortly before we starting to unload external torpedo.
Monday, March 31, 1941
06:45 Performed daily trim dive.
07:03 Emil is getting celestial fix.
07:51 Sent position report to BDU.
15:50 Let crew up on deck. Weather is good.
22:12 Biscay cross has been broken. Josef is trying to fix it.
Tuesday, April 01, 1941
02:36 Biscay cross has been repaired.
06:21 Performed daily trim dive.
08:01 Wili has broken his finger.
11:08 Weather: Partly cloudy, Seas are medium, Wind 6m/s
14:37 Emil getting Celestial fix.
15:44 Crew is ready to see some more action. I guess a few days of travel bores them.
Wednesday, April 02, 1941
07:18 Performed daily trim dive.
07:19 Emil getting celestial fix.
08:32 We are now entering our patrol area. Starting search pattern.
Thursday, April 03, 1941
01:12 Emil getting position.
07:14 Performed daily trim dive.
07:20 New course 022. Start new search pattern.
07:20 Going to start heading north. We are down to 50% fuel. About 3200km away from home.
08:30 Weather turned bad. Heavy rain and seas.
08:49 MAN OVERBOARD!!!
08:49 All stop.
08:50 Back full.
08:50 Back emergency
08:50 All stop
08:59 Dieter was washed overboard. Crew did job recovering him. He is fine.
08:59 Continue search patter. Speed 12 knots.
17:05 Seas are still very heavy.. Going to 40 meters to give crew a break.
17:05 Depth 50 meter. Speed 5 knots.
Picture of the seas in the storm.
Friday, April 04, 1941
01:15 Surface the boat.
01:16 Speed 12 knots, Recharge batteries.
07:18 Performed daily trim dive.
07:18 Still in this storm.
12:56 Emil is getting our position.
21:07 Starting to think there is no convoys on this route.
Picture of our navigation map.We are patrolling north along the convoy route.