Starand's new boat and crew are yet to be tested in battle. Still BdU saw fit to send them at mouth of wolf's lair...
Patrol 2
U-139, 1st Flotilla
Left at: October 10, 1940, 09:00
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM53
18.10.1940
01.10 Arrived patrol area. AM53
24.10.1940
11.19 Destroyer spotted. Dived to avoid detection. AM53
25.10.1940
01.58 Destroyer spotted. Dived to avoid detection. AM53
04.36 Destroyer spotted. Dived to avoid detection. AM53
07.44 Ship spotted. AM53
08.19 Attacked with one torpedo at 1500m . Hit scored.
08.30 Small freighter sunk. AM53
26.10.1940
01.40 Two destroyers spotted. AM53
02.06 Sudden course change prsented a good opportunity to
attack. Fired one torpedo at 1000m. Hit scored.
02.08 Destroyer sunk. AM53
11.12 Aircraft spotted. Crashdive. AM53
27.10.1940
01.29 Ship spotted. AM53
01.58 Identified as fishing trawler.
09.29 Convoy reported nearby. Intercepting. AM53
10.20 Ship spotted. AM53
10.31 Convoy spotted. Shadowing. AM53
11.21 Dived for submerged attack. AM53
11.53 Attacked small freighter at 1500m with one torpedo.
Sunk immediately after hit.
11.59 Attacked large tanker with double fan at 1800m. One hit.
14.16 Not pursued by escorts. Out of torpedoes. Started return
trip. AM53
28.10.1940
07.14 Ship spotted. AM54
30.10.1940
01.56 Ship spotted. BF15
31.10.1940
15.48 Docked at Lorient
Ships sunk:
SS Birgitte (Coastal Freighter) 1874 tons
HMAS Voyager (V&W classes) 1188 tons
SS Glen Head (Coastal Freighter) 1867 tons
Patrol total: 4929 tons
Oberleutnant z. S. Sigmund Strand
U-2 (1 patrol)
U-139 (1 patrol)
Career Tonnage: 4929 tons
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