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VONHARRIS · 10-21-11, 02:47 AM

Patrol No9

03 December 1940
00:37 hours U-103 left Lorient

07 December 1940
Grid BE32 - Convoy battle
03:36 hours Initial attack - 4 bow tubes fired
03:38 hours HMS Tarbart Ness F 84 (Convoy repair ship), 5215 tons. Crew: 190. Crew lost: 60
03:53 hours All tubes fired - diving to 100 to escape
03:54 hours Q Ship HMS Antoine (Medium merchant), 4043 tons. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 51
04:04 hours Depth 40m - no pinging
13:30 hours Surfaced - 9m/s winds no rain

17 December 1940
Grid AD83 - Convoy battle
12:03 hours Initial attack - 4 bow tubes fired
12:05 hours SS Akbar (Medium Merchant 40), 5926 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 18
12:11 hours All tubes fired - no pinging - escorts looking in the wrong place
12:42 hours Tubes reloaded - periscope depth
13:10 hours Tanker 08 spotted DIW
13:39 hours Stern shot at aft mast
13:41 hours Stern shot at forward mast
13:42 hours SS Empire Heritage (Tanker 08), 12152 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 48
Three more ships were sunk by bad weather or an other attack. Icons showed up on the nav map after I disengaged.

20 December 1940
Grid AD83 - Convoy battle
18:37 hours MV Norsol (Motor Tanker), 9757 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 36
18:53 hours MV Kiamichi (Small Tanker), 4509 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 21. Crew lost: 10
19:10 hours Depth 100m escaping - distant pinging
21:00 hours Surfaced - start return trip

28 December 1940
Grid BF17
Spotted two ore carriers , opened fire with the deck gun , no return fire
20:19 hours SS Port Adelaide (Ore Carrier), 8144 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 66. Sunk by gunfire
And out of nowhere a shell landed almost next to the turm. The other one was armed but opened fire only after her sister was sunk.
Flank speed and down to periscope depth. An other shell fell very close to the aft torpedo room, Some minor flooding caused.
20;47 hours SS Tyndareus (Ore Carrier), 8145 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 97. Crew lost: 49. Sunk by 3 torpedoes

30 December 1940
13:29 hours U-103 docked at Lorient
28 days at sea
8 ships sunk
57891 tons
No casualties
U-boat damaged (H.I. 89.46%)

10-21-11, 02:47 AM	#3619
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	U-103 IXB Patrol No9 03 December 1940 00:37 hours U-103 left Lorient 07 December 1940 Grid BE32 - Convoy battle 03:36 hours Initial attack - 4 bow tubes fired 03:38 hours HMS Tarbart Ness F 84 (Convoy repair ship), 5215 tons. Crew: 190. Crew lost: 60 03:53 hours All tubes fired - diving to 100 to escape 03:54 hours Q Ship HMS Antoine (Medium merchant), 4043 tons. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 51 04:04 hours Depth 40m - no pinging 13:30 hours Surfaced - 9m/s winds no rain 17 December 1940 Grid AD83 - Convoy battle 12:03 hours Initial attack - 4 bow tubes fired 12:05 hours SS Akbar (Medium Merchant 40), 5926 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 18 12:11 hours All tubes fired - no pinging - escorts looking in the wrong place 12:42 hours Tubes reloaded - periscope depth 13:10 hours Tanker 08 spotted DIW 13:39 hours Stern shot at aft mast 13:41 hours Stern shot at forward mast 13:42 hours SS Empire Heritage (Tanker 08), 12152 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 48 Three more ships were sunk by bad weather or an other attack. Icons showed up on the nav map after I disengaged. 20 December 1940 Grid AD83 - Convoy battle 18:37 hours MV Norsol (Motor Tanker), 9757 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 36 18:53 hours MV Kiamichi (Small Tanker), 4509 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 21. Crew lost: 10 19:10 hours Depth 100m escaping - distant pinging 21:00 hours Surfaced - start return trip 28 December 1940 Grid BF17 Spotted two ore carriers , opened fire with the deck gun , no return fire 20:19 hours SS Port Adelaide (Ore Carrier), 8144 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 66. Sunk by gunfire And out of nowhere a shell landed almost next to the turm. The other one was armed but opened fire only after her sister was sunk. Flank speed and down to periscope depth. An other shell fell very close to the aft torpedo room, Some minor flooding caused. 20;47 hours SS Tyndareus (Ore Carrier), 8145 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 97. Crew lost: 49. Sunk by 3 torpedoes 30 December 1940 13:29 hours U-103 docked at Lorient 28 days at sea 8 ships sunk 57891 tons No casualties U-boat damaged (H.I. 89.46%)