U-503 IXC
13 May 1942
03:20 hours U-503 left Lorient for her second US sortie
20 May 1942
Grid BE77
16:52 hours MV Fagerfjell (Motor Tanker), 10120 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 44. Crew lost: 12 - submerged attack - 2 bow shots
18:02 hours SS Kosmos II (Converted Whale Factory Ship) (Converted Whale Factory Ship), 12016 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 158. Crew lost: 153 - submerged attack - 3 bow shots + 6 105mm rounds
27 May 1942
Grid CD21
08:52 hours Wind 1 m/s - moving externals
13:08 hours Completed
29 May 1942
Grid CC32
10:49 hours SS Dutchess (Large Cargo type C3) , 9244 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 8 - submerged attack - 2 bow + 2 stern shots
Let a coastal freighter escape.
04 June 1942
Grid CB27
12:29 hours Wind 0m/s - moving externals
15:00 hours Completed
06 June 1942
Grid CA62
09:47 hours Warship seen bearing 323 - dived to PD
10:04 hours USS Murray DD 576 (Fletcher class), 2325 tons. Crew: 355. Crew lost: 305
15:45 hours Engaged enemy airship with no success. Took minor damages - fired 1400 20mm rounds at the enemy but the blimp escaped
07 June 1942
Grid CA53
18:46 hours RFA Brown Ranger (A 169) (Supply tanker Ranger type), 3230 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 57. Crew lost: 10 - unarmed - sunk by gunfire - 39 105mm rounds
08 June 1942
Grid CA53
01:32 hours Orkla (Small Freighter), 2407 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 15 - submerged attack - 1 bow shot
Grid CA28
07:05 hours Reached patrol area
09 June 1942
Grid CA28
02:19 hours Warship seen bearing 288 - dived to PD
02:29 hours Sound contact bearing 249 - closing
02:36 hours Visual contact
02:53 hours SS Bantam (Medium Merchant 40), 5926 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 29 - 3 bow shots
03:46 hours Surfaced
06:36 hours Warship seen bearing 288 - dived to PD
09:44 hours Still submerged - SS Clyde Austin Dunning (Liberty Cargo), 6700 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 82. Crew lost: 48 - 4 bow shots - leaving the area submerged
10 June 1942
Grid CA52
08:38 hours Oxygen down to 50% - surfaced
08:49 hours Aircraft seen bearing 200 - dived to PD at flank speed
11 June 1942
Grid CA53
01:51 hours Surfaced
Grid CA61
14:49 hours Request to arm and refuel from U-461 U-tanker
20:28 hours Request denied - retuning to base
20:41 hours Warship seen bearing 028 - dived to PD
12 June 1942
00:28 hours Surfaced - start return trip
01 July 1942
Grid BE95
05:00 hours Warship seen bearing 332 - dived to PD
05:04 hours Sound contacts bearing 316 - convoy moving away
11:06 hours Surfaced
03 July 1942
16:41 hours
Docked at Lorient
52 days at sea
8 ships sunk
51968 tons
No casualties
U-boat damaged (H.I. 93.54%)
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