To: BdU
From: DKM Scharnhorst, 04/28/1940 2205, AD29
04/23/1940 0613, AN98
Leaving Wilhelmshaven, medium traffic in and around port because of attack on Norway. Weather is cloudy, wind 4 from 0. Speed 18 kn, 7098 km to destination.
04/23/1940 0642, AN96
Radar contact with allied task force, AO48, heading NNW with 12 kn.
04/23/1940 1850, AN63
Radar contact with allied task force, AO41, heading NW with 12 kn.
04/23/1940 1928, AN37
Single radar contact with allied warship, AN46, heading S with 16 kn.
04/24/1940 1231, AN24
Radar contact with enemy task force, AN13, heading E with 8 kn, propably coastal convoy with escort. To close to the coast for any attack, dont want to risk the mission and be discovered, heading NW with 18 kn.
04/24/1940 1300, AN28
Weather cloudy, wind 4 from 0. Speed 18 kn, Fuel 91%.
04/24/1940 1906, AN79
Radar contact with allied warship, AN29, heading NW with 22 kn.
04/26/1940 0752, AE62
Speed 18 kn, Fuel 87%. No contacts, heading NW. Bad weather, stormy, heavy rain, fog, wind 15 from 031.
04/28/1940 2203, AD29
Speed 18 kn, Fuel 87%. No contacts. Weather still bad, cloudy, light rain, fog, wind 15 from 173.
DKM Scharnhorst clear.
