To: BdU
From: DKM Scharnhorst, 05/26/1940 0845, AN98
05/20/1940 1910, AN98
Leaving Wilhelmshaven for partol in grid AN11. Weather cloudy, wind 4 from 0. Scharnhorst recived new gun turrets, new hull painting and command bridge overhaul.
05/21/1940 0812, AN63
Weather cloudy, wind 4 from 0.
Radio message contact with enemy allied task force, AN35, heading ENE with 16kn.
RMC with allied warship, AO41, heading NW with 12kn.
05/21/1940 2029, AN46
RMC with allied warship, AN24, heading NW with 22kn.
05/21/1940 2258, AN46
RMC with enemy convoy, AN16, heading SSE with 8kn. Propably costal convoy.
05/22/1940 0609, AN22
RMC with allied warship, AN43, heading SE with 18kn.
05/23/1940 0227, AN11
Arriving at patrol area, grid AN11. Weather cloudy, wind 15 from 281. Looks like an atlantic storm is heading in our direction. Starting patrol with 13kn.
05/23/1940 0810, AN11
RMC with enemy costal convoy, AN54, heading SSE with 8 kn. About 50 km NE of "Blyth".
05/23/1940 0951, AN11
RMC with enemy convoy, AM69, heading NNW with 8kn.About 120 km NW of "Blackpool".
05/23/1940 1555, AN11
RMC with enemy convoy, AM36, heading W with 7kn. About 240 km S of our position. Chasing with 26kn but weather very bad. Weather cloudy, heavy rain, fog, wind 15 from 144.
05/23/1940 1957, AN11
RMC with enemy convoy, AM68, heading W with 8 kn. About 48 km S of "Stranraer".
05/23/1940 2022, AN13
British T-class submarine, 1222 BRT surfaced about 800 m away in 340. Fireing on us with deck gun.
05/23/1940 2034, AN13
T-class sunk, no survivors. Recived light damages and fire broke out. Returning to convoy hunt with 27kn.
05/24/1940 0043, AN13
RMC with convoy, AM36, heading SW with 7kn. T-class submarine propably sent a radio message before sunk and convoy turned. Now heading SW, 51 km W of "Stornoway" true "Hebriden"-Channel. Because of bad weather there is no risk of air attacks so we following into "Hebriden"-Channel, chasing now with 30kn.
05/24/1940 0531, AM38
ALARM was raised in the morning, we almost runned aground at a small island in "Hebriden"-Channel because of the bad weather. Reducing speed to 27kn. Weather still very bad.
05/24/1940 0746, AM37
Hearing gun fire, getting attacked by unknown ship, no radar contacts. Deck guns getting manned and "All men to battle stations!" raised.
05/24/1940, 0750, AM37
Gun fire again, no visual contacts, no radar contacts.
05/24/1940 0751, AM37
Spotted single armed trawler, 1100 BRT. Trawler sunk, turning back through the channel.
05/24/1940 0935, AM38
Spotted convoy escort destroyer, about 75 km S of "Stornoway".
05/24/1940 0937, AM38
C&Q-class destroyer sunk, 1375 BRT. But were hit by the burning wreck.
