As experienced by captain Georg Braun, 8th March 1941, 10:17, U-104 “Lucky Halibut”, engaging convoy SC-67.
This waiting will kill me. I am looking through the periscope for an hour and half already! And I can’t see bloody nothing over these high waves. Max stopped trying to count the ships; he says there is just a giant wall of noise on our entire left side. But the periscope is under the water half the time, and I don’t want to raise the boat more, the tower could emerge between the waves. The visibility is perfect, the enemy could spot us so easily. We’re taking 10 minute shifts with Jürgen at the periscope. It’s his turn now.
Just as I prepare to relax for a while and let Jürgen take the periscope, a broadside of a destroyer emerges above the waves.
I immediately report my sightings to Jürgen: “Destroyer, V class, dead ahead. 1000 meters. AOB 90, going slow.”
“That means the convoy is right on top of us. Anything else?”
I turn the periscope to our left side to check: “I think I can see smoke.”
Jürgen chuckles: “Let’s start hunting.”
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