New career, September 1 1939
Type VIIb, U 48.
Now on the 5th patrol. Current date, April 16, 1940.
U 48 in 1st place overall with tonnage count around 150,000 tons.
Altantic war on commerce has been suspended pending an allied invasion of Norway.
U 48 to patrol ocean grid AF59, outside the fjord to Trondheim. Radio reports of German auxiliary cruiser not far from Bergen.
So far, our current location is AN36, on course 275 degrees, seas and skies calm and clear.
Nothing further to report, U48, out.
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Because I'm the captain, that's why!
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