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The Old Man 
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U 112 Type IXB 1940/2020 - 1st War Patrol
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Originally Posted by Kapitän
Started a new career in August 2019, to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years ago ...
Sunday, 8 September 1940 - Bay of Biscay - Third week at sea completed.
0118 - Qu.6178BF - German VIIC boat sighted on course ESE. Perhaps, patrolling the area in search of enemy submarines, as previously reported by U 58 (Schonder).
0300 - Diving for submerged cruise on A-20. Silent running, 1.6kn.
0524 - O₂=20%.
1104 - O₂=19%.
1145 - Surfaced the boat after 8h45min. and 13sm.
ESE4/3, clear, light haze, vis.10000, >1000mb.
1154 - Boat ventilated.
1200 - Qu.6184BF - Days Run: 130.7sm - ↗ 117.7sm (15h 15') - ↘ 13.0 (8h 45')
1225 - Ile de Croix - Course 15°.
1320 - Entering Lorient without escort. Many ships burning and several of them sunk from what seems to have been an enemy air raid. Harbor entrance of Lorient protected by several patrol vessels, a AA-Cruiser and four aircraft, two of which are Me110.
1400 - Mooring boat at Isère. First war patrol with U 112 and 9th war patrol overall completed.
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Started a new career in August 2019, to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years ago ...
The totals of this 1st war patrol with U 112 and 9th war patrol overall are:
Traveled surfaced: 3917.6sm - 19 days, 2h
Traveled submerged: 106.2sm - 2 days, 15h, 30min.
Traveled total: 4023.8sm - 21 days, 17h, 30min.
Torpedo hits: 17
Torpedo misses: 2 when the target ship was zig-zagging.
Torpedo failures: 3 Eto (Pi-G7H) hit but failed to ignite, 2 of which, when the target ship was zig-zagging.
2 Aircraft Carriers sunk for 45170 BRT (HMS Ark Royal and HMS Furious), 4 laden tankers sunk for 54506 BRT, 2 merchants sunk for 13198 BRT and 1 steamer of 6311 BRT loaded with tanks torpedoed, for a grand total of 119185 BRT of sunk and torpedoed enemy shipping.
Crash Dives: 3 - One from enemy aircraft after sending a position report from escort point "Lore" and two from convoy escorts during the attack run, in which course, the boat sustained 8.12% damage to its pressure hull.
Bombs: 2 Fliebos were dropped by enemy aircraft onto the boat, inflicting no damage.
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