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Old 07-30-21, 02:32 AM   #5875
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Default U 113 (IXC) - 1st War Patrol - On outbound transit

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Tuesday, 29 July 1941 - Baltic Sea

0408 - Sunrise.

0552 - Southern tip of Bornholm 4sm to our stbd. beam.

0720 - Qu.8358AO - South of Bornholm, German convoy on course 100°, 6kn.

1200 - Qu.7666AO - Days Run: 308.1sm ( 24h)
226cbm (12cbm in 24h). Weather unchanged from east since 28.7., 1615h.

1515 - Qu.7655AO -

1830 - Falsterbo (SVE) 7sm to our stbd. beam; Entering the Oere Sound.

1907 - Norddeich Radio sending O.K.W. report about successes at the Eastern Front.

2011 - Sundown.

2057 - Finnish Steamer to our port beam on opposite course, E=2000m, does not send radio message.

2145 - Island Ven/Bäckviken, 2000m to our port beam. Wind and Sea increasing.

2237 - SE6/5, overcast, light haze, visibility 3-4sm, ~1000mb - Helsingborg 3500m to our stbd. beam.

2337 - Entering the Kattegat.

RST
Kptlt.&Cmdr.
Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...

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Wednesday, 30 July 1941 - Kattegat -

0000 - S7/6, overcast, light haze, visibility 3-4sm, ~1000mb -

0411 - Sunrise.

0423 - Another Finnish Steamer to our stbd. beam on opposite course, E=5000m, does not send radio message.

0450 - Island Anholt 10sm to our port beam.

0915 - Island Laesoe 3sm to our port beam.

1200 - Qu.4467AO - Days Run: 290.2sm (↗ 24h)
212cbm (14cbm in 24h). Weather unchanged from SW since 30.7., 0000h.

1313 - Skagen 8sm to our port beam.

1415 - WNW3/2, clear, visibility 8-9sm, >1000mb -
Entering the Skagerrak on course 275°.

1522 - Incoming F.T.: From U 109:
Only neutral traffic in Op.-Area on NW coast of Africa. - Bleichrodt -

1801 - Norddeich Radio reporting during the Japanese bombing raids (Operation 101) of Chungking, a US-Gunboat (USS Tutuila) was hit - no casualties.

1936 - Norddeich Radio sending O.K.W. report about success during Operation "Barbarossa" and no enemy air operations over Germany on this day.

2011 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
U-Bleichrodt being ordered to transit north with Days Run of 180sm. All other "Southern" boats are ordered to take up new positions in front of Gibraltar by 31 July.

2033 - Sundown - NNE3/2, clear, visibility 8-9sm, >1000mb -

Continuing outbound transit.

RST
Kptlt.&Cmdr.
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