24.8.1939 Kiel Harbor.
At 23:00 hrs. the starboard watch is called and anchors are raised, Ship 15 is departing for the Atlantic under the cover of darkness. Morale aboard is high after months of the inactivity the raider soon might see action, Ship 15 will take the Kattegat/Skagerrak route then proceed through the Denmark Strait. Our next report will be when she is in the Atlantic.