Very early on the morining of the 17th the watch crew spots smoke in the distance we plot a course and run off to investige we find it to be another pryo ship trying run the blockade we close to with in 600m and fire a torpedo it hits in the bow section ship seems to slow and starts to list instead of using another torpedo to finish her off i call up the deck gun crew to do the honours she goes up with a bang after about 10 shells.
Later that same day we came across two more ships the first one a Tramp steamer which was sent to the bottom with the last remaining shells from the deck gun and one torpedo.
The Passenger cargo went down with a bit of trouble i thought just the one torpedo would send her to her grave but we needed to put another torp into her as we had no more shells for the deck gun left. But it was yet another sinking on what was turning into amazing patrol.
On the very next day we ran into the targets that would use up are remaining torpedos. The first one was a small merchant which was picked up on are hourly hyderphone check. We closed the target submerged and moved into fireing postion, we fired off our first torp at a range of 450m it hit amidships and stop dead and started to sink on a even keel. But after and 2 hours it would not sink any further and it was desided to put a finishing shot into her. Which smacked into her in the bow and down she went.
The next ship to fall prey to us that day was a Tramp steamer, we picked her up on are hyderphones almost as soon as the merchant before her was sliping beneath the waves she was coming towards us so we lay in wait and when sighted we moved in to fireing postion. We let her close to just under 1000m then let her have two of the best. Both hit in the stern of the ship and down she went.
The last of our targets was another small merchant, She was spotted my the lookouts as we raced from the scene of our last sinking.
We droped to PD deth and let her close on us and moved into firing postion we fired one torpedo which hit amidships. She sank down a bit but was not going to go under so our last eel was used to put her under, For fun we desided to surface to fire are last eel. It hit with a bang and down she went.
Then it was rime to set a course for home back to family and friends oh and lots of beer and women for the crew
We had a very quite ride back to base we tryed to stay as far away from the UK as possible. It seemed to work as we spotted no planes are ships and we arrived off the mouth of the Kiel canal on the early evening of the 27th. We made good speed back up the canal and Kiel came into sight in the Morining of the 28th.
As we pulled in along side the pier i noticed a car pull up oh my god it was Onkal Karl!!! He steped aboard and addressed the crew and was very happy with us and wished us luck for are next patrol.
30 Oct 1939
06:54 Patrol 2
U-49, U-Flotilla Wegener
Left at: October 30, 1939, 06:54
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM79
04 Nov 1939
02:59 AF 74 Ship sunk! S.S. Munger T. Ball (Large Merchant), 11641 tons
09 Nov 1939
06:05 AM 27 Ship sunk! S.S. Astrell (Small Merchant), 1826 tons
14 Nov 1939
18:55 AM 43 Ship sunk! S.S. Casa Grande (Small Merchant), 1827 tons
15 Nov 1939
23:34 AM 2 Ship sunk! Mount Baker (Pyro Ammunition ship), 7468 tons
16 Nov 1939
09:47 AM 52 Ship sunk! S.S. British Viscount (Small Merchant), 2625 tons
17 Nov 1939
00:24 AM 52 Ship sunk! Wrangell (Pyro Ammunition ship), 7469 tons
10:29 AM 52 Ship sunk! S.S. Meerkerk (Tramp Steamer), 1539 tons
11:42 AM 52 Ship sunk! S.S. Crista (Passenger/Cargo), 1884 tons
18 Nov 1939
02:52 AM 52 Ship sunk! S.S. Clarissa Radcliffe (Small Merchant), 2208 tons
04:29 AM 52 Ship sunk! S.S. Olinda (Tramp Steamer), 1531 tons
12:11 AM 52 Ship sunk! S.S. C.O. Stillman (Small Merchant), 2249 tons
28 Nov 1939
08:30 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 11
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonage: 42267 tons