Hollysheet... No Hollywood any more, guys, no 'nifty' reports
, no hundreds of tonns sunk on next patrol. Short summary.
1. March 18th departure from Wilhelmshaven to grid EF[?]66, west of Dakar.
2. March 24th, heavily guarded convoy spotted at high noon, managed to evade, no casualties nor damage.
3. March 27th, sunk a large merchant, grid AM52 (west of Ireland).
4. March 28th, sunk a 10k tonns ship SW of Ireland, don't remember the type.
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7. April 7th, darkened Argentinian merchant torpedoed by mistake (pitch black night and the flag looked like South African one), luckily didn't sink.
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11. April 14th, patrol grid reached.
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16. April 20th, patrol grid left, proceeded to Dakar coast.
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19. April 24th, spotted a schooner on unknown nationality (flag similar to Spanish, but not Spanish one, not enlisted in the data books). Returning to base.
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23. April 30th, Spotted by British destroyer west of Gibraltar when closing to Thalia, Cadiz. Heavily DC'd for 15 hours, evaded, no casualties nor damage. This time we did it again...
24. May 1st, sunk a British merchant (10k tonns) 50 km west of Thalia. Short on fuel. Torpedoes left - 18, ships sunk - 3, total tonnage: 31k tonns. Still floating...
That's going to be a patrol of my life!
