Ever feel depressed, lonely, hankering for sound contact, any contact in the middle of the Atlantic?
On my last patrol, out of torpedoes, I decided to re-supply in Cadiz (FEB 1940) instead of slogging it all the way to Willy.
Shortly after rounding Cabo San Vicente, ran into a 5,000 freighter and gave him the deckie gun treatment. In the afternoon before entering Cadiz, sighted and sank a 2,000 tonner.
After resuppliying, left Cadiz at 0345
Submerged at daybreak, immediate hydrophone contact. Sank 2,000 tonner with deckie at 0857.
Submerged again. Contact! Another 2,000 tonner down the bottom at 0955.
That's two ships in less than an hour.
The route between Girbraltar and San Vicente is thick with British shipping . Having Cadiz as a refueling base, after the couple of hours commute to work you can accumulate great tonnage fast.
