All was going well for U-159 and we were on our way back from a patrol with 12k sunk when suddenly from the mist a Destroyer shot forth mid Atlantic. Crash dived and tried to evade, tried to get it to stick to my decoy instead of me but to no avail, his third string was dead on. After geting the flooding under controll I asked the chief for a damage report and
this is what he gave me. Was a bitter pill to swollow, but U-159 surfaced, scutled the boat and surrendered to the enemy. 49 of the complement of 50 men survived.