[HuskerNlincoln]

April 1940 Base Wilhelmshaven
IXB Fully loaded, Crew in excellent spirits

Was headed for Liverpool as we have noticed that a few large convoys have originated from there and sure enough as we rounded scapa flow, another appeared to head out from there. We knew it would be a race, the convoy on a heading of ssw towards the Irish sea and who knows from there, while we race south down the Irish sea to meet them. We shot south down to the Irish sea at flank speed, at a depth of 7 meters decks awash at night, not a ship in sight, weather was raining, but seas at 5 feet and got in perfect position to intercept where the Irish and Celtic sea meet since we weren't sure if the convoy would head west into the western approaches and onto the convoy lanes headed west, or head north up into the Irish sea just as last last reported convoy out of Liverpool had done. We arrived early, and nothing. Changed depth to listen for sounds, nothing, waited a whole day dead in the water, tried various search patterns nothing. Send contact reports in hopes of luring the escorts to come look for us, nothing. Decided to give up and head back north for liverpool and as soon as we did, the contact report came in stating that the convoy was south of us! Some how we missed it. It was travelling at 8 knots, we were at flank. I hate that.

Oh well the birth place of the Beatles will pay for their crimes!