9/2/1939 Jan Mayern Island 13th day at sea
Schiff 35 arrived on the 27th of August and met the tanker Ermland. The Kommandant went aboard for a conference with Kapitän Dahlman in the meantime Schiff 35 took on fuel and water. She was disguised as a Soviet research ship KOSTROMA the following modifications were made,
-Hull painted black
-Blue band with a hammer and sickle on each side
These modifications were complete within 7 hours
At 17:33 smoke was sighted and an hour later they were joined by the Kybfels under Korvettenkapitän Ulrich Kraus this freighter will have a variety or roles from scout ship to prison ship. On September 1st While securing the recently loaded mines a radio message came over the radio announcing that the Wehrmacht invaded Poland at 04:45 am. Hartmann decided to depart the following morning at 08:00.
The Kybfels and the Ermland will accompany Schiff 35 to capture a whaling fleet that is known to be operating in the vicinity of naval squares ÄH 60 and ÄH 90. The intelligence officer Oblt.z.S Kruger determined the fleet consists of 1 factory ship, 1 freighter, and 10 whalers. Hartmann plans to shadow the fleet for roughly 3 weeks.
