[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

Started a new career in August 2019, to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years ago ...

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KTB - U 112

Monday, 2 September 1940 - Rockall Bank

0800 - Incoming F.T.: From Prize "Tropic Sea":
Being held-up in Bay of Biscay by British submarine HMS Truant. Will scuttle ship in 5 min. Request rescue.

1200 - Qu.0366AL - Days Run: ↗ 182.0sm (24h)

1324 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
B-Dienst reports large enemy convoy in Qu.0364AL, course east, speed 7kn.

1345 - "Smoke plume ahead!" - Turning boat around to new course 90°. For the rest of the day, shadowing the convoy in front of its stbd. beam.

1404 - Incoming F.T.: From U 58:
On outbound voyage from Lorient, sighted enemy submarine in Qu.6177BF. - Schonder -

1431 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
"Gustav Gelb!". Convoy 1329/2 sighted in Qu.0365AL top center. Course 83°, speed 7kn. E5/4, clear, light haze, vis.10000, >1000mb. - RST -

1531 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
Convoy 1329/2 now in Qu.0365AL top right. Course 85°, speed 7kn. 22 ships, 1 aircraft carrier, 1 V&W destroyer in front, 1 Flower Corvette in back. E5/4, clear, light haze, vis.10000, >1000mb. - RST -

1550 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
RST: Convoy 1329/2 is B.HX-68. Free to attack!

1759 - Radio report from Norddeich Radio about the "Land-Lease-Act".

Cmdr.: "During the evening, I move the boat away from the moon-lit side, to the port side of the convoy."

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

Started a new career in August 2019, to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years ago ...

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KTB - U 112

Tuesday, 3 September 1940 - Rockall Bank

0530 - Qu.1937AM - "Battle Stations!"

0539 - Changing course to 175°, commencing attack run. Target ships are a Standard Tanker in Pos.1 of the middle column and HMS Furious in Pos.2 behind the tanker.

(Note: This convoy has pretty much the same composition as the one before, also, with HMS Ark Royal in it. Naming the aircraft carrier HMS Furious, is merely my attempt to simulate a different aircraft carrier running in the convoy.).

0550 - Tubes I & II, G7a, K-a/Contact Fuse, running depth 4.5m, Vt30, on the Standard Tanker, Shooter: Ltnt.z.S. & I.W.O. Emmo MARBACH.

Both torpedoes are misses, as the convoy begins zig-zagging. Either, the torpedo wakes or the boat itself must have been sighted, even though, no star shells are fired.

0551 - Tubes III & IV, G7a, K-a/Contact Fuse, running depth 4.5m, Vt44, on HMS Furious, Shooter: Ltnt.z.S. & I.W.O. Emmo MARBACH.

Both are hits in the forecastle. HMS Furious explodes and sinks immediately. Must have hit the forward magazine.

Cmdr.: "I'm altering course to 50° and running off at high speed. Approximate distance to the nearest ship is 1000m. The forward sweeper - a V&W destroyer - detects the boat and opens fire with its deck guns but the shells are way off. Showing the destroyer our stern and going to flank speed. The destroyer is gaining on us fast."

0556 - At a distance of 1000m, "ALARM!". - Crash diving to A+70. Wabos (Depth Charges) above the boat and astern during further course.

0642 - Surfaced the boat after 46min. and 2.3sm. The destroyer is still searching for us in the distance and dropping Wabos. "Dismissed from Battle Stations!"

- to be continued -