May 4, 1940 AF58
1612 Patrol complete. No contacts. Sea 5 Wind 6, poor visibility.
1812 BdU extended our patrol time in the area. U48 will spend the next 24 hours here. Hope to find something to hunt.
May 5, 1940 AF58
2003 Patrol completed once again. No contacts. Weather is changing for the worst, thunders are rumbling above us and once in a while a lightnining strikes the waves. Visibility quite poor.
2255 Seem like our radio is not working properly. We are not even sure if our radio messages are being sent. Will dive to perform a proper check, waves are getting in the way.
May 6, 1940 AF58
0202 Crew still working on the radio but there seem to be nothing wrong so far, yet even VLF circuit is silent. Still no contact to report..
0933 U48 is on the surface again. Radio is now working fine but we don't know why. Perhaps it's related to weather conditions? There are no more lightnings now...Anyway, we will now patrol along the coast toward area AF38. Perhaps we will find targets there...
May 7, 1940 AF38
0612 Nothing but rain and fog. Sea 3 wind 2. Visibility very poor. I believe sonar is the only chance to find anything.
May 8, 1940 AF38
1052 U48 is now leaving this area and heading back toward AF58. Clouds seem to be thinning and there is more light. No more rain. I hope it improves enough to take a midday latitude to get a proper navigation fix.
1402 Weather grew worse and we could not get the latitude. Light drizzle is soaking us. No wind. Poor visibility.
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