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U 113 (IXC) - 4th War Patrol - Pre-War Patrol Preparations
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Originally Posted by Kapitän
Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...
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Tuesday, 31 March 1942- 2nd U.-Flotilla (Korvkpt. Heinz Fischer, 08.41 - 01.43) - Lorient (Qu.6157BF)
Taking on of Provisions, Ammunitions and Torpedoes.
Ari and A/A ammunition:
- SK-C/32, 10.5cm: 150 x SpG; 30 x LkG
- 2 x M.G.-2cm-C/30: 8000 x PbG (1 x M.G.-2cm-C/30 instead of 1 x 3.7cm-SK-C/30U
Taking on of torpedoes:
- Tubes I-VI: G7e, K-b
- Bow above floor plates: 2 x G7e, K-b
- Bow under floor plates: 2x G7e, K-b & 2 x G7a, K-a
- Aft under floor plate: 2 x G7a, K-a
- Upper deck containers: 8 x G7a, K-a
All with fuse Pi-G7H (only AZ / Pi-1 without MZ)
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Unhappy with the progress of the interior ministry, Hitler reassigns the task of providing housing to those displaced by Allied bombing to propaganda chief Goebbels.
Italian submarine Tazzoli arrives at Bordeaux, France.
Surviving ships of Allied convoy PQ-13 begin to arrive at Murmansk, Russia, after several attacks by German destroyers, submarines, and aircraft.
Ten Norwegian freighters and tankers, interned by the Swedish at Gothenburg, attempt to break out for Britain. Two of them, transport Lind and tanker B. P. Newton, will make the escape. Six of the remaining eight ships are sunk by mines, German aircraft, and German warships, while the final two are forced to return to Gothenburg.
Continuing pre-war patrol preparation.
Kptlt.&Cmdr.
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...
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Wednesday, 1 April 1942- 2nd U.-Flotilla (Korvkpt. Heinz Fischer, 08.41 - 01.43) - Lorient (Qu.6157BF)
Taking on of Provisions, Ammunitions and Torpedoes.
Ari and A/A ammunition:
- SK-C/32, 10.5cm: 150 x SpG; 30 x LkG
- 2 x M.G.-2cm-C/30: 8000 x PbG (1 x M.G.-2cm-C/30 instead of 1 x 3.7cm-SK-C/30U
Taking on of torpedoes:
- Tubes I-VI: G7e, K-b
- Bow above floor plates: 2 x G7e, K-b
- Bow under floor plates: 2x G7e, K-b & 2 x G7a, K-a
- Aft under floor plate: 2 x G7a, K-a
- Upper deck containers: 8 x G7a, K-a
All with fuse Pi-G7H (only AZ / Pi-1 without MZ)
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Luftwaffe Ace, Hans-Joachim Marseille, is promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.
Chief of the Department of Naval Operations at the Navy High Command, Kurt Fricke, is promoted to the rank of Admiral.
General George Marshall and Major General Dwight Eisenhower, present to President Franklin Roosevelt, a plan for an immediate assault across the English Channel into Nazi-occupied France with ten divisions of British and Canadian troops; and for "Operation Bolero", which will see the immediate preparation of 30 divisions, of which six are to be armoured, and complimentary air-power for movement across the Atlantic Ocean within the period of a year.
Continuing pre-war patrol preparation.
Kptlt.&Cmdr.
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