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Sunday, 8 February 1942 - South of the Newfoundland Bank -

0025 - Qu.5555CC - On new course 75°.

0812 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged since 5 Feb., 0151h.

1200 - Qu.5631CC - Days Run: 198.9sm (↗24h).
102.0cbm (2.6cbm/24h). On course 75°. Battery 10000Ah. 2 internal Ato. 136x10.5cm-SpG. 7676xM.G.-2cm-C/30-PbG. Weather unchanged since 5 Feb., 0151h.

1200 - Third Position and Status Request for U 82 (Rollmann). Boat is presumed lost.

(U 82, VIIC, Kptlt. Siegfried Rollmann, was sunk on 6 February 1942 in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 44.10N, 23.52W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Rochester and the British corvette HMS Tamarisk, 45 dead - all hands lost.)

1728 - Sundown. Weather and Sea shifting northwest:
NW1/1, clear, light haze, visibility 5-6sm, >1000mb.

1801 - Norddeich Radio sending report about the war in the Pacific: During the night from 7 to 8 Feb., a task Force of the Japanese Guard Division, made a landing on the Island of Ubin, in the eastern part of the Johore-Strait. Today, Artillery of the 25th Army under the command of General Tomoyuki Yama****a (aka the "Tiger of Malaya", and later "The Beast of Bataan"), began shelling Singapore, while bombers of the 3rd Air Division attacked the British positions.

Boat operating acc. to Op.-Orders "Paukenschlag".

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Kptlt.&Cmdr.

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

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Monday, 9 February 1942 - SSE of the Newfoundland Bank -

0540 - Qu.6255CC - On new course 81°.

0802 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged since 8 Feb., Sundown.

1200 - Qu.6342CC - Days Run: 196.0sm (↗24h).
99.3cbm (2.7cbm/24h). On course 81°. Battery 10000Ah. 2 internal Ato. 136x10.5cm-SpG. 7676xM.G.-2cm-C/30-PbG. Weather unchanged since 8 Feb., Sundown.

1201 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
To all Biscay-Boats: Occupy Marqu.BF35 by 12 Feb., 0600h, and clear area of all enemy warships.

Cmdr.: This is a repeat of the Op.-Order given on 5 Feb.

1713 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 24h.

1901 - Incoming F.T.: From U 85:
Sunk from dispersed convoy ON.60, the British Empire Fusilier, 5408ts, southeast of Newfoundland, in Qu.BC8179. - Greger -

Boat operating acc. to Op.-Orders "Paukenschlag".

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.