U-109 IXB
Patrol No 5
07 April 1940
12:00 hours Start patrol. Orders are to patrol grid CG87 and then the Straits
20 April 1940
Grid BF48
03:14 hours MV Canton (Medium Merchant 29), 4903 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 51. Crew lost: 20. Sunk by gunfire - 18 105mm rounds used
22 April 1940
Grid CG57
18:24 hours SS Rose Castle (Ore Carrier), 6120 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 91. Crew lost: 88. Sunk by gunfire - 17 105mm rounds used
30 April 1940
Grid CG95
18:59 hours SS E. Sang (Medium Merchant 31), 3516 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 46. Sunk by 3 torpedoes
21:28 hours MV Grenanger (Medium Merchant 08), 5283 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 66. Sunk by 3 torpedoes
22:30 hours Rammed by destroyer in heavy fog , rain and heavy seas Both scopes destroyed. The destroyer just kept going.
01 May 1940
19:07 hours Docked at SS Thalia to replace scopes rearm and refuel.
25 days at sea
4 ships sunk
19822 tons
6 torpedoes fired
35 105mm round used
No casualties and hull damages
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