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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)

Monday, 31 May 1943 - South Atlantic

0815 - Qu.8218FD - Reached the Air Cover Zone of Ascension Island.

1040 - Early Morning Dawn. 7/8 Moon in the East.

1133 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 15.5h.

1200 - Qu.8276FD - Days Run: 172.8nm - ↗ (24h)
Total: 4855.2 (26tg 22h) - ↗ 4646.2nm (23tg 17h 59') - ↘ 209.0nm (3tg 04h 01')
445cbm (2cbm in 24h); Battery 97%; Course 169°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; SSW1/1, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb.

1313 - Qu.8279FD - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 41 Sec. (w/o Diving Officer).

1316 - A-Meter.

1320 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm.

1329 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 97%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü.

1333 - Surfaced after 20min. and 1.2nm. - Weather and Sea unchanged.

1337 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn.

1533 - Qu.8527FD - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 42 Sec. (w/o Diving Officer).

1535 - A-Meter.

1540 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm.

1548 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (8min. for 60m). Battery 94%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü.

1553 - Surfaced after 20min. and 1.2nm. - SSE6/5, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb.

1556 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn.

2307 - Incoming Radio Reports:

From O.K.W.:
a) The US 15th Airforce attacked German and Italian airports at Foggia and claim that many airplanes were destroyed on the ground.

From O.K.M.:
a) The Führer expressed extreme dismay at the withdrawal of our submarines from the American coast.
b) In Operation Gearbox II, HMS Cumberland joined HMS Cruiser Bermuda to relieve garrison at Spitzbergen, Norway, escorted by Destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Athabaskan (RCN) covered by Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious, Cruiser HMS Scylla, screened by Destroyers HMS Echo and HMS Middleton.

From B.d.U.:
a) U 563 (Oblt. Gustav Borchardt) was bombed by aircraft at 1650 in BF 4466. The boat was able to dive and requested air cover. Later she was attacked again and sent a distress message by radio. Boats in the vicinity were ordered to give assistance. Of these boats, U 621 (Oblt. Max Kruschka) reported going to assist U 563. On the way, U 621 was also bombed and has only limited diving capacity.
It appears from a decoded aircraft message, that U 563 was sunk and the crew swimming in the water. U 621 broke off the search towards morning in view of fuel shortage. Our own aircraft could not be sent in owing to bad weather conditions, however, the first formation of Junkers, consisting of 8 airplanes, will be sent starting at 0700 on 1st June. The aircraft will take rubber boats with them, which can be dropped if necessary.
b) U 467 (Kptlt. Heinz Kummer) has not reported since putting out from Bergen. After receipt of a special intercept message of 29th May regarding an aircraft attack on a U-boat in AE 58 with a Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo from a PBY-5A Catalina, the boat was ordered several times to give her position but did not reply. According to dead reckoning, she was in the proximity of the attack position. She must be considered lost.

B-Dienst Report:
a) Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) and her escorts departed Argentia, Newfoundland on a purely offensive anti-submarine patrol. This is Bogue's first Hunter-Killer sortie without concurrent convoy escort duty.

2322 - Sundown. Weather and Sea unchanged in 7.5h.

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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115

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

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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)

Tuesday, 1 June 1943 - West of Ascension

- 4th week at sea completed -

0900 - Qu.1348FL -

1045 - Early Morning Dawn. 7/8-Moon setting in the East.

1139 - Sunrise. Weather and Sea unchanged in 20h.

1200 - Qu.1613FL - Days Run: 186.8nm - ↗ 184.4nm (23h 20') - ↘ 2.4nm (40')
Total: 5042.0 (27tg 22h) - ↗ 4830.6nm (24tg 17h 19') - ↘ 211.4nm (3tg 04h 41')
442.5cbm (2.5cbm in 24h); Battery 94%; Course 169°; 3xT-3, 2xEtoFat, 1xT-4; 9xBold; SSE6/5, clear, very good visibility, >1000mb.

1306 - Qu.1616FL - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 39 Sec. (1st Watch with Diving Officer).

1309 - A-Meter.

1310 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm.

1319 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 94%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü.

1323 - Surfaced after 17min. and 1.1nm.

1327 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn.

1606 - Qu.1657FL - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 39 Sec. (2nd Watch with Diving Officer).

1609 - A-Meter.

1610 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm.

1619 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 93%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü.

1623 - Surfaced after 17min. and 1.1nm.

1626 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn.

2026 - Qu.1925FL - Crash dive for training. T=10 after 41+ Sec. (3rd Watch with Diving Officer).

2029 - A-Meter.

2030 - Setting for T=20 at 96rpm.

2039 - Leveled-off at Reception Depth (9min. for 60m). Battery 91.5%; Compressed Air Supply 280Atü.

2043 - Surfaced after 17min. and 1.1nm.

2046 - Compressed Air Supply filled. 2x225RPM/8kn.

2306 - Incoming Radio Reports:

From O.K.W.:
a) The Russian Airforce attacked rear communications and airfields at Smolensk, Orel and Bryansk.
b) British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden announced that British casualties in first three years of war were 92,089 killed, 226,719 missing, 88,294 wounded, and 107,891 captured.
c) While serving time in prison for embezzlement, Fritz Kuhn, leader of the dissolved, pro-Nazi, German American Bund, has his American citizenship rewoked.

From B.d.U.:
a) In search of U 563 (Oblt. Gustav Borchardt), 23 Ju 88's carried out a search without result. Sea was force 5. Nothing was seen of the crew. In air battles the Ju's shot down 4 English aircraft, including 2 Wellington bombers and one large carrier aircraft (Douglas).
b) U 409 (Oblt. Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann) was observed in CG 9472 during her passage through the Straits of Gibraltar. She was ordered to move away to the W and attempt to break through again after about 48 hours. The same goes for U 594 (Kptlt. Friedrich Mumm).

B-Dienst Report:
a) Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card (CVE-11) arrived in Casablanca Harbor, Morocco.
b) Alerted by US direction-finders, the Brazilian police raid the house of German-born Werner Waltemath discovering his Abwehr radio, microfilm and other espionage paraphernalia hidden in a cavity under the living room floor. He will receive a twenty-five-year prison sentence, while a fellow–expatriate, Hans-Christian von Kitze, whom he had recruited to his spy group will become a double agent for the British.

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KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115