Something always has to go wrong when I start so I had to restart apparently something damaged the sub, hull integrity was at 29%.
8/1/1939 Baltic, Kiel Basin V 1st day at sea 17:30 hrs.
Schiff 35 departs for Jan Mayern Island and the North Greenland Sea.
Final preparations were completed today at 08:00 hrs. At 13:00 hrs. she was shifted to Basin V and took on 2 crated Arado Ar 196 A-1 aircraft and 2 Leichte Schnellboote (LS 15 Werft No. 15-6A3 & LS 20 Werft No. 20-36Z), 4 prize crews, and 30 torpedoes.
Tuesday August 1, 1939 at 17:30 hrs she raised anchor, cast off from Basin V and steamed quietly out of Kiel Harbor. She is leaving harbor disguised as the DDG Hansa freighter then she will turn for the Baltic for her second conversion.
