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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Wednesday,
31 March 1943 - Off the Bay of Biscay -
0215 - Qu.9155BE - It stopped raining but is still very foggy: SE7/6, overcast, fog, poor visibility, <1000mb.
0500 - Qu.9165BE - Diving for Torpedo Maintenance and Test Dive.
0545 - At Reception Depth, Breakfast for the Port Machine Watch and at 0600, breakfast for the rest of the crew.
0700 - T=50. Commencing with Torpedo Maintenance.
0730 - Sunrise.
0809 - Tube I serviced and Tube II pulled. - Watch change -
0843 - Tube II serviced and loaded. - Break -
1025 - Tubes III and IV serviced.
1040 - CO₂-Warning at 1.7%.
1130 - Tube V serviced (Tube VI not operational).
1131 - Commencing of Trial Dive acc.
B.d.U.-Standing Order No.507 & No.308.
1136 - A-Meter.
1200 - Qu.9244BE -
Days Run: 180.6nm - ↗ 160.6nm (17h) - ↘ 20nm (7h) -
Total: 3868.6 nm (18days 14h 17') - ↗ 3614.3 nm (14days 18h 01') - ↘ 254.3 nm (3days 20h 16')
On course 90°; 406cbm (3cbm in 24h); T=A+60; Battery: 85.7%; CO₂:2.0%.
1210 - 2A-Meter. Boat is safe and secure. Setting for Reception Depth; 96rpm/3kn.
1218 - T=20.
1225 - Surfaced from S-Tiefe after 25min. and 1.5nm - since Etmal (Total: 7h 25min. and 21.5nm)
Weather and Sea unchanged in 8.5h.
1230 - Boat ventilated; Charging Batteries as before (84.3%).
1415 - Batteries charged (1h 45' for 14.1%). 1/3-Ahead.
1505 -
F.T.'s from B.d.U.:
1)
OKW-Report:
a) The Führer met Bulgarian King Boris III at his headquarters at Rastenburg, East Prussia.
b) Soviet troops defeated the 17th Army in the Kuban Peninsula and captured Anastasyevsk north of Novorossiysk, near the coast of the Black Sea in southern Russia.
c) British troops occupied Cap Serrat on the Tunisian coast. Operation Supercharge II was concluded with success in Tunisia, forcing the Axis defenses to move north to Wadi Akarit, while the US 1st and 9th Infantry Divisions continue to attack Italian positions at Hill 369 near El Guettar, Tunisia, with little success.
d) USAAF bombers attacked the Italian airfield at Cagliari, Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea.
2)
To all boats:
a) According to diplomatic channels, our U-Boats have brought the British on the brink of defeat in the Battle of the Atlantic. Congratulations to all boats!
b) U 648 (Ltnt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) commences Final War Patrol Outfitting and Op.-Briefing in Kiel.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115