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U 115
- KTB -
First War Patrol
(17th war patrol overall)
Monday,
12 July 1943 - Indian Ocean -
1000 - Morning Dawn.
Decision to attempt supplying at the Leeward side of Supply Ship. Fuel hose connection done by crane. Supplying of provisions by rope connection.
Messages transferred by Supply Ship (
see Annex II to KTB).
1108 - Sunrise.
1120 -
F.T. from U 506:
7 depth charges from Liberator. A/C was not detected by FuMB. Sinking. - Würdemann -
1200 - Qu.4278KS -
Days Run: 157.7nm - ↗ 24h
Total: 12284.3nm (68tg 22h) - ↗ 11861.5nm (62tg 07h 05') - ↘ 422.8nm (6tg 14h 55')
496.5cbm (2.5cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold.
ESE7/6, overcast, light haze, visibility ~3.5nm, ~1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 1w 1d 12h).
1220 -
Provisioning completed. Leaving Supply Ship and running off on course 20°, 235RPM. (
for details of Supply refer to Annex I to KTB).
1518 -
F.T. from U 409:
Attacked by destroyer. 11 dead and 37 survivors. Giving up boat. - Massmann -
1652 -
F.T. from B.d.U.:
RST: After supply, Schliemann will proceed to ESE, 5kn. - B.d.U. -
2313 -
Incoming Radio Reports:
From O.K.W.:
a) British 8th Army captured Augusta,
Sicily, and its harbour. HMS King George V bombarded Trapani, Sicily.
b) Soviet forces launched a massive offensive along their Bryansk, Central, and West Fronts in Russia, toward Bryansk, Kursk, and Orel.
Prokhorovka became the site of what will be hailed as the largest armor battle in history.
c) The National Committee for a Free Germany was formed in Krasnograd, Ukraine, made up of a number of captured German officers as well as exiled German communists. This group calls for an uprising against The Führer and an end to the fighting between Germany and the Soviet Union.
From O.K.M.:
a) Italian Supply U-boat Aquilla III (Comandante Cappellini) arrived at Singapore at 1029 hours and unloaded her cargo for Japan. She began to receive some repairs for damage incurred during the journey from Europe to the Dutch East Indies.
From B.d.U.:
a) U 359 and U 466 have supplied from "Milkcow" U 487 (Oblt.d.R. Helmut Metz). The tanker is proceeding to DG 77 to refuel
U 648 (Oblt.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl), U 527 and all Far Eastern boats.
b) U 709 (Oblt. Karl-Otto Weber) reported from BD 8452 that there had been a heavy explosion in the forward battery. She had 3 men seriously wounded and requested immediate medical assistance. U 566 (Kptlt. Hans Hornkohl) was ordered to give assistance.
B-Dienst Report:
a) Escort Carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) and her escorts departed Norfolk, Virginia on a Hunter-Killer mission along the convoy routes to Africa.
b) USAAF 59th Bombardment Squadron, operating B-18 Bolo bombers, arrived at Edinburgh Field in Trinidad.
RST
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