12-25-21, 04:40 AM
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U 113 (IXC) - 3rd War Patrol - Continuing outbound voyage
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Originally Posted by Kapitän
Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...
Wednesday, 24 December 1941 - NNE of the Azores -
Cmdr.: Today, U 66 (IXC), KvtKpt. Richard Zapp, will leave for Operation "Paukenschlag".
0750 - Early Morning Dawn.
0915 - Sunrise. Weather unchanged since Lorient.
1000 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
Merry Christmas from the B.d.U.! Commanders are obliged to keep with Uboat Protocol for Special Occasions.
1200 - Qu.9862BD - Days Run: 191.9sm - (↗ 24h).
210.1cbm (1.8cbm/24h). On course 259°. Battery 10000Ah. 14 internal and 8 external torpedoes. Weather and Sea have further decreased and shifted eastward: ENE1/1, clear, visibility 8-9sm, >1000mb.
1201 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
First position and status request for U 567 (Endraß!) and
second position and status request for U 79 (Kaufmann).
1550 - Qu.9855BD -
1814 - Sundown. Weather unchanged since Etmal.
1820 - Qu.9849BD. Diving for submerged cruise at A-20.
1825 - At A-20, 135rpm, 3kn. "Merry Christmas!".
2019 - O₂ = 20%.
2120 - Surfaced after 3h and 8.8sm.
Weather unchanged since Etmal. Battery 9300Ah.
2130 - Boat ventilated. 2x235RPM, 8kn.
Boat operating acc. to Op.-Orders "Paukenschlag".
Kptlt.&Cmdr.
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ...
Thursday, 25 December 1941 - North of the Azores -
0800 - Early Morning Dawn.
0918 - Sunrise. Weather unchanged since Etmal.
1200 - Qu.9777BD - Days Run: 179.7sm - ↗ 170.9sm (21h) - ↘ 8.8sm (3h).
207.5cbm (2.6cbm/24h). On course 256°. Battery 9300Ah. 14 internal and 8 external torpedoes. Weather unchanged since last Etmal.
1302 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
Second position and status request for U 567 (Endraß!) and third position and status request for U 79 (Kaufmann), boat is presumed lost.
(U 79, VIIC, Kptlt. Wolfgang Kaufmann, was sunk on 23 December 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea north of Sollum, in position 32.15N, 25.19E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Hasty and HMS Hotspur. 44 survivors, no casualties.)
Cmdr.: Surely, Endraß has merely some problems with his radio equipment, which is not uncommon on board of Uboats ...
1801 - Norddeich Radio sending report about the Japanes Army taking Hongkong and capturing 26 ships for 52,604ts, in the harbor. The island of Jolo in the Sulu Sea of the Philippins is also being occupied by the Japanes.
1819 - Sundown. Weather unchanged since Etmal, 24 Dec.
Boat operating acc. to Op.-Orders "Paukenschlag".
Kptlt.&Cmdr.
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