[Kapitän]

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

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Friday, 12 September 1941 - Lorient

Clearing out of boat:
Fuel 22cbm; Battery 7400Ah;
10 internal torpedoes (2xEto & 8xAto);
10.5cm: 55xSpG & 24xLkG;
M.G.-C/30-2cm: 7820xPbG.

Placing boat in dry dock for Shipyard Overhaul.
Routine work by the crew throughout.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

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

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Saturday, 13 September 1941 - Lorient

The totals of this 1st war patrol with U 113 and 13th war patrol overall are:

Traveled surfaced: 9103,2sm - 41 days, 6h, 36min.
Traveled submerged: 187,5sm - 3 days, 21h, 09min.
Traveled total: 9290,7sm - 45 days, 3h, 45min.

Total of 1 Tanker, 1 Troop Transport and 9 merchants for 44230ts sunk!

Of that from Op. against convoys 2350/6 (most likely rompers from convoy SC-38):
- 1 Tanker of 8006ts and 3 Merchants of 12364ts sunk.

Independently travelling ships:
1 Troop Transport of 6619ts and 6 Merchants of 17241ts sunk.

Torpedo hits: 9 (5 ships sunk by torpedo, 4 ships sunk by deck gun and 1 ship sunk by combined torpedo/deck gun action).
Torpedo misses: 0
Torpedo failures:
- 1 Eto (Pi-G7H) hit but failed to ignite,
- 1 Eto understeered in medium sea and
- 1 Ato understeered in high sea.

Crash Dives: 5
- All from airplanes, 2 of which in the Bay of Biscay.

Depth Charges: 0

Pressure hull: 100% (Accumulated: 0%)

Lost two crew members from aircraft attack:
Coxwain(AA), Wilhelm BARSCH and
Coxwain & No.3, Konrad SCHMIDT

Took two enemy Sea Officers prisoner of war.

Honour points: 2433.83 (Accumulated: 25545.05)

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.