[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

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KTB - U 112

Tuesday, 1 October 1940 - St.Nazaire

The totals of this 2nd war patrol with U 112 and 10th war patrol overall are:

Traveled surfaced: 1781,8sm - 6 days, 22h, 15min.
Traveled submerged: 12,1sm - 0 days, 5h, 5min.
Traveled total: 1793,9sm - 7 days, 3h, 20min.

Torpedo hits: 17
Torpedo misses: 1 Ato, when the target ship was zig- zagging.
Torpedo failures: 1 Eto (Pi-G7H) hit but failed to ignite and 1 Eto and 2 Ato understeered.

6 ships sunk for 53340ts. Of these, from convoy OA.216:
2 tankers for 27252ts and 3 steamers for 20255ts sunk.
1 tanker of 8054ts (straggler) sunk with the deck gun.
Also, 3 steamers for 12320ts torpedoed.
Another unescorted steamer of 5833ts, was the first ship sunk on this war patrol.

Crash Dives: 1 from convoy escorts during the attack run, in which course, the boat sustained 5.90% damage to its pressure hull from surface weapons.

Depth Charges: In all, 96 Wabos were dropped on the boat, inflicting no damage.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

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

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KTB - U 112

Wednesday, 2 October 1940 - St.Nazaire


Awards & Promotions:

Upon arrival in St.Nazaire, the I.W.O. was promoted to Ob.Ltnt.z.S. and also awarded with the E.K.I and the U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen in Bronze. During the stay in St.Nazaire, he also received special A/A training.

The Quartermaster was promoted to Warrant Quartermaster and awarded with the U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen in Bronze. He also received special Sea Watch Training in St.Nazaire.

The Senior Midshipman and acting II.W.O., both Warrant Machinists-D/E and three Firemen 1cl., received the U-Boot-Kriegsabzeichen in Bronze.

Three Firemen 3cl. and two Torpedomen 3cl., were awarded with the E.K.II.

Second war patrol with U 112 and 10th war patrol overall completed.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.