[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by ConvoyHunting

IX U-42 (Wilhelm Ambrosius)
Patrol 1, continue.



14 April 1940 (Sunday)
03:01 - Surfaced, no improv.
04:00 - AM5594.
05:01 - Dived, 35m.
07:49 - Practiced fire exercices.
08:00 - AM5589.
16:15 - Surfaced, no improv.
12:00 - AM5824.
12:24 - Dived, 35m.
16:00 - AM5819.
17:33 - Surfaced, no improv.
19:39 - Dived, 35m.
20:00 - AM5845.
00:00 - AM5847.

15 April 1940 (Monday)
00:49 - Surfaced, no improv.
03:12 - AM5799. New patrol line reached.
03:23 - Kurzsignal to BDU : "AM5799 X U-43".
03:32 - Dived, 35m.
04:00 - AM5799.
08:00 - AM5799.
08:39 - Surfaced, no improvement. Last transmission not acknowledged by BDU, maybe because of weather. Repeating Kurszignal once again.
08:59 - Transmission from BDU : "KURZSIGNAL ACKNOWLEDGED X PROCEED ACCORDING TO ORDERS X BDU"
11:02 . Dived, 35m. Torpedoes maintenance.
12:00 - AM5799.
16:00 - AM5799.
16:24 - Surfaced, weather changed. Clouds partial, wind SW Beaufort 4, sea 3. No more rain.
20:00 - AM5799.
00:00 - AM5799.

16 April 1940 (Tuesday)
04:00 - AM5799.
06:27 - Test dive, 35m.
07:11 - Surfaced.
08:00 - AM5799.
12:00 - AM5799.
16:00 - AM5799.
16:30 - Crashdive drill.
17:09 - Surfaced.
20:00 - AM5799.
00:00 - AM5799.

17 April 1940 (Wednesday)
04:00 - AM5799.
06:52 - Dive test, 35m. Torpedoes maintenance.
08:00 - AM5799.
08:51 - Transmission from BDU : "B-DIENST REPORTED ENNEMY TASK FORCE AN52 X HEADING NW 17KTS X BDU"
12:00 - AM5799.
16:00 - AM5799.
20:00 - AM5799.
00:00 - AM5799.

Reads like the writings of Erich Topp whilst "in the lonely wastes of the Atlantic" ...