U-109 IXB
21 February 1941
00:54 hours U-109 left port for her 9th patrol in grid DH56
26 February 1941
Grid CG73
07:52 hours Ship seen
07:57 hours Positive ID: Japanese small merchant
27 February 1941
Grid DH35
21:20 hours Ship seen - dived to PD
21:25 hours Positive ID: Medium merchant 30
21:57 hours 1 TI (stern) fired
21:58 hours Impact - A stern mounted 4in gun was seen
21:59 hours 1 TI (stern) fired
22:09 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - impact
22:28 hours 1 TI (stern) fired - impact
22:30 hours Ship sunk - MV Siam II
11 March 1941
Grid ET24
14:13 hours Warship seen - dived to PD
14:37 hours Sound contact moving far away
16:11 hours Surfaced
14 March 1941
Grid ET29
04:37 hours Ship seen - dived to PD
04:42 hours Multiple contacts - convoy closing
05:19 hours 2 TI(stern) fired
05:20 hours Impacts - 1 Ti (bow) fired
05:21 hours Impact
05:22 hours Ship sunk - Tanker 16 MV Storanger
05:23 hours 1 TI (bow) fired
05:24 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - impact - 1 TI (bow) fired
05:25 hours Diving to 100m - impact
05:48 hours Depth 100m - no pinging
06:35 hours Sound contact - ship DIW - reloading tubes
06:56 hours PD - up scope - medium merchant 06 - tanker 04
07:00 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - 1 TI (bow) fired
07:01 hours Impact
07:02 hours Impact - Ship sunk tanker 04 MV Petter
07:12 hours 1 TI(stern) fired
07:13 hours Impact
07:14 hours 1 TI(stern) fired - ship sunk medium merchant 06 SS Victoria City
09:08 hours Surfaced in 11m/s winds and medium fog
15 March 1941
Grid ET16
16:05 hours Ship seen - contact lost in bad weather
19 March 1941
Grid EJ38
06:14 hours Warship seen - shadowing
07:08 hours Broke off contact
21 March 1941
Grid DU71
06:42 hours Ship seen
06:58 hours Positive ID: Coastal freighter - closing in
07:30 hours Ship persumed unarmed
07:44 hours Opened fire
07:47 hours Ship sunk - SS Agua - 15 105mm rounds used
28 March 1941
Grid CG43
23:29 hours Ship seen
23:34 hours Positive ID: Tramp steamer - gun turret aft - dived to PD
23:52 hours 1 TI (bow) fired
23:55 hours Impact - ship sunk - SS Helvig
31 March 1941
Grid BF48
11:15 hours Ship seen
11:19 hours Positive ID: medium merchant 02 - no guns visible
11:39 hours Opened fire
11:42 hours Ship sunk - SS Peterston
02 April 1941
05:19 hours U-109 docked at Lorient in awful weather
41 days at sea
7 ship sunk
40296 tons
no damages or casualties
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