U47 - Lt.z.S. Willi Hartmann - 7th patrol - Apr. 1940 080203 - Outside Narvik
We left Wilhelmshafen on the evening of Mar 31st. Patrol 6 was aborted due to technical problems. After having spent 24 hours in the mission area (AN36) we received new orders to proceed north along the Norwegian coast. Operation Hartmuth is on - part of Unternehmen Weserübung - the invasion of Denmark and Norway! The North Sea and Skagerak is crawling with German naval and transport units. Our mission: To secure the German naval assault on Narvik. The British are bound to react violently!
There are at least three other German U-boats in the area. On our way in the Vestfjord we bumped into a Norwegian guard ship but quickly threw him off in the bad weather.
Norwegian Armed Trawler:
Present position:
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