[Kapitän]

Originally Posted by Kapitän

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

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KTB - U 112

Thursday, 24 October 1940 - St.Nazaire - Qu.6515BF

0640 - Casting off.

0650 - 0700 - St.Nazaire lock.

0705 - Put to sea for third war patrol with U 112 and eleventh war patrol overall, according to previously received Op.-Orders. Taking on escort.

Testing Diesel Engines:
- Slow: 7kn, (should be 7-8kn)
- 1/3: 10kn (should be 11-12kn)
- Half: 12kn (should be 13-14kn)
- Full: 14-15kn (should be 16-17kn)
- Flank: 16kn (should be 18-19kn)
Diesel engines should run 2-3kn faster.

Decision to commence with war patrol, heeding the following basic rules:
- No Op. against fast convoys or single ships in bad weather and sea conditions.
- Stay clear of enemy escorts and withdraw from ASW action by diving.

0740 - La Baule, 8.6sm off the stbd. beam.

1051 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
Heavy Cruiser "Admiral Scheer", leaving for merchant warfare in the Atlantic. Outgoing transit along the Norwegian coast and Denmark Strait. Attacks against capital ships in those areas only after absolutely certain identification.

1200 - Qu.6465BF - Days Run since St.Nazaire: 48.2sm - ↗ (5h 20')

1205 - Point "Nanni1" - 50m-Line - Releasing escort.

1420 - Norddeich Radio report on Ob.Ltnt. Lüth and Kptlt. Bleichroth being awarded with the Knight Cross.

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

Friday, 25 October 1940 - Bay of Biscay

0138 - Airplane in 245°true, E=11000, on heading WNW. Turns out to be a FW200 Condor. Boat remains surfaced.

0258 - Point "Tanne" - 200m-Line. Diving for test dive at A+20. Testing submerged speed at T=50:
- Slow: 3kn
- 1/3: 4kn
- Half: 5kn
- Full: 6kn
- Flank: 7kn
All good.

0330 - Surfaced.

0832 - Twin engine airplane in 340°true, E=3000, on heading SSW. Getting as close as 2400m and flying off again on heading NNE.
Cmdr.: "The distance from England is exactly the same distance as marked on the convoy map for airplane range in 1941."

1059 - 3 twin-engine airplanes in 45°true, E=9000, on heading SW. Diving at E=7000. At T=20, 6 bombs at the diving position - no damages. Distance 220sm from England.

1129 - Surfaced. WNW1/1, partly cloudy, visibility 8-9sm, >1000mb.

1200 - Qu.4663BF - Days Run: 274.3sm - ↗271.1sm (23h) - ↘3.2sm (1h)

1215 - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
Transit message 10°W. Twice enemy airplanes 220sm from England. Once bombs - no damages. Continue outward transit. 170cbm. WNW1/1, partly cloudy, visibility 16000, >1000mb. - RST -

1228 - Incoming F.T.: From B.d.U.:
RST: Transit message received. Continue outward transit.

RST

Kptlt.&Cmdr.

(to be continued)