Quote:
Originally Posted by frau kaleun
Unfortunately, for every chocolate torpedo you get from the KM's Fairy Godmother Department, the Practical Joke Department sends you two Bernards.
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Not that simply
isn't fair!
Now, to cease with my silly derailment of the purpose of the thread...
U-108
Oblt.zS Johann Voss
Left Wilhelmshaven 24 Feb 1940.
Orders: Patrol Grid BE37
Patrol Log as follows:
24.2.40. 2142 Patrol 3
U-108, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: February 24, 1940, 21:42
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BE37
3.3.40. 2322 Grid AM 43 Ship sunk! SS Sacramento Valley (Granville-type Freighter), 4709 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 76. Crew lost: 65
4.3.40. 0047 Grid AM 43 Ship sunk! HMS Amethyst (Black Swan class), 1250 tons. Crew: 229. Crew lost: 100
16.3.40. 0704 Grid AM 51 Ship sunk! SS Nagara (Large Merchant), 8678 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 94. Crew lost: 38
0717 Grid AM 51 Ship sunk! SS Santa Elisa II (Medium Cargo), 3917 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 47
1152 Grid AM 51 Ship sunk! SS Victoria City (Granville-type Freighter), 4752 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 69
19.3.40. 1447 Grid AF 77 Ship sunk! SS Glenapp (Large Merchant), 8679 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 105. Crew lost: 53
21.3.40. 1530 Grid AN 28 Ship sunk! SS New England (Large Cargo), 7548 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 65. Crew lost: 28
23.3.40.
0946: Moored at Wilhelmshaven.
Spent 1 week on station BE37, poor weather prevented any operation against the enemy.
Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 7
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 39533 tons