Sad news about the U-124. During his third patrol, Johann Mohr and his crew were spotted by an American warship near Newport. Heavily deaphtcharged in shallow waters, the U-124 sank with all hands in January 1942.
After a unsucessfull patrol in south of Cape Vede (bad weather), Mohr received the order to ressuply at the Corrientes and to join a new patrol zone in the US east coast.
Here are the radio communications before the incident :
5 November 1941
23:56 / TO BDU / SITREP / OPENING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL / LEAVING LORIENT AND FOLLOWING ESCORT / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / RADIO SILENCE UNTIL PZ UNLESS SITUATION DEMANDS IT / U124
12 November 1941
15:48 / TO BDU / CONTACT / BRASILIAN MERCHANT SPOTTED IN DH63 X HEADING NE / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / U 124
18 November 1941
15:10 / TO BDU / SITREP / PATROL ZONE REACHED / BAD WEATHER / U124
20 November 1941
11:07 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN PATROL ZONE / BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS / U124
27 November 1941
17:25 / TO BDU / CONTACT / BRITISH MERCHANT SPOTTED IN EK12 / WEATHER CONDITIONS REALLY UNFAVOURABLES TO ENGAGED / U124
1 December 1941
17:09 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DU18 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X HEAVY RAIN / U124
3 December 1941
13:12 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DU18 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U124
6 December 1941
06:56 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DH84 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U124
7 December 1941
15:53 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DH84 / BAD WEATHER / RETURNING TO BASE / U124
9 December 1941
08:05 / TO BDU / SITREP / NEW ORDERS RECEIVED AND UNDERSTANDED / HEADING TO RESSUPLY AS FAST AS WE CAN / U124
11 December 1941
00:21 / TO BDU / SITREP / RESSUPLY AT THE CORRIENTES DONE / HEADING FOR NEW PATROL ZONE / RADIO SILENCE UNTIL PZ UNLESS SITUATION DEMANDS IT / U124
25 December 1941
07:40 / TO BDU / SITREP / NEW PATROL ZONE REACHED / GOOD WEATHER / MERRY CHRISTMAS / U124
09:30 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN MERCHANT IN PATROL ZONE X 2345 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / U124
15:03 / TO BDU / SITREP / AMERICAN PLANE SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124
27 December 1941
09:01 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN CARGO IN PATROL ZONE X 5079 GRT/ FIRED FOUR TORPEDOES X TWO DULLS X COUP DE GRACE WITH DECKGUN / U124
09:17 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN MERCHANT IN PATROL ZONE X 2396 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / U124
13:33 / TO BDU / SITREP / AMERICAN PLANE SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124
28 December 1941
10:08 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN TRAWLER IN PATROL ZONE X 926 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / U124
13:50 / TO BDU / SITREP / AMERICAN PLANE SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124
29 December 1941
06:16 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN CARGO IN PATROL ZONE X 8083 GRT / FIRED THREE TORPEDOES / U124
07:00 / TO BDU / CONTACT / AMERICAN WARSHIP SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124
30 December 1941 (last message received from the U-124)
15:43 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN CARGO IN PATROL ZONE X 8620 GRT / FIRED ONE TORPEDO X COUP DE GRACE WITH DECKGUN / U124
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