MORE DONITZ ELITE PATROL REPORTS

[Laufen zum Ziel]

Donitz Elite patrol reports

01DEC1940 1800

TO:BDU
FM:U101(BORAT)

BT.

SUBJ: STATUS REPORT

1. CG8813. FUEL: 48%. TORPEDOES: 3. 88MM: 198.

2. ENGAGED INBOUND CONVOY IN CG8824. SANK LARGE TANKER AND SMALL MERCHANT. TOTAL FOR PATROL 18350GRT. ONLY ONE INTERIOR EEL REMAINING. BEGINNING TRANSIT HOME.

BT
U101.
TO:U101
FM:BDU

BT.

SUBJ: STATUS REPORT.

1. MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED. HAVE A SAFE VOYAGE HOME COMMANDER. FIRST ROUND IS ON THE STAFF UPON RETURN!

KURTZ
CHIEF OF RESEARCH

BT.
01DEC1940 1800

TO:BDU
FM:U-345

SUBJ: STATUS REPORT

1. Suffered damage to attack scope and navigation gear.

2. Returning to base for repairs. Will advise when ready to deploy.

U-345

From : U-65 IXB
To : BdU / All Ubooten
Date: November 3 , 1940
Grid : ET 28

Have attacked lightly escorted convoy in ET 27 on October 31
2 escorts , 20 + merchants
5 ships sunk for 30K tons (including 1 armed merchant cruiser)

Signed
Konteradrmiral vonHarris

Quote:
Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel
01DEC1940 1800

TO:BDU
FM:U-345

SUBJ: STATUS REPORT

1. Suffered damage to attack scope and navigation gear.

2. Returning to base for repairs. Will advise when ready to deploy.

U-345
FM:BDU
TO:U345

BT.

SUBJ: STATUS REPORT.

1. RETURN HOME VIA THE SAFEST ROUTE. REMAIN UNDETECTED. FLOTILLA ENGINEER ADVISED CONCERNING DAMAGES. A SAFE VOYAGE HOME COMMANDER!

BT
KURTZ
R&D.

Quote:
Originally Posted by VONHARRIS
From : U-65 IXB
To : BdU / All Ubooten
Date: November 3 , 1940
Grid : ET 28

Have attacked lightly escorted convoy in ET 27 on October 31
2 escorts , 20 + merchants
5 ships sunk for 30K tons (including 1 armed merchant cruiser)

Signed
Konteradrmiral vonHarris
TO: U65
FM: BDU

BT.

SUBJ: U65 STATUS

1. WELL DONE COMMANDER! PLEASE REPORT FUEL AND ARMAMENT STATE AND FURTHER PATROL INTENTIONS.

BT
KURTZ.
R&D.



10-24-2012, 11:36 AM #9
The Dean
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From : U-206 VIIB
To : BdU / All Ubooten
Date: March 7, 1940
Grid : AM43

Sunk Empire class freighter during southbound track to assigned grid. Two torpedoes fired, 1 hit. Heavy flooding led to port capsize and sinking within 10 minutes. Southbound for BE96.

Gruber
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10-24-2012, 02:07 PM #10
Walter Kurtz
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dean
From : U-206 VIIB
To : BdU / All Ubooten
Date: March 7, 1940
Grid : AM43

Sunk Empire class freighter during southbound track to assigned grid. Two torpedoes fired, 1 hit. Heavy flooding led to port capsize and sinking within 10 minutes. Southbound for BE96.

Gruber
TO: U206 (GRUBER)
FM: BDU

SUBJ: U206 STATUS

1. OUTSTANDING WORK COMMANDER! CONTINUE TRANSIT TO ASSIGNED GRID SQUARE. REPORT ALL CONTACTS AND SUCCESSES ENROUTE. REPORT WHEN ON STATION.

BT
KURTZ
R&D.

17JAN41 2312

TO:BDU
FM:U101 (BORAT)

BT.

SUBJ: NEUTRAL SINKING

1. CG8535. SANK SPANISH SHIP PASSENGER CARGO "LA RASA" SAILING ALONE IN DARKENED CONDITION STEERING AN EVASIVE COURSE. DID NOT SEE FLAG UNTIL VESSEL WAS SINKING. STAYED ON STATION TO HELP SURVIVORS. FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES PROVIDED.

BT
U101.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Walter Kurtz
17JAN41 2312

TO:BDU
FM:U101 (BORAT)

BT.

SUBJ: NEUTRAL SINKING

1. CG8535. SANK SPANISH SHIP PASSENGER CARGO "LA RASA" SAILING ALONE IN DARKENED CONDITION STEERING AN EVASIVE COURSE. DID NOT SEE FLAG UNTIL VESSEL WAS SINKING. STAYED ON STATION TO HELP SURVIVORS. FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES PROVIDED.

BT
U101.

From : Konteradmiral vonHarris , Flotilla Commander
To: U-101
COMMANDER EYES ONLY!
This has never happened
Continue patrol
Upon return to base proceed ON THE DOUBLE to HQ for debriefing

Quote:
Originally Posted by Walter Kurtz
17JAN41 2312

TO:BDU
FM:U101 (BORAT)

BT.

SUBJ: NEUTRAL SINKING

1. CG8535. SANK SPANISH SHIP PASSENGER CARGO "LA RASA" SAILING ALONE IN DARKENED CONDITION STEERING AN EVASIVE COURSE. DID NOT SEE FLAG UNTIL VESSEL WAS SINKING. STAYED ON STATION TO HELP SURVIVORS. FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES PROVIDED.

BT
U101.
TO: U101 (BORAT)
FM: BDU OPERATIONS

BT.

SUBJ: INCIDENT AT SEA.

1. YOU ARE DIRECTED TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE AND SEAL ALL LOG BOOK PAGES FROM THE SINKING OF THE "LA RASA" GOING BACK 24 HOURS FROM THAT POINT. PAGES TO BE SEALED IN THREE ENVELOPES AND KEPT IN KAPTAIN'S SAFE.

2. CONTINUE PATROL ASSIGNED. UPON RETURN OFFICERS AND CREW WILL REMAIN UNDER GUARD IN FLOTILLA QUARENTINE QUARTERS UNTIL MATTER IS REVIEWED.

BT
KURTZ.

ALL COMMANDERS
TO: ALL COMMANDERS
FM: BDU

BT.

SUBJ: STANDING ORDERS.

1. ALL COMMANDERS ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY REVIEW STANDING ORDERS SECTION 4.3.1 THRU 4.3.15 PERTAINING TO NEUTRAL SHIP PROCEDURES.

2. CONDUCT TRAINING WITH ALL WATCH OFFICERS WITHIN 12 HOURS TIME. REPORT WHEN COMPLETE.

BT
KURTZ.
15JAN41 0148

FM: U101(BORAT)
TO: BDU

BT.

SUBJ: LA RASA.

1. COMPLETE MESSAGE NOT TRANSMITTED. IN ADDITION TO BEING DARKENED AND STEERING EVASIVE COURSE SPANISH SHIP LA RASA WAS ARMED WITH ONE GUN ON FANTAIL.

BT
U101.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Walter Kurtz
15JAN41 0148

FM: U101(BORAT)
TO: BDU

BT.

SUBJ: LA RASA.

1. COMPLETE MESSAGE NOT TRANSMITTED. IN ADDITION TO BEING DARKENED AND STEERING EVASIVE COURSE SPANISH SHIP LA RASA WAS ARMED WITH ONE GUN ON FANTAIL.

BT
U101.
This is a false KTB. The Flotilla Kommodore's records show you at least 250 KM away from the reported false incident.

18JAN41 0341

TO: BDU
FM: U101(BORAT)

BT.

SUBJ: FALSE INCIDENT.

1. UNDERSTAND INCIDENT WAS FALSE INCIDENT. SHIP IN QUESTION WAS SUNK 250 KM FROM U101 LOCATION. PROTOCAL PINOCCIO IN EFFECT. RECORD "REVIEW" AND TRACK ADJUSTMENT COMMENCED.

BT
U101.

[Jimbuna]

That is one cool report

[sublynx]

Nice touch, ordering the removing of log pages about sinking the Spanish ship I think I've read about something like that actually happening during the war.

[HundertzehnGustav]

Too much chatter!
The Brits are listening to every word!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

Too much chatter!
The Brits are listening to every word!

No they're not. They can't. We have a secret code, and it's unbreakable.

[Laufen zum Ziel]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

Too much chatter!
The Brits are listening to every word!

In real life all messages would have been done with the Enigma machine. We at one time did use the Enigma but it has a learning time that many of our group found hard. It also takes a lot of time to code and decode so we stopped using it.

[HundertzehnGustav]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No they're not. They can't. We have a secret code, and it's unbreakable.

01011942
U111 to BDU
HAMMERD BY BEES IN ATL GAP -stop- U SURE ENIGMA STILL SECRET NO CONTACTS FOR 6 WEEKS NOW -stop- WTF U DOIN -stop- UR DOIN IT RONG -stop-

02011942
BDU to U111
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK -stop- STFU -stop- HAIL HITLÄ -stop-

[Sailor Steve]

Noted British naval historian Peter Padfield said in his Battle of the Atlantic that he thought it was amazing that Doenitz never really figured out that the Brits were reading his mail, but also amazing that though they were so proud of cracking Enigma but it never ocurred to them that the Germans were doing the same to them.

[sublynx]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

it never ocurred to them that the Germans were doing the same to them.

[Walter Kurtz]

Originally Posted by sublynx

Nice touch, ordering the removing of log pages about sinking the Spanish ship I think I've read about something like that actually happening during the war.

On the very first day of the war Fritz Lemp sank a passenger ship he thought was an auxilliary cruiser. His logs were rewritten and the crew was sworn to secrecy....art imitates life

Fred.