Hilfskreuzer Schiff 44 (HSK-16) “Afrika”

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20.9.1935 Bear Island 74°17’N, 18°26’E, 19th day at sea

After a stormy yet uneventful voyage through the Great Belt, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, the North Sea, and the Norwegian Sea Schiff 30 arrives at “Point Blue 10” early on the morning of the 12th. and await the arrival of the “Esso Bremen.” The “Wachtfels” was delayed in Stettin and is expected to arrive no sooner than 20.9. The “Esso Bremen” is roughly 4 to 6 days away from the meeting area.

During this time the crew carried out gunnery and boat drills, the catapult was used so far the aircraft have carried out over 30 reconnaissance flights, and the investigation commandos practice boarding procedures. The radio rooms carryout reconnaissance on the airwaves all transmissions are accessed and transcribed so far all traffic keeps well south of Bear Island the closest vessel detected was a Soviet Research ship 400 miles northwest of Bear Island. The anticipated breakthrough into the North Atlantic is anticipated to be in the first week of October.


Schiff Nr. 30 in the North Sea.


Schiff Nr. 30 and the "Esso Bremen" 'A 39'