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U 115 - First War Patrol (2nd leg) - Off Rodrigues/Mauritius
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Started new career in August 2019 to commemorate the beginning of WWII, 80 years before ... +++++++ U 115- KTB - First War Patrol (17th war patrol overall) Thursday, 15 July 1943 - Southern Coast of Rodrigues (Mauritius) - 0343 - Qu.4496KH - 0414 - Water Depth 210m. 0419 - Water Depth 140m. 0424 - Water Depth 70m. 0427 - 20m-Line - Flat Island, Pierrot Island, Gombrani Island. 0439 - Qu.4493KH - Hermitage Island, Port Sud-Est (Rodrigues/Mauritius) - Water Depth 70m - On course 90°. Taking navigational fix from land sighting, 6100m off Pointe Raffin, Port Sud-Est (Rodrigues/Mauritius). 0514 - Qu.4571KH - Water Depth 50m - On course 45°. 0522 - 20m-Line. 0628 - Qu.4548KH - Water Depth 67m - Last navigational fix from land sighting, 10000m east of Trou d'argent (Rodrigues/Mauritius). 0741 - Qu.4546KH - Course 60°. 0955 - Early Morning Dawn. 1058 - Sunrise. 1200 - Qu.4534KH - Days Run: 185.6nm - ↗ 24h Total: 12840.8nm (71tg 22h) - ↗ 12418.0nm (65tg 07h 05') - ↘ 422.8nm (6tg 14h 55') Course 60°; 502.5cbm (2.5cbm in 24h); Battery 100%; 2xEtoFat; 8xBold. ESE7/6, overcast, light haze, visibility ~3.5nm, ~1000mb (Weather & Sea unchanged in 1w 4d 12h) 1922 - Incoming Radio Reports: From O.K.W.: a) Erwin Rommel is made the commander of Heeresgruppe B, while the Soviet Central Front begins an offensive toward Orel. From B.d.U.: a) U 181 (IXD2; KrvKpt. Wolfgang Lüth) sank "Empire Lake" 2,852 GRT in KF 9169 on passage from Durban to Aden. b) U 667 (Kptlt. Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler) is returning because of fuel. There is thus, no boat in the N. Atlantic at present. c) U 506 (Kptlt. Erich Würdemann) has not reported since she left Lorient on 6 July. She must be presumed lost. There is no information as to whether her loss was caused by aircraft or naval forces. Cmdr.: It was established, that "Monsun"-Boat U-Würdemann was sunk at 1550hrs on 12 July 1943 in the North Atlantic west of Vigo, Spain, in position 42.30N, 16.30W, by 7 depth charges from a US Liberator aircraft (1st A/S Sqn USAAF/C). The boat was located by SC137 10cm radar, which the crew of U 506 could not detect. About 15 men were seen in the water after the boat broke in two. The attacking pilot dropped a liferaft and a smoke flare to assist the survivors. 6 men were picked up from the sea by the British destroyer H.M.S. "Hurricane" on 15 July, 3 days after the sinking. 48 dead and 6 survivors. From B-Dienst: a) The enemy airforce reported that during the Battle of Sicily, it has sunk U 375 (Kptlt. Jürgen Könenkamp; missing on the south coast of Sicily, since 12 July), U 409 (Oblt. Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann; sunk by British Destroyer off Algiers, on 12 July) and U 561 (Oblt. Fritz Henning; sunk by British Torpedo Boat, on 12 July in the Strait of Messina). Additionally, 6 more Italian Uboats were supposably sunk, as well as, the Italian Platino 2 (25) class U-boat "Bronzo" (BZ; T.V. Antonio Gherardi) captured by British minesweepers off Syracuse, Sicily, on 12 July. U-Bronzo will later be commissioned by the Royal Navy as HMS P 714. 2153 - Sundown. RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115
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