U-203 - 6th War Patrol

Translation by Jerry Mason

Departed	Date	Arrived	Date	Days at Sea
Brest	12 March 1942	Brest	30 April 1942	50

 

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Ships Hit
Date	KTB Time	Position	Ship	Tons	Nationality	Convoy
10 Apr 42	03.47 - 05.08	35°09'N, 75°42'W	SAN DELFINO	8,072	British
11 Apr 42	08.34 - 09.29	34°09'N, 76°22'W	HARRY F. SINCLAIR, Jr. (damaged)	6,151	American
12 Apr 42	07.06	33°57'N, 77°26'W	STANVAC MELBOURNE (damaged)	10,013	Panamanian
14 Apr 42	14.30	35°09'N, 75°18'W	EMPIRE THRUST	6,160	British
			Total = 30,396
Note:  The positions in the table above and in the Google Earth patrol summary are derived from the KTB and in many cases do not match those set forth in authoritative references such as Jürgen Rohwer, Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two or the Uboat.net website.  The goal here is to present the picture relative to the U-boat and not the absolute position that the ship was attacked or sank.

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			K  r  i  e  g  s  t  a  g  e  b  u  c  h
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				"U  203"
			Kommandant  :	Kapitänleutnant    M  ü  t  z  e  l  b  u  r  g.
			Beginning:	31. 1.1942.
			Concluding:	30. 4.1942.
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		30.01. - 11.03.42	Brest	Shipyard period and outfitting.
			1942
		12.03.42	Brest
		17.30		Put to sea for 6th war patrol.
				Escorted to Point 32.
		21.10		Released escort.
		24.00	SE 4, 6/10, Sea 3, Vis. good	Independent transit via "Tannennadel".
		13.03.42
		04.00	SE 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	W 1, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good	Reached Point "Tanne".
		09.00		Dived to proceed submerged.
		12.00	BF 5832	Day's run:  Surfaced        192 nm
				Submerged     5.5 nm
		14.25		Surfaced to ventilate.
		14.45		Crash dive to proceed submerge.  Deep dive test.
				Damage control exercises.
		16.00	BF 5826
		17.25		Surfaced to ventilate.
		17.45		Crash dive to proceed submerged.
		20.00	BF 5828
		20.48		Surfaced.  Continued.
		24.00	BF 5845
			SSW 3, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		14.03.42
		04.00	BF 5755
			SSW 3, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	BF 4966
			SE 4, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		09.18		Crash dive to proceed submerged.
		12.00	BF 4956	Day's run:  Surfaced        135 nm
				Submerged     21.5 nm
		14.00		Surfaced.  Due to clear weather continued on the surface.

	Sun and Moon Data 12.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 13.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 14.03.42

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		continued
		14.03.42
		16.00	BF 4944
			SSW 4, 8/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		19.30		Crash dive for aircraft.
		20.00	BF 4863
			SW 4, 5/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		21.05		Surfaced.  Continued.
		24.00	BF 4855
			SW 4, 7/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		15.03.42
		04.00	BF 4844
			SW 4, 7/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		08.00	BF 4796
			SSW 4, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		12.00	BF 4746	Day's run:  Surfaced        129 nm
			SW 4, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. good	Submerged     13.5 nm
		14.37		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		14.50		Surfaced.
		16.00	BE 6967
			SSW 3, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 6957
			SSW 3, overcast (rain), Sea 3, Vis. good
		24.00	BE 6869
			SSW 4, 8/10, Sea 4, Vis. bad
		16.03.42
		04.00	BE 6858
			SSW 7, overcast (rain), Sea 5, Vis. bad
		08.00	BE 6848
			SSW 4, 6/10, Sea 4, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 14.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 15.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 16.03.42

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		continued
		16.03.42
		12.00	BE 6767	Day's run:  Surfaced        142 nm
			SW 5, 4/10, Sea 5, Vis. good	Submerged     0.8 nm
		1535		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		16.00	BE 6752
			SW 5, 4/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		16.10		Surfaced.
		20.00	BE 6742	Switched to Ireland Circuit.
			SW 5, 4/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		24.00	BE 5962
			SW 5, 3/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		17.03.42
		04.00	BE 5951
			SW 4, 6/10, Sea 5, Vis. good	Short Signal weather report to B.d.U.
		08.00	BE 5944
			SW 4, 5/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		12.00	BE 5896	Day's run:  Surfaced        152 nm
			WSW 6, 4/10, Sea 6, Vis. very good	Submerged       1 nm
		15.42		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		15.55		Surfaced.
		16.00	BE 5845
			WSW 5, overcast, Sea 5, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 5763
			NW 6, 3/10, Sea 6, Vis. very good
		24.00	BE 5754
			NW 4, 3/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		18.03.42
		04.00	BE 5744	Short Signal weather report to B.d.U.
			W 4, 2/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	BE 4956
			WNW 4, 3/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good

	Sun and Moon Data 16.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 17.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 18.03.42

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		continued
		18.03.42
		12.00	BE 4946	Day's run:  Surfaced        152 nm
			WNW 3, 3/10, Sea 2, Vis. good	Submerged     0.6 nm
		15.40		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		15.55		Surfaced.
		16.00	BE 4947
			WNW 3, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		20.00	BE 4859
			W 2, 5/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		24.00	BE 4848
			W 2, 5/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		19.03.42
		04.00	BE 4767
			SSE 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	BE 4749	Switched to Greenland Circuit.
			SSE 2, 5/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		12.00	BD 6969	Day's run:  Surfaced        142 nm
			S 2, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good	Submerged       1 nm
		15.25		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		15.35		Surfaced.
		16.00	BD 6959
			E 2, overcast (rain), Sea 2, Vis. good
		20.00	BD 6948
			NE 3, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		24.00	BD 6866
			NE 4, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		20.03.42
		04.00	BD 6857
			NE 3, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	BD 6769
			NE 2, 2/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		12.00	BD 6759	Day's run:  Surfaced        148 nm
			S 1, 3/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good	Submerged       1 nm

	Sun and Moon Data 18.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 19.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 20.03.42

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		continued
		20.03.42
		16.00	BD 5955
			SE 2, 4/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good
		16.12		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		16.55		Surfaced.
		20.00	BD 5947
			S 4, 5/10, Sea 3,Vis. very good
		24.00	BD 5858
			SSW 4, overcast (rain), Sea 4, Vis. good
		21.03.42
		04.00	BD 5849
			Sea 4, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. good	Short Signal weather report to B.d.U.
		08.00	BD 5767
			S 5, overcast (rain), Sea 5, Vis. good
		12.00	BD 5749	Day's run:  Surfaced        209 nm
			S 5, overcast (rain), Sea 5, Vis. good	Submerged      1.3 nm
		16.00	BD 4968
			W 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		16.03		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		16.15		Surfaced.
		20.00	BD 4958
			W 2, 3/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		24.00	BD 4948
			SW 2, 2/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		22.03.42
		04.00	BD 4967
			SW 4, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. moderate
		08.00	BD 4857
			W 2, overcast (rain), Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	BD 4769	Day's run:  Surfaced        141 nm
			WSW 2, 8/10, Sea 2, Vis. good	Submerged      0.5 nm
		16.00	BD 4748
			SW 2, overcast (rain), Sea 3, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 20.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 21.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 22.03.42

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		continued
		22.03.42
		20.00	BD 4742
			W 2, 6/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		24.00	BC 6967
			W 3, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		23.03.42
		04.00	BC 6957	Short Signal weather report to B.d.U.
			W 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	BC 6869
			SW 2, 8/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	BC 6859	Day's run:  Surfaced        154 nm
			WSW 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. very good	Submerged        1 nm
		16.00	BC 6871	Radio Message to B.d.U. concerning fuel supply from "U.A."
			NW 1, overcast, Sea 1, Vis. good
		20.00	BC 6791	Crash dive to balance the boat.
			W 1, overcast, Sea 1, Vis. very good
		20.15		Surfaced.
		24.00	BC 6776
			W 1, overcast, Sea 1, Vis. very good
		24.03.42
		04.00	BC 9143
			Wind calm, 3/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good
		08.00	BC 9184
			Wind calm, 3/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good
		12.00	BC 9452	Day's run:  Surfaced        158 nm
			SE 1, 3/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good	Submerged      1.2 nm
		16.00	BC 9455	Meeting with "U.A.".  Fuel supply of 25 cbm, 8 cbm/hour.  Favorable transfer up to weather Sea 4:  Oiler as tower before the sea, with E-motor "One E-motor KF", towed boat attached stopped.  Transfer would be considerably faster with pressure resistant oil transfer connections.
			SE 2, 5/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good
				If closer to the coast, air reconnaissance may be required. Meeting shortly before darkness was facilitated by timely use of bearing signals.

	Sun and Moon Data 22.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 23.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 24.03.42

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		continued
		24.03.42
		17.35 - 20.50		Oil transfer.
		20.00	BC 9455
			SE 3, 6/10, Sea 2-3, Vis. very good
		21.25		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		21.40		Surfaced.
		24.00	BC 9447	Operated on "Ites" convoy reports.  Radio Message to B.d.U.
			SSE 2, 7/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		25.03.42
		04.00	BC 9173
			SSE 5, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. good
		08.00	BC 6785
			S 4, overcast (rain), Sea 4, Vis. good
		09.55	Morning twilight	Convoy in sight exactly at plotted meeting point.  Course 240°, speed 10 knots, Radio Message to B.d.U.  Continuously sent contact keeping reports every 2-3 hours
			BC 6788
		12.00	BC 6788	Day attack impossible due to weather conditions.  Contact holding extraordinarily difficult.  Visibility often 1-2 nm.
			SE 7, rain, Sea 6, Vis. bad
				Day's run:  Surfaced        209 nm
				Submerged      0.5 nm
		13.52		Crash dive to balance the boat and to be fully ready to crash dive if surprised due to bad visibility.
		16.00	BC 9115	Weather was better.  Maneuvered ahead at the limit of visibility, visibility good.
			WSW 3, 6/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		20.00	BC 8368	Am ahead of the convoy in broad formation and one destroyer on each side is recognised
			NW 4, 8/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		20.00		Forward destroyer suddenly comes with target angle 0° by complete surprise towards our position ahead of the convoy to port.  At highest speed ran a race for 20 minutes with the destroyer.  Distance about 8000 meters.  Thereafter he has enough steam to get closer.
		20.30		Crash dive, turned away 90°, destroyer runs at highest speed to the diving location and throws about 30 depth charges.  At the same time silent running, also the depth charge thrower.  Creeping speed.  Apparently successful.

	Sun and Moon Data 24.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 25.03.42

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		continued
		25.03.42		Was unmolested for three hours, nothing heard or seen of the destroyer.
		24.00	BC 8395	Then he suddenly runs in from low range at medium speed, exactly overruns the boat and throws well-aimed depth charges.  No locating was detected.  The tracking of the U-boat after hours of painful crawling speed is completely inexplicable.  Two exact overruns and about 20 severe depth charges.  A damned clever destroyer:  English not American.  Despite depth = A +40 meters.  All rudders several fuses failed and some valves sprung.
		26.03.42
		02.20		Surfaced.
		03.00		Crash dive to balance the boat, afterwards repaired damage.
		03.20		Surfaced.  Radio Message to B.d.U.:  Forced off, depth charges, contact lost, in pursuit.
				Pursuit offers little prospect because there is no contact keeper and he has a head start of 70 nm.
		04.00	BC 8395
			W 2, 5/10, Sea 1, Vis. good
		08.00	BC 8618
			SW 1, 2/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		12.00	BC 8559	Day's run:  Surfaced        192 nm
			E 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good	Submerged      13.5 nm
		14.05		Crash dive to balance the boat.  Searched for oil trace.  Nothing!
		14.25		Surfaced.
		16.00	BC 8575	Radio Message to B.d.U.:  Believe further pursuit hopeless.
			E 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		20.00	BC 8499	Radio Message to B.d.U.:  Tactical transit into operations area. Newfoundland rain and fog area.
			E 3, rain, Sea 2, Vis. favorable
		24.00	BC 8722	Course change to the south to avoid.
			ESE 3, rain, Sea 3, Vis. bad

	Sun and Moon Data 25.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 26.03.42

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		27.03.42
		04.00	BC 8755
			SW 3, 8/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		08.00	BC 8786
			SW 4, 4/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	CC 3323	Day's run:  Surfaced        167 nm
			SW 5, 3/10, Sea 5, Vis. good	Submerged      0.5 nm
		16.00	CC 3229
			W 5, 5/10, Sea 5-6, Vis. good
		20.00	BC 7999
			W 7, 6/10, Sea 6, Vis. good
		20.36		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		20.52		Surfaced.
		24.00	CC 3215
			W 8, 8/10, Sea 7, Vis. very good
		28.03.42
		04.00	CC 3213
			W 8, 7/10, Sea 7, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 3211
			W 8, 8/10, Sea 7, Vis. good
		12.00	CC 3123	Day's run:  Surfaced        126 nm
			W 6, 8/10, Sea 5, Vis. good	Submerged      0.5 nm
		16.00	CC 3116
			W 3, 2/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		20.00	CC 3114
			W 2, 6/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		21.15		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		21.27		Surfaced.
		24.00	CC 2334	Radio Message to B.d.U.:  Passed 50°W.  110 cbm.
			WNW 2, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		29.03.42
		04.00	CC 2352
			NNE 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 2263
			NNE 2, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		12.00	CC 2255	Day's run:  Surfaced        145 nm
			NNE 4, 8/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good	Submerged      0.5 nm

	Sun and Moon Data 27.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 28.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 29.03.42

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		continued
		29.03.42
		15.50		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		16.00	CC 2244	Surfaced.
			NNE 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		20.00	CC 2425
			N5, overcast (rain), Sea 4, Vis. moderate
		24.00	CC 2443
			NE 4, 8/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		30.03.42
		04.00	CC 2473
			NE 2, 8/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		12.00	CC 1924	Day's run:  Surfaced        181 nm
			NE 2, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good	Submerged      0.5 nm
		16.00	CC 1836
			W 1, 6/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good
		18.45	CC 1825	Steamer in sight, modern construction bearing 42°T, course west, speed 19 knots.  Maneuver ahead very labored, high enemy speed.  Wild zigzags, general course zigzags and zigzags around the general course, so zigzags around a snaking line.
		20.00	CC 1733
			S 3, 8/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		22.45		Dived for day attack with "Crash dive".
				Steamer zigzags and passes the boat at about 5000 meters.  Due to high speed, shooting is pointless, obtuse impact angle.
		23.50		Surfaced.  Pursuit at the beginning of darkness is impossible.  As long as we are so slow catching such a fast ship is a matter of luck and his strong zigzags prolong the maneuver ahead.
		24.00	CC 1717
			S 4, 8/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		31.03.42
		04.00	CB 3968
			S 5, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. good
		08.00	CB 3949
			S 6, overcast (rain), Sea 5, Vis. moderate
		12.00	CB 3868	Day's run:  Surfaced        122 nm
			W 5, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. good	Submerged      4.2 nm

	Sun and Moon Data 29.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 30.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 31.03.42

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		continued
		31.03.42
		16.00	CB 3864
			W 6, 3/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		20.00	CB 3855
			W 7, 3/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		20.45		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		21.00		Surfaced.
		24.00	CB 3844
			W 6, 3/10, Sea 6, Vis. good
		01.04.42
		04.00	CB 3766
			WNW 5, 4/10, Sea 5, Vis. very good
		08.00	CB 3764
			NW 3, 6/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		12.00	CB 3746	Day's run:  Surfaced        112 nm
			E 1, 2/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good	Submerged      0.5 nm
		15.35		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		16.00	CB 2965
			ESE 3, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		16.05		Surfaced.
		20.00	CB 2945
			SE 4, 4/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		21.50	CB 2866	Steamer in sight bearing 220°T.  Maneuvered ahead.  Tanker of about 7000 tons, course east, medium speed?  Visibility bad, rain squalls, tanker comes about, regained contact, tanker steers 270°, speed 2 knots, then circles and wild courses, to deceive or is he not under command !  It may be the drifting Dutch tanker (position 80 nm different).  Attack by day impossible due to the weather.  No general course.  Waited until darkness.  Weather and visibility always worse.  Tanker lost in thunderstorm with rain squalls, visibility 300-1000 meters, and despite searching up to lightness not found again.  Also nothing heard in the listening gear.  After searching 14 hours without success continued transit to the west.

	Sun and Moon Data 31.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 01.04.42

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		continued
		01.04.42
		24.00	BC 2866	April showers!  A great disappointment.
			SE 4-5, overcast (rain), Sea 5, Vis. bad
		02.04.42
		00.34	Crash dive to listen!	Nothing.
		00.55		Surfaced.
		01.21		Crash dive to listen!  Nothing!
		01.34		Surfaced.
		04.00	CB 2942
			W 4, 4/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		08.00	CB 2855
			W 4, 2/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	CB 2864	Day's run:  Surfaced        176 nm
			W 4, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good	Submerged      1.5 nm
		16.00	CB 2834
			W 4, 3/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		20.00	CB 2822
			W 4, 6/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		24.00	CB 2811
			W 4, 1/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		03.04.42
		04.00	CB 2723
			W 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	CB 2712
			W 3, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		12.00	CB 1931	Day's run:  Surfaced        147 nm
			W 3, 5/10, Sea 4, Vis. good	Submerged      ./.
		15.34		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		15.50		Surfaced.
		16.00	CB 1913
			W 3, 8/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		20.00	CB 1674
			WSW 1, 5/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		24.00	CB 1586
			WSW 2, 5/10, Sea 2, Vis. moderate
		04.04.42
		04.00	CB 1584
			E, drizzle, Sea 2, Vis. bad
		08.00	CB 1815
			SE 1, drizzle, Sea 2, Vis. moderate

	Sun and Moon Data 01.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 02.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 03.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 04.04.42

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		continued
		04.04.42
		12.00	CB 1765	Day's run:  Surfaced       151 nm
			SSW 1, drizzle, Sea 2, Vis. moderate	Submerged      0.5 nm
		16.00	CB 1781
			SW 1, 3/10 (drizzle), Sea 1, Vis. moderate
		16.25		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		16.40		Surfaced.
		20.00	CB 1777
			S 2, 5/10, Sea 2, Vis. moderate
		24.00	CA 6334
			S 2, drizzle, Sea 2, Vis. bad
		05.04.42
		04.00	CA 6343
			SW 2, fog, Sea 3, Vis. bad
		08.00	CA 6269
			SW 2, fog, Sea 2, Vis. bad
		12.00	CA 6285	Day's run:  Surfaced       149 nm
			WSW 2, fog, Sea 2, Vis. bad	Submerged      0.5 nm
		15.40		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		15.55		Surfaced.
		16.00	CA 6512
			SW 1, drizzle, Sea 2, Vis. moderate
		20.00	CS 6456
			S 2, 4/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		20.05		Crash dive for aircraft.  Diesel repairs:  corrosion phenomena.
		24.00	CA 6456
		06.04.42
		01.30		Listener sounds:  faint.
		01.45		Surfaced.  Search on the sound bearing.  Nothing!
		03.03		Crash dive to listen:  Nothing!
		03.20		Surfaced,
		04.00	CA 6471	Continued transit.
			SW 2, drizzle, Sea 1, Vis. moderate
		08.00	CA 5689	Visibility continuously moderate, strong mist on the horizon.
			SW 1, drizzle, Vis. moderate
		12.00	CA 5918	Day's run:  Surfaced       144 nm
			SW 1, 5/10, Sea 1, Vis. moderate	Submerged    14.5 nm

	Sun and Moon Data 04.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 05.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 06.04.42

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		continued
		06.04.42
		16.00	CA 5883
			SW 1, overcast (drizzle), Sea 1, Vis. moderate
		17.37		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		17.50		Surfaced.
		20.00	CA 5678
			S 2, 4/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		24.00	CA 8135
			SW 2, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		07.04.42
		04.00	CA 8152
			SW 4, 1/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		06.00	CA 8182	Two illuminated small fishing trawlers fishing.
		08.00	CA 8174
			SW 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		10.45	CA 7633	Burning tanker in sight on the horizon, just off the coast.
		11.15		Crash dive for aircraft.  Night reconnaissance overflies the boat athwart-ship altitude 50 meters, came from the direction of land, very slow aircraft, type Fieseler Storch.  Dived (unseen), because otherwise the boat would become visible in the [illegible word xxxxxglitzer].
		12.00	CA 7635	Day's run:  Surfaced       142 nm
				Submerged    2.5 nm
		15.00	CA 7637	Listener sound.  At periscope depth.  Two patrolling 4-stack destroyers.  They search the tanker [illegible word - vicinity?].  On the bottom.  Quiet !
		16.00	CA 7637	Destroyers run off.
		17.00	Aircraft in the periscope.	Range 1000 meters.  Tanker smoke cloud.  The tanker is burning so moved off submerged to get out of the monitored area.
				3 aircraft bombs 3000 meters away.
		17.30		One aircraft bomb out of the blue.  Boat lay on the bottom depth 30 meters.  Area is well monitored by destroyers and aircraft.
		20.00	CA 7663	A few failures from the aircraft bomb
		24.00	CA 7666

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	Sun and Moon Data 07.04.42

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		08.04.42
		02.53		Surfaced.
		04.00	CA 7696
			SSW 2, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		08.00	CA 7939	Moonshine.  Traffic stopped at night. [illegible word] off Cape Hatteras.
			SSW 2, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		12.00	CA 7969	Day's run:  Surfaced        76 nm
			SSQ 2, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good	Submerged    14.5 nm
		12.15		Crash dive to balance the boat and to remain submerged by day off Cape Hatteras.
		16.00	CA 7968
		20.00	CA 7869	Traffic stopped.  Nothing observed.
		24.00	CA 7968
		09.04.42
		02.30		Surfaced.  Back and forth off Cape Hatteras.
		04.00	CA 7966
			SSE 1, 4/10, Sea 1, Vis. low
		04.45		U-boat hunter, flat long boat, Schnellboot-size, low silhouette, lays directly at the Diamond Buoy.
		08.00	CA 7965
			Calm, overcast, Sea 0, Vis. bad, misty
		10.27		Crash dive to listen:  nothing.
		11.00	CA 7965	On the bottom.
		11.45		Surfaced, bad visibility, calm.
		12.00	CA 7965	Day's run:  Surfaced       22 nm
				Submerged    20.5 nm
		12.15		Crash dive for patrol vessel.
		16.00	CA 7965	Submerged off Cape Hatteras.
		19.20	CA 7968	Armed fast fishing trawler in the periscope.  Distance 2000 meters.
		21.55	CA 7967	Tanker 6000 tons in the periscope, distance 5000 meters, target angle 120°, speed estimated 12 knots.  Due to bad visibility, misty horizon, first seen too late. Range and target angle are too great to shoot.
		24.00	CA 7967

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	Sun and Moon Data 09.04.42

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		10.04.42
		02.30		Surfaced.
		02.40	CA 7992	Tanker in sight, heading around Cape Hatteras.
				Speed 14 knots.  Maneuvered ahead at AK.
		03.47	CA 7965	Shot from tubes I to IV.  1 explained miss 1 pistol failure, 2 unexplained misses.
				Attack I:	Double shot Tube I and II, aimed for and aft of center, shooting data exact, speed possibly 1-2 knots too high.
				Target angle = 90°
				Target speed = 15 knots
				Range = 1200 meters
				Depth = 4 meters
				One impact heard no detonation, pistol failure.  Torpedo stopped.  1st torpedo probably passed ahead.  Tanker lies stopped.  No more wake seen.
				Attack II:	Shot from tube III.
				Lead angle 0°, because tanker does not shift, fired at the bow.
				Target speed = 0 knots	Unexplained miss.  Tanker gets underway again
				Range = 1200 meters
				Depth = 3 meters
					Shot from tube IV:
				Target speed = 5 knots
				Target angle = 115°	Unexplained miss.
				Range = 1200 meters
				Depth = 3 meters
		04.00	CA 7695	Both shooting positions were fully ready, getting closer was not possible, because momentarily the visibility was good.  Tanker obviously noticed the attack.  Reloaded torpedoes.  New maneuver ahead.  Visibility changing, misty.  Tanker goes closer to the coast.
			W 2, 2/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		05.08	CA 7958	Attack III:  Shot from tube II.
				Target speed = 12 knots	After maneuvering ahead stopped and lay still.  Tanker comes too close, visibility is better again, went astern.
				Target angle = 90°
				Range = 800 meters
				Depth = 3 meters
				Running time 49 seconds.  Shot aimed at the center of the bridge.  Hit forward, enormous detonation, in a second

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		10.04.42		explosion the entire foreship flies in the air.  Aftership erupts completely in flames, burning explosively.  Tanker was probably loaded with gasoline.  Frighteningly beautiful sight.  Tanker type "SHEHERAZADE" 13467 GRT.
				Reloaded torpedoes.
		07.40		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		07.55		Surfaced.
		08.00	CA 8771
			SW 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	CA 7998	Crash dive for night aircraft.
			SW 2, overcast, Sea 1, Vis. good	Day's run:  Surfaced       106 nm
				Submerged    21.5 nm
		16.00	CA 7989
		19.30		Put the boat on the bottom.
		20.00	CA 7988
		24.00	CA 7988
		11.04.42
		02.00		Surfaced.
		04.00	DC 1135
			NE 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. bad
		06.30		Due to bad visibility put the boat on the bottom to listen.
		08.00	DC 1135
		08.50		Sound bearing!
		09.16		Surfaced.  Pursued, bad visibility.
		09.55		Crash dive to listen!  Nothing!
		10.00		Surfaced.  Pursued.
		10.25		Crash dive to listen!  Nothing!
		10.38		Surfaced.
		12.00	DC 1195	Day's run:  Surfaced         74 nm
			NE 3, 9/10, Sea 3, Vis. good	Submerged    16.5 nm
		12.10		Put the boat on the bottom by day.
		13.10		Sound bearing in 30°T large passenger steamer.  Distance 7000 meters, target angle 90° on the other side.
		13.20		Sound bearing in 170°T.  Large tanker, type "BRITISH FORTITUDE", 8400 GRT, deeply loaded.

	Sun and Moon Data 10.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 11.04.42

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		11.04.42
		13.25	DC 1193	Attack from tube III:
				Target speed = 11 knots	Data estimated.
				Target angle = 95°	Hit with strong detonation and gasoline explosion, enormous fire and smoke development. Tanker erupts in bright flames from bow to stern.
				Range = 1200 meters
				Running time 2 minutes 35 seconds
				Depth = 3 meters
				After the explosion he sinks by the stern, stopped.  Moved off submerged at higher speed because of shallow water - shot at periscope depth in 28 meters water.
		16.00	DC 1199	Put the boat on the bottom depth 40 meters.  The destroyers arrived and searched.
		20.00	DC 1199
		20.30		10 aircraft bombs in the vicinity of out shooting location.  Circling, searching sound bearings of patrol vessels or destroyers!  Afterwards continuously at identical time intervals each 5 aircraft bombs up to darkness:  a total of 30 aircraft bombs.
		24.00	DC 1199
		12.04.42
		02.35		Surfaced.
		04.00	DC 1186	Advanced to the coast.
			NE 7, 5/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		04.25	DC 1186	Large tanker shadow in sight, southwesterly course, high speed, [illegible  7 words].
				Maneuvered ahead with heavy ground sea.  Tanker runs at about 14-15 knots.  At greater range behind him a smaller shadow.  Steamer of medium-size, on the same course with same speed.  It could be a small patrol vessel, however much closer.  With the seas difficult to recognize, but probably freighter farther away.

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		12.04.42
		06.25	DC 1175	1st attack on tanker with overlapping freighter behind.  Range to the tanker about 1800 meters, to freighter about 4000 meters.
			NE 7, 2/10, Sea 6, Vis. good
				3-fan from tubes I, II and IV:
				Target speed = 14 knots	Spread angle 10° selected, to possibly get a second hit on the tanker.  Fan shot due to high enemy speed and weather conditions.  2 torpedoes shot out with bayonet.  No hits on tanker despite exact data.
				Target angle = 90°
				Range = 1800 meters
				Depth = 3 meters
				Spread width 100 meters
				Running time 6 minutes 32 seconds
				Hit with enormous detonation, covered by tanker shadow, on freighter 5000 GRT.
				New maneuver ahead, to shoot last torpedo in new attack on tanker.  It was only due to the weather situation that all 3 torpedoes missed the tanker, since the data was plotted exactly.  Freighter shadow is no longer seen, disappeared, sunk.  After torpedo detonation the tanker slows to 11 knots.  New maneuver ahead thereby facilitated.  Ground sea is always decreasing.
		07.06	DC 1177	2nd attack on tanker.  Data plotted exactly again.
				Target speed = 11 knots
				Target angle = 86°	Hit a bit behind the center, behind the large bridge.  Enormously strong detonation.  Tanker is half loaded in ballast.
				Range = 800 meters
				Depth = 3 meters
				Running time 35 seconds (500 meters)
				Tanker disappears temporarily behind the fire and smoke.  Afterwards lists about 40° to port, stern sinks first.  Ran off because of the shallow water and the expected patrol vessel.  All torpedoes expended except for the over deck Atos.
				Set off to sea.  Last observation, slowly sinking of the tanker over the stern with heavy list.  Large tanker "STANCAV MELBOURNE" 10444 GRT.  After torpedoing the tanker reported the

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		12.04.42		hit on the 600-meter wavelength:  "SSS ./. - h p t a 15 nm from Frying Pan Shoals inside bay hit by mine."  Call-sign h p t a means tanker type.  At the same time he calls astern to another steamer for assistance by Morse lamp, this cannot answer.  No shadow from steamer seen.  Land radio station requests both immediately give bearing signals.  Call-sign of the freighter " h o l l " Steamer "DELVALLE" 5032 GRT.  No further answers.  Despite repeated requests from both bearing signals were not received.
		08.00	DC 1424	Because all torpedoes except for upper deck Atos are shot.  Return transit via CA 98, 99 to still shoot the over deck torpedoes there.
			W 5, blue sky, Sea 6, Vis. good
		12.00	DC 1511	Radio Message to B.d.U. about that.
			N 4, overcast, Sea 5, Vis. good	Day's run:  Surfaced        142 nm
				Submerged    12.5 nm
		12.05		Crash dive to balance the boat.
				Proceeded submerged by day.
		16.00	DC 1287
		20.00	DC 1289	Surfaced to ventilate.
		20.05		Crash dive for aircraft.
		24.00	DC 1295
		13.04.42
		02.00		Surfaced. Downloaded over deck torpedoes.
		04.00	DC 1296	Back to the coast because we have already reloaded today.
			W 2, blue sky, 2/10, Vis. good	Course for Cape Hatteras.
		08.00	CA7992
			W 1, overcast (drizzle), Sea 1, Vis. moderate
		08.02		Destroyer at high speed and wild search courses.  Attack impossible.
		09.05		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		09.33		Surfaced.  Stopped off Hatteras until morning twilight.
		11.35		Crash dive.  Proceeded submerged by day off Cape Hatteras.
		12.00	CA 7992	Day's run:  Surfaced  126 nm, Submerged  43 nm
			E 1, overcast, Sea 1, Vis. good

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		13.04.42
		16.00	CA 7969	At great range in the periscope 2 small freighters pass, 3000-5000 tons, one to seaward the other at or inside the buoy off Diamond.
		17.40		Modern passenger steamer runs within the buoy from Hatteras - Diamond at high speed, protected by an airship, that throws aircraft bombs around him.  Unfortunately attack is not possible due to the large range.  Additionally with the flat sea the Ato-running track might be sighted.  Passing distance about 7000 meters.
		20.00	CA 7966
		24.00	CA 7963
		14.04.42
		02.25		Surfaced.  Advanced on a sound bearing.
		02.50		Crash dive to listen.
		03.00		Surfaced.  Advanced on very faint sound bearing.
		03.20	CA 8774	Crash dive to listen.  Nothing!
		04.00	CA 7992	Back to Hatteras.  Cruised off the Cape.
			N 2, overcast (drizzle), Sea 2, Vis. moderate	No traffic by night.
		04.20		Shadow.  Again a small U-boat hunter that was seen at the Diamond buoy.  Inconveniently low, small silhouette.
		07.35		Again encountered U-boat hunters.  Type PC 451.
		08.00	CA 7968	3 very bright flares.
			N 1, blue sky, Sea 1, Vis. good
		11.25		Crash dive for U-boat hunter.  Put the boat on the bottom off Cape Hatteras by day.
		12.00	CA 7968	Day's run:  Surfaced        95 nm
				Submerged    26 nm
		14.30		Listener sounds.  Freighter 5000-6000 GRT passed Diamond buoy.  Closed at high speed to attack.  Range still 6000-7000 meters, target angle 60°.  Shallow water 25 meters, very calm sea.  Decide to attack with Ato because nothing is seen of the patrol vessels.  Shortly before the shot 3 distant aircraft bombs.  Routine scare bombs.

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		14.04.42		Attack with last Ato.
				Target speed = 11 knots	It is unbelievable that the bubble track was not seen and avoided with the completely flat water and a running track of 4000 meters.
				Target angle = 90°
				Range = 2000 meters
				Depth = 3 meters
				Running time was 5 minutes 40 seconds.
				Water depth 25 meters.
				Hit in the aftership between the bridge and aft superstructure.  With the last all around sweep aftership and stern settling, sinking over the stern post, aft superstructure already under water.  Ran off to deeper water at GF because on the horizon a U-boat hunter is approaching.  When in 35 meters water depth 1 aircraft bomb, 2 depth charges.  Course for the homeland without regard to deeper water.
		16.00	CA 7963
		20.00	CA 8748
		24.00	CA 8749	It seems incomprehensible that it is still possible, given the number of sinkings in this area off the Cape Hatteras focal point in shallow water to carry out a day attack with an Ato.
		15.04.42
		02.10		Surfaced.
		03.15		Success report to B.d.U.:  Total 42476 GRT.
		04.00	CA 8749
			NE 1, 5/10, Sea 1, Vis. good
		08.00	CA 8927
			E 1, 2/10, Sea 1, Vis. very good
		12.00	CA 8912	Day's run:  Surfaced       139 nm
			SW 1, 8/a0, Sea 2, Vis. very good	Submerged    34 nm
		14.05		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		14.15		Surfaced.
		16.00	CA 9429
			SSE 3, 2/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		16.12		Radio Message from B.d.U.:  Well done.
		20.00	CA 9513
			E 3, 2/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		24.00	CA 9299
			S 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. very good

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		16.04.42
				Radio Message to B.d.U.:  Situation Hatteras coast:  Heavy traffic, mostly out of the Bay.  Inside the 25-meter line.  Pass the Cape mostly in lightness.  Objective buoys burn.  Monitored by U-boat hunters.  Diamond buoy was rounded closely and inside.  Monitoring numbers strong, completely inexperienced.  No locating determined.  Aircraft by day and night, destroyers, fishing trawlers, U-boat hunters type PC 451 inconvenient flat silhouette.  With valuable targets destroyers or airship protection.  Scare depth charges and aircraft bombs.  Once flares.  Listening conditions greatly changing, however further then with the periscope.  Tanker transmitted after torpedoing mine hit.  Due to cloudy water can sight aircraft at periscope depth.
		04.00	CA 9383
			SW 3, blue sky, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		04.25		Radio Message to B.d.U. concerning radio communications conditions off Cape Hatteras.
		08.00	CB 7146
			SW 3, 1/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	CB 7163	Day's run:  Surfaced       275 nm
			SW 6, 1/10, Sea 5, Vis. very good	Submerged    0.5 nm
		16.00	CB 7229
			WSW 6, 6/10, Sea 5, Vis. very good
		17.00		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		17.17		Surfaced.
		20.00	CB 7313
			NW 6, 2/10, Sea 6, Vis. good
		24.00	CB 4938
			NW 7, 2/10, Sea 6, Vis. very good
		17.04.42
		04.00	CB 5784
			NNE 5, 8/10, Sea 5, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 16.04.42
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		17.04.42
		08.00	CB 5793
			NNW 5, overcast, Sea 5, Vis. good
		12.00	CD 5858	Day's run:  Surfaced       202 nm
			NW 6, 8/10, Sea 5, Vis. good	Submerged      1 nm
		16.00	CB 5853
			W 6, 4/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		20.00	CB 5688	Large freighter type "IMPERIAL STAR" with 2 smokestacks - destroyer in sight, southwesterly course, medium speed.
			NW 6, 2/10, Sea 6, Vis. good
				Radio Message report to B.d.U.
		24.00	CB 5696
			NW 7, 2/10, Sea 6, Vis. very good
		18.04.42
		04.00	CB 6482	Short Signal weather report to B.d.U.
			NW 6, 8/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		08.00	CB 6547
			WNW 5, overcast, Sea 5, Vis. good
		12.00	CB 6556	Day's run:  Surfaced       181 nm
			NW 4, 8/10, Sea 4, Vis. good	Submerged      ./.
		16.00	CB 6642
			W 4, 4/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		19.05		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		19.35		Surfaced.
		20.00	CB 6637
			W 3, rain, Sea 3, Vis. good
		24.00	CC 44138
			W 3, rain, Sea 3, Vis. good
		19.04.42
		04.00	CC 4266
			W 3, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. moderate
		08.00	CC 4362
			W 2, 6/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		12.00	CC 5153	Day's run:  Surfaced       209 nm
			W 3, 6/10, Sea 2, Vis. good	Submerged      1 nm
		15.55		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		16.00	CC 5225
			W 1, 8/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		16.08		Surfaced.

	Sun and Moon Data 17.04.42
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		19.04.42
		20.00	CC 5325
			E 1, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		24.00	CC 6113
			E 2, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. good
		20.04.42
		04.00	CC 3874
			E 1, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 3863
			S 2, overcast (rain), Sea 2, Vis. moderate
		12.00	CC 3959	Day's run:  Surfaced       269 nm
			SE 2, rain, Sea 2, Vis. good	Submerged    0.5 nm
		14.50		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		15.00		Surfaced.
		16.00	CD 1755
			S 2, rain, Sea 2, Vis. good
		20.00	CD 1826
			SE 2, 6/10 (rain), Sea 2, Vis. good
		24.00	CD 1684
			SE 3, rain, Sea 2, Vis. moderate
		21.04.42
		04.00	CD 2471
			E 3, 4/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		08.00	CD 2467
			WNW 4, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	CD 2516	Day's run:  Surfaced       265 nm
			ENE 3, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. good	Submerged    0.5 nm
		16.00	CD 2531
			NE 3, 6/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		20.00	CD 2379
			N 3, 8/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		24.00	CD 3174
			SE 3, 9/10, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		22.04.42
		04.00	CD 3192	Short Signal weather report to B.d.U.
			NE 2, 9/10, Sea 3, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 19.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 20.04.42
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		22.04.42
		08.00	CD 3256
			NE 2, overcast Sea 3, Vis. good
		12.00	CD 3352	Day's run:  Surfaced       264 nm
			NE 1, 6/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good	Submerged    ./.
		12.55		Crash dive.
		13.20		Surfaced.
		13.50		Crash dive.
		13.55		Surfaced.
		14.27		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		14.45		Surfaced.
		16.00	CD 3336
			NE 2, 6/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		20.00	CE 1123
			NE 1, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		20.34		Radio Message to B.d.U.:  Freighter type BEAVERFORD", course 300°, 15 knots.
		21.35		Radio Message from B.d.U.:  Reported steamer must not be attacked.
		24.00	BD 8778
			NE 1, 8/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		23.04.42
		04.00	BD 8791
			NE 2, 9/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		08.00	BD 8837
			ENE 1, 5/10, Sea 2, Vis. very good
		12.00	BD 8914	Day's run:  Surfaced       215 nm
			NE 2, 2/10, Sea 3, Vis. good	Submerged    1.5 nm
		16.00	BD 8937
			NE 2, 8/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		20.00	BD 5716
			W 3, 6/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		24.00	BD 8733
			W 3, 8/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		24.04.42
		04.00	BD 9588
			W 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	BD 9596
			W 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 22.04.42
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		24.02.42
		12.00	BD 9637	Day's run:  Surfaced       241 nm
			SSE 4, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. good	Submerged    ./.
		16.00	BD 9666
			SSE 4, rain, Sea 4, Vis. moderate
		20.00	BE 7453
			SE 3, rain, Sea 4, Vis. moderate
		24.00	BE 7518
			SE 3, overcast, Sea 4, Vis. good
		25.04.42
		04.00	BE 7335	Switched to Ireland Circuit.
			SE 3, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	BE 7387	2 smoke clouds in sight.  Probably fishing trawlers.  (patrol vessel group?)
			S 2, 9/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		08.30	BE 7388	Crash dive for "Sunderland".
		10.35		Surfaced.
		12.00	BE 8174	Day's run:  Surfaced       246 nm
			E 2, 8/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good	Submerged   5 nm
		16.00	BE 8155
			WSW 2, 6/10, Sea 2, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 8241
			W 1, 1/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		24.00	BE 8237
			SW 1, 5/10, Sea 3, Vis. good
		26.04.42
		04.00	BE 8319	Short Signal weather reports to B.d.U.
			SW 1, 3/10, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		08.00	BE 8336
			S 3, 9/10, Sea 4, Vis. good
		12.00	BE 9123	Day's run:  Surfaced       236 nm
			E 4, overcast (rain), Sea 3, Vis. good	Submerged   ./.
		16.00	BE 9213
			E 5, 4/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 6899
			E 4, overcast, Sea 5, Vis. good
		24.00	BE 6976
			E 4, overcast (rain), Sea 5, Vis. bad
		27.04.42
		04.00	BE 6992
			E 6, overcast (rain), Sea 6, Vis. moderate

	Sun and Moon Data 24.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 25.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 26.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 27.04.42

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		27.04.42
		08.00	BF 4782
			E 5, overcast (rain), Sea 5, Vis. good
		12.00	BF 4847	Day's run:  Surfaced       237 nm
			NE 5, overcast, Sea 6, Vis. good	Submerged   ./.
		16.00	BF 4864
			NE 6, 6/10, Sea 5, Vis. good
		20.00	BF 4866
			E 2, blue sky, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		24.00	BF 4943
			E 2, blue sky, Sea 4, Vis. very good
		28.04.42
		04.00	BF 4966
			E 2, overcast, Sea 3, Vis. very good
		08.00	BF 5759
			NE 2, overcast, Sea 2, Vis. good
		09.40		Crash dive to balance the boat.
		09.55		Surfaced.
		12.00	BF 5872	Day's run:  Surfaced       224 nm
			E 2, drizzle, Sea 2, Vis. moderate	Submerged   0.5 nm
		15.05		Crash dive to balance the boat.  Proceeded submerged.
		16.00	BF 5892
		20.00	BF 5871
		20.45		Surfaced.
		24.00	BF 6726
			E 2, rain, Sea 5, Vis. good
		29.04.42		Passed mine Search Flotilla on entry route "Uhu". On entry route several brightly illuminated French fishing cutters.  Lights can hide us from the English night aircraft.
		05.00		Recognition Signal exchange with two patrol boats off "Belle Isle".
		07.15		Taken in convoy by escort at "Lucie 2".
				Made fast Lorient.
		20.00		Departed Lorient.  Escorted up to Lucie 9.
		30.04.42
		05.00		Taken in convoy by escort at Point 38.
		10.38		Ran into Brest.  Day's run:  Surfaced       205 nm

	Sun and Moon Data 27.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 28.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 29.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 30.04.42

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