U-boat Archive - Admiralty-Cominch Messages




	ADMIRALTY
		COMINCH (F-21)	PPPPPPPP
	APRIL 1, 1944
	0111
	KRANING
	BENNETT



	YORK PAGE 1 OF 2	302002Z NCR 8768




ULTRA. TOPSEC. (COMINCH FOR F-21 OIC SERIAL
1047 FROM ADMIRALTY OIC SERIAL 1047)

1. ZG BY 2358/30 REPORTS HB'S TRANSMITTER OUT
OF ACTION AND WILL ARRIVE ON OR AFTER 25TH APRIL.
HB NO SUCCESSES. ZG MOVING TO WEST. BY 1333 30TH
MAR HB'S SITUATION REQUIRED FOR OPERATION OF FURTHER
BOATS.
2. ET AND GS BY 1336/30 MAR TO OCCUPY ATTACKING
AREAS BETWEEN WESTERN EDGE AK
AND EASTERN EDGE AL WITH EAST-
WEST LINK BETWEEN AND BETWEEN
ALL AL. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.
3. HS BY 1548/30 MAR WILL BE IN NAVSQ 6855
NORTHEAST OF PROBABLY KS FROM DAWN 8TH













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APR. WAS IN LY 31 HAD 81 CBMS.
4. BY 1837/30 AS AND DB AND SF REPORT POSITION
THAT NIGHT.
5. ED EXU 30.
6. LD 54 NORTH 30 WEST 1015/31. GD 46 NORTH 36
WEST 1135/31.
7. WU BY 0115/31 WAS IN AL 3545 9 FISH 70 CBMS
RETURN WITH BATTERY AND 3.7 DEFECTS.
8. WT BY 0350/31 UNSUCCESSFUL AIRCRAFT ATTACK
BF 9133.
9. NQ BY 0927/31 IN AK 0160 60 CBMS AND SITUATION
REPORT OF AREA. BY 1150/31 TO OCCUPY
AK AND SEND WW DAILY 0001 TO 0200 AND 1000 TO
1200. AMERICA 1 0800/1.

2 COPIES TO
CDR. KNOWLES




	ADMIRALTY
		COMINCH	RRRRRRR
	2 APRIL 1944
	0330
	MELTON
	MCCOMB



	PAGE 1 OF 2	012002Z NCR 9789
	MONTGOMERY



TOPSEC ULTRA.
(COMINCH FOR F 21 OIC SERIAL 1048 FROM ADMIRALTY
ULTRA OIC SERIAL 1048)

1. SH IN DH 261 BY O514/31.
2. BY 1525/31 SF AND HK AMERICA 2. JP AFRICA 1. ZY
AFRICA 2 0800/1.
3. BY IN DH 2170 BY 0614/1 SUGGESTING DOUBT WHETHER
BY ORIGINATED 250436. AS RETURNING 3/4 BY 0109/1.
4. CK BT 0247/1 IN AL 92 RETURNING BY STAGES. NO
SUCCESSES.
5. BY 1528/31 ZG INFORMED NEXT SUPPLYING IN 14 DAYS.
DB BY 0507/1 TO STEER FOR ZG'S AREA.
6. ED RETURNED U 31/3. CE DUE AD ST 3/4.
7. MTA REFERRED TO IN 1139/27 TO MZ ARE THOUGHT HERE TO
BE MINES FIRED AS TORPEDOES WHICH SINK AT END OF RUN

From	Para.	Correction
AOIC 1052	1	MY 1048 PARA 1 FOR SH READ SF.













	PAGE 2 OF 2	012002Z NCR 9789
	MONTGOMERY



AND ACT AS GROUND MAGNETICS. QUERY TO BE FIRED INTO
SHALLOW WATER IN TRINIDAD HARBOUR.
8. MY 1046 TO ONLY.






*RECEIVED WITHOUT PUNCTUATION

2 COPIES TO COMDR. KNOWLES

Admiralty OIC Serial 1049 is missing




	ADMIRALTY		OP OP OP
		COMINCH (F-21)
	APRIL 3, 1944
	1950
	ANDERSON
	BENNETT



	LT.GLUNT PAGE 1 OF 2	031746Z NCR 973




(COMINCH FOR F-21 OIC SERIAL 1050 FROM
ADMIRALTY OIC SERIAL 1050)

1. DB BY 0127/2 SITUATION REPORT.
2. VZ LAT 53 DEG NORTH LONG 29 DEG WEST 1006/2.
GU 289 HELLWIG, GV 348 SCHUNCK, GY 668 ALL EX R 1.
GM AD ST.
3. JE AND FP BY 1702/1 NOT TO EXPECT REFUELLING.
4. BY 1700/1 FC AND JT AND BI AND JO AND BQ TO
REPORT PASSAGE BEFORE CROSSING CF. BQ BY
2248/1 IN CF 6210. JO BY 0529/2 HAD REACHED POSITION
ORDERED, TO IRELAND 1800/2.
5. CK AND WU BY 2152/1 TO DIANA 0800/2.
6. BY 0026. BY 0025. */2 GA NOW EQUALS YQ IN AL.
35. BY 0216/2 GA OCCUPY ATTACKING AREA
PROBABLY AL BUT POSSIBLY BD. W/T IS DIANA.













	PAGE 2 OF 2	031746Z NCR 973




7. SD BY 2134/1 REQUESTS RENDEZVOUS TO HAND OVER
ENGINEER OFFICER. WAS IN DH 84. BY 0225/2 TO CONTINUE
PASSAGE VIA NAVSQ 90 OF SQ EAST OF POSSIBLY DR.
RENDEZVOUS ORDERS TO FOLLOW.
8. KT BY 0620/2 IN AL 4244. BY 100/2 CH HAD NOT
MET NY HAD 38 CBMS.
9. CI BY 1114/2 NO RENDEZVOUS WAS IN AL 4219 TOR-
PEDO TUBE DEFECTS. BY 0715/3 63 CBMS RETURNING. BY
1142/2 NY TO REPORT THAT NIGHT.
10. EO BY 0517/3 BEING ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT AL
2148. MY 1048 PARA 1 FOR SH READ SF.
11. MY 1049 ONLY.


*1 CODE GROUP MISSING. BEING SERVICED.

2 COPIES DELIVERED TO F-34 FOR COMMANDER KNOWLES.




	ADMIRALTY		OP OP OP
		COMINCH (F-21)
	APRIL 3, 1944
	2012
	KRANING
	BENNETT



	LT.GLUNT PAGE 1/2	031839Z NCR 987




ULTRA TOPSEC. (COMINCH FOR F-21 OIC SERIAL
1051 FROM ADMIRALTY. OIC SERIAL 1051)

1. BY 1728/2 EZ AND GA AND GE AND ET AND GS TO
RETURN TO FRANCE FORTHWITH. FIRST PRELIMINARY REACTION
HERE IS TO SURMISE THAT ENEMY MAY BE DRAWING IN 500
TONNERS FOR DEFENSE OF FRANCE.
2. TQ AND NJ AND KP LIBERTY OF ACTION IN AREA OF
BC.
3. BY 1201/2 RENDEZVOUS FOR CI AND KT CANCELLED.
KT TO OCCUPY AREA ORDERED. CI RETURN PASSAGE.
4. NQ BY 2350/2 HAD 26 DAYS WITH RIGID ECONOMY.
QUERY REPLENISHMENT. AK 5310 56 CBMS.
5. BY 0150/3 WU WAS U-BOAT IN AL 0145 AT 0050/3.
BY 0555/3 KT REPORTED BEING U-BOAT SIGHTED.













	PAGE 2/2	031839Z NCR 987




6. VZ BY 1034/3 HAD NOT MET AND HAD BEGUN RETURN
OWING TO FUEL SHORTAGE.
7. APPRECIATE 6 OF 740 TYPE NOW ENROUTE INDIAN
OCEAN IN ADDITION TO 4 U-KREUZERS AND APPROXIMATELY
70 PERCENT OF 740 TONNERS NOW AT SEA TO CREATE DIVERS-
IONARY DIFFICULTIES PENDING OVERLORD. NO 500 TON U-BOAT
POSITIVELY KNOWN TO HAVE SAILED SINCE CV AND OTHERS
RECALLED ON 22ND MARCH AND THIS POSSIBLY ERRONEOUS
ASSUMPTION TOGETHER WITH ACCELERATION OF EX R FLOW
TO 18 IN MARCH MAY NOT BE UNREASONABLY INTERPRETED AS
INDICATING PREPARATIONS FOR STATE OF READINESS IN
CHANNEL AREA.


2 COPIES DELIVERED TO F-34 FOR COMMANDER KNOWLES.

COMINCH

ADMIRALTY

OP OP

3 APRIL 1944

031946

	ACTION TO ADMIRALTY FOR OIC X FROM COMINCH X F-21 SERIAL 303 X ULTRA X 011530
	PBM FROM SAN JUAN SIGHTED SUB DECKS AWASH COURSE 020 IN 23-58W 58-15W X SIX
	MK 47 DROPPED IN STRADDLE 25 SECONDS AFTER SUBMERGENCE 200 FEET AHEAD OF
	SWIRL X MK 24 DROPPED 4 MINS LATER 1000 FT AHEAD OF SWIRL X AFTER 2 MINUTES DYE
	FROM MINE AND SLIGHT TURBULANCE AND SMOKE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN WHICH
	PERSISTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES OBSERVED NEAR POINT OF DROP X UNUSUAL SWISHING
	SOUND HEARD FOR 40 MINUTES ON SONOBUOY AND OIL SPOTS APPEARED X CONSIDER
	PROMISING ATTACK ON BAKER LOVE X BY 021203 TARE QUEEN AND NAN AND KING PETER
	AFTER REACHING LONGITUDE TO HAVE FREE MANEUVER IN PROBABLY
	BAKER CHARLIE X BY 020623 JIG OBOE TO CONTINUE CRUISE AS PER TASK
	QUERY LANDING OF CHEMICAL AND RADIO SUPPLIES ON ARGENTINE COAST END OF
	APRIL X






	F-21 . . . ORIG. . .
	. . . . . NO DISTRIBUTION. . . . . "CCM"




	ADMIRALTY
		COMINCH (F-21)	RRRRRRRRR
	4 APRIL 1944
	0415
	HANSEN
	DUMMIT



	BERNER	032127 NCR 1391	OPERA




ULTRA
COMINCH FOR F-21 FROM ADMIRALTY.
OIC SERIAL 1052.
1. U/BOAT SITUATION. N 4 T 5 B 13 ON 23 U 7 L 9
ST 11 P 4 G 5 AD 2 M 17 UX 6 W 222 SR 17 PW
21 SC 32 F 3 OE 44 OW 19.

2. TOTAL 464 COMPRISES NI 3 AND ALLOWS Q 2.

3. NI COMPRISES 400 AND BRURLLAU 905 AND PERLBERG 1104.

4. REF OIC SERIAL 1024 PARA 4 ATTACK BY HMS AFFLECK AT
11112Z/16TH NOW REGARDED ONLY AS POSSIBLE KILL. TO
MARCH Q ADD UNKNOWN NORTHABOUT U/BOAT FOR HMS STARLING
AT 2220Z/29TH NORTHEAST OF FAROES, AND NM FOR HMS TU-
MULT, BLENCATHRA, AND HAMBLEDON AT 0010Z/30TH IN LAT


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	BERNER	032127 NCR 1391	OPERA




38-54 N LONG 14-18E. TO APRIL Q ALLOCATE UNKNOWN
FOR HMS KEPPEL WITH JW 58 PRIOR TO 0700Z/2ND.

5. BALTIC CO 534 NOLLAU.

6. M INCLUDES CP ESTIMATED BUT ALSO REGARDED AS POS-
SIBLE VICTIM OF HMS AFFLECK 16TH. AM ALSO CONSIDER-
ED POSSIBLY SUNK BY HMT MULL ON 10TH MARCH.



*RECEIVED ULTRA TOPSEC. RECLASSIFIED SECRET BECAUSE
OF SUBJECT CONTAINED.

2 COPIES COMMANDER KNOWLES



PAGE 2 OF 2

Admiralty OIC Serial 1053 is missing




	ADMIRALTY		PRIORITY
		COMINCH
	APR 6 1944
	2231
	C ANDERSON
	YORK



	LT ROWLAND	061801Z NCR 3308




ULTRA TOPSEC. (COMINCH FOR F21 OIC SERIAL 1054
FROM ADMTY) OIC SERIAL 1054.

1. BY 1455/3 ATTACKING AND WEATHER REPORTING
AREAS FOR CI IN AND CB IN
AK. DATES OF RETURN TO BE REPORTED 3
DAYS BEFOREHAND. CH NOT TO WAIT ANY LONGER,
FREEDOM OF ACTION IN AREA ORDERED.
2. HEADING FOR JT AND BI AND FC AND JO BY
2115/3 IS PROBABLY
EG BUT REQUEST VIEWS. ALSO LH STEER FOR
POSSIBLY CC. REFF PROBABLY GB AND AS TO IRELAND AND
LD TO DIANA 0800/4.
3. BI BY 0648/4 IN CF 3547. IRELAND 1900/4.
EZ BY 0710/4 WAS IN AL 3185.













			061801Z NCR 3308




	4. BY 1231/3 RENDEZVOUS FOR AS AND NQ
	CANCELLED. AS TO RETURN TO GERMANY. AS YET NO
	KNOWLEDGE OF RENDEZVOUS BUT MAY BE UNBROKEN
	OFFIZIER. BY 1448/3 NQ FREEDOM OF ACTION IN
	SOUTHERN THIRD OF PROBABLY AL, NO
	SUPPLYING DIANA 0800/4. NO RENDEZVOUS FOR LD AND
	VZ BOTH CONTINUE RETURN PASSAGE.
	5. EO AND KT BY 2128/3 PROCEED SLOWLY
	SOUTHWARD FREEDOM OF ACTION IN SOUTHERN THIRD
	OF AL. CK TO RETURN WITHOUT LOSING
	TIME NOT BY STAGES.
	6. HM AND SN BY 2112/3 TO REPORT CROSSING
	LATITUDE OF SOUTHERN SQ POSSIBLY GP OR GQ
	AND LONGITUDE POSSIBLY KY OR KZ













			061801Z NCR 3308




	RESPECTIVELY. BY 1025/4 SN GIVEN FREEDOM OF ACTION
	AFRICA 1.
	7. SQ 859 JEBSEN EX R 4.
	8. GD LAT 45 DEG NORTH LONG 38 DEG WEST 1152/5.
	CI 55 NORTH 31 WEST 1107/5. CB 58 NORTH 27 WEST 1009/5.
	9. MY 1053 ONLY.




	*RECEIVED AS TOPSEC AND RECLASSIFIED AS SECRET.

	2 COPIES FOR COMDR KNOWLES. . . . .




	ADMIRALTY
		COMINCH	PRIORITY
	APRIL 7, 1944
	070215
	ALTENHOF
	STRICKLAND



	ROWLAND	062241Z NCR 3427




ULTRA. COMINCH FOR F21 OIC SERIAL 1055 FROM ADMIRALTY.

SN BY 0944/4 HAD SUNK 2 SHIPS ON 13TH MARCH PELEUS AND
ON 1ST APRIL 1 EQUALS DAHOMIAN AND WAS IN GR 9662 WITH
310 CBMS. 23 FISH PROCEEDING ALONG COAST.
2. KP AND NJ AND TQ BY 1810/4 TO PROCEED SLOWLY EAST-
WARDS AND REMAIN IN EASTERN HALF OF PROBABLY
BC. LIBERTY OF ACTION. BY 1910/4 NJ REPORTED
CONVOY IN BC 9546 EASTERLY COURSE. 80 CBMS COULD
ONLY MAKE 9 KNOTS MAXIMUM. BY 2105/4 NJ TO PURSUE
ONLY OF CONVOY COULD BE REACHED THAT NIGHT. COMMENT -
CONVOY WAS SC156 WHO REPORTED 2 SHIPS TORPEDOED AM 6TH
APRIL AND CLAIMED U-BOAT SUNK
3. PRESUME YOU HAVE 0550/5 DN ON FP.













			062241Z NCR 3427




	4. JE AND JS TO AMERICA 1 AND GG AND GH IRELAND 0800/5
	5. BY 1139/5 ALL RETURNING U-BOATS ORDERED TO MAKE AT
	LEAST 1 SIGNAL FOR W/T DECEPTION IN AREA SOUTH OF LAT-
	ITUDE OF SQ AND BETWEEN LONGITUDE OF SQS
	AND ALL BE.
	6. BY 2149/3 ET TO SUGGEST RENDEZVOUS WITH CI TO HAND
	OVER CYPHERS IN APPROX AK.
	AND IF UNABLE TO ARRIVE IN TIME TO REPORT DATE OF ARRIVAL.
	RENDEZVOUS AT DAWN RENEWABLE NEXT NIGHT OR MORNING. BY
	1730/4 ET PROPOSED RENDEZVOUS DAWN 6TH APRIL IN SQ
	WAS IN SQ 96 CBMS ALL AK.
	7. AS BY 1827/4 ESTIMATED IN NORTHERN 3RD OF













			062241Z NCR 3427




	PROBABLY AL ON PASSAGE TO NORWAY.
	8. BY 0008/5 BY IN DG 60 EXPECTED TO BE AT RENDEZVOUS
	ON 10TH APRIL. BY 0121/4 RENDEZVOUS FOR BY AND HB
	CANCELLED AND BOTH TO CONTINUE PASSAGE. COMMENT
	AS YET NO DETAILS OF THIS RENDEZVOUS AVAILABLE AND TIME
	INTERVAL STRANGELY LARGE.
	9. EZ BY 0136/5 IN AL 23. GJ BY 0609/5 IN AL 32
	115 CBMS. FC BY 0619/5 IN CG 10 REQUESTED OLD AREA.
	SOUNDING MACHINE USELESS.