U-boat Archive - Admiralty-Cominch Messages

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ADMIRALTY

1 JANUARY 1944

011645

	ACTION TO ADMIRALTY FOR OIC X FROM COMINCH X F-21 SERIAL 250 X ULTRA X
	REQUEST YOUR ALLOCATION 130610 FOR WHICH WE TENTATIVELY HAVE ABLE YOKE X
	WE ARE ALLOCATING CHARLIE QUEEN TO BOGUE A/C KILL 291346 NOV MY 230 X BY
	311934 CHARLIE VICTOR AND VICTOR HOW AND JIG UNCLE RESPECTIVELY TO OCCUPY
	AND SEND TWO SHORT WEATHERS DAILY FROM UPPER HALF OF
	PROBABLY ABLE KING AND
	BAKER DOG X COMMENT IN VIEW OF 291221 CONSIDER
	IT POSSIBLE RIO GRANDE IS BEING DIVERTED THROUGH DENMARK STRAIT ALTHOUGH
	THIS MANEUVER WOULD NECESSITATE NEW INSTRUCTIONS BY OFFIZIER OF WHICH WE
	HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE X COMPARE 221133 AND 271457 BOTH MARCH X BY 311219 BAKER
	ABLE DIRECTED TO WAIT FOR BORKUM AND FUEL BETWEEN 15 AND 20
	JANUARY X BY 311222 BAKER QUEEN TO RECEIVE BORKUM IN SAME SQUARE WHICH
	POSSIBLY EQUALS CHARLIE DOG X





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




	ADMIRALTY		PRIORITY
		COMINCH
	2 JANUARY 1944	(F-21)
	2308/1
	NEWTON
	KIRKBRIDE



		011913Z NCR 6828




(COMINCH FOR F-21 OIC SERIAL 858 FROM ADMTY)
OIC SERIAL 858

1. BY 125731 BORKUM TO STAY PUT AS PASSAGE OF CONVOY STILL
POSSIBLE. IF NO CONTACT ORDERS FOR NEW PATROL LINE WOULD BE
ISSUED ON 1ST JANUARY. BY 2041/31 JS INTENDING TO RETURN ON
3RD JANUARY. BY 0007/1 AND 0019/1 AND 0022/1 PP AND MG AND
PM RESPECTIVELY REPORTED STARSHELL.
2. BY 1934/31 CV AND VH AND JU TO SEND 2 WW'S DAILY BETWEEN
1000 AND 1200 AND 0000 AND 0200 FROM FOLLOWING AREAS.
CV UPPER HALF OF PROBABLY AK.
VH FROM AREA
JU FROM CENTRE AND RIGHT THIRDS OF PROBABLY BD.
FIRST REPORTS ON 1ST JANUARY FROM POSITIONS THEN REACHED.
KK TO OCCUPY JU'S PLACE IN . CR TO REMAIN ON STATION.
3. BY 1219/31 BA CONGRATULATED AND ENJOINED TO PROCEED IN

PAGE 1 OF 2 PGS.













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ACCORDANCE WITH 1235/26 SEE OIC 852 PARA B.
NO SUPPLYING WITH GNAT BUT HANDING OVER OF BORKUM AND FUEL
FOR RETURN ENVISAGED ABOUT 15TH JANUARY TO 20TH JANUARY IN

BA NOT TO PROCEED FURTHER THAN THIS BUT TO AWAIT SUPPLYING
BOAT. BY 1222/31 BQ INFORMED NO REFUELLING
POSSIBLE BUT HANDING OVER OF BORKUM INTENDED AS FOR
BA. SUGGEST POSSIBLY DF AND THAT
SUPPLYING FOR BA MIGHT BE BY SOUTHBOUND U KREUZER
BUT REQUEST YOUR VIEWS.
4. PO EX ST 25TH DECEMBER. WT AND PS AND AM EX P
26TH DECEMBER TO EX U ABOUT 20TH DECEMBER.
PV AND IK EX ST 29TH DECEMBER.
5. CY 278 FRANZE EX R 30 DUE AD 8 THEN ON EA 984 AND EB
985 KEZSLER EX R 30 JX AD N 23 EX N 29 FOR STAVANGER.
NOT APPARENTLY OPERATIONAL AND MISSION UNKNOWN

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	ADMIRALTY		PRIORITY
		COMINCH FOR F-21
	2 JAN 1944
	2053
	KOCH
	SCHNEIDER



		021930 NCR 7438




COMINCH FOR F-21 FROM ADMIRALTY.

CORRECT MY 311645Z, OIC SERIAL 857 PARAGRAPH 11
AS FOLLOWS. ULTRA. BY 0612/30 AZ CLAIMED DESTROYER IN
BE 6592. BY 2220/29 XZ RETURNED IN BE 6933 WITH
SURVIVORS.









2 COPIES TO COMDR KNOWLES.




	ADMIRALTY		PRIORITY
		COMINCH (F-21)
	2 JANUARY 1944
	1555
	ANDERSON
	FISHER



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(COMINCH FOR F21 O.I.C. SERIAL 859 FROM ADMIRALTY)

O.I.C. SERIAL 859
1. YOUR 250. DOUBT THIS POSSIBILITY SINCE ANY
OFFIZIER PRIOR TO 291221 CLOSING ANY AREA WOULD AP-
PARENTLY HAVE BEEN NEGATIVED BY THAT MESSAGE. NO
OFFIZIER INTERCEPTED SINCE WHICH HAS NOT BEEN UNBUT-
TONED AND EVEN HAD THERE BEEN SUCH A MESSAGE ANY SHIP
NORTH OF 15N WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ATTACK IN
INTERIM UNTIL EXPRESSELY PROTECTED. ASSUMING FOR THE
MOMENT A CLOSURE OF AREA NORTH OF 50N OR A RESTRICTION
ON DISCRETION TO ATTACK NORTH OF 50N TO HAVE BEEN
ORDERED AND ALSO THAT SHIP WAS ALREADY NORTH OF 50N BY
291221 THEN THE WEATHER REPORTERS WOULD BE TOO LATE
TO BENEFIT THIS SHIP.













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2. YOUR 249. I SUPPLY AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHLY
INTERVALS TO P/W SECTION A 6 MONTHS OLD LIST OF
IDENTIFICATIONS. THUS EARLY IN DECEMBER I GAVE THEM
A LIST AS AT 1ST JUNE. THIS LIST IS USED IN ADMIRALTY
SECTION WHERE YOUR LIAISON OFFICER WOULD HANDLE IT,
AND A COPY IS KEPT AT THE INTERROGATION CENTER BY THE
SENIOR OFFICER THERE AND INDIVIDUAL INTERROGATORS ARE
INFORMED AFTER REFERENCE TO IT WHETHER OR NOT SUGGESTED
IDENTIFICATIONS MENTIONED BY PRISONERS ARE CONSIDERED
SOUND. UNLESS AND UNTIL A PRISONER HAS MENTIONED ANY
PARTICULAR IDENTIFICATION INTERROGATORS ARE FORBIDDEN
TO USE IT. WHEN AN IDENTIFICATION HAS ONCE BEEN
CORRECTLY STATED BY A PRISONER, IT IS PROMULGATED TO
INTERROGATORS FOR THEIR USE. THE HEAD OF OUR P/W
SECTION ALONE KNOW IN A GENERAL WAY HOW WE COME TO BE













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ABLE TO SUPPLY SUCH LISTS AND HE HAD THIS KNOWLEDGE
ON HIS RETURN FROM WASHINGTON PARTLY BECAUSE HE WAS
PRESENT ON 1 OCCASION WHEN SPECIFIC INQUIRIES SUCH
AS YOU MENTION WERE ANSWERED BY F21 BY REFERENCE IN
HIS PRESENCE TO A LIST WHICH IN FACT HE SAW. I
CONSIDER THAT IT IS THE FACT THAT OUR KNOWLEDGE IS SO
UP-TO-DATE WHICH MOST CLEARLY REVEALS THAT IS COULD
NOT COME FROM ANY AGENT AND THEREFORE PREFER TO SUPPLY
BACK DATED LISTS AND THEREBY TO MINIMIZE SPECIFIC RE-
QUESTS FOR CURRENT IDENTIFICATIONS WITH THE RESULTANT
ADVANTAGE THAT ANY SUCH REQUESTS WHICH MAY STILL BE
MADE CAN BE MORE READILY PARRIED.

2 COPIES TO F-34 FOR COMMANDER KNOWLES.

COMINCH

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ADMIRALTY

2 JANUARY 1944

02xxxx

	ACTION TO ADMIRALTY FOR OIC X FROM COMINCH X F-21 SERIAL 251 X ULTRA X YOUR
	658 PARA 3 NAVSQ DOG FOX BY 041899 AND
	111912 DEC X CONSIDER SUPPLYING ENVISAGED FOR UNKNOWN OUTBOUND FROM
	BISCAY AS NO SUGAR BOAT IN EVIDENCE X NOTE 3 LETTER GROUP MESSAGES RECEIPTED
	BY DAN 012119 AND 020445 WHICH MAY POSSIBLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPICIOUS
	SHIP ON COURSE 060 SPEED 10 WHICH FIRED ON CHALLENGING PLANE IN 09S 23-45W X












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




	ADMIRALTY		OP OP OP
		COMINCH (F-21)
	3 JANUARY 44
	031223
	LANDIS
	JOHNSON



	PAGE 1 OF 2 PAGES	031054Z NCR 7765




(COMINCH FOR F21 OIC. SERIAL 860 FROM ADMIRALTY)

OIC SERIAL 860
(1) BY 1547/1 BORKUM IN ORDER JS AND PP AND RC AND
PM AND VK AND IC AND KN AND PG AND NP AND WT AND
PS TO BE BY 100A/2 ON PATROL FROM
BE. SOUTHBOUND CONVOY EXPECTED FROM 2ND
JANUARY BUT NO AIR RECCE. BOATS TO SUBMERGE BY DAY
AND SURFACE AT 1800. W/T SERVICE DIANA.
(2) BY 1900/1 IC CLAIMED A/S VESSEL IN BE 8224 AT
1758. 90 CBM BY 2318/1 PP ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT IN
BE 8197. BY 2140/1 VK SANK 2 OF 3 DESTROYERS IN
BE 8248. BY 0015/3 PP REPORTED DESTROYER IN BE
8559 AND BY 0653/3 HAD SUNK HER. BY 0532/3 PM
ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT IN BE 8559.













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(3) BY 0919/2 JB IN DN 68 WITH 93 CBM. REQUESTING
NAXOS AND BORKUM.
(4) AGREE COMINCH SUGGESTION THAT RENDEZVOUS FOR
BA AND BQ MORE PROBABLY IN NAVSQ CD BUT ON BASIS
OF TIME DISTANCE.
(5) BY 0042/3 JT SANK DESTROYER IN BC 5489.






2 COPIES TO F341 FOR COMDR KNOWLES




	ADMIRALTY		OP OP OP OP
		COMINCH (F-21)
	3 JANUARY 1944
	2158
	SMITH
	DUMMIT



	PAGE 1 OF 3	031856 NCR 8051





COMINCH FOR F-21 FROM ADMIRALTY.

OIC SERIAL 861.
ULTRA MOST SECRET. (1) BY 1900/2 RUEGEN TO OCCUPY FOLLOWING
NEW PATROL LINES IN AL AT ECONOMICAL SPEED. R-1
. R-2 . R-3 COMPRISING CR AND CM
AND CP AND JP . R-4 COMPRISING OLD R-5
R-5 OLD R-6 R-6 OLD R-7.
(2) BY 1729/1 PROHIBITION OF ATTACKS ON INDEPENDENTS REIMPOSED
FROM 0000/2 IN AREA BOUNDED BY NAVSQ 6378 WEST AND 6389 EAST OF
EG AND DF AND
DE. OLD AREA TO LAT 05-00 SOUTH AND AREA SOUTH AND WEST
OF LINE FROM FE 2957 TO FM 4940 TO GZ 7640 TO REMAIN CLOSED.
(3) BY 0528/3 BORK ILL AND BY 0943/3 VK TO RETURN. BY 0816/3
ATTACK ON PM UNSUCCESSFUL. (4) BY 1907/2 BORKUM INFORMED THAT
AS FOR FIRST TIME THERE WERE 9 U-BOATS IN THE GROUP EQUIPPED













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WITH 3.7 CM GUNS. THESE U-BOATS WERE TO OPERATE ON SURFACE
BY DAY IF CONVOY WAS PICKED UP. CONTROL WOULD DECIDE ON BASIS
OF REPORTS FROM SEVERAL U-BOATS REGARDING WEATHER AND DEFENSE
CONDITIONS WHETHER SITUATION APPEARED FAVOURABLE BEFORE GIVING
ORDER TO REMAIN ON SURFACE FOR FLAK DEFENCE. BOATS ORDERED TO
REPORT WERE THEREFORE TO DO SO WITHOUT DELAY. (5) BY 1912/2 JB GIVEN
FREEDOM OF ACTION OUTSIDE CARIBBEAN TO REPORT RETURN BY SHORT SIGNAL.
NO REFUELLING POSSIBLE BUT HANDING OVER OF NAXOS AND BORKUM
ENVISAGED IN NAVSQ CC OR DE. THIS STILL FURTHER WEAKENS NAVSQ
DF FOR BA AND BQ BUT RAISES QUESTION WHETHER THEIR HEADING POINT
IS DE. ON THE WHOLE PREFER CD. REQUEST YOUR VIEWS. (6) BY
1543/1 GX AND AZ TO RETURN AND PO TO HEAD FOR AL.
BY 1304/2 MG RETURNING VIA SPANISH ROUTE. BY 1905/2 YA TO HEAD
FOR AL. (7) BY 1106/3 TG WARNED OF DEFENSE ACTIV-
ITY AT GIBRALTAR AND GIVEN DISCRETION FOR TEMPORARY WESTWARD













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WITHDRAWAL IF HE CONSIDERED HE HAD BEEN DISCOVERED. (8) BY
2105/1 BY DUE ADU 2. CONSIDER BY EQUALS XZ. (9) BY 2139/2
RE ATTACKED BY A/C IN BF 4491 AND BY 0017/3 AZ ATTACKED BY A/C
IN BF 4810. (10) BY 1719/1 STURM PROBABLY EQUALS JZ TO SHIFT
TO IRELAND 0800/2. (11) CZ 739 MANGOLD AND LA 845 WEBER EXR 1
CZ TO ON. (12) JK DUE EXL 3. PV EX ST 1 AFTER AD ST 31. IK EX ST 2 AFTER AD ST 31.
AH EXP 1. (13) REQUEST CONFIRMATION THAT LATITUDE OF PARROT BUL
MER ATTACK 1929/29/12 WAS 42-22 NORTH IN VIEW OF PARA B OF YOUR
302115 DECEMBER AND POSITION ON 29TH DECEMBER OF BORKUM GROUP.
(14) ASSUME YOU HAVE 1705/31/12 RE GERMAN KNOWLEDGE FROM WEL-
LINGTON SURVIVORS AND 1058/28/12 RE USE OF T-5.



2 COPIES COMMANDER KNOWLES.

From	Para.	Correction
AOIC 866	8	REF COMINCH 253 AGREE THAT ADB IN MY 861 PARA 8 AND MY 864 PARA 3 SHOULD READ ADU AND ERRORS ARE REGRETTED.

COMINCH

OP OP OP

ADMIRALTY

3 JANUARY 1944

03xxxx

	ACTION TO ADMIRALTY FOR OIC X FROM COMINCH X F-21 SERIAL 252 X ULTRA X
	WE ARE CARRYING FOLLOWING COVER NAMES COLON BERNAU FOR OSORNO X TRAVE
	FOR ALSTERUFER X TAUNUS COMMA SPESSART AND EIFEL FOR RUNNERS IN BISCAY
	PORTS X REQUEST YOUR COMMENT AND ANY FURTHER IDENTIFICATIONS X ASSUME YOU
	HAVE 011729 CLOSING BLOCKADE RUNNER LANE 15N TO 33N FROM 2 JAN X 022335
	USS SOMERS SHELLED WESSERLAND IN 14-55S 21-39W X SHIP WAS ABANDONED
	AND SANK 030030 X SOMERS HAS 134 P/WS INCLUDING 10 OFFICERS X











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




	ADMIRALTY
		COMINCH (F-21)	RRRRRRRRR
	4 JANUARY 1944
	2244/3
	SMITH
	DUMMIT



		031919 NCR 8077





COMINCH FOR F-21 FROM ADMIRALTY.

OIC SERIAL 862.
ULTRA MOST SECRET. U-BOAT SITUATION: (1) N-1 AD-2.
T-6. M-13. B-10. UX-6. ON-11. W-212. U-16. SC-46. L-16.
OB-12. ST-16. OE-58. P-4. OW-8. G-8. (2) TOTAL 445
INCLUDES NI-2. (3) NI COMPRISES 867 AND 1006. (4)
REFERENCE COMINCH SERIAL 250 AGREE AY FOR 0610/13 AND
CQ FOR BOUGE A/C 1346/29TH NOVEMBER.





2 COPIES COMMANDER KNOWLES.




	ADMIRALTY
		COMINCH	ROUTINE
	4 JANUARY 1944
	1113
	ANDERSON
	ROYAL



		040951Z NCR 8419





COMINCH FOR F-21 OIC SERIAL 863.

OIC SERIAL 863.
YOUR 252. FROM 0001A/17TH DECEMBER "EIFEL" RENAMED
"LINZ" IS "PIETRO ORSEOLO", "TAUNUS" RENAMED "REIHER"
PROBABLY "TANNENFELS", "SPESSART" RENAMED "BODENSEE"
PROBABLY "HIMALAYA".
2. 011729 RECEIVED.
3. GOOD WORK.





2 COPIES TO COMDR KNOWLES.




	ADMIRALTY		OP OP
		COMINCH
	4 JANUARY 1944
	1439
	KIMBRELL
	ROYAL



		041150Z NCR 8469





COMINCH FOR F21 OIC SERIAL 864 FROM ADMTY.