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| Boat "U 601" | ||||||
| Description of the operation: Mine fouling of "Dickson" | ||||||
| F.d.U. Norwegen Operations Order 13. | ||||||
| Date: 23.9.43 | ||||||
| Location: "Dickson". | ||||||
A) Mine deployment. |
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| Wind direction: South Strength 2 | ||||||
| Sea State South Strength 1 | ||||||
| Current direction: South Strength 0.3 knots | ||||||
| Air temperature: + 3°C Water temperature: +3°C | ||||||
| Time of the first mine: 17.33 hours | ||||||
| Time of the last mine: 19.03 hours | ||||||
| Speed through the water: 2 or 3 knots | ||||||
| Course: changing | ||||||
| Intended mine interval: 300 meters | ||||||
| Location of the first mine: λ = 80° 26.7'E ; φ = 73° 27.5'N | ||||||
| Location of the last mine: λ = 22.5'E ; φ = 73° 27.7'W | ||||||
C) Mine Material. |
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| Number of deployed mines: 24 | ||||||
| Type of deployed mines: TMC | ||||||
D) Special events. None. |
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| 1.) Deployed on the surface. | ||||||
| E) Special Events. | ||||||
| 2.) The accuracy for the first 15 mines amounted to 300 meters. The last row lay with 2000 meters accuracy, both in east and west direction. The accuracy to the north or south hardly exceeded 200 meters. | ||||||
| 3.) As usual the loading of the 24 mines posed the greatest difficulty (50 minutes). It is proposed that the boats be given 5 instead of 4 torpedoes and instead forgo 3 mines so that a torpedo can always be kept in the tubes. | ||||||
| on board 10.10.43 | ||||||
| signed in draft Grau | ||||||
| Kptlt. and Kmdt. | ||||||
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