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30.12.41    
00.23 αα Have passed 60°50'N.
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23.55 αα Still have 100 tons fuel on board.  
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02.01.42    
09.35        320 Enemy convoy in sight LC 5465,  easterly course, slow speed.  
  0848/2                                            U-701
     
11.25        3209 Enemy convoy in sight DI 6377,  southeasterly course, slow speed.  
  1045/2/43                                            U-701
     
19.10 18.49/2/237 31.12  Leutnant Weinitschke over board.  Today at 10.10 "Minch" convoy of 30 steamers.  Attacked with four-fan and stern shot missed, fuel 95, KB 5614. 
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09.01    
19.51 ßß gah My position is AK 40.
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12.01    
21.23 ßß drv Up to now have sunk 1 steamer.  Still have only torpedoes under the upper deck.
                                               U-701
     
14.01    
01.34 ßß vhd My position is NT 01.
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04.15 ßß xqo My position is LT 23.
                                               U-701
     
04.48 ßß xhf Still have 70 cbm fuel.
                                               U-701
     
18.01    
19.52 ßß qct Have unloaded from the upper deck.  Have reached designated position. 
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23.01 0216/25/250 "BARON HAIG" sunk.  2 pistol failures, 3 undetermined misses on 7000 tonner both 06.01.42, square MD 58, NE-course.  Traffic stopped in Cape Race area, positioned as close as 2 nm from land.  Patrol vessels throw individual fright bombs. Steamer sets lanterns for reciprocal heading
13.13  
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26.01    
03.41 1842/25/273 at the same moment depth charges.  SOS with bright masthead lantern.  2 Atos, 44 cbm, delayed return transit, S 3, 1000 mb, +2°, hazy, square YK 74.
     
07.32 0420/26/278 Square FH 7851 brightly lit steamer, beside it a dimmed destroyer.  Course west.  Heavy weather.  W 8-9.
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30.01    
02.28 ww rjq 49°N, 37°W, rising 1026 mb, +2°, W 4, Sea 4, Vis. over 10 nm, medium-high swell.
                                               U-701
     
31.01    
20.22 1623/31/10 Eto with hits 7, pistol hits 9, misses 5, and distant fan shot 3500 meters all depth 3 meters, no permanent ventilation.  SSE 7, Sea 6, overcast, hazy, Vis. 3 nm, 1017 mb, falling, +12°, 30 cbm.  Square GI 4557
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01.02    
12.25 1103/2/262 Square EU 5868, arriving 2 February 20.00 hours, 26.5 cbm.
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02.02    
21.58 ßß pxn My position is BE 47.
                                               U-701
     
03.02    
13.09 ßß sph Repeat bearing signals on the same wave.
                                               U-701
     
07.02    
13.22 ßß srk Starting return transit due to fuel state.
                                               U-701
     
16.32 ßß zqq My position is naval square BF 4482.
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07.02    
21.20 ßß buw Position 36 hours from meeting point with escort.
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08.02    
15.31 I452/8/239 Position morning 09.30 Point N 1.  On 7 February at 21.20 hours Coastal Circuit receipted short signal not yet confirmed.
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