U-333 - 2nd War Patrol

Translation by Jerry Mason with help from Andi Forster

Departed	Date	Arrived	Date	Days at Sea
La Pallice	30 March 1942	La Pallice	26 May 1942	58

 

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Ships Attacked
Date	KTB Time	Position	Ship	Tons	Nationality	Convoy
6 May 42	06.00	27°15'N, 79°58'W	JAVA ARROW	9,076	American
6 May 42	09.00	27°15'N, 79°58'W	AMAZONE	9,577	Netherlands
6 May 42	11.00	27°15'N, 79°58'W	HALSEY	6,768	American
10 May 42	05.00	32°03'N, 70°14'W	CLAN SKENNE	2,677	British
			Total = 21,923
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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				"  U  333  "
				Beginning on   9.2.1942
				Ending on     28.2.1942
				Kommandant:    Kaptlt.    C  r  e  m  e  r
				Distribution: 3.U-Flottille Copy No. 1   2.A.d.U-Boote    "       "    2   B.d.U.    "       "    3, 4, 5
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		09.02.-30-02.42	La Pallice	Shipyard period, overhaul of the boat.
				Oberleutnant z.S. and First Watch Officer
				substituting for the Kommandant

				K  r  i  e  g  s  t  a  g  e  b  u  c  h
		"U 333"_       Beginning on 30 March 1942   Ending on     26 May    1942
				Kommandant:  Kaptlt.   C  r  e  m  e  r
				Distribution: 3.U-Flottille Copy No. 1   2.A.d.U-Boote    "       "    2   B.d.U.    "       "    3, 4, 5
				Enclosures:     To Copy No. 1 and 3 1 Track chart   5 Combat sketches   5 Firing reports   1 List of incoming and outgoing Radio Messages To Copy No. 2, 4, 5 1 Track chart   5 Combat sketches   1 List of incoming and outgoing Radio Messages

	- 1 -
		30.03.42
		14.35		Departed La Pallice.
		15.24		Taken in convoy by Sperrbrecher.
		16.00	Overcast, W 3-4, Sea 2, Swell
		17.02		Changed escort.
		19.45		Released escort, continued transit on ordered departure route.
		20.00	Overcast, SW 3-4, Sea 2, Swell, misty, Vis. bad 2 nm
		24.00	Overcast, fog, SW 3-4, Sea 2, Vis. 800-1000 temporary visibility improvement
		31.03.42
		04.00	BF 6718
			Overcast, SW 2-4, Sea 2, light Swell, Vis. medium, occasional moonshine
		08.00	BF 5861	Crash dive for training, proceeded submerged, exercises, repetition of Agru-Front training.
			Partial overcast, SSW 3-4, Sea 2-3, medium Swell, Vis. medium
				Day's run:  Surfaced  186 nm, Submerged 9 nm
		20.15		Surfaced.
		24.00	BF 5767
			Overcast, WSW 3-5, Sea 3, light Swell, rain, Vis. medium
		01.04.42
		04.00	BF 5749
			Overcast, WSW 4, Sea 2-3, medium Swell, Vis. medium
		08.00	BF 4992	Proceeded submerged.
			Partial overcast, W 4, Sea 2-3, Vis. good
				Day's run:  Surfaced  100 nm, Submerged 30 nm
		20.40		Surfaced.
		24.00	BF 4897
			Partial overcast, W 3, Sea 2, Vis. good
		02.04.42
		04.00	BF 4879
			Bright full moon night, S 2-3, Sea 3, Swell
		08.00	BE 9334
			S 2, Sea 1, medium NW-Swell, bright moonshine	Day's run:  Surfaced  100 nm, Submerged 22 nm
		12.00		Surfaced.
		16.00	BE 9341
			S 2-3, Sea 2, medium Swell, Vis. very good, rising cumulus clouds in the S
		16.40		Crash dive for aircraft, that suddenly appeared from the clouds.

	Sun and Moon Data 30.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 31.03.42
	Sun and Moon Data 01.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 02.04.42

	- 2 -
		continued
		02.04.42
				At about 35 meters 2 aircraft bombs detonate in the immediate vicinity of the boat.  Immediate failures:  most of the lighting, almost all bulbs, fuses and a number of electrical boxes from the overhead.  Diving planes and rudders failed, the gyrocompass repeater in the control room was smashed; additionally, the flood valves, the main ballast and reserve fuel oil tanks and a number of hull valves were loosened.  A 3-finger thick jet of oil pours out into the control room.  That was the first impression that one could perceive in a short time with the eyes. The boat was caught at 80 meters and diving planes and rudders operated by hand.  After the emergency shut off valves and the hull valves were applied, the clean up work began.  At first it seemed desperate, but once lights came on, the sun shone again.  In addition the fresh water maker and the E-compressor were out of service, as well as the E-compressor.  Also of great concern was that the opening of the drinking water transfer hull valve was not noticed until very late with the result that a significant amount of seawater entered drinking water tank 1.  Part of the drinking water contaminated by seawater was simply drained and after the fresh water maker was again in operation the salt content was gradually reduced by the addition of fresh water.  The coffee tasted a little salty in the first days but that's war.
				In the radio room all tubes jumped out.  The long wave transmitter and the direction finding receiver and also the depth sounder were out of service.
				The conning tower hatch had also taken a beating, so that on diving about one hundred liters of water rushed into the boat, but you get used to it.  Almost all of the damage could be repaired except for the slow flooding of main ballast tank 3, which had to be accepted.
				Furthermore the jet of oil had poured oil over most of the tins in which flour, sugar and vegetables were stored. These provisions had become almost completely inedible. The cause lay in the construction of the tins that were not sealed as before, but were only provided with a cover that oil and moisture could penetrate. No special message concerning the aircraft bombs was sent because only minor damage remained.
		21.56		Surfaced.
		24.00	BE 9266
			SSW 3, Sea 2, light overcast, Stratus clouds, Swell, Vis. very good, full moon night

Sun and Moon Data 02.04.42

	- 3 -
		03.04.42
		04.00	BE 9251
			SW 4-5, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. good, light W-Swell
		04.24		Crash dive for 2 aircraft abeam to port.
		05.30		Surfaced.
		08.00	BE 9343
			W 4-5, Sea 3, lightly cloudy, Vis. good, medium Swell
		10.30		Rudder failure.
		12.00	BE 9263	Day's run:  Surfaced  105 nm, Submerged 15 nm
			NW 5-6, Sea 4, medium Swell, Vis. very good, partly cloudy
		15.30		Rudder system again in service.
		16.00	BE 9259
			NW 4-5, Sea 3, light Swell, partial overcast, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 9273
			WSW 3-4, Sea 3, medium Swell, partial overcast, Vis. very good
		24.00	BE 9195
			W 4-5, Sea 3, medium Swell, dark night
		04.04.42
		04.00	BE 9188
			SW 5-6, Sea 3-4, overcast, Vis. medium, medium Swell
		08.00	BE 9421
			SW 6-7, Sea 5, overcast, rainy, Swell, Vis. good
		12.00	BE 9412	Day's run:  120 nm
			SW 6-7, Sea 7, overcast, heavy rain, Vis. bad
		16.00	BE 8633
			WSW 5-6, Sea 5, overcast, rain showers, freshening, medium Swell
		20.00	BE 8631
			W 4-5, Sea 3, light Swell, Vis. very good
		24.00	BE 8624
			W 4-5, Sea 3, partial overcast, Vis. medium, medium Swell
		05.04.42
		04.00	BE 8619
			W 5-6, Sea 5, Swell, bright moonlit night, occasionally overcast, Vis. good
		08.00	BE 8563
			W 4-5, Sea 4, partial overcast, Vis. good
		12.00	BE 8555	Day's run:  Surfaced  88 nm, Submerged 25 nm
			W 3-4, Sea 3, cloudless, Vis. good, light Swell

	Sun and Moon Data 03.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 04.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 05.04.42

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		continued
		05.04.42
		16.00	BE 8545
			SW 4-5, Sea 4, medium Swell, partial overcast, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 8465
			SW 5-6, Sea 4-5, medium Swell, few clouds, Vis. good
		24.00	BE 8491
			SW 6-7, Sea 5, Swell, cloudy, rainy, at times only limited visibility
		06.04.42
		04.00	BE 8481
			SW 5-6, Sea 5, rain, overcast, Vis. medium
		08.00	BE 8475
			WSW 6-7, Sea 6, partial overcast, isolated showers, Vis medium
		12.00	BE 8474	Day's run:  96 nm
			W 7, Sea 6, partly cloudy, Swell, Vis. good
		16.00	BE 7694
			WNW 5-6, Sea 5, partial overcast, Vis. very good
		20.00	BE 7689
			WNW 5-6, Sea 5, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		24.00	BE 7921
			NW 5-6, Sea 5, cloudy, rain showers, Vis. good
		07.04.42
		04.00	BE 7912
			NW 4-5, Sea 3-4, medium Swell, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	BE 7835
			NW 4-5, Sea 3-4, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		10.35		Test dive.
		12.00	BE 7852	Day's run:  Surfaced  102 nm, Submerged 3 nm
			NW 4-5, Sea 3, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		16.00	BE 7842
			W 3-4, Sea 2-3, light Swell, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 7784
			SW 4-5, Sea 3, light W-Swell, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	BD 9999
			SW 4-5, Sea 3, light Swell, partly cloudy, brief rain showers, Vis. medium to bad
		08.04.42
		04.00	BD 9989
			SW 5-6, Sea 4, cloudy, Vis. medium, visibility deteriorating in showers to 2000 meters
		08.00	CE 3311
			SW 6-7, Sea 6, overcast, Vis. medium, rain showers
		12.00	CE 3232	Day's run:  145 nm
			WSW 6-7, Sea 6, overcast, medium Swell, Vis. bad, rain squalls
		16.00	CE 3222
			W 5-6, Sea 5, cloudy, Swell, Vis. good
		20.00	CE 3215
			WSW 6-7, Sea 6, overcast, Swell, rain showers, Vis. medium
		24.00	CE 3139
			W 4-5, Sea 3, Swell, cloudy, rainy, Vis. medium

	Sun and Moon Data 05.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 06.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 07.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 08.04.42

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		09.04.42
		04.00	CE 3152
			WSW 4-5, Sea 4, rain, Vis. medium to bad
		08.00	CE 3117
			WSW 4-5, Sea 3-4, overcast, rain, Vis. bad
		12.00	CE 2362	Day's run:  92 nm
			SW 4-5, Sea 3-4, overcast, Vis. medium
		16.00	CE 2354
			S 6-7, Sea 6, medium SW-Swell, Vis. good
		20.00	CE 2347
			SW 5-6, Sea 5, Swell, overcast, Vis. good
		24.00	CE 2265
			SW 6-7, Sea 6, overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		10.04.42
		04.00	CE 2259
			SSW 5-6, Sea 6, medium Swell, overcast, Vis. bad
		08.00	CE 2258
			S 7-8, Sea 6-7, Swell, overcast, Vis. bad
		12.00	CE 2281	Day's run:  70 nm
			SSW 6-7, Sea 7, overcast, rain squall, Vis. medium
		16.00	CE 2272
			SW 6-7, Sea 5-6, partial overcast, rain squalls, Vis. medium
		20.00	CE 2196
			WSW 6-7, Sea 7, rain, light overcast, Vis. good to medium
		24.00	CE 2195
			W 7-8, Sea 7, partial overcast, rain squall, Vis. medium
		11.04.42
		04.00	CE 2194
			WSW 7-8, Sea 7, overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		08.00	CE 2186
			WSW 7-8, Sea 7, overcast, rain, Vis. bad
		11.12		Test dive.
		12.00	CE 2185	Day's run:  52 nm
			W 7-8, Sea 6-7, partial overcast, rain squall, Vis. good
		16.00	CE 2176
			W 7-8, Sea 7, partly cloudy, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 09.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 10.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 11.04.42

	- 6 -
		continued
		11.04.42
		17.08		Dived.
				From the aircraft bombs, all fasteners on the aft upper deck torpedo canister had let go, so that the canister was completely lifted by the overcoming water and threatened to go overboard.
				I hope for better weather tomorrow.
		12.04.42
		09.10		Surfaced.
				Worked on the upper deck canister until 10.20 hours.  During the work the Number 1 went overboard and was recovered.  With waiting and hoping (the weather) cooperated.
		12.00	CE 1527	Day's run:  Surfaced  73 nm, Submerged 35 nm
			WSW 5-6, Sea 4, medium NW-Swell, Vis. good
		16.00	CE 1518
			WNW 3, Sea 3, clear, Vis. very good, medium NW-Swell
		16.12		Difference between dead reckoning and actual position after a navigation fix = 260°T, 61 nm.
		20.00	CE 1456
			SW 1-2, Sea 1, long Swell, overcast, Vis. good
		24.00	CE 1445
			S 3, Sea 2, long NW-Swell, overcast, Vis. medium to bad, rain
		13.04.42
		04.00	CD 3682
			SSW 3-4, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. medium to bad, light Swell
		08.00	CD 3677
			SW 3-4, Sea 1-2, overcast, Swell, Vis. medium
		12.00	CD 3823	Day's run:  168 nm
			SW 3-4, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. medium
		13.00		Test dive.
		16.00	CD 3816
			WSW 4-5, Sea 3-4, partly cloudy, light Swell, Vis. medium
		20.00	CD 3739
			WSW 4-5, Sea 3, clear, Vis. medium
		24.00	CD 3752
			SW 4-5, Sea 3-4, medium Swell, Vis. medium, partial overcast

	Sun and Moon Data 11.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 12.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 13.04.42

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		14.04.42
		04.00	CD 3744
			SW 3-4, Sea 2-3, Vis. medium
		08.00	CD 2959
			SSW 4-5, Sea 4, overcast, Vis. medium to bad
		12.00	CD 2973	Day's run:  120 nm
			SSW 4-5, Sea 3-4, partial overcast, Vis. good
		16.00	CD 2896
			S 4-5, Sea 3-4, partly cloudy, Vis. medium
		20.00	CD 2977
			S 4-5, Sea 3-4, overcast, Vis. medium to bad, rain
		24.00	CD 5232
			SW 5-6, Sea 3-4, overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		15.04.42
		04.00	CD 5215
			NW 4-5, Sea 4, partial overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		08.00		Test dive.
		12.00	CD 5137	Day's run:  110 nm
			WNW 4-5, Sea 3, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	CD 5124
			NW 5-6, Sea, lightly overcast, Vis. good
		20.00	CD 4339
			WNW 4, Sea 2-3, partial overcast, Vis. good
		24.00	CD 4352
			NW 2, Sea 2, light NW-Swell, lightly overcast, Vis. very good
		16.04.42
		04.00	CD 4344
			NW 3, Sea 1-2, light NW-Swell, few clouds, Vis. good
		08.00	CD 4257
			WNW 2-3, Sea 1, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	CD 4158	Day's run:  Surfaced  160 nm, Submerged 23 nm
			WNW 2-3, Sea 1, light NNW-Swell, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		16.00		Test dive.
		20.00	CC 6393
			SE 2, Sea 1, light W-Swell, clear, Vis. good
		24.00	CC 6378
			SE 3-4, Sea 2-3, partial overcast, Vis. very good

	Sun and Moon Data 14.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 15.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 16.04.42

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		17.04.42
		04.00	CC 6533
			S 3-4, Sea 1-2, light Swell, cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 6525
			SSE 3-4, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. good, light Swell
		12.00	CC 6514	Day's run:  170 nm
			SSE 4, Sea 3, overcast, medium Swell, Vis. medium
		13.33		Test dive.
		16.00	CC 6437
			SSE 4-5, Sea 3, cloudy, rainy, Vis. good, in rain showers deteriorating to 1000 meters
		20.00	CC 6443
			SSE 6-7, Sea 5, overcast, misty, rain shower, Vis. bad
		21.45		Crash dive for aircraft.
				Bearing 250°T, range 4500 meters, altitude 1500 meters, flying boat.
		22.27		Surfaced.
		24.00	CC 5666
			S 4-5, Sea 3, S-Swell, cloudy, rain, Vis. good , in showers 1000 meters
		18.04.42
		04.00	CC 5655
			WSW 3-4, Sea 3, rain, overcast, Vis. medium
		08.00	CC 5648
			W 4-5, Sea 3, partial overcast, rain squall, Vis. medium
		12.00	CC 5593	Day's run:  Surfaced  135 nm, Submerged 5 nm
			WSW 5-6, Sea 4, overcast, rainy, Vis. good
		16.00	CC 5574
			NW 6-7, Sea 5, changing cloudiness, squalls, rain Vis. good to bad
		20.00	CC 5499
			W 6-7, Sea 5, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	CC 5731
			W 5-6, Sea 4, overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		19.04.42
		04.00	CC 5723
			W 6-7, Sea 4-5, overcast, rain, Vis. medium to bad
		08.00	CC 5725
			W 5-6, Sea 4, overcast, Vis. medium
		12.00	CC 5727	Day's run:  94 nm
			SW 4-5, Sea 4, lightly overcast, Vis. medium
		16.00		Test dive.
		20.00	CC 5743
			SSW 2, Sea 4, light overcast, Vis. medium
		24.00	CC 5743
			SSE 3-4, Sea 2-3, overcast, drizzle

	Sun and Moon Data 17.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 18.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 19.04.42

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		20.04.42
		04.00	CC 5743	Back and forth in position.
			SE 3-4, Sea 2, overcast, incessant rain, Vis. bad
		08.00	CC 5743	Back and forth in position.
			SE 3-4, Sea 2, overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		12.00	CC 5743	Back and forth in position.
			SE 3-4, Sea 2, overcast, rain, Vis. medium	Day's run:  120 nm
		16.00	CC 5743	Back and forth in position.
			W 4-5, Sea 4, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		18.05		Tanker met.
		20.00	CC 5743
			W 4-5, Sea 3, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		24.00	CC 5779
			W 2-4, Sea 1-2, few clouds, Vis. very good
		21.04.42
		04.00	CC 8117
			SW 2, Sea 2, partial overcast, medium SW-Swell, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 7368
			SSW 2-3, Sea 2, partly cloudy, Vis. medium
		12.00	CC 7391	Day's run:  120 nm
			SSE 4, Sea 2-3, cloudy, rainy, Vis. good
		16.00	CC 7391
			SW 5-6, Sea 4, Vis. good
		20.00	CC 7623
			W 5-6, Sea 4, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	CC 7376
			SW 4-5, Sea 3, lightly overcast, squalls, rain, Vis. good
		22.04.42
		04.00	CC 7611
			WSW 4, Sea 2, partly cloudy, Vis. good (moon)
		08.00	CC 7537
			WSW 4-5, Sea 2-3, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	CC 7555	Day's run:  96 nm
			SW 4-5, Sea 4, overcast, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 20.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 21.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 22.04.42

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		continued
		22.04.42
		14.00		At 14.00 hours provisions transfer took place in Sea State 5.  Everything was executed with the help of 3.7 ammunition canisters and sea bags alongside at approximately 60 meters.  The tanker maneuvered very ponderously and driving alongside was not easy seamanship in the rough sea. For the crew, the transfer was a welcome change. They worked hard for 5 hours harnessed and with swimming trunks. At night contact was maintained on the tanker.
				Rubber boats covered with waterproof tarpaulins would be useful as ferries for transfer. Then the transfer of 14 days provisions could be completed in an hour.
		16.00	CC 7558
			SW 4-5, Sea 5, partial overcast, Vis. good
		19.20		Provisions transfer ended.
		20.00	CC 7584
			SW 4-5, Sea 4, partial overcast, Vis. good
		24.00	CC 7555
			SW 4-5, Sea 4, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		23.04.42
		04.00	CC 7584
			W 3-4, Sea 2-3, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 7585
			W 3, Sea 2, medium swell, cloudy, Vis. good
		19.20		Fuel oil transfer.
				The oil transfer was completed in the good weather.
				While driving up to the hose one must hold up slightly, otherwise one is easily set on the buoys by the swell and drives them away.  At all cost the towing pennant should be secured by a steel rope, since under strain the pendant slips out of the tow hook and breaks the towing connection. It is better to not let the pennant come loose.
				At the very end, when casting off the hose a steel pendant got into the propeller.  It is therefore expedient to stop the diesel facing the hose when casting off the connection. The matter was not tragic.
		12.00	CC 7555	Day's run:  96 nm
			W 3, Sea 2, medium swell
		16.00	CC 7555
			W 3, Sea 2, few clouds, Vis. very good

	Sun and Moon Data 22.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 23.04.42

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		continued
		23.04.42
				Then Engineering Officer went below with a Tauchretter and cut through the rope end with a steel saw.
				The remains of our dinghy were thrown overboard. The small boat was split into a thousand pieces by aircraft bombs.
		20.00	CC 7555
			W 3, Sea 2, light swell, Vis. good
		22.30		Oil transfer ended.
		24.00	CC 7555
			W 3, Sea 1, few clouds, Vis. very good
		24.04.42
		04.00	CC 7545
			W 2, Sea 1, light W-Swell, Vis. very good
		08.00	CC 7494
			W 1, Sea 1, light Swell, partly cloudy, Vis. medium
		12.00	CC 7473	Day's run:  124 nm
			ENE 3-4, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. good
		15.45		We are spared nothing. The main gyro compass and all repeaters stop. The cause will be an eternal mystery. The transducer was taken apart and reassembled and power was suddenly available.
		16.00	CB 9931
			E 3-4, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. good, rain
		20.00	CB 9915
			E 4-5, Sea 3-4, overcast rain
		24.00	CB 9865
			ES 4-5, Sea 3, overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		25.04.42
		04.00	CB 9857
			E 4-5, Sea 3-4, cloudy, Vis. medium
		08.00	CB 9793
			E 4-5, Sea 3-4, cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	CB 9788	Day's run:  175 nm
			E 4, Sea 3, partial overcast, Vis. very good
		16.00	DD 2312
			ENE 3, Sea 2-3, broken cloud deck, Vis. very good
		20.00		Test dive.
		24.00	DD 2219
			NE 3, Sea 2-3, partly cloudy, Vis. very good

	Sun and Moon Data 23.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 24.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 25.04.42

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		26.04.42
		00.25		Steamer in sight.  Estimated target angle 40°, course about 50.  I was about to turn away, at that moment it seemed he was swallowed by the sea bottom.
				I thought it was a mirage in the dusk.  I turned immediately at top speed to the last visible position. 1-1/2 hours later the port diesel failed, a cylinder liner was torn.  The pursuit had to be abandoned.   The engine room was now very busy.
		04.00	DD 2271
			NE 3-4, Sea 2, cloudy, moonlit night, Vis. good
		06.45		Starboard diesel fails out of sympathy.  After 2 hours was again in operation.  A cooling water pipe was cracked.
		08.00	DD 2194
			N 4, Sea 2, overcast, rain, Vis. medium
		12.00	DD 2421	Day's run:  Surfaced  174 nm, Submerged 3 nm
			N 5-6, Sea 3-5, overcast, rain showers, Vis. medium
		16.00	DD 1636
			NNW 4-5, Sea 3-4, cloudy, rain Vis. good
		20.00	DD 1618
			N 4-5, Sea 3-4, overcast, drizzle, Vis. bad
		24.00	DD 1561
			N 4-5, Sea 3-4, cloudy, Vis. good
		27.04.42
		04.00	DD 1529
			N 3-4, Sea 3, cloudy, moonshine, Vis. good
		08.00	DD 1493
			NNW 4, Sea 2-3, cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	DD 1488	Day's run:  168 nm
			NNW 3-4, Sea 1-2, cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	DC 1714
			N 3, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		20.00	DC 3928
			N 3, Sea 1-2, few clouds, Vis. good
		24.00	DC 3941
			N 2, Sea 1, clear, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good

	Sun and Moon Data 26.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 27.04.42

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		28.04.42
		04.00	DC 3859
			N 2, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		08.00	DC 3872
			N 2-3, Sea 1, lightly cloudy, bright moonlit night, Vis. good
		12.00	DC 6131	Day's run:  178 nm
			N 1, Sea 1, light N-Swell, moonshine, Vis. good
		16.00	DC 6116
			N 1-2, Sea 1, clear, Vis. very good
		20.00	DC 5352
			N 1-2, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	DC 5387
			NE 2, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		29.04.42
		04.00	DC 5532
			ENE 2-3, Sea 1, cloudy, bright moonlit night, Vis. very good
		08.00	DC 5527
			E 2, Sea 1, bright moonlit night, cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	DE 5465	Day's run:  196 nm
			E 1-2, Sea 1, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		16.00	DC 5482
			E 2, Sea 1, few clouds, Vis. very good
		20.00	DC 5474
			E 2, Sea 1, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		24.00	DC 4646
			E 2, Sea 1, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		30.04.42
		04.00	DC 4591
			ESE 2, Sea 1, bright moonlit night, Vis. very good
		08.00	DC 4579
			SSE 2, Sea 1, bright moonlit night, Vis. very good
		12.00	DC 4732	Day's run:  186 nm
			SSE 2, Sea 1, bright moonlit night, cloudy, Vis. good

	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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		continued
		30.04.42
		15.05		Tanker in sight to starboard with bow right, target angle 30-40°.  Maneuvered ahead, allowed myself to fall back.
				Under the simplest conditions text book shot from tube 3, depth 3 meters, torpedo speed 30 knots, target speed 12.5 knots, target angle 87°, range 1200 meters.  Passed for undetermined reasons.
				Shot from tube 4.
				Depth 3 meters, torpedo speed 30 knots, target speed 14 knots, target angle 103°, range 1200 meters.
				Passed. Speed was over estimated.
				Reloaded submerged, surfaced.
				Pursued full of rage in the belly.  Now began an hour-long maneuver ahead.  Very good visibility of about 12 nm, and although I maneuvered ahead in the favorable sun sector, the damned tanker threw a wrench into the works for me, by making a of all things a 40° zig zag away from land.  Everything had to begin all over again.  The tanker zig zagged continuously about every 10 minutes to port or to starboard.  By the time I finally had him at a sharp target angle it had gotten dark. The moon had risen and illuminated me full sized.  I decided not to wait long and to attack submerged from the unfavorable moon sector.  Let myself fall back, the tanker had approximately target angle 30° and the range amounted to1800 meters.  A wonderful attack, the target angle was 50°.  Periscope retracted briefly, shot data set.  Periscope briefly extended, target angle was sharper, about 30°, therefore he had zig zagged towards.  Decision:  shoot at a sharp target angle.  Bearing transmitter out of service, fixed angle ordered. Boat cut under briefly. Periscope extended again.  I estimated the range at 400 meters.  Fixed angle set.  During this time the tanker must have sighted me, zig zagged towards me and rammed.  First he hit the bow, then the periscope and shaved off the bridge with the propeller.  Water intake in the conning tower and in the control room.  In the conning tower the water intake is so heavy that the source can not be determined with the naked eye.  Initialy it was assumed that the pressure hull was cracked.  The conning tower was cleared.
				In the control room the leaks at the air search periscope and the radio direction finder were very heavy.  The periscope shaft is full, the head valve leaks heavily.  The whole thing is a fountain.

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		30.04.42
				After eliminating the larger leaks in the control room, determined in the conning tower that only the cable stuffing box and the connecting cables for the ruder angle indicator on the bridge leak very heavily and that the pressure hull was sound.
				Surfaced.  The expectation was that the conning tower hatch could not be opened, the damage control party was assembled at the galley hatch.  The conning tower hatch could not be opened, got out through the galley hatch.  The conning tower hatch was cleared immediately. An inspection of the upper deck showed the following:  The bow was bent to port, the watertight bow was torn. The UZO and the radio direction finder were torn. The forward and starboard after net deflectors were torn. The conning tower cladding on the starboard side was destroyed and forced in.
				Intend initially to move off and repair.
		01.05.42
		04.55		Surfaced.
		08.00	DC 4627
			SE 3-4, Sea 2, bright moonlit night, few clouds, Vis. good
				A day of repairs.
				With the help of the welding torch, 2/3 of the bridge cladding was burned away.   The turning shaft of the radio direction finder was made tight by wooden plugs and grouting compound.  The cable duct and drains in the conning tower were welded shut.
				On examining the outer torpedo tube doors it was determined that tubes II and IV could not be opened.
				The test dive showed continuous flooding, so that lying on the bottom or long submerged cruise was always associated with continual filling of the bilges and constant pumping. Intend to proceed on the surface by day into the Straits of Florida.  In no case come home without a steamer, 3 tubes were perfectly operable.
				I developed a provisional UZO and affixed binoculars to aim with.  Motto was:  Revenge for the ramming.

	Sun and Moon Data 30.04.42
	Sun and Moon Data 01.05.42

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		01.05.42
		12.00	DC5177	Day's run:  Surfaced  241 nm, Submerged 22 nm
			SE 3, Sea 1, bright moonlit night, Vis. good
		16.00	DC 5185
			NE 3-4, Sea 1-2, overcast, Vis. good
		20.00	DC 5173
			Wind calm, Sea 0, Vis. good, lightly overcast
		24.00	DC 4398
			SW 1-2, Sea 1, lightly overcast, Vis good
		02.05.42
		04.00	DC 4627
			SW 1, Sea 0, bright moonlit night, Vis. bad
		08.00	DC 4566
			S 1, Sea 0, bright moonlit night, Vis. medium
		12.00	DC 4582	Day's run:  172 nm
			S 1-2, Sea 1, clear sky, Vis. good
		12.46		Practice dive.
		16.00	DC 4733
			S 1-2, Sea 1, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	DC 4725
			S 1-2, Sea 1, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		22.42		Aircraft sighted bearing 90°T.  Course 50°.
		24.00	DC 4744
			S 1-2, Sea 1, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		03.05.42
		04.00	DB 6986
			SE 3, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	DB 9312
			SE 3-4, Sea 2, partly cloudy, bright moonlit night, Vis. good
		12.00	DB 9232	Day's run:  Surfaced  190 nm, Submerged 2 nm
			SE 2-3, Sea 1, partly cloudy, bright moonlit night, Vis. good
		15.00		Crash dive for aircraft bearing 330°T, medium altitude, float plane, biplane.
		16.00	DB 9255
			SSE 3, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	DB 9276
			ESE 3-4, Sea 2, lightly cloudy,

	Sun and Moon Data 01.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 02.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 03.05.42

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		03.05.42
			Vis. very good
		24.00	DB 9542
			E 2-4, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. very good
		04.05.42
		04.00	DB 9496
			ESE 3-4, Sea 2, partly cloudy, Vis. medium
		08.00	DB 9513
			ESE 3-4, Sea 2, cloudy, bright moonlit night, Vis. good	Because there is no traffic offshore, intend to run to the coast without regard for the leaks.
		12.00	DB 9534	Day's run:  Surfaced  187 nm, Submerged 5 nm
			SES 3, Sea 2, cloudy, bright moonlit night, Vis. good
		13.16		Test dive.
		16.00	DB 9569
			ESE 3-4, Sea 2-3, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good	Fast land-based aircraft on the horizon with E-W course, did not dive.
		20.00	CB 9529
			ESE 3, Sea 2, clear, Vis. very good
		20.15		Crash dive for biplane, float plane.
		20.50		Surfaced.
		24.00	DB 9518
			ESE 3, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		05.05.42
		04.00	DB 9569
			SE 3, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. good	Shadow to starboard, a destroyer, patrolling the route from buoy to buoy.
		08.00	DB 9598
			SE 2-3, Sea 1-3, 6/10, Vis. good
		12.00	DB 9498
			SE 2-3, Sea 2, 8/10, Vis. good
		12.15		Dived.
				Put the boat on the bottom at the Bethel Shoal Buoy.  Sound gear manned.  Raised from the bottom on propeller sounds to go to periscope depth.  3 steamers at range = 7000 meters with target angle 90°.

	Sun and Moon Data 03.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 04.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 05.05.42

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		06.05.42
		02.50		Surfaced went to the the Bethel Shoal Buoy on the surface.  Course calculated by the St. Lucie Shoal Buoy.  Besides, current must be taken into account, because this also runs towards land.
				Two destroyers on northerly course in port echelon, out maneuvered.
		04.00	DB 9738
			SE 2, Sea 1, overcast, Vis. very good
		05.30	DB 9763	Large tanker in sight on southerly course.  Perfectly distinguished as type "GULF PRIDE", 12500 tons.  Maneuvered ahead for surface attack.  Depth 3 meters, torpedo speed 30 knots, target speed 10 knots, bow left target angle 90°, range = 1000 meters.  Double shot.  Hit amidships, tanker burns.  Hit in the engine room.  Tanker was abandoned by crew.  Stern submerged after a short time.  Tanker sinks.  Reloaded, because only 2 bow torpedo tubes are clear.
		08.00	DB 9763
			E 3, Sea 2, overcast up to bright moonlit night, Vis. good
		09.20	DB 9763	No day's run.
				Steamer in sight, a large freighter of 6000 tons.  Maneuvered ahead for surface attack.  Bright moonshine, must attack out of the unfavorable moon sector due to shallow water.
				Depth 3 meters, torpedo speed 30 knots, target speed 9 knots, target angle 70° and 80°, range = 1500 meters.
				Double shot.  1 hit tears the stern off, which burns several meters from the steamer.  Crews abandons ship.  Steamer sank over the stern.
		11.15	DB 9763	Before reloading, a large tanker by appearance type "W.B. WALKER" in sight on northerly course.
				Because of the bright moonshine and the early dawn beginning I must move across to the starboard side.  I am stop in 8 meters water and wait for my victim.  Visibility is very good.
				Depth 3 meters, torpedo speed 30 knots, target speed 10 knots, target angle 70° and 80°, range = 1000 meters.
				Double shot.  Hit amidships.  Monumental detonation.  For a minute the tanker disappears in the detonation cloud.  Then the tanker lay directly on the bottom.  The superstructure and the over deck visible out of the water.  Tanker burns incredibly, the smoke cloud could still be seen 12 hours

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		continued
		06.05.42		later over the horizon.  Crew abandoned ship, as far as still living.
				Yet another tanker in sight to port.  Shot from the stern tube.  Shot does not go out, because the withdrawing linkage can not be moved.  After a minute the tube is ready again, however the tanker ran off.  Coup de grace on the burning tanker, to destroy the superstructure.  A bottom runner, because the depth was only 8 meters.  Otherwise the running track was perfectly distinguished.
				Shadows in sight ahead and to port far off.  Steamers with northerly course, all were soon out of sight.  Meanwhile sunrise.  Put the boat on the bottom at the St. Lucie Shoal Buoy in 30 meters water.  Reloaded and manned the sound gear.
				Sound bearing.  Boat raised from the bottom, to periscope depth.  Steamer on southerly course at 8000 meters.  Ran submerged towards land to attack the next steamer.
				Due to sound bearing all around sweep.  Destroyer range = 1000 meters running towards me at target angle 0°.  The destroyer had seen me in the mirror flat sea.  Depth charges from 22.50 hours.  Water depth was about 25-30 meters.  While going deeper from periscope depth the first depth charges detonated at 20 meters.  With these both diving planes failed.  Before the diving planes were shifted to hand drive, and the bilges, which now filled continuously due to the already described problem, were pumped, they forced the stern down.  In a few seconds the boat developed a tendency to break through the water surface, so that broaching could only be prevented by flooding the negative buoyancy tanks.  The boat sank to the bottom like a stone.  Two destroyers located [used Asdic] the boat and overran it very accurately.
				One heard the depth charges falling and they all lay damn close.  At long range the locator sent out an impulse every few seconds. On getting closer the boat was held by an irregular strength impulse which sounded as if the main ballast and fuel oil tanks were being fired at by a light machine gun with short bursts of fire.
				The better part of the lighting failed immediately from the depth charges, it rained down in the usual manner from the ceiling. All depth gauges - and rudder indicators failed. The diesel air intake mast leaked heavily, so that the drain had to be closed and

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		continued
		06.05.42
				the mast allowed to flood.
				Furthermore the magnetic compass, the starboard diesel telegraph and the hull valve reporting system was destroyed.  Intention:  By all means get the boat off the bottom.
				On the next circle of the destroyers the negative buoyancy tanks were expressed, the bilges pumped, everything had already been trimmed forward and the E-motors were running at AK, the diving plane set hard down.  It did not help.  The boat shot up with a large stern down angle.  Broaching was only prevented by flooding the negative buoyancy tanks.  Again we lay on the bottom and were attacked anew with depth charges.  Now all E-motors and rectifiers were turned off.  The boat was still exactly overrun.  Intention: run over the bottom.
				The negative buoyancy tanks were slowly expressed with air and the regulating tanks were pumped so that the boat barely had negative buoyancy.  Then the motors were run at GF, then at LF, so that the boat slowly but surely slid over the bottom.  After 7 hours the brave boat had slid to about depth 60 meters.
				Intention:  at darkness surface by blowing and run at AK and make repairs.  In the meantime as the depth charges disappeared, a third destroyer arrived, destroyers patrolled back and forth behind the boat.
		07.05.42
		05.25		Surfaced at darkness.  30 kg of air remaining and battery empty.  A new surprise followed.  Main ballast tank 5 and 3 could not be emptied, so that the boat could not run at AK.  The boat literally floated only on main ballast tank 1.  That did not help.  Ruder hard over.  Negative buoyancy tanks expressed and when the over deck fully emerged initially proceeded at HF.  During the night main ballast and reserve fuel oil tank 4 was pumped out, so that during the day we had at least two ballast tanks.  Main ballast and reserve fuel oil tank 2 was still full.  Intention: initially conduct repairs submerged.
		08.00	DB 9819
			E 4, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. medium
		12.00	DB 9831	Dived, repaired.
			E 2, Sea 0-1, 4/10, Vis. good
		23.42		Surfaced.  Day's run:  after surfacing about 60 nm.
		24.00	DB 9536
			Wind calm, Sea 0, lightly overcast, Vis. very good

	Sun and Moon Data 06.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 07.05.42

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		08.05.42
		04.00	DB 9373
			E 3, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	DB 9367	With repairs on the surface determined that main ballast tank 5 was not torn, only the spindle displaced and loosened.
			ESE 3, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. good
		12.00	DC 7124	Day's run:  Surfaced  130 nm, Submerged 36 nm
			ESE 2, Sea 1-2, partial overcast, Vis. good	Test dive.
		16.00	DC 7131
			S 3, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		20.00	DC 7223
			S 3, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		24.00	DC 4972
			S 3, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		09.05.42
		04.00	DC 4962
			S 3, Sea 2, lightly overcast, SE-Swell, Vis. good
		08.00	DC 5723
			S 2, Sea 1-2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		11.45		Test dive.
		12.00	DC 5572	Day's run:  Surfaced  250 nm, Submerged 2 nm
			S 3, Sea 1-2, cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	DC 5555
			SW 3, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	DC 5516
			SW 3, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	DC 5298
			SW 2, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. good
		10.05.42
		04.00	DC 5358	Steamer in sight, passenger freighter 6000 tons, with target angle right 140°.  It is fitting that he came to me right after the depth charge prosecution, he was breakfast with pleasure. Passed by on the starboard side at 2000 meters and maneuvered ahead.
			NE 3-4, Sea 2, overcast, drizzle, Vis. bad
				Double shot.  Depth 3 meters, torpedo speed 30 knots, target speed 11 knots, target angle briefly right 80°, range = 1000 meters, hit amidships, shortly thereafter 2nd detonation, the entire bridge with all of the superstructure flies in the air, is abandoned by the crew, then sinks on an even keel.  That was balm for our depth charge wounds.
		08.00	DC 6117
			N 3, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. medium
		12.00	DC 3785	Day's run:  240 nm
			N 3, Sea 2, overcast, rain, Vis. medium

	Sun and Moon Data 08.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 09.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 10.05.42

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		continued
		10.05.42
		16.00	DC 3767
			NNE 3-4, Sea 2-3, overcast, rain showers, Vis. medium
		20.00	DC 3843
			N 3, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. medium
		24.00	DC 3826
			N 3-4, Sea 2-3, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		11.05.42
		04.00	DC 3675
			N 3, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	DC 3659
			N 3, Sea 3, cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	DD 1419	Day's run:  Surfaced  189 nm, Submerged 6 nm
			N 2-3, Sea 1-2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	DD 1413
			NW 3, Sea 1-2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	DD 1511
			NW 2-3, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	DD 1292
			NW 4, Sea 2-3, cloudy, Vis. good
		12.05.42
		04.00	DD 1351
			NNW 3, Sea 3, Vis. good
		08.00	DD 1363
			NW 3-4, Sea 3, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	DD 2124	Day's run:  210 nm
			N 4, Sea 3, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	DD 2156
			NE 3-5, Sea 3, cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	DD 2224
			NE 4, Sea 3, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	DD 2233
			ENE 3, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		13.05.42
		04.00	CB 9788
			ENE 4, Sea 2, few clouds, Vis. very good
		08.00	CB 9871
			ENE 3, Sea 2-1, cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	CB 9859	Day's run:  210 nm
			E 2, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	CB 9913
			NE 2, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	CB 9681
			NE 3, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. very good
		24.00	CC 7448
			E 3, Sea 1-2, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good

	Sun and Moon Data 10.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 11.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 12.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 13.05.42

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		14.05.42
		04.00	CC 7432
			S 2, Sea 1-2, cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 7524
			Wind calm, Sea 1, Vis. good
		12.00	CC 7611	Day's run:  216 nm
			SW 2-3, Sea 1-2, cloudless, Vis. very good
		16.00	CC 7389
			W 4, Sea 2-3, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		20.00	CC 8173
			N 4-5, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. medium
		24.00	CC 8165
			NE 5, Sea 4-5, cloudy, Vis. medium
		15.05.42
		04.00	CC 8251
			NE 3-5, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. medium
		08.00	CC 8236
			NE 4-5, Sea 3-4, overcast, Vis. medium
		12.00	CC 8335	Day's run:  208 nm
			N 5, Sea 3-4, overcast, Vis. medium
		16.00	CC 6777
			NE 3-5, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. good
		18.30	CC 6782	Steamer in sight bearing 35°T on course 270°.  Dived, boat could only be held at periscope depth at HF.  When extending the periscope the periscope key degree ring came off above, the periscope hung only by one pennant.  Repaired, surfaced.  Steamer had zig zagged off and was out of sight.  Continued return transit.
		20.00	CC 6767
			NE 3-5, Sea 3, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	CC 6854
			NE 3-5, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. good
		16.05.42
		04.00	CC 6941
			NE 3-4, Sea 3, overcast, Vis. good
		08.00	CC 6934
			NE 3-4, Sea 3, cloudy, Vis. medium
		12.00	CD 4712	Day's run:  Surfaced  172 nm, Submerged 5 nm
			NE 4-6, Sea 4, cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	CD 4494
			NE 3-5, Sea 3-4, cloudy, Vis. very good
		20.00	CD 4573
			NE 4, Sea 4, cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	CD 4568
			NNW 3-4, Sea 3, cloudy, Vis. good
		17.05.42
		04.00	CD 4651
			WNW 4, Sea 2-3, cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	CD 4639
			WNW 3-5, Sea 3, W-Swell, Vis. good
		12.00	CD 5423	Day's run:  220 nm
			WNW 4-6, Sea 4, N-Swell, overcast, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 14.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 15.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 16.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 17.05.42

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		continued
		17.05.42
		16.00	CD 5278
			WNW 5, Sea 4-5, cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	CD 5266
			WNW 5-6, Sea 4-5, cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	CD 5323
			WNW 5-7, Sea 5-6, high NW-Swell, cloudy, Vis. good
		18.05.42
		04.00	CD 6115
			NW 5-7, Sea 6, overcast, squalls, rain, Vis. medium
		08.00	CD 3798
			NW 5-6, Sea 4, cloudy, Vis. medium to good
		12.00	CD 3885	Day's run:  228 nm
			NNW 5-7, Sea 5, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	CD 3974
			NNW 4-6, Sea 5, intermittently cloudy, rain, Vis. good
		20.00	CD 3959
			NNW 4-6, Sea 5, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	CE 1743
			NNW 5-6, Sea 5, cloudy, Vis. good
		19.05.42
		04.00	CE 1763
			NNW 3-4, Sea 3, N-Swell, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	CE 1823
			NNW 2-4, Sea 3, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	CE 1913	Day's run:  220 nm
			NNW 2-4, Sea 3, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		16.00	CE 1689
			NNW 2-4, Sea 3, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		20.00	CE 2473
			NNW 2-4, Sea 2, N-Swell, cloudy, Vis. good
		24.00	CE 2545
			NNW 2-4, Sea 2, cloudy, Vis. very good
		20.05.42
		04.00	CE 2533
			NNW 3, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	CE 2634
			NNW 2, Sea 2, light W-Swell, overcast, Vis. good
		12.00	CE 3417	Day's run:  235 nm
			NNW 2, Sea 2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	CE 3199
			W 2, Sea 1-2, cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	CE 3291
			W 2, Sea 1-2, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		24.00	CE 3355
			WSW 3, Sea 2-3, cloudy, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 17.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 18.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 19.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 20.05.42

	- 25 -
		21.05.42
		04.00	CF 1242
			W 2, Sea 2, light NW-Swell, Vis. medium
		08.00	CF 1239
			W 2, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	CF 1331	Day's run:  245 nm
			WSW 2, Sea 2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		16.00	BE 7978
			SW 3, Sea 2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		20.00	BE 7991
			WSW 2, Sea 1-2, Vis. good
		24.00	BE 8757
			W 2, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		22.05.42
		04.00	BE 8763
			W 2, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	BE 8828
			WSW 2, Sea 1-2, cloudy, Vis. good
		12.00	BE 8913	Day's run:  238 nm
			WSW 2, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. good
		13.10		Test dive.
		13.36		Crash dive for aircraft, large land-based aircraft.
		14.25		Surfaced.
		16.00	BE 8689
			SW 2, Sea 2, partial overcast, Vis. very good
		20.00	BE 9472
			SW 2-4, Sea 3, partial overcast, Vis. medium
		24.00	BE 9465
			SW 3-4, Sea 3, partial overcast, Vis. medium
		23.05.42
		04.00	BE 9545
			SW 3-5, Sea 4, cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	BE 9614
			W 4-6, Sea 4-5, overcast, squalls, rain, Vis. medium
		12.00	BE 9631	Day's run:  220 nm
			NNW 4-6, Sea 4-5, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		16.00	BF 7188
			NNW 4-6, Sea 4-5, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		20.00	BF 7271
			NNW 4-6, Sea 4-5, lightly cloudy, Vis. very good
		21.30		Periscope sighted, not German, reported by Radio Message.
		24.00	BF 7345
			NNW 3-5, Sea 3-4, partly cloudy, Vis. good
		24.05.42
		04.00	BF 8117
			WSW 2-4, Sea 3, moonshine, Vis. very good
		06.00	BF 8134
			WSW 2-4, Sea 2-3, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		06.24		Dived.
		23.10		Surfaced.
		24.00	BF 8221
			NW, moonshine, Vis. good

	Sun and Moon Data 21.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 22.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 23.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 24.05.42

	- 26 -
		25.05.42
		04.00	BF 5882
			SW 2-4, Sea 2, lightly cloudy, Vis. good
		08.00	BF 5868
			SW 2-4 Sea 2, partly cloudy, Vis. very good
		10.00	SSW 2-3, Sea 1-2, partly cloudy, 2/10, Vis. very good
		10.03		Dived.
		22.10		Surfaced.
		24.00	BF 9183
			SW 2-4, Sea 2, overcast, Vis. good
		26.05.42
		00.27		Point Burg.
		04.00	SW 2-4, Sea 2, partial overcast, Vis. good
		08.00	NW 4-6, Sea 3, NW-Swell, Vis. medium
		08.16		Taken under escort by Sperrbrecher.
				Released from Sperrbrecher convoy.
				Made fast in the La Pallice Lock.
				Exited the La Pallice Lock.
				Made fast in the Bunker.

	Sun and Moon Data 25.05.42
	Sun and Moon Data 26.05.42

	Enclosures to U-333's KTB - click on the text at left to proceed to the document
Radio	Excerpt of Radio Log
Chart	Track chart covering entire war patrol
Sketches	Combat sketches

	Commentary of the Befehlshabers der Unterseeboote
	on the Kriegstagebuch of "U-333" from 30.3 - 26.5.1942.
	An extremely well executed patrol.  Despite severe damage from aircraft bombs and ramming the Kommandant decided, after no traffic was found in the open sea, to operate directly off the coast with the only limited readiness to dive boat in just 8 meters of water. Here making the fullest use of the boat and crew he gained success, proving the fighting spirit, tenacity and skill of the Kommandant.  The measures taken during the severe depth charge pursuit in shallow water were correct.
		Signed in draft:   D  ö  n  i  t  z
		For correctness:
	Leutnant z.S. and Adjutant

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