20.September 1939
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Mine-ships “Hansestadt Danzig” and “Kaiser” anchoring in Swinemünde. O.d.Ost
requests to arm them to attack merchant ships.
U27
sinks west of Scotland, in position 58.35N, 09.02W, by depth charges from the
British destroyers HMS “Fortune” and HMS “Forester” escorts of carrier “Ark Royal”. Entire crew of 38 survived. 38 survivors (No casualties).
In the North-sea
minesweeping operations as usual.
Anti-submarine
barrier “Jade6” is completed southeast of the Großer Belt. Started with
deploying net-barrier “Jade1” southeast Kleiner Belt.
Net-barrier south of
barrier Undine (Sund) started under protection of Schulflottille B.S.O.
U-Boote:
U23 is attacked by enemy
submarine with two torpedoes 6sm wets of Schultzgrund-Feuerschiff without
success.
U18 is ordered to start
operating against enemy ships.
U36 reports sinking of steamer
974t. 19 neutral ships stopped.
U19 reports heay traffic at the
Firth of Forth (mainly norwegian ships)
3 boats in the area Utsire- Lindesnaes
1 boat southwest Warnarea
1 boat Firth of Moray
1 boat off Orkney islands
1 boat west-exit Skagerrak
2 boats Firth of Forth
Still operating in the Atlantic: U28, U31,
U32, U35, U53.
8 boats returning, 5 of them still west of
Scotland- ireland.
18 boats in germany.
7 boats at U-School.
U-A (Turkish) is commissioned in Kiel and
goes to 7.U-Flottille.
2 steamers arrived in Norway from overseas. 1
ore-steamer leaves Narvik for germany.
3 steamers in Murmansk stay there to be
equipped for Kriegsmarine operations: “Cordillera”, “Iller”, “Phoenicia”