21.September 1939
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Seelage Ost
The polish submarine “Orzel” arrives in
Gotland handing over kidnapped estnic soldiers and leaves again.
Baltic-sea:
Anti-submarine operations in the Kattegat by 2.S.-Flottille.
Netlayer-ship “Valencia” is laying
net-barrier in the Sund, netlayer “Genua” is on its way.
Barrier protection Kleiner Belt just by 2
R-boats.
In the middle Baltic-sea mine-barrier controlling
between Pillau and Swinemünde.
Russian surface forces in the area
Finnenbusen.
14:00 – 15:40 “Schleswig Holstein” and
“Schlesien” firing at polish batteries on Hela-Spitze.
Seelage West
Mine-ships
“Hansestadt
Danzig” and “Kaiser” go to Hamburg to install artillery guns.
Positions of German merchant-ships:
In Germany: 493
ships 58%
in neutral harbors: 337 ships 37%
sailing: 9 1 ½%
unknown: 5 ½ %
reported lost: 8 1%
Fishing-ships in the North-sea: 9 ships.
1 steamer arrived in Norway from overseas.
All ships in Norway receive order to go to
Kopervik and wait for new orders.
U-Boote:
U28 heading home so that 4
boats remain in opertion area Atlantic.
U23 heading for Kiel coming
from the Northsea.