CAPTAIN'S LOG

Date and Time

Location

Occurrences

1.8.40.    
0537   Patrol 1
U-65, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: August 1, 1940, 05:37
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BF15
8.8.40.    
1013 Grid AM 49 Ship sunk! S.S. Pantelis (Small Freighter), 2085 tons
13.8.40.    
2311 Grid BF 18 Ship sunk! S.S. Mosfruit (Small Freighter), 2086 tons
14.8.40.    
0925 Grid BF 13 Ship sunk! M/V Sansu (Medium Cargo), 4342 tons
1416 Grid BF 13 Ship sunk! M/V Topdalsfjord (Medium Cargo), 4339 tons
17.8.40.    
0142 Grid BF 41 Ship sunk! S.S. Managua (Passenger/Cargo), 1861 tons
1325 Grid BE 62 Ship sunk! S.S. Mentor (Nipiwan Park-type Tanker), 2476 tons
18.8.40.    
0647 Grid BE 38 Ship sunk! S.S. New Toronto (Ore Carrier), 6519 tons
0709 Grid BE 38 Ship sunk! S.S. Kimberly (Empire-type Freighter), 5886 tons
1232 Grid BE 38 Ship sunk! S.S. Gettysburg (Ore Carrier), 8944 tons
1334 Grid BE 35 Ship sunk! M/V Empire Tide (Large Cargo), 8208 tons
21.8.40.    
1551 Grid AM 46 Ship sunk! HMS Alacrity (Black Swan class), 1250 tons
2318 Grid AM 54 Ship sunk! S.S. La Mesa (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons
23.8.40.    
2140 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk! S.S. St. Elwyn (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons
24.8.40.    
2239 Grid AM 54 Ship sunk! M/V Helen Barbara (Tugboat), 1121 tons
30.8.40.    
1920 Grid BF 14 Ship sunk! M/V Marquesa (Large Cargo), 8972 tons
1.9.40.    
0559 Grid BF 15 Ship sunk! M/V New Brunswick (Large Cargo), 9539 tons
2.9.40.    
0538   Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 16
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 74205 tons

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