2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On September 12, 1939 the U 35 reported by radio that due to the strong defensive dispositive in the Channel had to cancel the crossing through it.

Only on September 13, 1939 it was heard about the first success of U 27, when she reported to have sunk the British fishing vessel Davara (291 ton) with cannon shots northwest of Tory Island at 14:55 hours; the crew was rescued after five hours by the English ship Willowpool.

While the U 29 sank the British trawler "Neptunia" (798 tons) with cannon fire.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
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Les "U-Boot" de la seconde guerre mondiale en photos, Répertoire photos des U-Boot (WWII).

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On September 14, 1939 the deployment of German U-boats on this day was as follows: before the Firth of Forth operated the U 13, U 21 and U 23, on the east of the Firth of Moray the U 36; the U 3 operated southwest of the warning area and the U 20 in the maritime area between the Shetlands and Norway. Up in the west end of the SKAGERRAK the U 14, U 16 and U 24. Nine ocean going submersibles on the way back between the Shetland and the Kattegat.

The U 28 sank the British freighter "Vancouver City" (4955 tons) loaded with sugar, the submarine was attacked with depth charges but went through without damages. The U 29 sank the tanker MV "British Influence" (8431 tons); the first magnetic torpedoes launched detonated a short distance from the submersible and only the third torpedo hit the ship.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

Also on September 14, 1939 the U 30 stopped the British freighter "Fanad Head" (5200 tons). The ship began broadcasting her position at the U 30 fired a shot with its deck gun. The entire crew abandoned the ship, which was boarded by a crew of prey with explosive charges (Oblt.z.S Hisch, Ob Masch Burgen, Masch.Mt Schmidt and Masch.Ob.Gefr Ohse). Meanwhile the HMS "Ark Royal" had launched three aircraft SKUA belonging to 803 Sqn. The Skua piloted by Lt R.P. Thurston detected the merchant ship and was surprised to spot the submersible to its side, so threw their bombs at low altitude and the shrapnel punctured the fuel tank and the aircraft caught fire falling into the sea (both airmen left the aircraft but only Thurston survived and was captured). The U 30 crash dived leaving Ob. Btsmt Hinisch behind. The second Skua attacked soon after, but apparently it released their bombs on the wreckage of the sinking Skua, therefore when the U 30 emerged again only was able to open fire with their machine guns and turned away for lack of fuel.

At this time the third Skua piloted by Lt Guy Griffiths spotted the "Fanad Head" and surprised to find a submersible nearby, threw their bombs at low altitude being shot down by own shrapnel (Lt Guy Griffiths survived and was captured). The U 30 surfaced again rescued his crew men (Masch.Mt Schmidt had been seriously injured in these attacks) and the pilots and dived just when arrived on the scene six Swordfish sent for helping. Finally the "Fanad Head" was sunk with a torpedo G7a launched from the aft tube. The U 30 was attacked again by the Swordfish but the submersible could escape.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net
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Fotoalbum Kieler Woche, Zerstörer Uboot U-Boot, KM Bau.
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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On September 15, 1939 it was sank the Belgian merchant Alex van Opstal (5965 ton) after hitting a mine launched by the U 26 on September 10, 1939 before the Shambles; the ship was carrying 4410 tons of general cargo. The U 30 was allowed to proceed towards Reykjavik. The U 36 sank the British cargo ship Truro (974 ton) with torpedo and gun shots at 59 ° 20'N - 02 ° 00'W. The ship was carrying 150 tons of general cargo. The lifeboats were towed by the submersible to the Norwegian coast.

The U 37 arrived at Wilhelmshaven after sailing 28 days. Meanwhile returned to Kiel after spending 28 days at sea the U 45, U 46 and U 47.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net
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http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
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Fotoalbum Kieler Woche, Zerstörer Uboot U-Boot, KM Bau.
Les "U-Boot" de la seconde guerre mondiale en photos, Répertoire photos des U-Boot (WWII).

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On September 16, 1939 at 15:53 ​​hours was recorded the second success of U 27 after she sunk, with explosives charges, the British fishing ship Rudyard Kipling (333 ton) in the vicinity of the Hebrides. Then the German submersible took on board the crew and gave them dry clothes and hot food, dragging their boats towards shore. After 8 hours the castaways returned to their lifeboats about five MN of the Irish coast.

The U 31 attacked and sank the British steamer Aviemore (4060 ton) at 49 ° 11'N - 13 ° 38'W, 23 sailors were killed and 11 survived; the ship was carrying 5165 tons of metal and steel. Despite being accused of being the first ship sunk from convoy OB-4, the Aviemore actually crossed the wake of the convoy but did not belong to it. The U 31 was attacked with depth charges and suffered minor damage. The U 33 sank the British merchant Arkleside (1567 ton) carrying 2500 tons of coke and coal at 48 ° 00'N - 09 ° 30'W. The U 41 seized the Finnish merchant Vega (1073 ton) and Suomen Poika (1099 ton) and took them as preys to Germany.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On September 17, 1939, the U 36 stopped and controlled four vessels, which having her papers in order, continued their navigation; later on the U 36 was attacked by the British submersible HMS/S SEAHORSE which launched four torpedoes, which did not find its target. Also this day the commander of the U 27 reported to the BdU about the premature explosion of a torpedo G7a, the device detonated about 250 meters away of the submersible causing slight damage to the bow. This was the third case, counting the U 52 and U 39 cases, which had had the same problem.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

Meanwhile, on September 17, 1939 took place the biggest success of the campaign so far, when the U 29 sank the aircraft carrier HMS "Courageous" (22,500 tons).

At 15:00 hours the HMS "Courageous" received a call for help from the SS "Kafiristan" reporting that she was under attack by a German submersible (U 53) then several aircrafts Swordfish took off. Around 17:00 hours one of the planes reported contact with the target (effectively the U 53 was attacked without damage by 4 Swordfish). Around 18:00 the aircrafts returned with its fuel tanks nearly empty and the aircraft carrier put her bow against the wind to recover them, but this maneuver facilitated the fire resolution of the U 29 which had detected her.

At 19:50 hours the U 29 fired three torpedoes with impact fuzes. The blasts that followed were so powerful the submarine commander thought he was being attacked with depth charges. The U 29 sank up to 80 meters and then ascended to 50 meters.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

The aircraft carrier HMS "Courageous" (22,500 ton) with 48 aircraft on board, was hit in the middle of the ship by two torpedoes that traveled a distance of 3,000 meters and sank in 15 minutes at coordinates 50 ° 10 'N / 14 ° 45' W. Out of the 1520 men who formed his crew were killed 518, including the ship's commander, Captain W.T. Makeig-Jones. The destroyers did not locate the submarine so the attacker escaped unhurt after enduring four hours of depth charge attack.

The disaster of "Courageous" was witnessed by the passengers aboard of the Dutch ship "Veendam"

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/convoys

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On September 18, 1939 the U 27 spotted, near in the Firth of Forth, a British aircraft carrier with escort destroyers (HMS Ark Royal) But took no action. The U 26 stopped and controlled the American merchant ship Eglantine. The U 35 stopped the British fishing ship St. Albis but let it go as the crew could not reach land safely, then the submersible sank the fishing ship Arlita (326 ton) and Lord Minto (295 Ton), but the crews were rescued by the fishing ship Nancy Magne.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/convoys

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On 18 September 1939 the British merchant ship SS Kensington Court (Captain J Schofield) of 4863 tons that sailed unescorted from the Argentine port of Rosario towards Birkenhead carrying 8,000 tons of grain, was attacked by gunfire without a warning signal by U 32 (KpLt Paul Büchel, Hans Jenisch Oblt IWO) at 12:38 hours, between Fastnet y Bishops Rock. After shooting five times the submersible approached the stern of the ship and then the captain decided to stop it and began to lower the boats. Shortly after the crew abandoned ship to port there was a loud explosion to starboard.

The ship finally sank at 14:00 hours but the crew was rescued by two flying boats Sunderland of the RAF; one of the 228 Sqn (F/Lt Thurston M.W. Smith) which rescued 20 sailors and one from the 204 Sqn (F/Lt John Barrett) who rescued others 14, while a third seaplane flew over the scene and threw a dinghy. However the submarine already had left before the arrival of the aircrafts.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
Fotoalbum-U-Boot-Atlantikboot-Feindfahrten-FrontbootTop bei eBay_de 1918-1945 (endet 14_02_10 200556 MEZ)
http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
U-BOAT U-27 ~ 14 RARE ORIGINAL PHOTOS.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/convoys
http://ww2memories.wordpress.com/2011/0 ... -1939-ww2/
LIFE 09 Oct 1939.

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

The first round of the Battle of the Atlantic - War with Great Britain and France.

On September 19, 1939 the U 30 arrived in Reykjavik and disembarked the wounded man and the British pilots, as replacement came aboard an officer of a German merchant ship anchored in the port.

The crisis of the torpedoes and the end of the U-27.

Background.

On that very day, the U 27 began her journey back to the homeland, she had been in her patrol area much longer than expected (scheduled sailing back on 15 September). Shortly before midnight the crew on duty in the U 27's conning tower saw shadows silhouetted against the horizon which appeared to be hostile cruisers. The commander decided to attack with three torpedoes armed with magnetic fuzes graduated between 12 and 15 feet. The Commander did not know it but actually he attacked a force of seven destroyers.

Development of the drama.................

In launching the torpedoes, two exploded prematurely about 30 seconds after leaving the tubes and the third missed the target. The destroyer HMS "Fortune" heard the explosions, detected the submarine and went on the attack. Kplt Franz now correctly identified the enemy and quickly went to dive. The attack of HMS "Fortune" was vague and threw five depth charges; in a second pass the destroyer launched five other charges graduated between 30 and 45 meters.

This time the charges exploded near the U 27 causing serious damage and the curvature of the propeller shaft. However outbursts caused the echo was lost and began an arduous search. While the U 27 at a depth of 120 meters was silent and tried to track down the attackers through her hydrophones. At 1:27 hours on September 20, 1939, the HMS "Forester" carried out a charge attack on a contact but without effects. At 2:12 hours the HMS "Fortune" regained contact and launched another series of charges between 30 and 75 meters which caused further damage to the submersible.

The end of the drama .................

After assessing the damage the commander decided to emerge and escape in the surface under cover of the darkness. But the HMS "Fortune" was able to detect the U 27 and opened fire with her artillery. Franz, two officers and 16 crew members jumped overboard whereupon the HMS "Fortune" ceased fire and tried to capture the boat but failed. A British prey crew reached the U 27 but failed to penetrate into her due to gases. The U 27 sank slowly at 03:50 hours in position 58 ° 35'N - 09 ° 02'W after spending 26 days at sea. The 38 members of the crew were rescued.

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
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http://users.fbihome.de/~mhofmann/uboot ... title=U_27 (offline).

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

On September 24, 1939 the U 31 sank the British steamer "Hazelside" (4646 tons) loaded with wood; 11 sailors were killed. While the U 33 sank the British fishing vessel "Caldew" (287 tons) with cannon fire.

On September 25, 1939 the U 36 sank with one torpedo the Danish steamed "Silesia" (1839 tons) loaded with wood and other items; the crew survived and was rescued.

On September 26, 1939 returned to the port of Wilhelmshaven the U 26 (29 days at sea), the U 29 (39 days at sea), the U 34 (39 days at sea).

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
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http://users.fbihome.de/~mhofmann/uboot ... title=U_27(offline).

Cheers. Raúl M .

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This time the charges exploded near the U 27 causing serious damage and the curvature of the propeller shaft.

A British prey crew

two very minor corrections
- a bending of the prop shaft
- a British prize crew

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2. U-Flotille “Saltzwedel”.

On September 27, 1939 returned to Wilhelmshaven the U 30 (37 days at sea). By the time being were operating in the North Atlantic the U 28, U 31, U 32, U 35 and U 36.

On September 28, 1939 returned to Wilhelmshaven the U 33 (41 days at sea).

On September 29, 1939 ten days lasted since the U 27 reported about her return on September 19, 1939 at 07:00 hours. The U 28 (42 days at sea) returned to Wilhelmshaven, she was to stay in port in order to carry out maintenance and modernization.

On September 30, 1939, the U 27 had not reported yet; the English radio broadcasted news about the capture of the crew of a German submarine, it was interned in the North of England. The U 32 (26 days at sea) returned to Wilhelmshaven due to problems in her engines. Also docked at Kiel the U 36 (22 days at sea), as well as the U 53 (33 days at sea).

Sources: http://ktb.ubootwaffe.net/
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http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB.htm
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http://users.fbihome.de/~mhofmann/uboot ... 7(offline).

It's all folks. Cheers. Raúl M .

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