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| | Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-The Battle For Convoy ONS 5. 26th.April - 6th. May 1943- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Most of the Convoy were in ballast, all had sailed before in convoys and knew what was required of them in terms of station keeping, and what they might expect when the U-Boats attacked, as they always did on these journeys across the Atlantic, no matter whether one was East or West bound. |
 | | At 1725 (5.25 PM) one of the crew had sighted a fully surfaced U-Boat 10 miles away, it happened to be a newly commissioned Type VII boat, U-710, out on her very first patrol, with her Captain, Oblt. |
 | | of April well, it was 1700 (5PM) pitch fl, windy as hell, I told the crew, "Hands to tea at six o'clock" and cleared lower deck (that is mustering all the crew other than those on watch in a specific place on board) and said. |
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