THE WAR DIARY OF THE CHIEF OF U-BOATS 27-9-39.
U-30 comes in She had sunk: -s.s. "Blairlogie" 4,425 tons s.s. "Fanad Head" 5,274 tons
9,699 tons
Extract from Doenitz's war diary, identifying two ships sunk by U-boat 30 (omitting the sinking of the "Athenia")
Authors
Karl Doenitz (admiral; submarine commander (1939-430; naval commander (1943-45))
Karl Doenitz
German admiral, supreme commander of the Navy, head of state and convicted war criminal (1891-1980)
- Born: 1891-09-16 (Grünau) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingdom of Prussia)
- Died: 1980-12-22 1980-12-24 (Aumühle) (country: West Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Schleswig-Holstein)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: autobiographer; military officer; politician; soldier (period: 1910-01-01 through 1918-01-01, 1920-01-01 through 1945-01-01)
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Nuremberg trials (charge: war crime, war of aggression; defender: Otto Kranzbühler; role: defendant)
- Military rank: Admiral (period: 1942-03-14 through 1943-01-30); Commodore (period: 1939-01-28 through 1939-10-01); Fregattenkapitän (period: 1933-10-01 through 1935-10-01); Fähnrich zur See (period: 1911-04-15 through 1913-09-27)
- Military branch: German Navy; Imperial German Navy (since: 1910-04-01); Kriegsmarine (since: 1935-06-01)
Date: 27 September 1939
Literal Title: Translation of Extract from the War Diary of the Chief of U Boats
Defendant: Erich Raeder
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: D-659
Citation: IMT (page 2727)
HLSL Item No.: 452973
Notes:The "chief of U boats" was Doenitz. The prosecutor pointed to the omission of the Athenia as part of the German cover-up, when presenting the exhibit (p. 2727).