Interrogation of Survivors of U-111 - November, 1941

C.B. 4051 (32)
"U 111"
Interrogation of Survivors
November, 1941
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION,
ADMIRALTY, S.W.1.
https://www.uboatarchive.net/Int/U-111INT.htm

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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00:01:56 I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

00:03:14 II. CREW OF "U 111"

00:12:54 III. EARLY HISTORY OF "U 111"

00:14:43 IV. FIRST CRUISE OF "U 111"

00:24:46 V. SECOND AND LAST CRUISE OF "U 111"

00:43:51 VI. SINKING OF "U 111"

00:56:20 VII. DETAILS OF "U 111"
(i) General Remarks;
(ii) Engines;
(iii) Electric Motors;
(iv) Rudders;
(v) Torpedo Tubes;
(vi) Internal Telephone;
(vii) Badge;
(viii) Adoption of "U 111"

00:59:23 VIII. OTHER U-BOATS
(i) Location of various U-Boats;
(ii) "U 67";
(iii) "U 68";
(iv) "U 107";
(v) "U 112" to "U 120";
(vi) "U 205";
(vii) "U 999 to "U 1000";
(viii) "U 570"

00:15:30 IX. U-BOAT BASES AND DEPÔT SHIPS
(i) Kiel;
(ii) Pillau);
(iii) Lorient;
(iv) La Pallice;
(v) Bordeaux

01:20:01 X. TECHNICAL REMARKS
(i) Bow Design;
(ii) Refuelling at Sea;
(iii) Torpedoes;
(iv) Transfer of Torpedoes from U-Boat to U-Boat;
(v) Wiping;
(vi) W/T;
(vii) Listening Gear

01:26:00 XI. GENERAL REMARKS ON U-BOATS
(i) U-Boat Tactics;
(ii) Torpedo Attacks;
(iii) Echo-Sounding Gear;
(iv) Identification of British Submarines and German U-Boats;
(v) Opinion on British Convoy Tactics;
(vi) Practice Diving Depths;
(vii) Advance Information as to Areas of Operations;
(viii) Training of U-Boat Captains;
(ix) Training of U-Boat Telegraphists;
(x) Pay of U-Boat Telegraphists;
(xi) Sick Bay Attendants in U-Boats;
(xii) Difficulties of "Wolf Pack" Tactics;
(xiii) Sabotage to U-Boats;
(xiv) Dakar;
(xv) Establishment of Friendly Relations with the German Army

01:37:00 XII. OTHER SHIPS
(i) Cruiser Admiral Hipper;
(ii) Cruisers Karlsruhe, Königsberg and Blücher;
(iii) Exchange of the Cruiser Lützow;
(iv) Training Ships Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein;
(v) German E-Boats in the Mediterranean;
(vi) Gunnery School Vessels;
(vii) S.S. Bremen

01:41:50 XIII. GENERAL REMARKS
(i) Attacking of U.S. Ships;
(ii) Scuttling Charges in German Merchant Ships;
(iii) Alleged Capture of British Code Books from a Merchant Ship;
(iv) New German Charts;
(v) Bismark's War Diary;
(vi) Grand Admiral Raeder;
(vii) Fraudulent Transactions of Naval Officers;
(viii) Periods of Naval Service;
(ix) New Naval Penal Establishment;
(x) Ill-treatment of Naval Recruits;
(xi) Discontent of Regular Ratings;
(xii) Quarrel between U-Boat Personnel and the Königsberg Police;
(xiii) Execution of German Deserter;
(xiv) Death Penalty for Losing Secret Documents;
(xv) Fracas between Gestapo and U-Boat Personnel;
(xvi) General Admiral Saalwächter;
(xvii) New Rank Distinction of Fregattenkapitän;
(xviii) Invasion Exercises in Holland;
(xix) Call-up of German Women;
(xx) Mistrust of Germans residing abroad;
(xxi) Opinion on Italians in Africa;
(xxii) German Expectations of Reprisals;
(xxiii) German Fear of Inflation;
(xxiv) Prohibition of Mention of Goebbels' Scandals;
(xxv) Captured Petrol Supply in Crete;
(xxvi) Shortage of Beer, Spirits and Cigarettes;
(xxvii) Opinion on British Road Defences;
(xxviii) Herr Severing;
(xxix) Meteorological Observations;
(xxx) Requisitioning of Boats from Liners;
(xxxi) Ex-Merchant Service Officers in German Navy

02:02:05 APPENDIX
List of Crew of "U 111"