DOUG ADAMS (5002-1996) is researching his heritage, as he was in the Battle of the Atlantic, and he came across a log entry for one U-boat in which the Skipper not only records the ship he sank and the tonnage, he goes into great detail to describe the ship into his log book -- size, shape and placement of the masts, the funnel, a definite description of the bridge etc.

DOUG has never found this in any other KTB (U-boat log book) and he wonders if this was normal for a Skipper to go to such great lengths to describe a ship he sank and if so, why? And if this was not the normal, then why would this Skipper have done so?

Please let us know, and we'll pass it on. Thanks.