3 a.m.
The next hour was full of anxiety , but by hauling off to port we managed to lose it . I then had a little food , and I will now conclude my account before trying again to get some sleep . _ The account continued . _ All my hopes of getting up again that night , both for the purpose of charging and of getting the 3 a.m. signal , were doomed to be disappointed , as the hydrophone operator kept on reporting the noise of destroyers overhead . Occasional distant thuds seemed to indicate a never-ending supply of depth-charges , but they were about four or five miles from me . Perhaps some other unfortunate devil was going through the fires of hell . At daylight on the second day my position was still miserable .