9 a.m.
At present I hate her for this blow she has dealt me , and yet , O Zoe ! my darling , how I long to be with you ! * * * * * To-day I went through my final test for qualification as U-boat commander . At 9 a.m. I proceeded to sea in command of the U. 11 , one of the instructional boats here . We proceeded out into Kiel Bay . On board and watching my every movement was a committee consisting of a commander and two lieutenant-commanders . On arrival at the entrance lightship , I was ordered to attack a convoy of camouflaged ships which were just visible about fifteen kilometres away off the Spit Bank .