four in the morning
I have only been up seven days , but I 've bagged four steamers , all by gun-fire , and all fat ships , brimful of stuff for the Russians . My practice has been to make the North Cape every day or two to fix position , as the currents are the most abnormal in these parts , and I should say that the `` Sailing Directions Pilotage Handbook '' and `` Tidal Charts '' were compiled by a gentleman at a desk who had never visited these latitudes . At the moment I am standing well out to sea , as the immediate vicinity of the North Cape has become rather unhealthy . Yesterday afternoon -LRB- I had sunk number four in the morning , and the crew were still pulling for the coast -RRB- four British trawlers turned up . These damned little craft seem to turn up wherever one goes . I longed to have a bang at them with my gun , but , apart from the uncertainty as to what they carried in the way of armament , I have strict orders to avoid all that sort of thing , so I dived and steamed slowly west , came up at dusk and proceeded to charge up my batteries . These U. 60 's are excellent boats , and I am very lucky to get one so soon .