- Author
- British Naval Intelligence Division
- Date
- August 1941
- Passage
- C.B. 4051(24) · introduction and section IV, printed pp.8–10; final-action and scuttling passages, printed pp.23–25
What has been checked
Introduction and selected section IV passages read on 18 October 2026. Final-action and sinking passages on printed pp.23–25 reread for The Final Battle. Rescue passage and introductory totals rechecked for Rescue and Remembrance.
How to read it
Original page images not inspected. The report warns that prisoner statements could not always be verified. Shipyard records and commissioning documents not compared. Its approximate March departure date conflicts with B08; no exact date is adopted here. The report acknowledges disagreement about the cause of sinking. Reported scuttling orders and charges do not establish an exact flooding sequence or an exclusive cause; its embedded British narrative is not independent corroboration of Tovey. Its rescue total is provisional and differs from B11/B26. The claim of 100 Sachsenwald rescues is not adopted; it conflicts with the later named roll.
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