First BdU was starved for information, and second, the lack of any radio message was misconstrued to mean that the u-boat was carrying out orders as assigned, rather than that the boat had been sunk.

• 首先潜艇指挥部缺乏信息，其次按章门，缺少无线电信息常常被误解为U艇执行错误的命令，这比被击沉还要糟糕。