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CPTLTJASON · 10-18-18, 01:37 PM

During the morning of March the 5th U-838 came across 5 destroyers at 06:23
from 06:42-13:34 she sank 3 of the 5 destroyers and was attacked with depth charges in 6 runs 42 depth charges were dropped and she stayed at a depth of A+60m

After nearly 8 hours the escorts gave up and left and at 14:15 U-838 surfaced and headed off on course 256 both diesels A.K. she is making for square AM88 to hunt for convoys coming from the West

10-18-18, 01:37 PM	#2
CPTLTJASON Kapitan.z.S Hartmann Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 305 Downloads: 247 Uploads: 1	Depth Charge attack During the morning of March the 5th U-838 came across 5 destroyers at 06:23 from 06:42-13:34 she sank 3 of the 5 destroyers and was attacked with depth charges in 6 runs 42 depth charges were dropped and she stayed at a depth of A+60m After nearly 8 hours the escorts gave up and left and at 14:15 U-838 surfaced and headed off on course 256 both diesels A.K. she is making for square AM88 to hunt for convoys coming from the West __________________ "The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him" Sun Tzu Kapitan.z.S Hartmann's (U-35,U-46-U-204-U-332-U-256-U-293, U-838, U-830, U-834, U-1188, U-1180, U-835, U-840, U-839, Schiff 44 “AFRIKA”, Schiff 77 "Stortebecker", "Schiff 66 "WOLF", Schiff 19, Schiff 30) motto: Eastward Ho! "Be more aggressive" *Schiff 30 wird sie alle versenken!* Last edited by CPTLTJASON; 12-29-20 at 11:53 PM.