Hi there, been a long time since I've posted here for the last time.
This is my last patrol with the U-64 XIB in "Aces Of The Deep".
A long and sucessful patrol but without an happy end...
24 march 1941
12:10 - Leaving Wilhemshaven to patrol area CF85. Orders to maintain radio silence until PZ.
31 march
03:50 AM7977 - Ship spotted bearing 276.
04:13 - Sunk british tanker 11718T.
04 april
23:49 CF8569 - Reached patrol zone. Status report to BDU.
07 april
13:15 CF8527 - Ship spotted bearing 344.
13:53 - Sunk british merchant 7835T. Status report to BDU.
08 april
10:38 CF8544 - Ship spotted bearing 39.
11:09 - Sunk british merchant 3170t. Status report to BDU.
09 april
10:30 CF8556 - Ship spotted bearing 18
11:28 - Sunk british merchant 5000t. Status report to BDU.
11 april
17:35 CF8591 - Message from BDU. U-157 (Henne) is dispatched to hunt near us in CF86.
18 april
16:13 CF8559 - Ship spotted bearing 177.
16:46 - Sunk british tanker 11626t. Status report to BDU.
24 april
01:40 CF8571 - Ship spotted bearing 337.
01:59 - Sunk british tanker 5125t. Status report to BDU.
26 april
16:23 CF8576 - Message from BDU. U-157 spotted a small convoy in CF8647 heading 36. Had to intercept.
20:09 CF85498 - Contact with small convoy, two tankers and two escorts.
21:17 CF8548 - Engaged convoy. Sunk british tanker 11327t.
27 april
05:06 CF8547 - Surfaced after been depthcharged by the escort. Exterior fuel tanks damaged but fixable. Status report to BDU.
16:01 - CF8583 - Fuel tanks repaired. Four external torpedoes loaded in the torpedoes room. Ready to return to patrol again.
07 may
05:43 CF8575 - Ship spotted bearing 57.
06:06 - Sunk british tanker 7000t. Status report to BDU.
12 may
08:30 - CF8546 - Received new orders from BDU. Assigned to the new patrol zone AM79. U-85 (Greger) is taking our place. Heading to new PZ.
16 may
20:14 AM7949 - Reached our new patrol zone. Status report to BDU.
21 may
08:00 AM7952 - Ship spotted bearing 288.
08:50 - Sunk british merchant 2344t. Status report to BDU.
29 may
06:00 AM7923 - Terrible weather conditions and absolute no visibility in our PZ for eigt days. Status reported to BDU.
31 may
19:54 AM7983 - Weather report requested by BDU. No ameliorations.
04 june
07:00 AM7916 - Becoming low on fuel. Status report to BDU.
07:59 - New orders from BDU, we had to return to base.
The U-64 never reached Wilhelmshaven. During the afternoon of the 8th june, the submarine was spotted by a british plane and sunk by a fatal deepcharge.
