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[BootsmanBoof]

2nd patrol in my IIa, U-12, less than 100kms off the English coast. The weather was quite poor at around 10am, spotted a tramp, decided to go in hard and fast in a surface attack and fire at around 500m (I don't need bad sea prematures). Due to rough seas and the fact my watch officer is also torpedo trained, I had him down below looking after the torps while I held the tower with 2 rates.

So I was around 600m away from the target and charging in at 11knots when I heard the sudden roar of aircraft engines and got the fright of my life when a bomb exploded probably 20m off the port side and showered my boat with water. Verdammt!!!!!

Luckily I had pinged for depth prior to my attack run, so a sharp turn to starboard to avoid collision and a crash dive saved my skin.

Currently at 60m wondering whether to stick around for another shot or just retreat submerged with my tail between my legs.

[VONHARRIS]

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Summer time = end of teaching period = lots of time to play.

[Harald_Lange]

@VONHARRIS, I'm using NYGM and the Hsie V16B1 patch, with SH3 commander. Could you tell me how you get such detailed patrol logs? Thanks.

[VONHARRIS]

Originally Posted by Harald_Lange

@VONHARRIS, I'm using NYGM and the Hsie V16B1 patch, with SH3 commander. Could you tell me how you get such detailed patrol logs? Thanks.

I am keeping notes as events happen and then I edit the patrol logs in Commander or directly in C:\Documents and Settings\User\My documnets\GWX\data\cfg\Careers\von Harris

von Harris = My current Commander name.

[Zedwardson]

Had a hairy moment, was tracking a Task force, and was hoping to find a nice ship at the center of it. Then I ran into it.

3 torpedo boats, and 3 ASW trawlers. (opps) crash dive and slink away as they blow holes in the water with depth charges.

Luckily later i was able to find a convoy and sink three ships and survived getting dinked by a Q ship and got my crew home.

It is late 1940 and it is already MUCH harder to hunt.

[VONHARRIS]

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[Zedwardson]

3 14NOV40 - 19NOV40 (6 days) 3 (3/0) 7831 (7831/0) U-boat damaged (H.I. 82.34%)
I lived, very short patrol, sunk a low value tanker, then came to a massive convoy. Sneaked in, you would think that it would of been a turkey shoot, but Dud torpedoes was the rule of the day. Firing them off as fast as I could. Lots of duds. surfaced and manned the guns but the escorts fire was too close for comfort, so I crashed dived and waited for the convoy to pass me over. Then I finished off a small freighter who was crippled with the deck gun. Shadowed it till dawn, and gave a lot of locational reports, hoping for a air raid as it was so close to France in late 1940. I tried to sneak in once again with three eels, but a Town Class spotted me and damaged my boat, so I got quiet, got away, and returned home. Somehow A Intermediate Tanker was sunk by me, so I was able to get 7931 tons, my worse showing by far.

[VONHARRIS]

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[VONHARRIS]

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See also : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=83681 post 10650

[Fubar2Niner]

Pretty scary patrol Von

[VONHARRIS]

Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

Pretty scary patrol Von

It was almost a replay of my previous career end in the Carribean.
Same situation but I didn't survive.

[Zedwardson]

17.1.41. 1626 Patrol 5
U-403, 7th/13th Flotilla
Left at: January 17, 1941, 16:26
From: St. Nazaire
Mission Orders: Patrol grid CF32 22.1.41. 1031 Grid BE 97 Ship sunk! HMS Bataan (Tribal class), 1850 tons. Crew: 206. Crew lost: 41 1144 Grid BE 97 Ship sunk! SS Bienville (Medium Cargo) (Medium Cargo), 5301 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 38. Crew lost: 6 1245 Grid BE 97 Ship sunk! HMS Cygnet (Black Swan class), 1250 tons. Crew: 183. Crew lost: 155 1904 Grid BE 94 Ship sunk! SS Sea Panther (Large Cargo), 6946 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 3 2029 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 4
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 15347 tons BACK


Almost bit it when suddenly a flowers class got the range on me on the opening salvo on my last attack. was depth charged out the wazoo and was under 50% hull when I limped home. Looks like the men will have time to visit the french girls while the ship repairs. It was a nasty convoy fight between me, a large convoy, and its five escorts.



First approach i was spotted well outside the convoy, and I sunk the Tribal with a electric eel gut shot before I crashed drived, the flowers class that annoyed me the entire battle depth charged me. I surface, reload with steam torps, and launch a long string of steam torps at the convoy at 10k meters. get two hits, and one is fatal. perscope depth, and get a ideal shot at one of the escorts, so I sink it and go down as the flowers pounds me with some more depth charges.



Now it was night, and i was down to one steam forward, and one rear. So I charge in, and there is a front escort, a rear escort, and a type S somewhere inside. So I launch the steam at a large frighter, and I flip around to launch the last torpedo when I am spotted. Star shells are fired, and I order my gun crew into action to cause mayhem, as I keep turning at flank speed to get my stern shot off.



Then the same flowers starts to pepper my haul with fire. Crash dive, damage control teams get the damage under control, and i risk 100 meters and go silent.


Get 40 depth charges toss at me by the flowers class and its buddy. As they go they are sailing back at 8000 meters to the convoy. So I use my stern shot to take a last chance at the flowers class, and when it misses, surface, and head back to base.



Didn't get as many freighters as I wanted. Do the allies already have radar in Jan 41?

[NightCrawler]

almost hit the 100.000, but it was 95.875 tonnage, the credit i had was 2500, torped 17 ships, and 1 bi-plane....

Tonight im ready to sail out again saving credit to purchasing XB for long haul to US coast, away from the planes... hopefully will have luck like the last mission..

But DD's gettin smarter every day, i had 1 mission grid CG 85, there was a DD in 1940 that already use hedgehogs..., it was a pain to get away, but it works, and made home....

[VONHARRIS]

Two patrols completed
Lots of time to play

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[VONHARRIS]

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Not much of a patrol , as both scopes were useless!




After repairing the scopes , U-154 was ready to sail again

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Next patrol will be at the US East Coast , operation Paukenschlag