KTB // U.-Gelhaar // WolvesAtWar VII Campaign - Page 4

Kapitän · 08-24-14, 04:27 PM

Mon., 25.9.39 - North Sea

1200 - Qu. A N 9185 - Days Run: 195.5 sm
19 cbm. 2 internal and 2 external Ato. NNE7, Sea6, light northern swell, overcast, rain showers, <1000mb, poor visibility.
Sunrise 1054 - Sunset 0109, 26.9.39

No further occurences. Continuing return cruise.

Gelhaar
Kptlt. & Kmdt.

Kapitän · 08-25-14, 05:31 AM

Tue., 26.9.39 - Deutsche Bucht

0200 - Norderney - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.:
Sending position report as ordered: ETA W'haven III, 1200h. "Gelhaar"

0249 - Incoming F.T.:
Gelhaar: Escort will be at entry Jadebusen, 1100h. - B.d.U. -

08:30 - Roter Sand

1100 - Taken into escort by torpedo boat. Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are lying in W'haven.

1200 - Qu. A N 9814 - Days Run: 190.1 sm
16 cbm. 2 internal and 2 external Ato. NNE4, Sea3, overcast, fog, <1000mb, poor visibility. Sunrise 1052

Entered W'haven III. Greeting in the lock.

Award ceremony for I.W.O. Ernst von Bergen-Windels: E.K. II & promotion to Ob.Ltnt.z.S.

1215 - Moored boat in Uboat base. Closed comms.

Special experiences:

The boat functioned satisfactorily. There was mixed weather with strong winds and medium swell and medium visibility. No traffic was found in the operational area. The fact that the crew was on their 1st war patrol could be felt throughout. The normal routine was without major problems or damage.

Keeping the boat at periscope depth during the convoy battle and the constant reloading of the torpedoes was a difficult challenge for the crew.

Duration of mission: 38 days 16 hours 25 minutes.
Of which surfaced: 37 days 13 hours 10 minutes.
Of which submerged: 1 day 3 hours 15 minutes.

Total traveled surfaced: 6930 nm.
Total traveled submerged: 116 nm.
Total traveled Overall: 7046 nm.

Crash dives: 0

Success of Mission:
Hits: 7
Misses: 0
Failures: 3 (1 premature explosion; 2 understeered)
Total: 10

Note: All failures were G 7 e, Pi-G36 MZ.

Ships sunk: 4
Estimate of sunken tonnage is somewhat imprecise.
Total estimate 17000 GRT.

Gelhaar
Kptlt. & Kmdt.

Kapitän · 08-26-14, 02:11 AM

Wed., 27.9.39 - Wilhelmshaven

Offloaded 2 internal and 2 external Ato and equipment.

Putting out to sea for transfer cruise to Kiel via K.W.-Kanal.

Gelhaar
Kptlt. & Kmdt.

Kapitän · 08-26-14, 01:06 PM

Thu., 28.9.39 - Kiel

Moved boat into dry dock.

Beginning of shipyard periodic maintenance.

First war patrol completed.

Gelhaar
Kptlt. & Kmdt.

sublynx · 08-31-14, 01:18 AM

Thanks for the report and good luck for the next patrol

Kapitän · 08-31-14, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sublynx

Thanks for the report and good luck for the next patrol

Thanks! I will start posting the KTB of patrol 2 soon ...

Draka · 09-02-14, 08:18 PM

Looking forward to your reports. Let's hope your second patrol doesn't end as the original did!

As an aside, I'm just now getting back into SH3 and was musing whether to see if the "Wolves at War" group was still active - however, if I do return I'll have to wait for the next campaign as my login is "Alexander Gelhaar" of U45! LOL!

Question: I presume that you use SH3 Commander - I used to have a cfg with the actual names, ranks and quals of the U45 at her loss - would you like to use it? I'm recreating it now.

Kapitän · 09-03-14, 03:09 AM

Thanks for the offer, Draka! I think, I'm pretty good set-up for that, also using the actual crew names etc. Except, after the second war patrol, activating the "Random crew change" in the Sh3_Cmdr, as the actual U 45 was lost on 14 Oct 1939.

As for the survival of U 45 in the current WAW VII campaign, I guess, I'm trying to re-write the history books

I suppose, you'll just have to stay posted to find out ...

Draka · 09-03-14, 06:46 AM

Yep, our dear Kaleun made a serious error in judgement. When he hit the convoy, he took out two ships - then chased a third at 15 kts for several hours ON THE SURFACE trying to sink her by deck gun, while the target was madly yelling for help over the wireless! Result, three British DD's trapped and sunk her. just a TAD TOO aggressive!

Kapitän · 09-03-14, 06:55 AM

I could never find any details on the sinking of U 45. How did you get your information?

Draka · 09-03-14, 09:48 AM

Did a Google search on the terms "Gelhaar U45" and came up with an excerpt from the book "The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe ...". Front Page here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=v8A...page&q&f=false

The tale is told on pages 185-186 - excerpt here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=v8A...%20U45&f=false

My Goggle-fu is fairly good, after lo these many moons of research!

Kapitän · 09-03-14, 12:32 PM

Thanks for that!

08-24-14, 04:27 PM	#46
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	KTB // U 45 // 1. Unternehmung // Fall Weiss Mon., 25.9.39 - North Sea 1200 - Qu. A N 9185 - Days Run: 195.5 sm 19 cbm. 2 internal and 2 external Ato. NNE7, Sea6, light northern swell, overcast, rain showers, <1000mb, poor visibility. Sunrise 1054 - Sunset 0109, 26.9.39 No further occurences. Continuing return cruise. Gelhaar Kptlt. & Kmdt. __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

08-25-14, 05:31 AM	#47
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	KTB // U 45 // 1. Unternehmung // Fall Weiss Tue., 26.9.39 - Deutsche Bucht 0200 - Norderney - Outgoing F.T.: To B.d.U.: Sending position report as ordered: ETA W'haven III, 1200h. "Gelhaar" 0249 - Incoming F.T.: Gelhaar: Escort will be at entry Jadebusen, 1100h. - B.d.U. - 08:30 - Roter Sand 1100 - Taken into escort by torpedo boat. Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are lying in W'haven. 1200 - Qu. A N 9814 - Days Run: 190.1 sm 16 cbm. 2 internal and 2 external Ato. NNE4, Sea3, overcast, fog, <1000mb, poor visibility. Sunrise 1052 Entered W'haven III. Greeting in the lock. Award ceremony for I.W.O. Ernst von Bergen-Windels: E.K. II & promotion to Ob.Ltnt.z.S. 1215 - Moored boat in Uboat base. Closed comms. Special experiences: The boat functioned satisfactorily. There was mixed weather with strong winds and medium swell and medium visibility. No traffic was found in the operational area. The fact that the crew was on their 1st war patrol could be felt throughout. The normal routine was without major problems or damage. Keeping the boat at periscope depth during the convoy battle and the constant reloading of the torpedoes was a difficult challenge for the crew. Duration of mission: 38 days 16 hours 25 minutes. Of which surfaced: 37 days 13 hours 10 minutes. Of which submerged: 1 day 3 hours 15 minutes. Total traveled surfaced: 6930 nm. Total traveled submerged: 116 nm. Total traveled Overall: 7046 nm. Crash dives: 0 Success of Mission: Hits: 7 Misses: 0 Failures: 3 (1 premature explosion; 2 understeered) Total: 10 Note: All failures were G 7 e, Pi-G36 MZ. Ships sunk: 4 Estimate of sunken tonnage is somewhat imprecise. Total estimate 17000 GRT. Gelhaar Kptlt. & Kmdt. __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

08-26-14, 02:11 AM	#48
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	KTB // U 45 // 1. Unternehmung // Fall Weiss Wed., 27.9.39 - Wilhelmshaven Offloaded 2 internal and 2 external Ato and equipment. Putting out to sea for transfer cruise to Kiel via K.W.-Kanal. Gelhaar Kptlt. & Kmdt. __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

08-26-14, 01:06 PM	#49
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	KTB // U 45 // 1. Unternehmung // Fall Weiss Thu., 28.9.39 - Kiel Moved boat into dry dock. Beginning of shipyard periodic maintenance. First war patrol completed. Gelhaar Kptlt. & Kmdt. __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

08-31-14, 01:18 AM	#50
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	Thanks for the report and good luck for the next patrol __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

09-02-14, 08:18 PM	#52
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	Looking forward to your reports. Let's hope your second patrol doesn't end as the original did! As an aside, I'm just now getting back into SH3 and was musing whether to see if the "Wolves at War" group was still active - however, if I do return I'll have to wait for the next campaign as my login is "Alexander Gelhaar" of U45! LOL! Question: I presume that you use SH3 Commander - I used to have a cfg with the actual names, ranks and quals of the U45 at her loss - would you like to use it? I'm recreating it now.

09-03-14, 03:09 AM	#53
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the offer, Draka! I think, I'm pretty good set-up for that, also using the actual crew names etc. Except, after the second war patrol, activating the "Random crew change" in the Sh3_Cmdr, as the actual U 45 was lost on 14 Oct 1939. As for the survival of U 45 in the current WAW VII campaign, I guess, I'm trying to re-write the history books I suppose, you'll just have to stay posted to find out ... __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

09-03-14, 06:46 AM	#54
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	Yep, our dear Kaleun made a serious error in judgement. When he hit the convoy, he took out two ships - then chased a third at 15 kts for several hours ON THE SURFACE trying to sink her by deck gun, while the target was madly yelling for help over the wireless! Result, three British DD's trapped and sunk her. just a TAD TOO aggressive!

09-03-14, 06:55 AM	#55
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I could never find any details on the sinking of U 45. How did you get your information? __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

09-03-14, 09:48 AM	#56
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	Did a Google search on the terms "Gelhaar U45" and came up with an excerpt from the book "The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe ...". Front Page here: http://books.google.com/books?id=v8A...page&q&f=false The tale is told on pages 185-186 - excerpt here: http://books.google.com/books?id=v8A...%20U45&f=false My Goggle-fu is fairly good, after lo these many moons of research!

09-03-14, 12:32 PM	#57
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Thanks for that! __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)