U-Boat Commander Starts Over - Musings of Sorts

[Majestik 909]

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[dashyr]

er what? xD

BTW this is a good read!

[Majestik 909]

Originally Posted by dashyr

er what? xD

BTW this is a good read!

Messing with my Enigma machine....

[Majestik 909]

July 4, 1943 - 0100 hours - rendezvous with supply ship 1500 km west of Fremantle for torpedoes and provisions - no new objective from F.d.u. at this time - therefore, we will infiltrate Fremantle harbor and destroy the Australian fleet at anchor - scout aircraft reports 1 battleship, 2 carriers and at least one cruiser at anchor - Prien would be pleased I think...

R.H.v.H - U-847

[Majestik 909]

Thursday, July 8, 1943 - 0813 hours - grid KW - about 800km southwest of Fremantletravelling in two staggered columns ' courseht - clear and calm - no radar or sonar in persontacts, so we delay daylight submergence - off in the distance, I think I see something - increase turns to flank and come right to course 022 degrees -

0823 hours - the shape of 5 ships come into view - two T3 tankers, two old freighters and what appears to be a passenger liner/troop transport - submerge at 5,200 meters thus far undetected - closing

0828 hours - a 6th freighter becomes visible at 4,000 meters - unescorted convoy - traveling in two staggered columns - course 085 - speed 5 knots - maneuver visually via periscope to a position ahead of the lead vessel and just off starboard bow. The liner is painted gray and has a scalloped camouflage pattern painted in dark green - guns are visible forward and along starboard quarter -

[Majestik 909]

0840 hours - flank speed - closing to under 2,000 metexplosion torpedo depth on all fore tubes to 3.2 meters - 5 degrees right rudder - recheck masthead height to confmetersirm range to primary target - closing at 210 meters per minute

0845 hours - range now less than 1,000 meters - down periscope - my plan is to attack the far lead tanker with bow tubes and attack near lead freighter with stern tubes - 500 meters

0847 hours - freighter passes overhead - up periscope - 2 degree spread - fire 2 torpedoes and swing scope around to 180 degrees - stern torpedoes set to depth of 2.2 meters - fire one torpedo - decrease speed to 1/3 to avoid collision

0848 hours - torpedoes impact far lead tanker - huge explosion visible - foremost shears off - rapid settling by the stern - seconds later, the near lead freighter explodes violently - breaks in two - sinks rapidly - lifeboats away

0850 hours - 35 degrees left rudder increase turns to flank - remaining ships change course as if to attempt rescue - converted liner is 45 degrees off our port bow - calculate course, range and speed -fire one torpedo from bow tube #4 at 517 meters - frantic reloading taking place

[Majestik 909]

0850 hours - 15 seconds run time - torpedo impacts near foremast with large wster column - huge secondary explosion below decks- part of bow blown away - fires erupt - ships begins sinking rapidly by the bow - lifeboats put away immediately

10 degrees left rudder - closing on remaining tanker and freighter at about 50 degrees - 900 meters and closing at about 17 knots combined speed - stern tube reloaded - only bow tube #2 available for firing

0852 hours - plot solution on far tanker - 3 torpedoes - 2.5 degree spread - magnetic - fire at 437 meters - torpedo speed 30 knots - 15.4 meters per second - run time to impact - 8.5 seconds

0853 hours - three impacts in rapid succession - down periscope - freighter passes over us - slow to 1/3 - up periscope - swing to 165 degrees - plot solution with stern tubes target makes abrupt course change to port

0855 - up periscope - tanker is sinking - starboard rail submerged - heavy fires visible - large secondary explosion below decks - masts collapse - all back 1/3 and then ring up all stop

[Majestik 909]

0900 hours - freighter maneuvers near port side of sinking tanker - we are submerged off tankers starboard side - more explosions with skyward ejection of debris - lifeboats rowing away from burning wreck

0907 hours - tanker sinks to expose stopped freighter 300 meters away at bearing 355 - only one bow tube available - plot solution and fire - 20 seconds running time to impact

0908 hours - torpedo impacts amidships - large ball of fore and smoke erupts from funnel -
Ship twist violently - rolling hard to starboard - forward hold explosion sends debris skyward - lifeboats put away - the sea is full of wooden crates and lifeboats

0910 hours - freighter rolls over to starboard - surface to aid survivors - 37,450 GRT

Make turns for flank speed to rendezvous with nearby supply tanker - must replenish torpedoes before infiltrating Fremantle harbor...

R.H.v.H. - U-847

[Majestik 909]

Us returning from a recent patrol...

[Majestik 909]

July 10, 1943 - 0656 hours - surface patrolling @ 10 knots in grid 'KW' as directed. Thus far, only fishing boats are within range - our 48 hours here are nearly up - next, onto Fremantle to sink the Australian fleet at anchor....U-847

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Majestik 909

July 10, 1943 - 0656 hours - surface patrolling @ 10 knots in grid 'KW' as directed. Thus far, only fishing boats are within range - our 48 hours here are nearly up - next, onto Fremantle to sink the Australian fleet at anchor....U-847

Leave the Leanders and Tribals alone, mmkay?

[Majestik 909]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Leave the Leanders and Tribals alone, mmkay?

Indeed! I don't attack the fishing boats!

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Majestik 909

Indeed! I don't attack the fishing boats!

I was talking about the light cruisers and destroyers... you'd better not blow up my Pa's ship

[U505995]

Originally Posted by Majestik 909

July 1, 1943 - 2341 hours - 10 knots - heading 090 - 412 miles NW of Fremantle - the silence of the boat is broken by excited shouts from the crew - kontakt! - large task force - multiple warships - one set of very large screws - increase speed to flank and set course to intercept - task force located - King George V class battleship with 5 destroyer escorts - V&W Class -

July 2, 1943 - 0337 hours - picking off the escorts one at a time - 5 V&W destroyers sunk - 5,940 GRT - closing in on battleship - heavy zig-zagging pattern requires a calculated approach - will commence attack when range closes to less than 400 meters.

July 2, 1943 - 0352 hours - torpedoes set slow/magnetic/9 meters/ 5 degree spread - waiting for target to turn to starboard

July 2, 1943 - 0412 hours - target turns to starboard - tubes 1 through 4 fired at 15 second intervals - first torpedo impacts after 26 seconds - huge water column followed by bright flash - 3 more torpedo impacts along starboard side - ship rocks violently - secondary explosions below decks - huge ball of orange fire erupts from ships funnel.

July 2, 1943 - 0441 hours - ship settles to starboard and rolls over. Crew puts into lifeboats.

July 2, 1943 - 0452 hours - ship sinks inverted by the bow - 41,480 GRT

Set course to rendezvous with supply ship.

R.H.v.H - U-847

You have sunk five destroyers in one go? What difficulty are you playing on? Any mods installed? Are you using manual targeting?

[Majestik 909]

Originally Posted by Sea Demon U-48

You have sunk five destroyers in one go? What difficulty are you playing on? Any mods installed? Are you using manual targeting?

Sea,

I play at 100% realism with the basic TMO upgrade. I use a combination of auto and manual targeting. Refer to my thread titled Attacking Destroyers - Tactics for details....