Raidin the port: Oran

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Trying to squeeze all I can out of SHIII before my transfer to the Pacfic(expect reports for SHIV) I decided to play a Med carear.

Heading twards Gibralter a "been there done that" feeling came over me. So I decided to raid Oran. Why Oran? Well it was because on the Nav. map it had quite a port facility so I fuigered it must of had something there.

(image takes after attack)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1994/orangr3.jpg

Patrols 10km out peaked my intrest. They where a Armed Trwaler and a Hunt DD. I sank both of them to make the attack easer.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8838/oran2sw4.jpg

Once I got within visual distance my eyes nearly poped out of my head. In the port where a Dido Light Cruiser, 3 LSTs and 2 Trooptransports!

I marked the locations...
mark 1 is the 2 Trooptransports
mark 2 is the Dido Cruiser(note ship next to it it a Hunt DD)
mark 3 are the 3 LSTs,
the line on the map is a AS Net.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1209/oran3fr0.jpg

I sank the Cruiser, DD and LSTs in short order, I also sank a Small Tanker.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3603/oran4zs3.jpg

Out of torpedos I pulled out 10km to load my externals, raceing back in to take a Troopship.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3366/oran5fw0.jpg

Out of fish I set course for home. Date, September of 43.


Captain's Log curticy of SH3 Commander
01 Sep 1943
1014 Patrol 1
U-230, 23rd/29th Flotilla
Left at: September 1, 1943, 10:14
From: Toulon
Mission Orders: Patrol grid CO19
05 Sep 1943
1106 CH 84 Ship sunk! HMS Eglington (Hunt I class), 1000 tons
1124 CH 84 Ship sunk! Armed Trawler, 540 tons
1505 CH 84 Ship sunk! HMS Hermione (Dido class), 5600 tons
1511 CH 84 Ship sunk! HMS Cattistock (Hunt I class), 1000 tons
1518 CH 84 Ship sunk! Landing Ship Tank, 2170 tons
1554 CH 84 Ship sunk! Landing Ship Tank, 2168 tons
1612 CH 84 Ship sunk! Landing Ship Tank, 2169 tons
1645 CH 84 Ship sunk! S.S. Ponchatoula (Small Tanker), 5014 tons
2057 CH 84 Ship sunk! S.S. Fort Concord (Troop Transport), 9854 tons
07 Sep 1943
1043 CH 68 Aircraft destroyed! Wellington
08 Sep 1943
2231 Patrol results
Patrol tonage: 29515 tons

Raidin the Port, soon to report from the Pacfic!

[Iron Budokan]

That Med water sure is a pretty blue....

[Pevs86]

Why do I never get such luck!

Nice one though, I can't stand the Med. but IF I ever find myself there I think I'll be heading to Oran :D

[Foghladh_mhara]

Well done. Inspired by the 'raiding neutral ports' thread i paid a little visit to vigo and the azores this eve. Bugger all in vigo except spanish merchies. Bagged 2 small merchants and a medium tanker in the azores. Of course after all that in my viib i'm now 4000km from home and have less than 25% diesel left. 2 knots all the way home i guess

[down and out]

You can always try refuelling
If you are running a mod go back to Vigo
There is a German resupply there at certain times in the war
I think your F1 has info on the dates