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Lzs von swe
04-27-08, 12:00 PM
Nov 17, 0740, -39.
U-55, VIIb, 7´th Flot.
Finally, we are leaving Kiel for our 2´nd war patrol.
New boat, fresh from Germaniawerft. The whole crew from U-53 is with me, would´nt sail with anyone ells. After all we have been through they kind of trust me to bring them home, reasonably safe.
Sadly we had to scuttle the U-53 in AN2629 in the morning of Sept 27 after running out of battery power. A German freighter gave us a ride back to Germany.
Wolff, out.
March 1941, heading towards The Bristol Channel in my trusty and rusty VIIB.
Though i am moving soon.........................
........................to The Mediterranean!
Welcome to the show!! Shallow waters.......
I have always wanted to fight a desperate battle against impossible odds
Sail in the Med..............
March 1943
U-735 reporting in
Southwest of Iceland
contact report large convoy outbound, on intercept course at full speed but forced down every other hour by aircraft
winter storms have finally cleared
this is where, over the next weeks, the battle of the atlantic is about to be decided
signed,
Oberleutnant Freiherr Beckman
TyphoonJack
05-10-08, 10:37 AM
U-48 Fresh out of training, reporting in for my first patrol.. :know:
U-48 Fresh out of training, reporting in for my first patrol.. :know:
Welcome aboard Typhoon. Give 'em hell and beware of shallow water :up:
TyphoonJack
05-10-08, 08:58 PM
Thank you sir.. Just got transferred from the Luftwaffe (Janes) :lol:.. I hope my Me109 skills may come in handy on the sea.
Will keep that in mind sir. Thanks again.
All decks ready to sail, requesting permission to leave port. :smug:
Kaleun Volk
05-10-08, 09:35 PM
Thank you sir.. Just got transferred from the Luftwaffe (Janes) :lol:.. I hope my Me109 skills may come in handy on the sea.
Will keep that in mind sir. Thanks again.
All decks ready to sail, requesting permission to leave port. :smug:
Many a year I spent in the Luftwaffe (CFS3+ Medeteranian Air War Mod)... How does Janes stack up to CFS if you have played it?
Ahem (excuse the nastalga)...
U-47: Apr. 18, 1940. Currently on return trip from 6th patrol. Had to stop off at a resupply ship in spain for fule and eels. sunk est. 67,000 tons of French cargo. Air cover is still minimal, and surface enguagements can be easaly won with escorts, but I came very close to an ill fated enguagement his last time...
Typhoon, permission granted. Bon voyage.
Your flying experience might help you in getting your bearings straight. But the sea experience will teach you to live. Beware of shallow water ( the bane of
the noobs)
Attack, go deep after the dirty deed.
U-101
16.10.1940
2249 Uhr
Sighted large convoy +16 ships running Straits of Gibraltor, course west, speed 6 knots. Escort, three destroyers, one submarine, one corvette.
Two cargo ships, one ore career and one destroyer sunk, two coastal merchants damaged.
Am returning to base after collision with enemy submarine. Bow torpedoes and diving planes destroyed, five men killed, three wounded. Status of enemy submarine unknown. Last seen diving stern first, position CG 9554
Schwuppes
05-11-08, 05:13 AM
Had my first kill in GWX2.1 + OLC Übermod, and it was perfect.
At around 1700 hours BdU reported a contact about 40 miles east of my position. Conditions where almost perfect: cloudy, no rain, light fog and 9 meter winds... and by the time of visual contact it would be getting dark, but not too dark.
After making visual contact at 1910 hours I ordered to go to periscope depth and proceeded the last few kilometers submerged at 6 knots.
20 Minutes later we reached our firing position and waited for the single merchant (a small freighter btw) to cross infront of our tubes. During that time I carefully observed the ship, measuring AOB and range several times to plot its course and optimize our firing position.
I entered a speed of 8 knots into the TDC and fired a spread of 2 steam torpedos (40 knots, set to depth 2 meters) at 70° AOB (port) with a 2° spread angle. Range was around 500 meters. I didnt bother measuring it, I just estimated, because at such close range it doesnt matter if you are off a bit.
The resulting hits instanly disabled the freighter, and it sank 10 minutes later.
Venatore
05-11-08, 05:32 AM
U-123, 13 Aug. 1941. 2 miles SW of Madeira. Brisk wind, sunny sky.
Even though many of our comrades have gone west, we're off on another patrol to cause havock with the enemy. Who else is holding up the honor of the U-Boot Service?
Hey Brag, when you wrote those few lines way back when; did you ever think that this thread would still be jogging along at a constant pace :hmm: and still be alive with the amount of comments/views ;)
Teh_Diplomat
05-11-08, 01:03 PM
October 39' - Patrolling Grid AN61
U-21 - Type IIA
U-123, 13 Aug. 1941. 2 miles SW of Madeira. Brisk wind, sunny sky.
Even though many of our comrades have gone west, we're off on another patrol to cause havock with the enemy. Who else is holding up the honor of the U-Boot Service?
Hey Brag, when you wrote those few lines way back when; did you ever think that this thread would still be jogging along at a constant pace :hmm: and still be alive with the amount of comments/views ;)
Hi Venatore!
At that time it seemed like SH3 was dying. Never expected this thread to get more than a few responses and sink.
Oh . . .
J.S. Balz reporting:
U-45
18 October 1939. AN13
30,000 brt. 8 torpedoes remaining.
J.S. Balz writes:
U-45
27 November 1939
AN27 (notice my brilliant position to suit date) :smug:
Attacked heavily escorted convoy. Fired 2 torpedoes, sunk one large tanker and a large freighter. Also got my hull cleaned of barnacles courtesy of RN depth charges. 12 torpedoes left. :smug:
Bismarck
05-25-08, 06:22 PM
September the 1st, 1939:
Sneaked into Calais utnil 00:00 September the 3rd and then i let 'er rip.
SUNK:
1 Armed Trawler
2 Medium Cargos
1 French DD (Bouraquille?)
4 Motor Boats (with deck gun of course)
I then ran like the devil himself was after me thanks to half the bloody home fleet.
rifleman13
05-26-08, 10:29 AM
U-53, commander OberLeutnant z. S. Herbert Liebmann, 2nd Flotilla
Starting 2nd patrol, Sun. Oct 1, 1939:lurk:
J.S. Balz writes:
30 Dezember 1939
U-45
Departed Wilhelmshaven at 1122 hours.
The fleet and the Reich can sleep and celebrate the New Year in peace knowing that I the great Balz is standing watch at sea. Like the great Teutonic hero that I am, I will be looking after the interests of the German Volk.
Have fun, Celebrate. Have a happy and hoochie-woochie New Year!
Kptlt. Johan Sebastian Balz
wizardmatt
06-12-08, 06:06 PM
After many false starts (entirely due to numerous reinstalls just so i could accommodate "just one more great mod" before finally arriving at what i consider to be a definitive mod combo), Kaleun Hans von Schmitzen, eldest son of legendary WW1 fighter ace Otto von Schmitzen, and the crew of U-28 are patrolling west of the straits of gibraltar. so far, 2 ships totalling 8600t have been sunk at the cost of 3 torps (2 of which came out of the sub's backside: Hans is getting good at stalking and flanking his prey to get into a good firing postion, next step, full manual targetting courtesy of olc's gui special!). with a lot of torps still left, a milkcow nearby, and valuable intelligence reports of heavy merchant traffic in the area (courtesy of SH3Gen), Hans is hoping this is gonna be a successful maiden combat patrol :rock:
U-46 Commander
06-12-08, 06:36 PM
U-46 of the specialist squad of the 2nd flotilla. Boat type IXB U-cruiser. Finished 7th patrol where we sneaked in nearby the british naval base #20 and sunk 11 T3 tankers and 2 C-2 cargos. total tonnage-141136 tons:up: :rock:
danurve
06-12-08, 08:19 PM
Lieutenant Sr. Günter Schorsch and U-139 surrendered to the Allies on 07MAR44. Günter Schorsch was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war.
17 patrols from 09OCT42 30th/33rd Flotilla. Type IID
49 Merchants 8 warships sunk.
On the last patrol a small Russian convoy South of Feodosia escorted by 6 escorts lost a Troopship, and two escorts. 4 remaining escorts found U-139 in 35m water already had taken sever damage and flooding. Unable to escape and evade, the event dismissed the possibility of obtaining a XXI in the 10th flotilla.
Lzs von swe
07-06-08, 01:51 PM
Nov 16, -40. Vigo.
U-55, VIIb, 7´th Flot.
Docked at Bessel with heavy damage to the boat.
Helmuth, our WO is dead.
Some 50% of the batteries are destroyed. The pressure hull leaks at pd.
Etc.
Stumbled across an already zig zagging convoy in CG71 at 2300. Some 25 ships, only one escort was heard. Due to poor visibility we attacked surfaced only to find many of the ships to be armed:damn:
Well, we sunk 2 ships and then slipped away in the darkness with heavy damage.
This boat is a write of, we will get a new type VIIc at return to St Naz.
That will be boat nr three:hmm:
Wolff, U-55.
UnderseaLcpl
07-07-08, 04:31 PM
U-45
February 1940
Have convinced over a dozen RN destroyers to convert to untersee service. Lutz Jamsen, keeping the seas safe for all the other boats.
Kptlt Johan Sebastian Balz writes:
15 July 1940
The war will soon be over. :smug: Now I am in command of U-123. With all the torpedoes on board, Brittain does not stand a chance from the onslaught of the greatest Kaleun in the service of the Vaterland :smug: . You should soon hear of great tonnage and sinkings. :smug:
Kptlt Johan Sebastian Balz
Hero of the Kriegsmarine.
sharkbit
07-08-08, 07:45 AM
U-48
Late in the evening of April 8, 1940.
Engines off, on the surface with decks awash in Vestfjord, near Narvik. Convoy of fast German merchant ships, followed by German destroyer task force has sailed by.
Currently awaiting any British reaction. In perfect position to intercept any attempt by the British to reach Narvik, if they dare to try.
:)
msalama
07-08-08, 11:55 PM
PATROL REPORT
Novorossiysk 20JAN43 1354hrs
U-9, Unterseeboot Type IID
Commander Oberleutnant zur See Marc Sturmowski, 30th / 33rd Flotilla, Costanza
Called into port at Novorossiysk having used up all my torpedoes during a short but eventful patrol. Sunk two Russian troopships for a total patrol result of 15664 tons. The Russian ASW forces do put up a show, but are nevertheless quite ineffective.
The Russians have seemingly set up a westward shipping lane running some 30NM south of the northern Black Sea coast between Novorossiysk and Tuapse. The route is predominantly used by small troop transport and freight convoys, with some unescorted small craft (coastal tankers, trawlers etc.) occasionally appearing as well. The convoys are, however, always escorted by 2 or 3 Storozhevoy or Novik class destroyers, and 1 or 2 Uragan torpedo vessels.
I intend, BDU orders allowing and God willing, to exploit this finding further on my next patrol.
Signed,
Marc Sturmowski
Oberleutnant z. S.
Task Force
10-12-08, 05:08 PM
J.S. Balz writes:
U-45
27 November 1939
AN27 (notice my brilliant position to suit date) :smug:
Attacked heavily escorted convoy. Fired 2 torpedoes, sunk one large tanker and a large freighter. Also got my hull cleaned of barnacles courtesy of RN depth charges. 12 torpedoes left. :smug:
Your sub has the same nunber as mine.!!!:huh:
18 March 1944. Grid BE63.
U-525, limping home for St. Nazaire, barely afloat after an air attack. Both periscopes and radar destroyed.
I would report sinking of one Victory cargo and two Small merchants, but my radio is also destroyed.
Task Force
10-12-08, 06:00 PM
Task Force
U45
July 18,1941
Time 23:56
Just got my but out of my pen to go out on patrol 17,or 18 I cant remember. Left Lorient acouple of days ago, currently south of Ireland. Just got a contact report of large convoy. This will be the 9 or 10 convoy ive attacked during this carear.:D Will report back later.:-? If I live.:huh:
U-46 Commander
10-12-08, 06:05 PM
U-73, under the command of Lt. Reiner Dierksen of Steelsharks, south of spain, CG86.
kylania
10-12-08, 06:05 PM
07 March 1944. Grid BF19.
U-295, heading out from St. Nazaire. Received some minor damage when a plane came out of the sun and I didn't have time to fully crash dive. Heading to grid AL, then northeast to my patrol zone of AE3x.
Chased a convoy around, but all I ended up finding were some dolphins! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQnguKP_Abs).
Task Force
10-12-08, 06:19 PM
U-45 reporting
Shadowing convoy. Counted 5 big ships and plenty of smaller ones. One appears to be on fire. Only three distroyers present. Debth under are keel is over 90meters.:D
Task Force
10-12-08, 06:28 PM
Counted 12 merchents. One armed!
Task Force
10-12-08, 06:29 PM
A distroyer just shot a star shell up, They found me. This may be U45s last message. Doing a emergency dive!!!:huh:
Task Force
10-12-08, 07:35 PM
U45 just got hit with a debth charge, caseing distroyed, pressure hull damaged. 110 meters to the bottom and were flooding. I am trying to get the damage fixed.:huh: Im haveing one of those das boot moments. Cant get this thing to surface. Hopefuly we can rest on the bottom untill everything is fixed!!!:huh:
Task Force
10-12-08, 07:38 PM
We just hit the bottom like a rock, currently is 118 meters. The pressure hull is still holding.:D If we can just get the flooding fixed. We will be Ok. These VIIBs are pretty tough!:yep: :D
Task Force
10-12-08, 07:43 PM
Currently we are at 120 meters. Distroyers are dropping DCs all around me. Flooding has stopped. U 45 fights anouther day!!!!!:rock: :D
Task Force
10-12-08, 09:31 PM
We made it home, sunk 10,XXX tons out of that convoy.:D
Schöneboom
10-13-08, 12:50 AM
Gut gemacht, TF!
U-178 Bericht, 27.7.1943.
Schiff versenkt, ET 93.
Liberty Frachter, 8100 BRT.
Task Force
10-14-08, 07:16 PM
Good show, Now sink the entire convoy like I have before. First kill the escorts, then surface and go frow row to row killing the merchents with all the ammo you have.:up:
Task Force
10-15-08, 06:06 PM
Ive done it and had no damage, BDU said as long as I can kill them all, and I did.:rock: :D The early war ships have no guns.
Robert Fulton
01-08-09, 09:36 AM
April 1940. Patrolling the North Sea in support of Operation Weserübung. Poor weather is limiting our effectiveness, but we have plenty of fuel and morale remains high.
(mainly wanted to give this fine thread a bump.)
October 1939
U-1 hugging scottish coast en route to Loch Ewe to confirm intel of battleship Rodney's location and sink her if sighted :arrgh!:
Weather clear, brisk wind and increasing.
November 1940. U-51 sailed out on her 5th patrol a few days ago from St. Nazaire. Currently engaging a large convoy in BF15. It's night, moderate visibility with 4m/s winds. Good conditions for a surface attack. :arrgh!:
kiwikapitan
01-09-09, 05:47 AM
February 1940 U-73 on patrol off Norway coast. Just sunk Rose Castle ore carrier in 14 m/s wind, hit fuel bunker with first torpedo instant kill. Heading towards 100k on my 6th war patrol. :rock:
Oblt Hans Corcilius KC
Red Heat
01-09-09, 07:27 AM
At the moment im in dry dock...waiting for the new hardware for my new computer! :yep:
Returning to St Nazaire from 5th patrol, after my most succesful convoy attack. In four attacks I fired 12 torpedoes, sank 10 ships, 90,866t.
The first attack took place in the morning Nov 27th 1940, and the others during the following night.
As opposed to that success, on my way home I fired two torpedoes at the Granville freighter, both duds. :doh:
During the whole patrol I sank 13 British and 1 Greek merchant ship, in total 104,491t. :smug:
U-101 7th Flot. just leaving St Nazaire and en route to South Ireland(BF15), november 18, 1940.
Pizza tonight.
Well done, chaps. Onward to victory!
Kotlt. J.S. Balz
Acting Flotilla Ops. Officer.
piri_reis
01-10-09, 02:45 PM
June '42, U-160 is on her way to grid CA76, American coast. After coming across a huge NE bound convoy north of the Azores, spent most of our torpedoes to sink 7 ships for 30k tons.
Just an hour ago, managed to meet up with our supply boat U-461, taking on new supplies as we speak, for a long patrol up/down the eastern coast of yankee land :)
A Very Super Market
01-10-09, 02:47 PM
Stuck somewhere off the coast of Canada. Flooding. 4-5 destroyers above us. 4 crewmen injured, all torpedomen. Wish us luck.
Weiss Pinguin
01-10-09, 02:55 PM
The crew of U-48 has its fingers crossed, Market.
Currently we are in port with engine problems [CTDs]. Hopefully the dockyard mechanics know what they are doing. :lol:
bigboywooly
01-10-09, 03:11 PM
KAPITÄNLEUTNANT RUDOLF KITZOW
2nd Flotilla
U-64, Type IXB
January 29th 1941
Leaving Lorient for AM97 on patrol 8
Who wants to make a map with all the Subsim U-boats plotted ?
:cool:
Weiss Pinguin
01-10-09, 04:27 PM
Now that would be pretty slick. Might be kind of hard though, since everyone's all over the place in terms of date.
A Very Super Market
01-10-09, 04:31 PM
Tee hee, you have medic.
It shouldn't be too hard, but it will need to get updated constantly
nikbear
01-10-09, 04:42 PM
Returning to St Nazaire from 5th patrol, after my most succesful convoy attack. In four attacks I fired 12 torpedoes, sank 10 ships, 90,866t.
The first attack took place in the morning Nov 27th 1940, and the others during the following night.
As opposed to that success, on my way home I fired two torpedoes at the Granville freighter, both duds. :doh:
During the whole patrol I sank 13 British and 1 Greek merchant ship, in total 104,491t. :smug:
Cracking result,congrats and keep up the good work:up:
Jimbuna
01-10-09, 04:53 PM
KAPITÄNLEUTNANT RUDOLF KITZOW
2nd Flotilla
U-64, Type IXB
January 29th 1941
Leaving Lorient for AM97 on patrol 8
BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THIS TIME!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif
bigboywooly
01-10-09, 05:41 PM
Errrm ok
Have docked on the 11th Feb
Running battle with a convoy from Southern Ireland into the Atlantic
Had to leave it with 4 and one neutral still afloat as all out of everything
Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 17
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 85469 tons
Will be in dry dock for a while though as took a lot of damage
Convoy only had 3 escorts yet a 4th joined in from somewhere as I shadowed the convoy it came from my other side
Half the convoy being armed didnt help
Doh
Off to see Bdu then for a slap up feed at Mrs le Miggins croissant shop
Weiss Pinguin
01-10-09, 05:52 PM
Tee hee, you have medic.
:(
It shouldn't be too hard, but it will need to get updated constantly
Perhaps a map for each year?
Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 17
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 85469 tons
That seems to be aggressive enough. :arrgh!:
Red Heat
01-12-09, 07:07 AM
Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 17
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 85469 tons
That seems to be aggressive enough. :arrgh!:
Oh yes...i bet Mr.Churchil is eating his cigars all ready! :lol:
Robert Fulton
01-13-09, 09:14 PM
Who wants to make a map with all the Subsim U-boats plotted ?
:cool:
One possibilty: As a means of dealing with the fact that our boats are on the move so much, we might create a specific thread for this purpose (e.g. "U-Boat Locator"). Then each participating skipper could post his sector location no more often than daily. This would allow for time zone differences and somewhat balance the map frequency wise.
We'd also need a means of dealing with multiple U-49s, etc.
Fun idea, Chisum.
Weiss Pinguin
01-13-09, 10:10 PM
Perhaps we could distinguish boats by giving them names? (I.e., Batmobile instead of U-49)
A Very Super Market
01-13-09, 10:22 PM
Better yet, by your captain's name.
Weiss Pinguin
01-13-09, 10:29 PM
I liked ship names better. :( I was gonna call mine the Snailboot and put the snail insignia up on the conning tower. :p
Robert Fulton, It's a good idea too !
I let an other member build this big map because I'm not an artist, but I agree fully.
About the same U-Boot number, I have already a "trouble" in SH3: some radio-messages received tell me that "U-101 has sank some ships and return to base" or "U-101 has plotted a convoy".
But...I'm U-101 !!
:lol:
Well actually, january 27, 1941, U-101 docked at St Nazaire and waitting for orders.
Patrol #3 over, 50 000 tns.
={FH}=Paddy
01-14-09, 07:23 AM
Date – As far as I can remember late 1930’s or early 40’s, but one thing is for sure, I hear we are still at war.
Location – Hotel “Le Grand Pond” Night Club Bar St Nazaire
Captain – Can’t remember name, age, U-boat number or where or who I have been with for the past two weeks, other than my head hurts! "Hmm, come to think of it, where did I park that boat. Oh Got, Donitz will have my ledderhosen"!?!
Crew Status – 100% MINC(B)A - Missing in night club (Brothel) action
Sunk – Lost count after sinking 3 crates of Champagne, 8 barrels of Germany’s finest Bavarian Dopplebock import and untold bottles of schnapps……..not to mention some dubiously acquisitioned bottles of some Tommy gut rot grog and the rest…….
Damage – Must be suffering some internal damage as am leaking rather dark and pungent telescope juice. External casing somewhat dented around the edges but holding strong none the less. Once it has been in operation, I will provide tube report accordingly.
Weather – Strange……I haven’t seen snow for years now…..
Kammeraden, bis zum Naechsten habt ihr hier meinen Rapport. Over and out…:ahoy:
12 December 1942:
U-354 Ltn.z.See Herbschleb is reporting back at Bergen after 49 days at sea with all her 14 torpedos. Patrol tonnage: ZERO :down:
The boat's second war patrol brought the crew to Spitsbergen, Jan-Mayen-Island and the waters west of Shetland-Island. All we run into was icebergs and enemy destroyers. Crew is now on R&R until after Christmas.
******
OK, I know that this patrol was a washout, so bring it on: What's the BdU's standard advice for me in such cases? :lol:
Cheers,
AndyW
={FH}=Paddy
01-14-09, 08:35 AM
@ AndyW: BdU says, join myself and the lads in the Night Club and brothel!!!!:up:
OK, I know that this patrol was a washout, so bring it on: What's the BdU's standard advice for me in such cases? :lol:
Be more aggressive. :lol:
February 1941, U-51's 8th patrol. Just surfaced after a horror of being depth-charged for two hours by two Black Swans. In the action against a convoy I sank 5 ships, 47000t. With only 3 torpedoes left, I'm on my way to patrol sector CF32.
@ AndyW: BdU says, join myself and the lads in the Night Club and brothel!!!!:up:
Well, it's the dull Bergen for me, not the Gomorrah St. Nazaire. :D Hard to find a gin mill here where they don't serve bootleg vodka turning my watchcrew blind.
But then again that wouldn't make much difference, as they just managed to find not a single cargo ship during 49 days of patrol:roll:
Cheers,
OK, I know that this patrol was a washout, so bring it on: What's the BdU's standard advice for me in such cases? :lol:
Be more aggressive. :lol:
February 1941, U-51's 8th patrol. Just surfaced after a horror of being depth-charged for two hours by two Black Swans. In the action against a convoy I sank 5 ships, 47000t. With only 3 torpedoes left, I'm on my way to patrol sector CF32.
Good luck to you!
My U-51 was sunk in AN43 around mid February 1940, on its 8th patrol.
On the way back to base a large.. very large convoy was spotted and U-51 sprinted ahead to lay wait. Unfortunately the boat was detected by one of the pickets, and subsequently sunk by D/C.
Weiss Pinguin
01-14-09, 12:05 PM
To: BdU
From: U-42
Second patrol going well. Fired four eels into with Fast Freighter for 13,000 tons, chased Ore Carrier through AN14 but forced to break off. Light damage from engagement with Fast Freighter - Two shells punctured the outer hull, but hasty repairs have been made.
Have reached grid AM53, now patrolling. 4 torpedoes left in forward tubes, no reloads, full load of torpedoes for aft tube.
Friedrich Schulz
01-14-09, 02:36 PM
Do training patrols count?
I am new to the game, so I am using vanilla SH3 to get familiar with the game before I switch to GWX.
U79 should be hunting convoys on the open ocean soon enough! :arrgh!:
Weiss Pinguin
01-14-09, 05:24 PM
U-42 is safely in port with approximately 21,000 tons under her belt. :arrgh!: Ran into two more merchants (Both smallish) around the southeast corner of AM53, expended my last forward torpedoes on them both. Picked up half a dozen merchants with the hydrophones while making my escape, but as the weather was horrible all the way home all I could do was listen to them pass by. :(
Still, by far my best patrol in the last several months. Certainly takes the edge off having to delete my last campaign. :p
U-101 has leaving St Nazaire to AM95...
New emblema to protect us.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3667/ahkdv6.jpg
From: U-123
Pos EJ62 June 22 1941- West from Dakar
We attack for 2° times in 24hs the Convoy SL-78
Weiss Pinguin
01-15-09, 07:23 PM
U-42 is safely back in Wilhemshaven again, albeit with some hull damage after a horribly botched convoy attack. Ended up with only a Black Swan frigate (Beh) and Southampton cruiser (Yay!). Almost bagged an S Class submarine as well when I decided the attack had gone to pot, but it dodged both eels while zigzagging.
Afterwards we spent the next hour or so evading the remaining escort, and ended up at 140 meters with light damage to the outer hull and a lot of broken glass. As we expended our last forward torpedoes in the attack and had no wish to incur the wrath of any more escort captains we gave Britain a wide berth on our way home.
Ended up with about 15,000 tons total for the patrol. Not my best patrol, but I've had worse. Definitely not complaining about the 1000 renown either. ;)
Feb 25, 1941.
Amazing: U-101 has completed his 24h patrol in AM95.
During this time she meets a very big convoy and sunk 1 tankers and 1 big cargo for a total of 20 000 tns.
U-101 has been hunted 2h by a Flowers.
No Damage, Flowers's crew was probably drunk.
bigboywooly
01-16-09, 08:11 PM
I liked ship names better. :( I was gonna call mine the Snailboot and put the snail insignia up on the conning tower. :p
My favourite insignia
Never leave home without it
Ummm if I remember to add it that is
U64 in port Lorient March 41 waiting for orders to set sail on patrol 10
Task Force
01-16-09, 08:22 PM
U 45 reporting in.
a little over 700,000 tons. Its august 21 1941. Were hanging on.:yep:
Jimbuna
01-17-09, 07:32 AM
John Lennon.....yellow submarine....awaiting orders.
http://www.stickergiant.com/Merchant2/imgs/450/s3061_450.jpeg
Wintahs
01-17-09, 09:00 AM
U47 is on it's 2nd patrol, It's october and I just ressuplied in Las Palmas after sinking 5 enemy ships(21,000 ton) on september 3rd and 4th. Now i'm in the middle of a medium sized convoy south of Ireland. I've seen some huge Modern tankers, But the weather is bad. It's rainy and foggy,I can't see ****. I guess I'l have to blindfire.
Date: 27. Oktober 1939
To: BdU
From: U-1
HMS Rodney not at Loch Ewe. Proceeded to sink 2 DDs and escape unnoticed. Returning to base due to lack of fuel.
Capt_quin
01-17-09, 11:52 PM
U-47,sailing home to kiel,had a nasty run in with british DDs,but i made it! winds and waves calm,all seems good...for now.
Robert Fulton
01-18-09, 02:45 AM
John Lennon.....yellow submarine....awaiting orders.
"Full speed ahead, Mr. Parker, full speed ahead".
Where can I download a yellow submarine ?
:p
crazypantoufle
01-18-09, 06:49 AM
Lieutnant Commander Crazypantoufle, U4 (UVIIctype), July 1942, North Atlantic.
Just finished my first run on a convoy coming from Halifax. Reloading my tubes for a second attack. If you cross the convoy route, please be my guest, the escort is playing with mermaids deep under the sea.:arrgh!:
From J.S. Balz
Acting Ops officer BDU
To all U-Boats:
Be more agressive!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Guten Tag fellow Kaleuns,
Leutnant Schuhart and U-8 is clearing Kiel for a shakedown cruise on 1. August 1939.
Jimbuna
01-18-09, 04:38 PM
From J.S. Balz
Acting Ops officer BDU
To all U-Boats:
Be more agressive!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Ya cheeky bugga!! http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img134/9742/angry8se2.gif
;)
Weiss Pinguin
01-18-09, 05:19 PM
U-42 was lost with all hands at port due to, err, faulty welding by dockyard workers. :(
I swear, I am never going to advance past 1939 at this rate. :lol:
kiwikapitan
01-18-09, 08:14 PM
U 45 reporting in.
a little over 700,000 tons. Its august 21 1941. Were hanging on.:yep:
Heh you sure you got enough tonnage there mate? What you going for the Knight's Cross and Platinum. :p
Hell maybe I suck at this game. I've never managed to crack 50,000 tons yet in a single war patrol! :roll:
But despite that I still love it to bits. :rock:
100th post! :sunny:
U-101: Sunk 21 Feb, 1941 east of England, 50 miles North of Scilly Island, by depth charges from the British CT Class L.
45 dead (all hands lost).
:cry:
BUT by her emblema, Anubis did his job very well and has made eternal life to all the crew.
:D
U-101 be back soon for another patrol.
:rock:
kiwikapitan
01-18-09, 09:03 PM
U-101: Sunk 21 Feb, 1941 east of England, 50 miles North of Scilly Island, by depth charges from the British CT Class L.
45 dead (all hands lost).
:cry:
BUT by her emblema, Anubis did his job very well and has made eternal life to all the crew.
:D
U-101 be back soon for another patrol.
:rock:
Ooh creepy a ghost sub. :hmm:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9268/88456722ki9.jpg
:D
VIIB U-47, under the command of kaleun Hans Scheisse, sailed with the Grey Wolves 3.0 :up: Oktober 10th 1939. Patrolled AN41, sank two small coastal freigthers off NE Scotland, sank a medium cargo at Hartlepool. Held fire on a fishing boat :p
Lightly depthcharged by two barely trained barges. Good weather. Waiting for nightfall off Hartlepool.
Also, Matrosobergefreiter Reinhald Balz (must be family :smug:) mentioned something about an extra 1500 reclown after training!? :-j Must be a Bernard somewhere too, I'm sure I saw blank training papers float by :damn:
Bah, we have 500 reclown already! Set sail! :rotfl:
RoaldLarsen
01-20-09, 04:33 AM
Oblt. Quirin Quast, commanding the Type VIIC U-212 of the 11th Flotilla has just returned to base in Bergen on March 11, 1943 after having completed an 18 day patrol. U-212 claims 25kT sunk on this, its 4th war patrol, but Oblt. Quast considers the patrol a mixed success.
Quast managed to penetrate two convoys and sink ships in each, but he also needed 4 torpedoes to finish off a 7kT cargo ship that was dead in the water, and twice missed a badly damaged Flower class corvette. Quast blames a combination of bad weather and lack of proper crew training, but says he must accept some blame for bad judgement too. Perhaps he has too high expectations for himself. On his previous patrol he bagged 40kT of merchant shipping and the Somers Class destroyer USS Balch.
U-212 left Bergen on February 21 under fair skies and a quickening breeze with orders to join Gruppe Wotan operating in AM1 and AM4 against eastbound convoys approaching the north end of the Irish Sea. Before Quast had reached his designated patrol area of AM41, another boat operating further west reported a large convoy heading ESE at 9kts in AL3768. Quast was in a perfect postion to intercept, except that the interception would occur at midday. By this point the weather had deteriorated into a full gale and there was dense cloud cover. Quast decided to make an immediate attack, since the high seas would hide his periscope and torpedo tracks. Submerging his boat just south of the convoy's track, he penetrated between the lead and starboard escorts and came to periscope depth inside the convoy, between the second and third columns. The high seas made it difficult to see the whole convoy, and very difficult to estimate ranges with the stadimeter. Quast selected two 7kT merchants as targets. He fired one salvo of two type IIIs and then a Salvo of type Is. After firing he followed 11th Flotilla doctrine by immediately turning to match course with the convoy and diving. Two detonations were heard, followed much later by another and by the sound of a ship breaking up. At least two escorts began a search for the attacker, but Quast carefully avoided them.
While Quast was tracking the escorts' movements on the hydrophones, he detected that one merchant was moving much slower than the convoy. By the time the destroyers had given up the search, the merchant was dead in the water. It was one of the large merchants Quast had targetted. Quast moved in for a shot with the stern tube, thinking this would be an easy kill, but the shot went under the target when a large wave lifted the stricken ship. Sweating mechanics and seamen began reloading the empty tubes. and U-212 took another shot. It bounced off without detonating. A third shot struck home, but the target refused to sink. A fourth shot was required to finish it off.
Quast ordered the boat to surface, in order to recharge batteries, load the two torpedos in external storage and begin a pursuit of the convoy. More than three hours had elapsed since the attack, so the convoy was more than 50km to the east. As night was falling, U-212 regained visual contact with the convoy and began to move around it to the south.
Just as Quast was begining an attack approach on the surface, the lead destroyer began an attack run of its own on U-212. At that distance, it must have been a radar detection. Quast had just enough time to fire a type I FAT before crash diving and evading. The torpedo missed, but so did the attacking destroyer. By the time the escort gave up the hunt it was too close to dawn to overtake the convoy again, so only an approach from the rear could be attempted. The rear guard turned out to be a badly damaged Flower class corvette, though whether the damage was caused by the intense storm or the last of the three detonations in the first attack, Quast could not tell. The corvette was unable to keep up with the convoy, but when Quast tried to pass it, a destroyer escort came roaring back, so the corvette must have had working detection gear.
Quast decided that his only chance of breaking into the convoy would be to take out the corvette first, so he lined up a submerged attack run and fired a torpedo at what he thought was 600m range. The shot missed. By changing postion Quast determined that the range had been closer to 900m, and that the corvette was moving faster than previously estimated. He took another shot and missed with that too. The heavy seas were making accurate targetting of small targets impossible.
With only three fish remaining, Quast decided to give up the attack for the day and manouver for an attack the following evening. He moved out of the corvette's detection range and then surfaced, only to be attacked almost immediately by a radar-equipped aircraft. Quast was amazed that it could fly in such weather. Quast waited until the plane had left the area and checked that no surface ships were audible on the hydrophones. Then he surfaced for another attempt to pass the convoy. But shortly thereafter, another boat in the gruppe reported that a British hunter-killer group was barrelling down the convoy's path towards Quast. He broke off the pursuit and evaded southwards towards his designated patrol grid.
U-212 spent four days in its patrol area without detecting any ships, but was repeatedly subjected to aircraft attack when surfaced to recharge batteries. On the fifth day another boat reported a large convoy approaching the north end of the Rockall Bank. Quast brought U-212 to another perfect attack position in AM1856. This time he penetrated the port side, lined up a troop ship and sank it with his two remaining forward torpedoes. After an uneventful evasion, U-212 made tracks for home.
U-212 was subject to air attack nine times on this patrol. Three times were while transiting to the patrol area, once was while pursuing a convoy after an initial attack, four times were while on patrol, and the final time was while moving to intercept the second convoy. In all but the two pursuit cases, the U-boat was surfaced to charge its batteries. The growing reach of allied air power is becoming quite dangerous. If only there was some way to recharge batteries without having to surface. Quast credits some of his lucky escapes to always running at full speed while recharging.
U-212 is equipped with Alberich, KDB hydrophones, FuMB-1, AFA 33 MAL 800 batteries, and a Bold dispenser, but has no radar or sound-ranging equipment. It mounts an 8.8cm deck gun, a 3.7cm and two 2cm flak guns. It is currently getting a MAN supercharger installed.
The current shortage of trained crew means that U-212 is operating with one fewer senior officer than is usual on a type VII boat. The LI is Oblt. Hugo-Heinz Matthews. Twice-decorated Oblt. Herbert Nazheim is the 1WO. Nazheim had 6 patrols in another boat before joining U-212 as part of its commissioning crew. Nazheim is fully qualified to take command of his own boat, but does not wish to leave U-212 until Quast has had time to train a proper replacement. Right now, U-212 does not even have a qualified 2WO. The job is being shared by Oberfaehnrichs Heinze Kumpfe and Herbert Deckert. Quast believes Kumpfe has proven himself, and he will likely be promoted to Leutnant before the next patrol. A third Oberfaehnrich, Carl-Heinz Gartner, is assisting the LI and acting as Navigator. The third sea watch is led by Oberbootsmann H-H Fink. Other key crew members are Oberfunkmann Heinrich Schreiber and Funkmaat Gunter Luda. August Stania is the chief diesel mechanic and the electrical motor team is lead by Hans-Gunter Unbehau. The shortage of trained crews means four of the other petty officers have no trade qualifications.
@RoaldLarsen
Excellent AAR :up:
Sort of proves the old rule that the first attack on a convoy is the most promising one.
Cheers,
nikbear
01-20-09, 02:44 PM
Brilliant report RoaldLarsen,Great detail and useful to boot:up:keep up the good work:arrgh!:
RoaldLarsen
01-24-09, 10:15 PM
U-266, under Oblt. Ulrich Uhlig, set out to sea from its 7th Flotilla base at St. Nazaire, France, on February 1, 1943, headed for its first war patrol. The skies were clear and a light, cool breeze blew in from the north. U-266's objective was sector AM77, 600km west of the southern tip of Ireland.
Uhlig was not feeling very confident about this trip. Just days before they were due to sail, Lt. Friedrich Andrae, his 1WO, was assassinated by the French Resistance. BdU had scrambled to find a replacement. Hugo Rahn was a newly minted Leutnant z. S. who bore a striking resemblance to the LI, Oblt. Richard Rehbein. In the last minute confusion, BdU had somehow mixed up some paperwork. Rahn was listed as having qualified as a Machinist, while Rehbein was sent a certificate of qualification in Flak! The Flotilla Commander would clear that up after U-266 returned to base. In the meantime, Uhlig would have to break in a new 1WO who had barely had time to learn his fellow-officers' names. Uhlig couldn't help wondering if his 2WO, Lt. Hans-Gunther Elfeld, resented the newcomer being placed over him, but Elfeld's facial expression remained unchanged.
U-266 had a green crew. Among the officers and senior petty officers, only Oberfunkmann Hannes Klose had any front boat experience. Ten of the petty officers had no trade qualification at all. The lower ranks did have a slightly greater sprinkling of service experience. Three had even won EK2's in previous boats, but two of these were cantankerous grease monkeys who had never risen above the rank of Maschinengefreiter. Uhlig had only been given time for two brief shakedown cruises before U-266 was designated a front boat.
Uhlig was also unhappy about the state of U-266's equipment. U-266 had no anti-sonar coating, no radar and no sound ranging equipment. The only advanced torpedoes he carried were a single FaT I in tube 3 and a FaT III in forward reserve. Uhlig had tried to obtain more FaTs from the Quartermaster. "Those are reserved for our more experienced Kaleuns", he was told. At least he had managed to get a few more regular type IIIs.
Given the sorry state of U-266, Uhlig decided to approach his patrol area from the south, rather than take the direct route from St. Nazaire. He set a course south-southwest from St. Nazaire until he was most of the way to the Spanish coast, and then headed west until he was due south of AM77. This way he could at least avoid most of the increasingly dangerous British air patrols over the Bay of Biscay. Taking this route, Uhlig felt sure he would be able to safely stay on the surface until he neared his patrol area. As it turned out, he was right. Despite the clear weather, no aircraft were sighted, and more importantly, no aircraft sighted U-266.
On February 4th, shortly before 15:00, Uhlig was reflecting that this would probably be the last day had could remain surfaced, when a radio report was received that a lone merchant had been sighted just 30km NE of U-266's position. "Now we shall see what this boat and crew are capable of", Uhlig thought. "Ahead flank, steer 053!", he ordered. At 16:20, 40 minutes before the anticipated interception, Uhlig himself went up the conning tower hatch and grabbed the UZO. Right away he spotted a smudge of smoke on the horizon "That's why you didn't make 1WO" he thought, eyeing Elfeld, who was watch officer on duty, followed by "If he wants to detect the enemy early, the Kapitaen has to do it himself", but aloud he said, "Battle stations for gunnery attack!" With calm seas, U-266 would never be a more stable gun platform.
Lt. Rahn took his place on deck and began calling out the ranges in a loud, confident voice. "Sounds like he knows what he's doing", thought Uhlig. "Target's apparent speed is 7 knots", said Rahn, "I recommend we commence firing at 3000 metres". "See to it", replied Uhlig. He knew that engaging from a distance and keeping his boat pointing at the target reduced the chance of being hit in a gun duel. He was pleased to see that his new 1WO was also aware of this. "Load HE and aim for the bridge", ordered Rahn. A few moments later the order was given to commence firing. Uhlig winced as the first shot fell far short. "We still leave a lot to be desired", he thought. But the gun crew was to prove him wrong.
There was a flash as the second shot scored a hit, followed immediately by another flash. "Target is returning fire!", Rahn reported calmly. "Slow to Ahead Standard" ordered Uhlig. He didn't want to get too close now that he knew the target was armed, but he needed to get close enough to give his gunners a chance to take out the merchant's deck gun. "Load AP and aim for the gun!" yelled Rahn down to the gun crew.
When the range had closed to about 1700m, there was a large explosion on the deck of the freighter and no more gunfire came from it. U-266's gun crew switched back to HE and began to shoot for the waterline.
Suddenly the freighter changed aspect and started to shoot again. "Perhaps he had a second gun forward, said Rahn. "Slow to one third", ordered Uhlig. This time the enemy gun was destroyed by the third shot. Firing was redirected to the waterline and a few shots later there was a large explosion on the freighter. "She's going down!" yelled the gun crew. "She must have been transporting ammunition", mused Rahn. "There's no way a target that size would normally sink after taking less than 35 hits."*
With its victory accomplished, U-266 turned towards its patrol area at high speed, and slipped beneath the waves to avoid the inevitable air patrol that would soon be flying over the floating wreckage of Uhlig's first victim.
To be continued...
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*What can I say? I'm not using GWX's damage model.
Weiss Pinguin
01-24-09, 10:28 PM
Date: October 10th, 1939
To: BdU
From: U-1337
Currently north of Scapa flow, sailing west. Three ships sunk, all while submerged, tonnage unknown, estimate at least 7000 total. Torpedo stores are down to 3 reloads, all tubes loaded.
Intelligence esimates for last patrol: Approx. 41000 GRT :smug:
RoaldLarsen
01-26-09, 01:20 AM
A day after scoring her first victory of the war, U-266 arrived in her patrol area of AM77. The boat spent most of her time running submerged with Oberfunkmann Klose or Funker Gerhard Biagazewski listening intently to the hydrophones. Sometimes, especially when Biagazewksi was on duty, Oblt. Ulrich Uhlig, the boats' commander, would come and listen for himself. During the first 24 hours of their patrol they had sound contacts with 4 different warships, and one whale. Then three days of nothing. Not so much as a seagull.
At 22:00 on February 8, 1943, Uhlig was sitting at the small desk in his cabin, trying to come up with ways to prevent his crew from getting bored, and improve their training, when the FuMB gave a squawk. "Detecting radar signals!" exclaimed Funkmaat Waldemar Eversberg. The Tommies had decided to solve Uhlig's problem. A cry of "Alarm!" sounded through the boat, and Lt. Elfeld pressed the alarm button. The watch crew came briskly down the ladder, and Lt. Rahn secured the hatch. Just as Steuermannmaat Johann Kresjci announced "Depth ten metres!", a drumroll of booming explosions shook the boat. After a few seconds of shocked silence, reports came in from all compartments. Only the aft torpedo room reported any damage: the decoy launcher was jammed. LI Rehbein had a look and declared he could fix it "No problem."
At this point Uhlig ordered a 90 degree turn to port and finally remembered to look at his stopwatch. He had forgotten to time the crash dive! However, it seemed to him that all had gone very swiftly. U-266 had been cruising with both diesels at full revs - one driving the propeller shaft and the other charging the batteries. The relatively high surface speed had resulted in a quick dive. Considering how close those depth bombs had been, diving from a standing start might have taken forever, and then lasted forever.
A minute later came the sound of more explosions in the water, but this time the sounds were farther away, behind the boat - from where they might have been if U-266 had been going slower and stayed on the original course. Uhlig let five more minutes tick by before he ordered "Ahead slow." U-266 had only been recharging for two hours, and the batteries were only about 70% charged. Better not use them up to too quickly.
At 04:00 the sea watch changed and Uhlig took the boat up to periscope depth and raised the observation scope. He could see stars sparkling in the sky, but no aircraft. Would he be able to see aircraft at night through the pericsope? Uhlig didn't know for sure, but he had been trained to check, so he did. Seeing none, he gave the order to surface. Rehbein organized a damage control team from among those who had just come off watch and took them topside to check for exterior damage. They had to make repairs to the flak fittings and to the forward deck, but this was quickly completed.
After surfacing, U-266 had followed a triangular course and was nearly back to the vicinity of the air attack and almost completed recharging, when, at 07:34 once again the radar detector sounded, and simultaneously Matrosengefreiter Werner Harms called out "Aircraft sighted!" from his aft lookout position. Oberbootsmann Erich-Franz Strobl, who was in charge of the 3rd watch, swung his binoculars around to see a whole flight of multi-engined aircraft coming right at him. No time to get a type identification; U-266 was already begining a crash dive. Strobl got his men off the deck and tumbled after them, dogging the hatch.
This time, U-266 was not so fortunate. Explosions surrounded the boat. There was a high-pitched scream followed by "We have flooding in the aft torpedo compartment!". Yelling at the watch crew to follow him, Rehbein rushed aft. He reported damage to the torpedo tube and started the pumps while the men worked with wedges to stop the leak. The screaming continued unabated and men looked to see who was hurt. Then there was a guffaw as they realized that the sound was coming from the air compressor. Two of the diesel mechanics set to fixing it.
Uhlig ordered a 90 degree turn to starboard, and a minute later more bombs rained down behind the boat. This time there were so many it sounded like a whole sqaudron was after him. In just a few minutes, Rehbein reported the flooding stopped and the water level being handled by the pumps. "I can get the torpeo tube operational, no problem, but the fitting of the tube to the pressure hull is damaged. We can probably only dive to about half our maximum depth before it gives out."
Uhlig had a decision to make. His boat was damaged and the Britischers knew where he was operating. Should he return to base for repairs? On the other hand, he still had a full load of torpedoes, and all offensive and detection systems were working. He had been ordered to patrol this area and sink enemy shipping. What should he do? For some reason the words "be more aggressive" echoed in his head. Uhlig decided to stay on patrol, but he would not attack convoys. There was too great a risk of detection and a resultant depth charging by the escorts. With limited diving depth, U-266 couldn't risk that. If he saw a convoy, he would shadow it and report it. That was all. Neither would he engage in any more gunnery duels. One lucky hit might be enough to sink him. He would patrol, watch and listen, and look for an opportunity to make submerged attacks against unescorted vessels.
Having been attacked twice in the same area, Uhlig was determined to move as far away as possible before he surfaced to recharge. U-266 stayed on a westerly course submerged for more than 12 hours until mounting CO2 levels induced Uhlig to surface. The potash canisters could only do so much.
Once surfaced, the crew could see that there was more damage to the upper works of the boat. A team worked on jury-rigging repairs to the flak mountings while the diesels poured power into the batteries. By 21:40 the battery was 75% charged but just five minutes later a lookout spotted a plane, and machinegun bullets rattled off the hull while U-266 crash dived for a third time. This time there was no immediate explosion. Uhlig leveled off at 60m and made his usual 90 degree turn, just as a depth bomb went off some distance away. A few minutes later there was another distant explosion, then silence. The crew heaved a collective sigh of relief that they had not suffered any more damage.
At midnight, Uhlig surfaced again to resume charging, but after only 15 minutes there was another radar warning and aircraft attack. Again no more apparent damage. This was getting ridiculous. Every time U-266 surfaced to recharge, she was attacked by aircraft. Uhlig decided he would have to leave the patrol area altogether.
06:00 on February tenth found U-266 on the surface at BE2336, recharging badly depleted batteries and repairing the flak gun that had been found hanging by a thread. Less than an hour later there was yet another radar warning followed instantly by an air attack. This time there was a small leak in the previously damaged area, but it was quickly stopped.
Uhlig was worried. The British air power was relentless. Five consecutive times he had surfaced to recharge his batteries only to be attacked before the recharging was complete. He had to find some way to break the pattern. He set course directly away from England, travelling at only two knots to conserve his battery power as much as possible. He ordered all men not performing essential duties into their bunks, so as to reduce oxygen consumption as much as possible. Slowly, quietly, U-266 crept away from the island that seemed to have been transformed into the world's largest aircraft carrier. Finally, at 20:00, with the batteries almost discharged and the CO2 levels in the danger area, U-266 surfaced in BE2368. The diesels sprang into noisy action and current ran into the batteries as U-266 ran for her life.
By 22:00 the batteries were 75% charged. Uhlig didn't want to push his luck. He submerged until 04:00, then surfaced and finally got his batteries fully charged for the first time in three days.
U266 didn't immediately return to her patrol area. She headed southeast to get closer to home in case the air attacks resumed, But after two quiet days, she retured to AM77 to patrol some more.
Uhlig used the respite to give some serious thought to the problem of evading air attacks now that in 1943 the allies had extended their air coverage. It seemed to him there were several principles to keep in mind:
- The longer you are on the surface, the greater the chance you will be found. Therefore
- Stay submerged most of the time, but not so long that you use up your batteries.
- Don't spend too much time recharging in one long stretch. Break recharging into two or three sessions.
- When submerged, use slower speeds, so that you don't drain the battery as much.
- Upgrade your batteries, so they don't need as much time to recharge.
- Radar means you are no longer automatically safe to recharge at night. Daytime is still worse, though.
- Once aircraft have found you they will keep looking for you in the same area for a while. New aircraft will return to look where previous sightings have recently been made. So:
- once spotted, stay submerged for as long as possible and take a course directly away from the likely source of aircraft. You want to put as much time and distance between you and the sighting location as possible.
- the longer you remain unfound, the more lkely the enemy aircraft will give up looking specifically for you.
Uhlig decided that he would patrol submerged at 3 knots, He would surface to recharge at night for no more than two hours at a time, all the while running at flank speed. This would usually result in two recharging sessions per night. He would also experiment with four one-hour sessions. If discovered, he would steer directly away from enemy territory and stay submerged for at least 8 hours if battery and CO2 levels allowed. If detected 3 times within 72 hours, he would leave the patrol area entirely for 3 days. When bombed, he would turn 90 degrees (away from enemy territory) when he reached 50 metres depth.
How did this work out for him? Tune in to the next episode to find out...
January 29, 1943:
U-354 (Type VII C/2, Ltn.z.See Herbschleb) puts to sea again from Bergen for her 3rd war patrol. On patrol in grid AB64 (Arctic Ocean).
Cheers,
RoaldLarsen
02-02-09, 05:47 PM
U-266 returned to patrol AM77 on St. Valentine's day, 1943. It had been 2 weeks since the boat had left port on her maiden patrol, and ten days since she last detected an enemy merchant ship. She had been attacked by aircraft 5 times, the second time sustaining serious damage to her stern. Four times she had successfuly evaded patroling warhips. Her commander, Oblt. Ulrich Uhlig was determined to keep hunting for lone prey, but had decided that taking on a convoy was too much for his green crew and damaged boat.
At 19:14 the hydrophone operator, Oberfunkmann Hannes Klose reported a warship sound contact, so Uhlig knew his failure to detect targets was not the result of hydrophone malfunction. He even listened in on the 'phones himself when the less experienced operator, Funker Gerhard Biagazewski, was on duty. The next two days each produced a warship sound contact but no sign of any commercial traffic. At least it had been six days since U-266 had been attacked by aircraft.
Such luck could not last, of course. At 01:51 on the morning of February 17th, the FuMB detected radar signals and U-266 crash dived to avoid depth bombs. No damge was sustained. A destroyer showed up about half an hour later, but didn't find the u-boat. Uhlig altered course to the west at 2.5 knots and stayed submerged until night. At 04:08, just after beginning the second recharging session of the night, another radar signal was detected. This time there was no attack. But early on the next morning there was an attack. Uhlig decided to leave the area for a few days. He moved westward at 2.5 knots, waiting until nightfall to surface.
The following day Uhlig turned southward. While surfaced that night for the first of two planned recharging sessions, U-266 received a radio message that a merchant ship had been sighted just 30km SSE of Uhlig's current position. Oberfaehnrich Helmut Schrager plotted an intercept course for their current speed of 11 knots, which was as fast as U-266 could go while recharging. The night was pitch black and the waves were a bit choppy. When U-266 approached the intercept location none of the watch crew could see the target. Uhligh ordered a dive to periscope depth, and almost immediately a sound contact was made. The target was tracking a bit further southeast than the original sighting had indicated, although the estimated speed of 7 knots seemed correct. Schrager's course had allowed for some time to adjust, so Uhlig lined up U-266 perpendicular to the target's estimated course. Using the bearing from the hydrophone, Uhlig got a periscope lock on the freighter. All he could make out in the darkness was the bow wave and the wake, and a looming blackness between. It was impossible to make an identification, and therefore to get an accurate range or set the proper torpedo running depth. Of course, he had no range-sounding gear.
Uhlig waited patiently, hoping that as the target got closer he would be able to make out some distinguishing feature. When the freighter was only 20 degrees off the starboard bow, Uhlig realized he would not be able to make an identification in time to adjust the TDC, so he would have to make a guess. Based on the angle of the bow wave, and the apparent height of hull relative to its length he guessed he was looking at a coastal merchant. He selected a type I torpedo and ordered a running depth of 8.75 metres and magnetic pistol. As Uhlig waited the last few seconds for the target to get to the firing bearing, the view in the periscope contained more of the ship than seemed correct for a target of that size. Uhlig assumed that he must have mis-read the target's course, so he ordered all back emergency to avoid firing too close for detonation to occur. When the gyro bearing ticked down to 0, Uhlig ordered "Fire 2!", snapped down the periscope, and called for "All ahead flank, hard left rudder, match course with the target on 064". Lt. Rahn counted down the seconds to impact. "At least one officer on this boat remembers to use his stopwatch", thought Uhlig. When Rahn got to "zero" he started counting up again. At "five" the sound of an explosion was heard and cheers went up. Uhlig raised the scope. He had no trouble finding the target. It was ablaze. By the light of the flames he was surprised to see that the target wasn't a small coastal merchant at all, but a large freighter settling in the water. Men on deck were desperately trying to launch lifeboats, but the the boats seemed to be stuck in place. As Uhlig watched, the freighter folded in on itself, and swiftly sank beneath the waves. Uhlig had sunk a 9,000 ton ship with a single lucky shot.
Uhlig assumed that the doomed freighter had managed to transmit a distress call. He wanted to put as much distance as possible between him and the location of the sinking, so he surfaced and set a course toward his patrol area. The torpedo mechanics quickly reloaded tube 2, and Uhlig decided to take advantage of his time on the surface to move the forward externally stored torpedo into the boat. This was tricky work in moderate waves, at night, but Uhlig was not willing to stay on the surface for over an hour during daylight.
Just when the crew had gotten the torpedo most of the way through the hatch, the radar detector emitted a warning. With the torpedo loading hatch open, Uhlig couldn't dive, and with a torpedo partly through it, the hatch couldn't be closed. U-266 would have to stay on the surface and hope for the best. The men on deck and in the toprdeo room laboured frantically while the lookouts scanned the clouds for emerging aircraft. Suddenly flashes lit up a sector of the sky as a large slow plane dove towards the sub, firing its machine guns. Uhlig ordered a tight turn towards the aircraft and the bullets whistled overhead. The plane, a Sunderland, came around for another pass, and this time there was a towering fountain of water off the starboard quarter as a depth bomb exploded. Bullets rattled on the hull aft of the flak guns. Again the plane made another pass and dropped a depth bomb. Again it missed behind and too far along the plane's path. Its pilot seemed to have underestimated U-266's speed. Uhlig continued to order radical course changes. This slowed the work on loading the torpedo a bit, but it seemed to throw off the aircraft's aim on its repeated attacks. Finally after eight minutes that seemed like hours, the torpedo was aboard, the hatch was shut and the crew were below deck. U-266 dived to 50 metres and the immediate danger was behind them.
Uhlig realized that he had made a mistake that had nearly proved fatal. Two mistakes, actually. He had stayed on the surface too long, and he had been on a course towards the most likely source of pursuit, not away from it. More than an hour had elapsed since the merchant's distress call, and while that wouldn't be enough time for aircraft scrambling from land bases to get to U-266's location, it would a allow a Sunderland already on patrol to cover over 350km. By following a course toward England he had reduced the time between himself and most searchers. Uhlig vowed never to repeat those errors.
About 23 hours later, at 00:59 on February 22, Klose picked up a distant sound contact of a merchant. This was the first merchant ship that U-266 had found all by herself. Since the contact was closing, Uhlig decided to stay submerged and see if he could deduce the contact's course by listening to it. Conveniently, U-266 was headed due north at the time. Uhlig maintained course for about 45 minutes. When it seemed that he had crossed over the target's path, he altered his own course to the west for a few minutes and then back south. When the target was at medium range, Uhlig raised the periscope and found the target. There was a bit more light this time, and Uhlig was able to identify the target and take range readings that were sufficently accurate that he was able to sink the freighter with a single type I torpedo. Then he surfaced and set out to the southwest at flank speed for 20 minutes, then submerged for four hours. This delayed his second scheduled recharge by two hours, but Uhlig wanted to minimize any possibility of detection by aircraft alerted by his latest victim. When he did surface, he only stayed up long enough to recharge to 80% and spent the next day cruising at 2.5 knots.
February 24 brought another air attack, that caused minor external damage. Later in the day there was a warship sound contact to the east, moving fast towards where U-266 had been attacked. Since U-266 was submerged and moving at 3 knots, there was no danger of detection. The following morning brought another air attack - six depth bombs in four passes. They all missed. Uhlig decided to leave the area for a while, and headed SSW.
Shortly before midnight, BdU relayed a report of a merchant in B5321 moving slowly to the ENE. U-266 moved to intercept. Very heavy seas made it difficult to stay on course. Numerous corrections were required. At 03:01 on February 26, while U-266 was still far from the intercept area a sound contact was established. Uhlig decided that this must be a different ship but since it was closer, he decide to intercept it first, and then go after the original contact. Uhlig sped towards the new contact, dived and listened, surfaced, corrected course, and then repeated the sequence one more time. At 05:19 visual contact was established. It was dark and the seas were running very high. Uhlig decided on a surface approach. Target was identfied as a coastal merchant. It's speed was calculated as 9 knots. Uhlig got within 600m without being spotted. On the final approach, a gun was spotted on the target's after deck. U-266 fired one torpedo and backed away rapidly from the freighter, keeping her bow pointed at the target to minimize the chance of being seen or being hit by the gun. The torpedo missed.
Uhlig moved around the target in a semi-circle and made another attack run, again with a single type I steam torpedo. Again he failed. Both torpedo attacks seemed to have missed aft of the target. On his third run Uhlig set the target speed to 10 and used a spread of two type III electics. The both missed as well. Uhlig had checked the range and target identification carefully, and had Lt. Elfeld double-check the TDC setting. He was at a loss to explain the misses. Uhlig decided to wait until daylight for his next attack, which would be made submerged. At 07:33 he was finally successful.
A modified intercept course to the original target was computed and at 16:11 U-266 destroyed a small merchant with the first torpedo.
Early next morning, while surfaced for recharging, a lookout spotted an aircraft. There was no radar warning. U-122 dived, but there was no attack. The next two nights each brought an air attack, so Uhlig left the patrol area for a while, returning for one more day on the first day of Marh. Then, with diesel fuel running low, he set a course for home base at St. Nazaire. The first leg of the course was directly towards El Ferrol, in case any required evasive manoeuvres over the next two days left him with too little fuel to reach St. Nazaire. Two more air attacks pushed U-266 further SW, but on the morning of March 3rd, a sound contact turned out to be a C3 cargo ship which Uhlig crippled with a bow shot and finished off with a stern shot. This left just four torpedos: the two FaT's in tubes 2 and 3, a type III being loaded into the stern tube and another type III in the aft external reserve storage.
No sooner had the aft tube been loaded than a radio report was received of a merchant moving slowly. Uhlig calculated that a surfaced course due east would intercept the target and still leave him just enough fuel to get home, so U-266 set off in pursuit once more. Because the interception course was taking him closer to England, and because he should be able to sink a target with three torpedos, Uhlig decided not to load the externally stored aft torpedo. He didn't want to risk a repeat of not being able to dive if faced with an attack. The target turned out to be two ships: a T3 tanker and a large freighter. Uhlig hoped to be able to kill both, but it would be a challenge to sink two such large ships with only three torpedoes, especially in the high seas that were running. Shortly after dawn, Uhlig made a submerged attack on the T3 with both forward torpedos and scored two hits. The tanker took on a heavy list to port and slowed to 5 knots, but refused to sink. Uhlig would have to expend at least one other torpedo on the tanker. The doomed tanker made a series of extreme course changes that created quite a challenge for Uhlig to manoeuvre U-266 into a firing position. Finally the tanker zigged when it should have zagged and Uhlig took a shot which finished the target.
The large freighter continued steaming towards its destination. The weather was too rough to try shelling it and the only torpedo Uhlig had left was in a storage compartment outside the pressure hull. Uhlig decided to risk a radio transmission to see if support was available, and ask for advice on how to proceed. "Keep up the good work!" was the response. Uhlig decided this meant he needed to keep shadowing the freighter while he loaded his last tropedo. The process took well over an hour but no aircraft or surface vessels intervened. Perhaps the bad weather was working to his advantage. Uhlig quickly positioned his boat perpendicular to the freighter's path, making course corrections to match the freighter's zigzagging. He fired the last torpedo and there was an explosion on target, but the freighter did not succomb. Uhlig was greatly disappointed that the 75 minutes of extreme risk had not been rewarded with another sinking, but as he sped out of sight of the target at top speed, he had the consolation of knowing he had sunk over 35kT of enemy shipping on his first war patrol, and survived 10 attacks from the air.
U-266 docked in the pens at St. Nazaire on the morning of March 8, 1943. Because of the damage to her stern it would be nearly two months before she would put to sea again. That should be time enough for the Flotilla Commander to clear up any outstanding paperwork, and perhaps to award a medal or two.
Jimbuna
02-03-09, 08:41 AM
Nice read http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif
Wintahs
02-03-09, 11:00 AM
June 3rd 1940,Aprox. 1900h,10km's NE of Dunkirk.
I'm on my way back to Kiel(With a pitstop in Ostend),Though I only left Kiel June 2nd,But I'm just not in a shape to fight a war. Both periscopes destroyed ,deck gun destroyed , Flak gun destroyed, A leak in the command room that can't be repaired(That sound really annoys me) and 40% HI.(Not to mention 6 men KIA.)
When I entered the channel I got HUNDREDS of sound signals. Because I wanted some easy and juicy targets,I decided to go for the port of Dunkirk itself(Ironicly most ships were already at sea or sunk by those Stukas.
I got very close to the harbor(+- 1km) without any trouble,But then a French and British DD detected me and started DCing me. This is where I got all that damage and where my 2 radio operators died,and where a bootsman was wounded critically.(He's ok now though,I'm definetly decorating the sani.)
Then the French DD hit a mine and sunk! the other one just went off and I was free to go anywhere I wanted(Still had to watch out for those mines though.)
Outside the piers I managed to sink a 2k ton LST. And this is when the Stuka's come in. They sunk 3 DD's,some trawlers and heavily damaged a M Merchant and a troopship. Some of them were shot down by AA fire coming from those troop ships.
I also sunk 2 DD's outside the piers,they were like stuck against the pier.(AI ain't too good in ports I guess)
Inside the harbour I sunk an 8k ton troop transport(Thought it was an ocean liner at first),an 8k British troopship(The other one was finished off by the luftwaffe) and finished off a damaged Merchant.
Just after I fired my last eel I got my first ever in GWX(I'm a rather new player) rendez-vous with the RAF,Hurricanes. luckily their boms all missed. (I was very lucky,I was surfaced with 'It's a long way to Tippenary' playing and life rafts and body's all around me(Pretty sadistic lol) Went to PD and got the hell out of there. Just outside the pier there was a DD waiting for me,but he wasn't able to manouvre fast enough and I got away. When 5km away from Dunkirk I surfaced,Thought all was clear. Wrong. 2 DD's. They started firing at me with everything they had(My conning tower looks more like a chimney now) I thought I was going to die,went to PD ASAP,and to my suprise,They didn't move! They were stalled out. Thank you,Luftwaffe.
Now I'm in Belgian waters,going for Ostend and then Kiel.
This was a stunning expierience,and I learned alot.(Do not surface unless you're sure it's safe,DD captains are 5 year old retards and the Luftwaffe kicks ass. And you shouldn't save when submerged.)
Thank you GWX team!
Lzs von swe
02-12-09, 03:22 AM
Wolff reporting in.
U-53, type VIIb. 7´th Flot.
Oct 31, -40, 0700 local time. Pos E of New Foundland.
Left St Naz Oct 10 for the Rockalls.
Resupplied at Belchen off Greenland on the 28´th.
At 0330 on the 13´th the A. Gibbons, a ammunition freighter was sunk in BF41. Surface attack on an convoy from behind. 2 T2 torpedoes missed/malfunctioned.
At 0640 the HMS Auckland, Black Swan class, was sunk in BF41. Part of the same convoy.
At 2308 on the 23´rd the James J. Maguire, a large tanker, and the Gulftrade, tanker 09, was sunk in AK24.
Surface attack on convoy from their left front.
Will hunt for convoys leaving Halifax.
U-53, Wolff.
rubenandthejets
02-12-09, 05:35 AM
As soon as I get my hands on SH4 1.5 (late Feb), I'll be flying the flag in the Indian Ocean.:salute:
As soon as Peabody and the crew working on the IJN campaign mod release it, I'll be upholding the honour of His Imperial Highness Hirohito as well:rock:
Lzs von swe
02-20-09, 05:09 PM
Jan 1, -41. St Nazaire.
At 0049 U-53 returned to base after 12 weeks on patrol.
After resupplying at Belchen on the 28´th of Oct. two convoys was attacked off Halifax.
At 0206 on the 5´th of Nov the Akinity, a coastal freighter was sunk.
At 0723 on the 24´th the Gurney E. Newlin, tanker 09, was sunk.
And at 1752 the same day the Derryheen, empire type, and part of the same convoy was sunk.
At 0030 on the 29´th the Nebraska, large cargo, was sunk.
And at 0228 on the 7´th of Dec the SS. Athenia, ocean liner was sunk just off New York.
She opened fire on us with machine guns and we returned the fire with our last 3 torpedoes. All 3 exploded under her keel, as intended.
We did not feel too welcome in NY after that.
Lzs von swe
02-26-09, 10:03 AM
Feb 23, -41.
South of the Rockalls.
U-53, heading for home.
Yesterday evening we found an big inbound convoy W of the Rockalls.
It was dark and partly cloudy. We slipped past the lead escort decks awash at 2 knots. She came as close as 1400m but then zigged away again.
In her wake we fired no1&3 at a tanker and 2&4 at another tanker from 3800m. Then we quietly slipped under the waves. 2 torps prematured but one tanker exploded and sank. The other tanker was hit and damaged but kept going.
We slowly turned West under the convoy and slipped out the backdoor. We backed of some 3000m and then surfaced, reloaded our tubes and went the long way around for the second attack. But now the clouds had gone and it was too much moonshine. Just as we had fired all 4 again, we were spotted by a Flower that fired star shells over our heads. And then opened fire, crashdive.
Needless to say all 4 torps missed as the merchants were alerted.
We had 3 warships attacking us, we went to 80m, 100, 120, 150 but then we had to start upwards again due to some damage. But, they lost us. After well over one hour we slowly slipped out of their pings and DC´s.
Now, we have repaired most of our damage and are returning to base. We have 1 fish in front and all 3 in the back and only 1, one, ship sunk. A tanker for some 10 000 tons yes, but we will attack again given a chance, but the hull leaks at 80m so we can´t take too big risks.
Wolff.
kbak303
03-26-09, 11:49 AM
October 20, 1939 1432 hours- 2nd patrol U-53, VIIB
Low on fuel after patrolling grid BF67....decided to make a run for home via the Dover Straits...
One Medium cargo plying the waters between Dover and Calais...debating on making the run NE through the Strait, or diving as deep as possible and sit and wait for darkness and the inevitable V&S classes that will try and find our beloved U-53.....
weather is rough with moderate visibility, but in the narrow Channel, we are sure the merchant ship was able to radio position and a mayday...
Kpt. Lt Wolfgang Von Heinz
(KB:arrgh!:)
Oneshot/Onekill
03-27-09, 11:33 AM
03/08/39. U-33 TypeVIIA, Cruising at 10 kts, Approx. 120km ESE of Dover headed for BF16, via English channel. Officers and crew seem a little on edge.
Laughing Swordfish
04-01-09, 10:33 PM
U-46 one man transferred by another boat to hospital but still busy around Gibraltar.
Laughing Swordfish
kbak303
04-03-09, 06:20 PM
May 1940
U-52 sent to grid BD and miss Dunkirk :o/
one man short due to one not returning from leave...failed to start via SHCommander...so no replacement
pickings are slim thus far, tend to patrol this zone for required 24 hours then attempt to shadow the Irish Coast up near Scapa Flow in hopes of picking up prey
U-847 (Type IXD2), 2. Flotilla out of Lorient, June 1943
Finished patrol of EJ99 and engaged an enemy convoy soon after in grid ES 6255. 2 cargo ships and 1 DE sunk; 1 cargo ship damaged. Boat sustained heavy damage; withdrew for repairs and torpedo reloading further north. Running on course of 278 Deg parallel to the convoy. Expected next engagement in around 18 hours.
Wicked Popsicle
04-04-09, 02:51 PM
U-61 type IIA just returned from patrol near scapa flow got one merchant ship.
unterseemann
04-07-09, 08:32 AM
U-995 type VIIC/41 11st flotilla Bergen
Left Bergen 12 june 1944 1st patrol
-19 jun 44: Attacked convoy heading east south of 'Baren inseln' in stormy weather, one torpedo impact but no sinking noise. Lost the convoy after
-23 jun 44: Attacked convoy heading west in the same area, detected by escorts just before attack. Fired a 4 torpedo salvo in front of a column then crash dived. torpedo impact after 2 min and 5 sec, sinking noise. DCed without damage. Shadowing the convoy but lost it due to radar emissions and bad weather
-24 jun 44: After 36h contact is made again with convoy. Prepare for attack within 12 hours...
Since I don't have a boat, I'm sweeping the floors, dusting and cleaning ashtrays at BDU. When done with these important duties, I send "be more agressive messages to boats on patrol. :cool:
Jimbuna
04-12-09, 07:00 AM
Since I don't have a boat, I'm sweeping the floors, dusting and cleaning ashtrays at BDU. When done with these important duties, I send "be more agressive messages to boats on patrol. :cool:
LOL :rotfl:
You'll soon be sorted I hope :DL
Paul Riley
04-15-09, 02:41 PM
3rd career in current campaign,3rd war patrol.
Captain: Hans Klarholz
Date: 28th Sept 1942
U-Boat: VIIC
Base: S.Naz.
Weather: clear sky,sea 0,vis. light fog
Assigned to AK48 in an attempt to locate outbound convoy out of Halifax.Currently operating inside the N.Atlantic 'air gap'.Will be patrolling the area until contact is made.
1 s. merch. sunk for just under 3000 tonnes.
7 mkII Hurricanes from our Biscay break out.
U-200, Type IX D2, Ltn. Heinrich Schonder, enroute from Lorient to Penang reporting in:
1134 JULY28 1943 BDU CONTACT CONVOY FW4333 SPEED 7 COURSE 340
1 DD, 1 SMALL MERCHANT, 1 TROOP SHIP APPROX. 9300 GRT. MOVING IN POSITION FOR NIGHT ATTACK ON TROOP SHIP DESPITE HVY SEA
310 CBM FUEL 24 EELS LEFT
WX: CLEAR NO RAIN AVG SIGHT WIND 15 M/S FROM 234
U-200 SCHONDER
Cheers,
Alex3886
05-08-09, 06:12 AM
Monday, March 11th 1940.
Oberleutnat z.s. Atanasoe Alex commander of U-27, Type IXB U-boat, in home base at Wilhelshaven before patrol 4.
Recent achievements:
Date and Time
Location
Occurrences
2.10.39. 1603 Patrol 1
U-27, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel
Left at: October 2, 1939, 16:03
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM16 7.10.39. 0411 Grid AM 38 Ship sunk! Floating Dock, 26000 tons 0451 Grid AM 38 Ship sunk! MV Teakwood (Modern Tanker), 7598 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 80. Crew lost: 47 0626 Grid AM 38 Ship sunk! SS Kirnwood (Small Merchant), 3741 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 34 0751 Grid AM 38 Ship sunk! SS Coringa (Medium Cargo), 5279 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 33 11.10.39. 2200 Grid BF 22 Ship sunk! SS Velma Lykes (Tramp Steamer), 2915 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 2 2222 Grid BF 22 Ship sunk! SS Tynwald (Tramp Steamer), 2897 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 27. Crew lost: 1 12.10.39. 1002 Grid BF 28 Ship sunk! SS City of Canterbury (Large Merchant), 7345 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 38 1310 Grid BF 52 Ship sunk! MV Santa Rita (Medium Cargo), 5332 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 9 14.10.39. 1050 Grid AM 54 Ship sunk! SS Varangnes (Small Freighter), 2229 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 3 1648 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk! SS Helmwood (Small Freighter), 2230 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 21. Crew lost: 8 16.10.39. 0725 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! SS Glenshiel (Large Merchant), 7346 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 104. Crew lost: 18 18.10.39. 1332 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 11
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 72912 tons
21.11.39. 1853 Patrol 2
U-27, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel
Left at: November 21, 1939, 18:53
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM78 24.11.39. 1853 Grid AN 54 Ship sunk! SS Wild Wave (Medium Cargo), 5271 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 32 1941 Grid AN 54 Ship sunk! SS Memnon (Medium Cargo), 5218 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 38 25.11.39. 0452 Grid AN 54 Ship sunk! H. Gibbons (Ammunition Ship), 7373 tons. Crew: 101. Crew lost: 92 0514 Grid AN 54 Ship sunk! Orion (Small Depot Ship), 6250 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 189. Crew lost: 181 27.11.39. 0515 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 4
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 24112 tons
25.1.40. 1813 Patrol 3
U-27, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: January 25, 1940, 18:13
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid DT85 28.1.40. 0009 Grid AN 55 Ship sunk! SS Hastings (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 7 0524 Grid AN 54 Ship sunk! MV Delaires (Medium Cargo), 3850 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 41 0557 Grid AN 54 Ship sunk! SS Betty (Tramp Steamer), 2819 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 17 1528 Grid AN 55 Ship sunk! SS Highflyer (Medium Cargo), 3793 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 47. Crew lost: 5 2228 Grid AN 58 Ship sunk! SS Reuben Tipton (Medium Cargo), 3794 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 10 30.1.40. 0439 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! SS Rangitiki (Large Troop Ship), 13197 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 228. Crew lost: 216 0457 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! HMS Wild Goose (Black Swan class), 1250 tons. Crew: 193. Crew lost: 175 1.2.40. 0227 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 7
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 30572 tons
3 patrols (32 days): 22 ships sunk 127596 tons, of witch 94096 tons of merchant shipping and 33500 of warship sunk.
Medals recieved:
27NOV39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
01FEB40 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
Badges recieved:
01FEB40 U-BOAT BADGE
Playing at 100% reality with GWX 3.0, OLC gold, and SH3 Commander.
THE BEST EXPERIENCE EVER!!!
Radio message from U-200, Type IX D2, Ltn. Heinrich Schonder, enroute from Lorient to Penang:
0100 JULY29 1943
TO: BDU
TORPEDOED 1 BRITISH TROOP SHIP 9500 GRT IN FW1657. TARGET SUNK AFTER 13 MINUTES, VERY FEW SURVIVORS DUE TO HVY SEA. 21 EELS LEFT. PROCEEDING PATROL TOWARDS CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
U-200 SCHONDER
Cheers,
littlelordlucan
06-20-09, 08:33 AM
U-666 Type VIIC Reporting--Fully Operational--Awaiting Orders--
Location. 17th Flotolla,Lorient.
Running GWX 3.0 & GWM 2.3.
U-505 reporting succesfull drum beating off the US east coast
sunk +7 ships worth aprox. 64500 tons
Snestorm
10-08-09, 03:18 AM
U338 VIIC 27.mar.43 Patrol 1 Complete
Patrol Grid AM77 24.feb.43 til 27.mar.43 4 ships sunk 32.918 GRT
U77 Type VIIC 16th patrol SEP 5,1941
Just departed Nazaire headed to EK75
African coast fertile hunting
Crew's performance has been superb
Allies, however, showing signs of improvement
Expecting tougher encounters
From BDU
To Reporting Kaleuns
Onward to victory!
Patkins1983
10-08-09, 09:13 PM
U-124 5th September 1941. Sitting in Nazaire contemplating a scapa raid.
Last patrol saw a 56k haul on a convoy going west out of Gibraltar. Got my second Southampton of the war with a eel to the bow. Went under as she plowed on. :)
Snestorm
10-09-09, 02:31 AM
U338 VIIC 7. Flotilla
Returned to St. Nazaire after 2. patrol.
24.apr.43 til 5.maj.43
30.apr.43 19.33 CG19: Alarm! Aircraft. Hull damage. RTB.
02.maj.43 08.13 CG21: Alarm! Aircraft.
04.maj.43 22.56 BF64: Alarm! Aircraft.
No surface contacts.
Patrol Tonnage: 0
Total Tonnage: 32.918 GRT
Snestorm
10-09-09, 09:40 PM
U338 VIIC 7. Flotilla St. Nazaire
Early return from Patrol 3.
02.jun.43 til 05.jun.43.
BF55
03.jun.43 22.24 Detecting Radar Signals.
A L A R M ! Aircraft.
Stb. Electric Motor destroyed.
Minor flooding E-motor and Aft Berthing.
41% Hull Integrity. Return To Base.
Abd_von_Mumit
11-05-09, 10:17 PM
On duty for papa Doenitz.
Kapitänleutnant Udo Linke (U-51, VIIB) sunk south of Rockal Banks on August 12 '40 after 10 patrols (200 days), 43 ships (40/3), 277585 tonns (221895/55690).
Oberleutnant z. S. Herbert Richter (U-47, VIIB) on his third patrol around [classified]. Previous patrols: 2 patrols (24 days), 10 ships (10/0), 54565 tonns (54565/0). Current: 45 days, 6 ships (5/1), 35389 tonns.
I'm going to go through whole the war. When one crew is lost, I start a new career on the month of the sinking. If I manage to go through, I'll think of some experimental theatres, like Black Sea, Med., monsooning.
comet61
11-06-09, 04:09 AM
U-371 (Type VIIC)
7th/13th Flotilla
St. Nazaire
May 25, 1941
On 12th patrol 150k south of Iceland. Ready to head east to take a southerly route off the Irish coast, then head for the BE area.
11 patrols-14 ships in the drink @ 81,000 tons. 2 destroyers on 10th patrol.
Weiss Pinguin
11-06-09, 08:57 PM
March 19, 1941
Just returned from a patrol off the Canadian coast - Bagged 3 ships for a total of just over 30000 tons (1 whale factory, 1 modern tanker, and a large cargo) in 3 attacks on a convoy heading southwest. Would've had more, but during the second attack a tramp steamer intercepted all 4 eels from a salvo at such short range the pistols hadn't even armed yet, so I didn't even at least get the steamer. :dead:
After another attack I expended all but three of my aft torpedoes, but the convoy didn't have anything over 5000 tons anyways. Getting the boat fixed up, (That large cargo was bristling with guns) and then it's out to sea again!
Task Force
11-07-09, 12:20 AM
U 45...
HELLO PEOPLE!!!
stull rockin and roolin on the south atlanic... I hate these storms...:shifty:
bagged some of are british buddies.
U 45 out!
Gabucino
11-07-09, 06:09 AM
Patrol 5
U-47, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: December 27, 1939, 16:34
From: Wilhelmshaven
Being the most celebrated navy captain of the freshly started World War 2 (having sneaked into Scapa Flow to sink HMS Hood, a Revenge-class HC, and an Auxiliary Cruiser), I decided not to spend a boring 24 hours at our designated patrol zone, but to further shake up my great crew.
I took a look at my Kriegsmarine-issued convoy map, and evading the UK to the north, we headed to the deep waters due southwest of the Hebrides, where at least 5 convoy routes link up (AM52). We had a great start, erupting destructive inferno on a 10k tons modern tanker in AN16.
At our self-designated partol zone, with very heavy precipitation and strong winds, I ordered the dive to periscope depth, and constant ASDIC monitoring. Several hours later, the petty officer established contact with a sizable convoy 20km away.
I chose to wait and plot their approximate trajectory, it will be useful for later patrols. After they got close enough, I ordered foreshadowing them further eastwards, while sinking a lone 10k tons large merchant wandering in the storm.
When the ENE heading enemy convoy took a starboard turn to ESE, nearing the shallow continental shelf, I set up my attack plan and turned our ever-hungry eyes to their estimated 90 degrees angle-on-bow track. They came soon, us being on their portside.
The port-side Black Swan was far from us, so I had plenty of time to set up torpedo runs (joint work with the WO). Launching all T1/G7a forward eels timed to contact approximately at the same time, we instantly sent a Medium Cargo, an Ore Carrier, and a Large Merchant to the bottom of the ocean.
The bad weather and the night being with us, we rushed into the convoy with flank speed, diving to 90 meters, passing under flaming and crackling wreckages, evading a weak depth-charge run.
Ballasts blew, we rushed to periscope depth again, to fire the rear eels. And there was a Southampton-type Town-class Light Cruiser at 400 meter range. The first torpedo didn't arm in time, but the second hit the warship in its aft.
Crash diving to a safe depth of 180m (and evading further depth charges), we waited in silence for the "storm" to blow over. There was still one eel as a rear external reserve, so we surfaced, and flanked the now-small convoy. After the crew confirmed the successful torpedo loading, I took position again, this time attacking surfaced, 3km off their starboard. I let the remaining measily small ships and escorts pass, but the Southampton never came.
After they passed, we followed the convoy's route backwards, and suddenly she, the Southampton CL, unfolded from the dark rainy horizon, towards us, slowly limping, lonely. Just to receive our last aft torpedo below its front deck.
The resulting fireworks drew back an escort from the convoy, which we listened to from a safe distance and depth. No torpedoes left and with great successes, everyone is on high morals. We will win this war.
Patrol tonnage: 55994 tons
(http://gabucino.be/berczigabor/Log_4.html)
Wild_skipper
11-07-09, 11:49 AM
January 1944, U-432 logbook.
17.00 Convoy spotted, following and waiting till dark for attack.
01.00 Attack begins.
01.20 ALARM ! boat detected while aprouching convoy. Depth charges.
05.00 Lost contact of the destroyer, heavy damadge returning to base.
23.00 ALARM ! plain spotted, bombs, heavy flooding.
02.00 Surfacing, lost contact with plain.
05.00 ALARM ! Destoryers spotted, boat detected, depth charges.
05.10 Surfacing, surrendering for the safety of the crew, scutteling boat.
Ende.
Weiss Pinguin
11-07-09, 09:08 PM
May 12, 1941
Grid BE62
Arrived on station in the BE area yesterday. Received report of convoy to our east, heading directly towards us. As they are already in the open ocean I expect no course changes, and we should meet them sometime in the middle of the night. Perhaps my birthday tomorrow will not be so dull after all?
KptLt. Stein
I love the North Atlantic :arrgh!:
Snestorm
11-08-09, 05:50 AM
U338 VIIC 7. Flotilla
Returned safely from Patrol 7.
AM21. 2.jan.44 til 15.feb.44.
20.jan.44 18.08 AM14 Tugboat 1.139grt.
Surface Deck Gun. Too close and fast for a torp.
23.jan.44 01.27 AM21 C Class DD 1.375 tonnes.
Submerged T4 Aquistic Torpedo.
Using a searchlight after being homed in by the RAF cost him his ship. Dumb. Dog Zebra!
03.feb.44 08.54 BE35 Coastal M. 1.992grt.
Submerged 3xG7E Torpedoes.
08.feb.44 03.38 BF17 T2 Tanker 10.837grt.
Surface 2xG7E to stop. 1xG7A and 1xFATIII to sink.
Tough customer!
10.feb.44 23.43 BF42 Coastal M. 2.041grt.
Surface 1xG7A.
The sky is filled with flying cockroaches (RAF).
Venatore
11-08-09, 07:22 AM
You want to get fairdinkem about "holding up the honour of the U-Boats"
:hmmm:
http://wolvesatwar.com/
Jimbuna
11-08-09, 03:15 PM
You want to get fairdinkem about "holding up the honour of the U-Boats"
:hmmm:
http://wolvesatwar.com/
Just this minute been holding a conversation on the subject with KL on the TS server.....been meaning to look at that for too long now http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif
Abd_von_Mumit
11-08-09, 04:39 PM
Just this minute been holding a conversation on the subject with KL on the TS server.....been meaning to look at that for too long now http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif
Just joined them. Looks fantastic. Feels exciting. It's definitely the right place to be when SH5 comes out!
Kpt. Lehmann
11-08-09, 04:58 PM
:cool:
Snestorm
11-13-09, 02:31 AM
U338 VIIC 7. Flotilla St. Nazair
Patrol 8 complete.
14.mar.44 til 6.apr.44. Grid BE36
3 mechants sunk for 21.086 GRT.
1 C Class DD sunk for 1.375 tonnes. (T4).
Lt. JG Carlewitz and Flak Gunner 3. Eckermann were lost while holding off enemy aircraft.
U338 was unable to crash dive do to extremely high CO2 levels.
During the attack the flak gun, both periscopes, the radar antena, and the radio antena were destroyed. The fuel tank was damaged and ½ of the remaining fuel was lost.
No depth charges or bombs were dropped (fighter).
The aircraft suffered no damage.
U338 was able to dive, following the initial attack.
The attack took place on 2.apr.44 at 04.27 in Grid BE43.
Snestorm
11-18-09, 12:12 AM
U338 VIIC 7. Flotilla
Patrol 9 complete:
Patrol Grid BE37.
4.maj.44 til 1.jun.44.
4 ships sunk for 8.381 GRT
Finished my first career after 10 patrols (retired).
9/39 to 8/40 -1st flotilla - Type IIA boat - 54% Realism.
My first experience with SH3 and it's been a fun ride. I think I've got a good grip on the basics but I can see I've got a way to go. I'm going to install GWX gold and either restart again in '39 or possibly start at one of the French bases in '40 and try the Atlantic waters in a Type VII.
KL-alfman
11-21-09, 08:28 AM
hello to all the Kaleus out there!
completely new to SH3 (i bought it for about 9€ - thought i got to have this classic game) i've read a lot lurking here and finally registered. use the GWX3.0-mod (thx to all of the team!!).
this forum is a great place to gather informations about getting used to all the controls, btw it really is fun to learn the basics of navigations and other (useful) stuff.
i'm in a U-IIA stationed in Kiel and right now it's the 3rd of september 39 and the u-boot is on its way to AN26.
looking forward to get some tonnage. :DL
Jimbuna
11-21-09, 12:19 PM
Welcome aboard KL-alfman http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif
November 16th 1941.
Currently in DH56 searching for targets of opportunity after completing a weeks patrol in DH33. Just came out of a 10 day long storm where winds didn't drop below 14 knots, was hell on the men and we spent most of it submerged. Been pretty uneventful so far sinking 2 British Merchants for 9000GRT east of Spain enroute to our patrol grid. Nothing since except a neutral (Spanish) tramp steamer we intercepted that was belching smoke (?!?) from it's forward hold. We surfaced to offer help and find out what was wrong but we had a hard time understanding the spanish crew, only establishing that they had come from Columbia and picking up the words 'rocket fuel whiskey', 'matches', 'green tobaccococococo' and the name 'Bernardo'.
As their engines were still running and no flooding, we let them continue their course north, singing strange songs as they vanished into the fog leaving a plume of sweet smelling smoke behind them.
We left St Nazaire on the 21st October and have only used 2 torpedoes, I hope we find some targets soon before the food runs low, I don't want to be returning to port with most of our ordnance, command will think we've gone soft.....
Ancient Mariner
11-22-09, 05:36 AM
CAPTAIN'S LOG
Date and Time
Location
Occurrences
17.3.40. 1752 Patrol 6
U-35, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: March 17, 1940, 17:52
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid DH77 20.3.40. 0208 Grid AF 75 Ship sunk! SS Nagara (Large Merchant), 5948 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 99. Crew lost: 9 22.3.40. 1502 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! HMS Kelvin (J&K classes), 1690 tons. Crew: 213. Crew lost: 46 1512 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! HMS Bulldog (A&B classes), 1350 tons. Crew: 169. Crew lost: 147 1539 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! HMCS Skeena (A&B classes), 1350 tons. Crew: 175. Crew lost: 96 1557 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! SS Bradfyne (Granville-type Freighter), 4709 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 110. Crew lost: 96 1557 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! SS City of Hankow (Empire-type Freighter), 6781 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 33 1616 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! SS Empire Citizen (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 83. Crew lost: 41 26.3.40. 1723 Grid AN 42 Ship sunk! SS Raranga (Large Merchant), 5949 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 28 28.3.40. 1037 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 8
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 32485 tons
Never made it to patrol area,bit of a dumb move to fire a full spread at HMCS Skeena!!! Had to be done picked off SS Bradfyne & SS City OF Hankow with Gun:arrgh!:,was running low on Eels,wasted 2 further eels on SS Empire Citizen :nope: On return voyage ran across SS Raronga..Last 2 eels,one from fore tubes and 1 from aft.
Now I take it BDu will give me a grilling...have a look on map where i attacked the Convoy,I am sure those RN types put a huuuge amount of mine fields through that area....
Snestorm
11-24-09, 04:15 AM
U338 VIIC 7. Flotilla
Patrol 10 Grid CG18
29.jun.44: Underway from St. Nazaire
10.jul.44: Ship sunk enroute to grid. 6.395 GRT. 1 x T3FAT2.
Location is Grid CG16 (W of Spain).
1.aug.44: Base changed to Bergen message recieved.
Location is just off the NW corner of Spain.
13.aug.44: 2 ships sunk. 4.394 GRT. 1 x T3FAT2, 1 x T4 Acquistic.
Location is Grid AE83 (E of Island).
26.aug.44: U338 docks at Bergen. Hej Norge!!!
Total Tonnage: 10.789 GRT
Ancient Mariner
11-24-09, 11:16 PM
Sunk my second BB off the coast of Spain!!! Last night at 900m,3 eels set with magnetic fuses,all 3 did their jobs(for a change) one dead center other 2 under B turret & c turret... Damn convoy escorts nearly sent me to a certain watery grave for that,think i managed +40k tonnage in that patrol sank some large merchies on East coast of GB on way out in a heavy storm,again lady luck smiled on my Kaleun,quick depth under keel check revealed 20m,so when 1st DD turned up I got the hell out:arrgh!:
Rapt0r56
11-26-09, 01:55 AM
U-96 VIIC 7.Flotille St. Nazaire.
November 1940 - Dezember 1941.
Sunk on my last Patrol yesterday,
with 56k tons. One Night Convoi attack, and 2 damn dd's.
Went to 190 meter, 3 dc's explode so near to the CT and RR that i can't stop flodding.:dead:
I changed to full speed and hard to port, but they don't givin' me a chance.
Next Campain waits for me. :salute:
Nippelspanner
11-26-09, 03:53 AM
September 1940
U-29, 2. U-Flottille, Lorient.
On my first patrol since what, a year?
Sunk two british merchants so far with 15,000 tons.
Snestorm
11-27-09, 03:57 AM
U338 VIIC 7. Flotilla Bergen
23.sep.44: Underway.
25.sep.44: AN23 enrout to AN41 (For the 2. time - SH3 crash).
We had sunk a Little Merchant and a Tug in AN41 prior to the crash .
Game crashed on 30.sep.44 at kl.23 while reloading tube 5 at 50 meter.
There was nothing within hydrophone range.
Oh well.
Gabucino
11-27-09, 07:12 AM
Ran into 3 Southampton-type CLs off the east coast of Britain, approached at periscope depth 90 degrees from their bow. One of them must have seen my periscope and/or the wakes of the two T1 I launched (both proven as duds), started firing at my direction with her deck guns...
... hitting and immediately sinking the other CL in formation (it was right between us). Tonnage thief. I got the third CL, though.
hitting and immediately sinking the other CL in formation (it was right between us). Tonnage thief.
Did Bernard defect....?
:woot:
October 21 1939
U56 Type IIA
At port in Kiel after first wartime patrol
5,971 tons sunk
Nippelspanner
11-27-09, 02:08 PM
Finished my first patrol and I was quite successful.
Sunk 5 merchants with 28.000 tons.
They have not dropped a single depthcharge on my boat. :arrgh!:
Gabucino
11-27-09, 02:49 PM
HMS Nelson torpedoed with a four-shot T1 salvo, en-route to Norway. I was hiding 200 meters under the very disabled hull. For a while we listened to the gramophone, just to piss off the destroyers.
http://gabucino.be/sh3/nelson01.jpg
http://gabucino.be/sh3/nelson02.jpg
After some silence the destroyers left, and I finished the Nelson with a fifth T1.
Nippelspanner
11-27-09, 07:22 PM
2. patrol
U-29 VIIB, 2. U-Flottille, Lorient
October 1940
Very lucky this time!
On October 19th I found a huge convoy in the AM grids heading for the gap at AM61/AM64. Visibility was poor and it was raining.
I tried to attack at night two times, both times a corvette spotted me and forced me to dive. The intersting thing is: The corvette did not opened up on me. She chased me and tried to ram me. I have never seen this before and was quite surprised as the watch called out the corvette 200m behind me. Depthcharged me right after crashdive but no damage taken. (lucky)
I escaped at 100m...
Same night, at ~0400am I tried to attack again... visibility was terrible and it was raining. But at least no fog. Again the damn corvette appeared at ~230° behind me at 300m - crashdive - depthcharges - some damage taken, nothing serious though. Hit the ground a few minutes later, again no big deal but had to blow ballast to get out of the mud.
I escaped at 80m...
Enough! :x
I headed for the gap and went to periscope depth, waiting for the convoy. A warship appeared in the hydrophone at 0703am. I thought its a single patrol but no, it was the big deal - a Revenge Class Battleship (I guessed it by its sound) together with the rest of the convoy - wow!
It was so dark, I just found a tanker and attacked him with two eels. Both hit the tanker and detonated. The second one was deadly - the tanker went down in flames (13000 tons).
I was about to give up because of the visibility (nearly zero) as a ship lighted up the Revenge 1000m in front of me - halleluja!
I fired tube 2 and 4 at the Revenge. Contact fuse, depth 6m, spread angle 3°.
Torpedo 3 hit the Revenge in the bow section. I already thought tube 4 was a dud as a second explosion broke the silence.
0200am - The Revenge sunk in AM64.
From the captains log:
Schiff versenkt!
HMS Royal Sovereign (Revenge - Klasse)
31000 BRT.
Mannschaft: 1189.
Mannschaftsverluste: 1093
Poor sailors, nearly everyone died... :cry:
(No screens. FRAPS is CTD because of the resolution fix... :damn: )
Snestorm
11-27-09, 07:43 PM
Great job, Nippelspanner!
Nippelspanner
11-27-09, 07:44 PM
Thank you very much Sir! :salute:
EDIT:
Oberleutnant z.S. Franz Kerber, commander of U-29, awarded with the Knights Cross for sinking the HMS Royal Sovereign with 31.000tons, was lost on sea after a depthcharge attack.
Kerber sunk 118285 tons in 4 patrols.
:(
KL-alfman
11-29-09, 12:27 PM
Kaleu Wilhelm Schatz is reporting back from his first war-time patrol (grid BF16).
stationed in whaven in a VIIB (U-15).
sank one big and two smaller freighters (15.000tons).
it was great fun!
this patrol took me more than 10hours, cause I sailed through The Channel to save some time and had to dodge some DDs.
newbie as I am, I didn't load torpedoes in reserve. so there were just 5!! I had to get along with.
what a great simulation!!
enjoyed every second of it - when sailing home with no eels at all I encountered a task force with the HMS Southampton and some DDs for escort. I could get close and if there were some weapons left, maybe I'd ........
just playing in 57% realism, but I'm eager to learn more about manual targetting and how to intercept ships asap.
thx to the modders of GWX, their achievement is priceless! :up:
Snestorm
11-30-09, 01:26 AM
U338 tied/tyed (en?!) up in Bergen after completing Patrol 11.
Patrol Grid: AN41 (East of Scapa Flow).
Patrol Dates: 23.sep.44 til 9.okt.44.
Patrol Results: 1 ship sunk for 6.395 GRT.
Heavy Fog dominated most of the patrol.
Gabucino
12-01-09, 03:55 AM
We've just been bombed by friendly fire of the Luftwaffe. They were aiming at a Motor Torpedo Vessel circling around (and above) us.
Nippelspanner
12-02-09, 06:04 PM
1. September 1939
U-19, IIA, 1.U-Flottille "Weddigen", Kiel
Oberleutnant Karl Bergstein has just returned from his first warpatrol.
He sunk 3 british freighters with a total of 20830 tons.
First victim
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8947/image1on.jpg
Nippelspanner
12-02-09, 08:29 PM
20. Oktober 1939
U-19, IIA, 1.U-Flottille "Weddigen", Kiel
Karl Bergstein, commander of U-19, returned from his second warpatrol!
Again he managed to sink 3 enemy ships for a total of 21543 tons.
He was awarded with the U-Boat front clasp.
Fourth victim
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/8296/image2zv.jpg
Snestorm
12-03-09, 08:57 AM
Patrol 12 Grid AN43 6.nov.44 til 18.nov.44
Extended patrol to The Shetlands (east coast).
1 ship hit. 0 ships sunk. 0 GRT.
Nippelspanner
12-03-09, 08:59 AM
Be more agressive! :stare:
Snestorm
12-03-09, 07:22 PM
Be more agressive! :stare:
Jawohl, Herr Kaleun!
KL-alfman
12-04-09, 02:20 AM
patrol 4 (nov39)
grid: AN13
hit 4ships, 3sunk (10k tons)
now sailing to Loch Ewe after I got a radio-message that a battle-ship lies in the harbour.
Nippelspanner
12-04-09, 01:58 PM
3. December 1939
U-19, IIA, 1.U-Flottille "Weddigen", Kiel
U-19, commanded by Oberleutnant Karl Bergstein, returned from his fourth warpatrol!
Again he was successful and sunk 2 enemy ships with 6579 tons.
Sinking of SS Sacramento Valley - 4710 tons.
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8348/image42hf.jpg
Nippelspanner
12-04-09, 02:13 PM
21. December 1939
U-19, IIA, 1.U-Flottille "Weddigen", Kiel
Oberleutnant Karl Bergstein returned from his fourth warpatrol with U-19.
He sunk 9135 tons of enemy shipping in only 8 days at sea and returned home savely. After asking him what he will do next he said: "Well, I will return home to Flensburg and spend Christmas with my loved ones."
Bergstein, one of the most successful U-Boat commanders, already sunk 58087 tons since the begin of the war.
SS Sheaf Crown going down with 4707 tons.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5599/image5nf.jpg
Nippelspanner
12-04-09, 06:45 PM
13. January 1940
U-19, IIA, 1.U-Flottille "Weddigen", Kiel
Karl Bergstein, commander of U-19, returned home from its fifth warpatrol and confirmed the sinking of 3 enemy ships with a total tonnage of 14625 tons.
U-19 returns to Kiel.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1637/image6nt.jpg
Nippelspanner
12-04-09, 08:32 PM
26. Februar 1940
U-19, IIA, 1.U-Flottille "Weddigen", Kiel
Again, Commander Bergstein returned from a successful warpatrol in the northern sea. He sunk two enemy vessels with 4130 tons and damaged one ship with 9000 tons. The crew abandonded it two hours after the attack.
SS Recorder going down.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8504/image7n.jpg
Man, I cant stop to play!!! :doh:
RoaldLarsen
12-05-09, 03:07 AM
(My first real war patrol since July, 2009.)
1945-01-19 to 1945-02-26
KptLt. Inno Auth, in command of U-806, a type IXC/40 based in Bergen, on his second war patrol sank 9 ships for 40,881 tons, using only 12 torpedoes. Most of the sinkings were of unescorted armed merchant ships north of the Faeroes, while en route to a designated patrol area in Grid AL32.
Having used all internally stored torpedos except for a G7es type V in a stern tube and another in reserve, being unable to bring external reserve torpedos aboard due to heavy seas, and having sustained damage from an attack by aircraft, U-806 returned to base without ever having reached its designated patrol area. U-806 was attacked by aircraft on all but 3 days of this patrol.
On return to Bergen, KptLt. Auth was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves in recognition of his remarkable accomplishment under the current difficult circumstances.
KL-alfman
12-05-09, 03:08 AM
Dec1939, Oberleutnant Wilhelm Schatz just returned from his 3rd war-time patrol.
grid: AN 13
he sank 7ships (21k tons) but failed to enter Loch Ewe to destroy a battle-ship there. a lot of smaller and bigger ASW-units were around there. one of them was sunk by the flak-gun! but only because an elco speed-boat ran on it and sank then immediately. :ping:
the flak was crap after that and I decided to hunt merchants. next mission I raid the harbor. :salute:
RoaldLarsen
12-05-09, 10:03 AM
Not much honour being upheld this time, I fear.
On 1945-01-20, U-987 was attacked by bombers as she was leaving Bergen. U-987 sustained heavy damage, losing the port diesel, all Flak guns, the attack periscope, the TUNIS RWR, the radar, and the schnorkel. Nine Crew were killed, including the IWO, the Steuerman, another Petty Officer and six seamen.
Snestorm
12-05-09, 11:27 PM
Not much honour being upheld this time, I fear.
On 1945-01-20, U-987 was attacked by bombers as she was leaving Bergen. U-987 sustained heavy damage, losing the port diesel, all Flak guns, the attack periscope, the TUNIS RWR, the radar, and the schnorkel. Nine Crew were killed, including the IWO, the Steuerman, another Petty Officer and six seamen.
Not a good time to have to take on new crew members.
It's too late in the war to seriousely say Good Hunting so, Good Luck.
BE LESS AGGRESSIVE!
Not much honour being upheld this time, I fear.
On 1945-01-20, U-987 was attacked by bombers as she was leaving Bergen. U-987 sustained heavy damage, losing the port diesel, all Flak guns, the attack periscope, the TUNIS RWR, the radar, and the schnorkel. Nine Crew were killed, including the IWO, the Steuerman, another Petty Officer and six seamen.
"Man sagt die Tommys haben Zentimeterwelle."
It seems the good times are over... good luck on your way home!
Nippelspanner
12-06-09, 11:38 AM
3. April 1940
U-19, IIA, 1.U-Flottille "Weddigen", Kiel
U-19 just returned from another patrol. Oberleutnant Bergstein and his crew as were able to sink 3 enemy ships with 5700 tons.
SS N. C. Monberg sinking.
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/1307/image8e.jpg
RoaldLarsen
12-06-09, 01:35 PM
"Man sagt die Tommys haben Zentimeterwelle."
It seems the good times are over... good luck on your way home!
Getting home wasn't a problem. It was a matter of "Starboard engine back slow, rudder 0". The attack happened before I cleared the seawall. My shortest patrol yet.
KL-alfman
12-06-09, 02:58 PM
1939-12-29
Oberleutnant Schatz back from patrol 5
U-15 (VIIB) sank 10ships with 46k tons
the first ever convoy attack was interesting:
east of Dundee (bottom at 67m) I let the small convoy come above me and surfaced right in the middle of it. could sink a large freighter with two eels but the ore-freighter I aimed at was hit by a dud. I then had to evade the attack of a J&K-class and a nasty elco came up to assist.
after nearly two hours of manouvering at 60m depth and flanking and stopping I could escape to the east where I then surfaced and returned home.
Weiss Pinguin
12-07-09, 12:43 AM
October 1941, Mediterranean Sea
U-205
Patrolling grid CO42 - Tracked merchant grid CO41 but forced off by weather - All milk stores exhausted
RoaldLarsen
12-08-09, 09:38 PM
1945-02-28
U-678, under command of KptLt. Georg Hampel, returns to Bergen after a 38 day patrol that took her SE of the Shetlands and NW of the Faeroes. She sank 5 ships totalling 25,191 tons. U-678 was damaged in an attack by VLR Liberators, losing a 2cm Flakzwilling and her radio antenna. Having sunk over 100,000 tons in only four patrols, each of whch resulted in damge to his boat, KptLt. Hampel was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.
Leutnant Heinz Meier, U-27, Type VIIB (I know that the real one was a VIIA, but it is unavailable in SH3). Just finished my 5th patrol and getting better at it.
First patrol was before the declaration of war Aug 1 1939 to Aug 8 1939, so no tonnage sunk, brought it home in mint condition.
Second, from Sept 6 1939 to Sept 18 1939. Sank 3 merchant ships for a total tonnage of 8887. Was pursued for about half an hour by a destroyer, some depth charges came close, but not enough to cause any damage. Yet again, brought it home in mint condition.
Third one, from Oct 16 1939 to Oct 26 1939, only sank 2 medium cargo, for 8389 tons. Wasted too many torpedoes when crossing the English Channel on my way to my patrol grid. Still back without a scratch.
Fourth, from Nov 19 1939 to Nov 29 1939, sank one armed trawler for 1100 tons and 4 merchants ships in a convoy escorted by only a polish destroyer for 14105 tons. Still not a scratch.
On my latest completed patrol, Dec 23 1939 to Jan 9 1940, having Christmas on board U-27, went through the English Channel again, but aimed only at merchant ships which where 3000+ tons. Sank 4 on the way to my patrol grid (which had nothing for over 30 hours) for a total of 15835 tons. Still brought it back in fully working order and no dents.
Next one should be close to Gibraltar. CG79. Might be the first time that I will ever scratch her, but so far, looks like I have learned from my previous encounters with destroyers on other campaigns.
(Note: Enabled: Limited O2, Batteries, Compressed Air, Fuel, Realistic Sink times, Realistic Reload, Repair Times, Torpedo Duds, Realistic Sensors, Realistic Vulnerability
Not Enabled: No Event Camera, No External View, No Stabilized View, No Noise Meter and No Weapon Officer Assistance.
Using GWX 3.0 only
First real campaign, as the other I stopped after 2-3 sorties, still a new guy to this game, but loving every minutes of it)
Weiss Pinguin
12-09-09, 10:51 AM
You should have fun down there, lots of convoys going in and out of the Med, and nice, deep water for your boat.
Rapt0r56
12-09-09, 11:21 AM
You should have fun down there, lots of convoys going in and out of the Med, and nice, deep water for your boat.
Agree, once i sunk 2 large merchants and a medium T2 from an Konvoi leaving Gibraltar, and many Single Merchants without escorts.
With 30-40k Tons in one Patrol.:ping:
First real campaign, as the other I stopped after 2-3 sorties, still a new guy to this game, but loving every minutes of it
Keep going Herr Kaleu! :salute:
Weiss Pinguin
12-09-09, 11:03 PM
November 24, 1941
Grid CO51
Large number of warships detected west of position - assumed taskforce heading east - moving to intercept
U-205
PS xoxo from navigator
MaelstromT26
12-10-09, 09:15 PM
Current Date: October 15, 1940
Oberleutnant Bertwin
U-48
Headed to DT26 out of Lorient on October 5, 1940, 2nd Flotilla.
Sunk 1 Lone British Schooner for 17 Tons off of Spain
After patrolling DT26, given there are adequate supplies, Will head north to patrol the waters south of the Irish Sea.
Kapitan Bache Reporting for duty after a long leave of absence.
December 6, 1944
Preparing to leave harbor for patrol 28
Kapitan Notes: This may very well be our last patrol, the war is not going well for us and we may not return. All I can hope for is maybe a few ships to shoot at and to make it home.
Kapitan Soniboy
12-12-09, 09:59 PM
U-666 is patrolling between the AK grids in the atlantic. The date being december 29th, 1944. Have a bad feeling that the war will be over soon, but U-666 is still a devil beneath the waves.
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