Minute of Silence

[CapZap1970]

Lasty night, as making my 27th patrol, U-123 was sunk, all hands lost.
I had to imagine the odds were against me last night. Left Kiel at Oct/1941 on my way to patrol grid AL29. The problems begun right after I left Scotland 20 Km behind me.
First, a DD comes out of nowhere, and beeing unable to dive due to shallow water, I engage the DD with my deck gun. After some 2 or 3 minutes of duel, the DD finally sinks, but it leaves my u-boat with 65% of hull integrity, 2 officers and 1 petty officer dead. They were under my command from patrol 1. At that point, while letting their bodies slip to the cold water, I realized how much we, as skippers, get attached to our crew members, even if it is supposed to be a game. Believe it or not, it's not easy to let them go.
Still far from my patorl grid, I decided to go forward and have the job done. About 70 Kilometers away from our patrol grid, we stumbbled upon a convoy in the middle of the night, with rough waters, rain and heavy fog. The warning came too late, when they were 400 meters away. Suddenly hell broke loose. Searchlights and starflares everywhere. It gave us almost no time to dive, but we managed to do so even if it was too late, since we had been spotted already by an escort. Managed to fire the 4 bow tubes, sinking 1 DD and and a C3, but failed to detect a destroyer approaching from my tail due to the pandemonium.
Got depthcharged and without any chance to run away, not even at flank speed, we sustained heavy flooding, and most of my crew died almost immediately.
Seconds after that, we passed the crushing depth limit....
Few hours later at BdU ,U-123 was reported as "Lost At Sea", all hands lost..... :cry:
I feel so sad....
CapZap

[Lzs von swe]

I salute your crew and join you in a minute of silence.

[kiwi_2005]

Amen.

[ReM]

They have a place reserved in the Walhalla for you and your proud warriors...

[kiwi_2005]

They have a place reserved in the Walhalla for you and your proud warriors...
Bro they are on eternal patrol!:rock:

Submariners dont die they just keep on hunting!:lol:

:roll:
:oops:

[abel29a]

27 patrols in two years!?! wow, they deserved their rest, but not in that fashion.

[java`s revenge]

Use you hydrophone regularly. That had saved you i think.

[CapZap1970]

27 patrols in two years!?! wow, they deserved their rest, but not in that fashion.
Thanks Abel.... I don't like spending 28 days at port after finishing a patrol, so I stay there no more than 1 week...
Buaaaaa :damn:
CapZap

[Thniper]

My sincere condolences.

Kapitaenleutnant Krumbiel, U-66

[Corsair]

Well, I see a few things we all learned the same hard way :

- stay away from shallow waters...
- in bad visibility conditions (wind rain and fog) spend as little time as possible on the surface - only to reload batteries. It prevents the "DD that comes from nowhere" and the hydrophone gives you long range warning on contacts...
- when you're down to 65% hull integrity, best thing to do is head home asap...

Congrats by the way, takes some balls to sink a DD with the deck gun...:D

[Brag]

Caps off. Me and my men salute you.

[SleightOfHand]

In the pre-radar days, I've had more success with staying on the surface than traveling underwater. I've had destroyers pass within four hundred meters or so on the surface and not notice me, whereas if I'd been underwater chances are they would've heard me.

Or maybe I'm just lucky.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Salute! U-123. :cry:

[Mush Martin]

Mis condolencias a las viudas de su equipo.

[Canovaro]

Another U-boot and its crew are lost. How are we supposed to win this war?

:nope:

[Jimbuna]

Another U-boot and its crew are lost. How are we supposed to win this war?

:nope:

Quite easy....for those who don't play 'did' :lol:

[XLjedi]

A toast :()1: to the many brave sims who readily give their lives for our amusement...

[CapZap1970]

Thanks a lot fellow Kaleuns for your condolences.....
@ Mush Martin: Nice touch and thank you, BdU has many letters to write. :rotfl: :rotfl:
@ Kpt. Lehmann, LZs von sve, Rem, Thniper, Aaronblood: Salute! to you too.
@Corsair: I learned the lesson. And thanks for the last part of your post. Besides that, I had no other choice...

But now... it's payback time!!!!!!!:arrgh!:
Back to the seas.....
CapZap

[Mush Martin]

qué puede yo decirle, no hablo español que hablo Babelfish, pero soy un compañero maravilloso.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

[CapZap1970]

qué puede yo decirle, no hablo español que hablo Babelfish, pero soy un compañero maravilloso.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr
No tengo la menor duda de que eres un compañero maravilloso..
I have no doubt you are a great partner....
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Thanks a lot MM
CapZap

[Mush Martin]

Ok so Babelfish aint perfect, Not quite what I meant though my wife
assures me it remains true.

[Mush Martin]

? it translated to english at the end like this ????

I have doubt you does not plow to great to partner

yer right I dont Plow I shovel snow mostly and BS sometimes
here on SS

[CapZap1970]

? it translated to english at the end like this ????

I have doubt you does not plow to great to partner

yer right I dont Plow I shovel snow mostly and BS sometimes
here on SS
:rotfl: :rotfl:
Nevermind... I understood what you meant, so don't worry. Thanks :up:
CapZap

[Mush Martin]

Nice avatar there Consuela:arrgh!:

[CapZap1970]

AAAAAAHHHHHRRRG!!!!!!
What the hell happened to me? Last night when I went to bed I looked much better...!!:o :rotfl: :rotfl:
What the hell is going on with my avatar?????:o :o
CapZap
(1 minute later) ok, thank you... that's much better

[Mush Martin]

It happens to us all here at subsim at some point on the way up
the rankings you end up on a few different bad shore leaves
this being a kind of good example. dont worry after bif is
done with you in the Bedroom its just a one nighter for a drunk
sailor in town for the night your avatar will change once your
no longer a virgin at subsim.


(see what I meant previously about shovelling BS occasionally)

its changed already (for posterities sake it was a bad night in Bangkok)

[CapZap1970]

I understand you now MM.
Thank you. :rotfl: :up:
CapZap

[XLjedi]

:nope: ...ah well, so much for operation Drumbeat.

[Mush Martin]

aunque usted mira bastante bueno en un vestido rojo y talones altos yo piénsele donde a mucho maquillaje usted debe dejar su belleza natural brillar a través

[Mush Martin]

Sorry Aaron sometimes my humour gets the better of me.

[CapZap1970]

aunque usted mira bastante bueno en un vestido rojo y talones altos yo piénsele donde a mucho maquillaje usted debe dejar su belleza natural brillar a través
:rotfl: :rotfl:

[XLjedi]

AAAAAAHHHHHRRRG!!!!!!
What the hell happened to me? Last night when I went to bed I looked much better...!!:o :rotfl: :rotfl:
What the hell is going on with my avatar?????:o :o
CapZap
(1 minute later) ok, thank you... that's much better


Funny... I was just ranting about this... and had even mentioned that Village People reject guy in particular, on this thread.

Annoying User Avatars (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=117392)

[XLjedi]

Sorry Aaron sometimes my humour gets the better of me.


I was referring to the untimely demise of U-123

[Mush Martin]

I posted a comment on that one a minute earlier I just hadnt got
to the seque in to mentioning the issue.
MM:up:

[Mush Martin]

(1 minute later) ok, thank you... that's much better

did any one else here this comment in the same voice I did.
The spaniard from the princess bride.

[CapZap1970]

Sorry Aaron sometimes my humour gets the better of me.


I was referring to the untimely demise of U-123
Thanks a lot Aaron...:up:
CapZap

[Jimbuna]

Sorry Aaron sometimes my humour gets the better of me.


I was referring to the untimely demise of U-123
Thanks a lot Aaron...:up:
CapZap

You'll have to post a lot quicker to get rid of the monkey man avatar :lol:

[CapZap1970]

Sorry Aaron sometimes my humour gets the better of me.


I was referring to the untimely demise of U-123
Thanks a lot Aaron...:up:
CapZap

You'll have to post a lot quicker to get rid of the monkey man avatar :lol:
The monkey man avatar is ok, you should have seen the one that briefly appeared there before that... looked like the cheap version of Mrs. Doubtfire... :rotfl: :rotfl:
CapZap

[Jimbuna]

Not sure of the order of appearance......but have you been 'Old Crusty' yet? :hmm:

[Thniper]

The monkey man avatar is ok, you should have seen the one that briefly appeared there before that... looked like the cheap version of Mrs. Doubtfire... :rotfl: :rotfl:
CapZap

The 'monkey man' you are referring to is actually 'Pilgrim' (Jan Fedder) from the movie 'Das Boot'.:yep:

You should be proud to have such an avatar!!:D ;)

EDIT: If you want to laugh, just look at my avatar!

[Jimbuna]

Frank Spencer....'Some Mothers Do Av Em' :rotfl:

[Thniper]

Frank Spencer....'Some Mothers Do Av Em' :rotfl:

Frank Spencer? Who's that? Never heard of him.:hmm:

(See, I'm only posting to get my next avatar, hehehe. I hope it looks better than the former one which was Bosun!;) ) ** joke **

EDIT: OH NOOOOOOOOO!!! What have I done to deserve this avatar (Shore leave)!

[CapZap1970]

Frank Spencer....'Some Mothers Do Av Em' :rotfl:

Frank Spencer? Who's that? Never heard of him.:hmm:

(See, I'm only posting to get my next avatar, hehehe. I hope it looks better than the former one!;) ) ** joke **

EDIT: OH NOOOOOOOOO!!! What have I done to deserve this avatar!
:rotfl: :rotfl:
With the sinn comes the punishment, they say... :know:
CapZap

[XLjedi]

The 'monkey man' you are referring to is actually 'Pilgrim' (Jan Fedder) from the movie 'Das Boot'.:yep:

...my bad I thought that was a click-thru ad for GEICO.

[Jimbuna]

Frank Spencer....'Some Mothers Do Av Em' :rotfl:

Frank Spencer? Who's that? Never heard of him.:hmm:

(See, I'm only posting to get my next avatar, hehehe. I hope it looks better than the former one which was Bosun!;) ) ** joke **

EDIT: OH NOOOOOOOOO!!! What have I done to deserve this avatar (Shore leave)!

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/2606/frankspencernu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5176/spencerdm8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Tiny]

So have many tons did you sink ? :ping:

[CapZap1970]

So have many tons did you sink ? :ping:
Is this question for me? In that case, if I recall right, over 1.000.000.
CapZap

[XLjedi]

So have many tons did you sink ? :ping:
Is this question for me? In that case, if I recall right, over 1.000.000.
CapZap

I assume your U-123 was a type IX correct?

So most of that tonnage was off the N. American coast? :hmm:

[CapZap1970]

So have many tons did you sink ? :ping:
Is this question for me? In that case, if I recall right, over 1.000.000.
CapZap

I assume your U-123 was a type IX correct?

So most of that tonnage was off the N. American coast? :hmm:
Right and wrong at the same time...
My U-123 was an IX, and i did get some tonnage on the routes to N. America, but most of it in the grids before entering the Key of Biskay. Lots of traffic there and many convoys :up:
CapZap

[Biggles]

U-105 almost bought it too yesterday....6th of June, 1944....just off the coast of Normandie....well lads, word of advice: DO NOT go there at that date.....(using GWX)

[CapZap1970]

U-105 almost bought it too yesterday....6th of June, 1944....just off the coast of Normandie....well lads, word of advice: DO NOT go there at that date.....(using GWX)
I am glad you made it, Kaleun, and thanks for the advice.. :up:
CapZpa

[Engel der Vernichtung]

Minute of silence? With all the silly things I've not gotten away with, I'm lucky if I get a smirk and ten seconds of giggling.

[NealT]

You have earned your place in Stovakor...

Nt

[Mush Martin]

Minute of silence? With all the silly things I've not gotten away with, I'm lucky if I get a smirk and ten seconds of giggling.

Look on the bright side, a minute of silence takes less time than
reloading the game.

[Jimbuna]

U-105 almost bought it too yesterday....6th of June, 1944....just off the coast of Normandie....well lads, word of advice: DO NOT go there at that date.....(using GWX)

Why?.....What's happening? :hmm:

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Engel der Vernichtung]

You have earned your place in Stovakor...

Nt

Now *that's* interesting. recognize me from somewhere else?

Reason I ask, is usually I go by the moniker of "Klingon".

[Biggles]

U-105 almost bought it too yesterday....6th of June, 1944....just off the coast of Normandie....well lads, word of advice: DO NOT go there at that date.....(using GWX)

Why?.....What's happening? :hmm:

:rotfl: :rotfl:


oh well....I don't know.....some kind of busy spot for Taskforces I guess. And planes. And DDs. And cargo ships. And Tankers. And Troop transports. And DDs. And DDs again. Did I mention DDs? The sonarman was busy for a while, let me tell ya.....:hmm:

Oh, almost forgot: There was Destroyers there too...