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ijnfleetadmiral

08-15-11, 05:27 PM

Patrol 12 of U-47

Our first patrol out of Lorient found us heading north. We ended up going straight down the east Irish coast, picking off victims as we went, although we were disappointed to find that the pickings weren't as lucious as we'd hoped. Still, we managed to bag seven ships for a total of 26,809 tons, bringing our total to 269,481 tons.

Upon return to Lorient, KL Hossel was informed he'd been awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross. He immediately boarded a plane for Berlin, where he was presented with his latest award by the Fuhrer himself. Not only that, he was surprised to be presented the Swords to his Knight's Cross as well.

Ship #1: Small Freighter
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12A.jpg

Ship #2: Empire-Type Freighter
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12B.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12C.jpg

Ship #3: Large Fishing Boat
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12D.jpg

Ship #4: Tramp Steamer
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12E.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12F.jpg

Ship #5: Tramp Steamer
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12G.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12H.jpg

Ship #6: Medium Cargo
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12I.jpg

Ship #7: Empire-Type Freighter
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol12J.jpg

ijnfleetadmiral

08-15-11, 05:30 PM

You used all your torpedoes on those ships?

Yes...some were duds, naturally. The second Large Cargo was (as you can see by the photos) part of a convoy and was the largest ship we saw. Fired three torps at her; all hit and exploded. Dove deep and escaped.

Still searching for Titanic, Aquitania, any other big liner, and the mere SIGHTING of a warship larger than a Tribal-class DD!

-Hossel

Miltiades

08-15-11, 05:34 PM

Yes...some were duds, naturally. The second Large Cargo was (as you can see by the photos) part of a convoy and was the largest ship we saw. Fired three torps at her; all hit and exploded. Dove deep and escaped.
DD!

-Hossel
Ah yes, efficiency goes up when attack lone merchants, I usually fire 2 double salvoes each convoy attack.

Still searching for Titanic, Aquitania, any other big liner, and the mere SIGHTING of a warship larger than a Tribal-class

Want to trade?
Haven't seen a convoy lately and when I do the weather is absolutely terrible that I can't make an attack,but my military tonnage is going up.
Sank the Illustrious and a auxiliary cruiser, and saw a task force containing some capital ships but I wasn't properly positioned.

Think I'll post pictures of the logs, I'm not good at reporting :DL

ijnfleetadmiral

08-15-11, 05:41 PM

An Auxiliary Cruiser (Rawalpindi herself, according to SH3 Commander!) is the biggest warship I've seen and sunk. Found her on the far side of a convoy and in the middle of heavy seas, no less. When I saw her, I FREAKED; I HAD to sink her! Spat out four torpedoes at her and dove deep; all four hit and set off a chain reaction of explosions that sank her. :yeah:

Since then, the biggest warship we've seen is the odd DD here and there. My crew is starting to believe the Royal Navy is comprised of destroyers, Black Swan frigates, and Flower corvettes...that all this talk of battleships, carriers, and cruisers are just a big myth. If only I could prove them wrong without going on a suicide mission!:damn:

-Matt

Miltiades

08-15-11, 05:46 PM

What's the year and month of your career?

ijnfleetadmiral

08-15-11, 05:47 PM

After the days in port after my last patrol, Patrol #13 will probably start in November 1940.

-Matt

Miltiades

08-15-11, 05:56 PM

After the days in port after my last patrol, Patrol #13 will probably start in November 1940.

-Matt

Well If you really want to get a capital ship, you could wait for the Battle of the Denmark strait.
But personally I find it much more rewarding to stumble upon them.
What you can do is listen closely to the radio it will warn you about conflict, for example Operation Weserübung.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/272/75617740.jpg

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/4931/17933162.jpg

Also...
The Germans are very fond of giving medals..
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1903/79299355.jpg

Navelintel

08-15-11, 07:57 PM

We left Kiel on August 1, 1940. Since we were headed to Grid AN26, I ordered the navigator to plot a course to the North Sea via the Kaiser-Wilhelm Kanal which took about a day to negotiate. It is now August 6, 1940, and my boat (U-100) is somewhere in the North Sea, (Grid AN21) heading back out to open sea after raiding and knocking the bottom out of everything that floated in the port of Lerwick, Shetland Islands with the Royal Navy hot on my heels that has now placed a bounty on my head and that of my crew. But before I left the harbor at Lerwick, I had to find an opening in the sub net which sounds easier than not.

After sending several harbor tenants to the bottom, I set a reverse heading to find my way back through the sub nets but I soon discovered that they had closed behind me. Maybe it was the phantom tug that I missed sinking that escaped the onslaught and closed the net but I could not seem to find an opening as I did when we first entered the harbor, something that I noted while playing GWX 3.0 (Gold Edition).

I kept saving the game and doing a load save since I experienced several CTD either from zooming rapidly about with the free camera (or from switching personnel en mass from compartment to compartment which was mentioned as a hazard on page 13 in the GWX 3.0 manual) searching for an exit through the sub net which kept shifting around the harbor. So after several hours at the helm, I stopped all engines, stayed submerged, and retired to continue after morning mess. I then awoke and sent out another driver to reconnoiter the sub net to find an exit and low and behold an opening now appeared off my starboard beam (it also helps if you keep the free camera activated so you can leisurely peruse the sea bottom) wide enough for the Queen Mary to sail through. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, I did another save and proceeded slowly (2-3 knots, since we had only 4 meters to maneuver at periscope depth beneath our keel to avoid the shore batteries) until my helmsman was absolutely sure we had no chance to ram the net again. I was never so glad to see and hit the open sea!

http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv123/Magua001_photos/Clearingthenet.jpg

After sinking 15,739 tons (including the tonnage at Lerwick) with 4 torpedoes left, I anticipate we'll see at least a few more merchants (and hopefully unescorted and sailing the high sea) before our return to Kiel. Our log and tally thus far:

Patrol Number 1
U-100, 1st Flotilla, Left at: August 1, 1940, 23:19 From: Kiel, Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN26

Ship sunk! Grid AN 16, Large Trawler, 547 tons
August 5, 1940, 16:51

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, A&B classes, 1350 tons
August 6, 1940, 05:51

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, A&B classes, 1350 tons
August 6, 1940, 06:15

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, Hunt II class, 1150 tons
August 6, 1940, 06:19

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, A&B classes, 1350 tons
August 6, 1940, 11:17

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21,T class, 1222 tons
August 6, 1940, 13:26

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, Small Depot Ship, 6250 tons
August 6, 1940, 13:31

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, V&W classes, 1188 tons
August 6, 1940, 13:40

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, Coastal Tanker, 1249 tons
August 6, 1940, 13:46

Ship sunk! Grid AN 21, Fishing Boat, 83 tons
August 6, 1940, 13:55

Patrol results: Crew losses: 0, Ships sunk: 10, Aircraft destroyed: 0, Patrol tonnage: 15739 tons
August 6, 1940, 14:38

Moral of the story, Niemals aufgeben (Never give up)! Even if you are the least bit intrepid but resourceful and at the same time pragmatic, you will prevail in SH3. Also, it can be helpful to remember to read the manual for GWX 3.0 which a first glance may seem overwhelmingly massive (644 pages); it can be absorbed and enjoyed in cerebrally edible bites. If I had, I may have slipped into and out of the harbor at Lerwick without incident after first comprehending that the Royal Navy had used sub nets and extensively to protect their ports and then realizing that the mod can mercilessly and without warning change the net openings (even after saving your career and doing a load save). This may actually be the AI's way of exacting revenge (although not mentioned specifically in the manual which is simply brilliant in design since after all, this is war) with extreme prejudice after an intruder enters a port with the intent to exhort absolute mayhem and may be not unlike what an actual U-Boat commander experienced as he kept desperately exploring every option to avoid crashing the nets, becoming trapped, and risk losing his boat after a successful but stealthy raid. Ignoring this particular element of play will otherwise doom one to continue to repeat the same mistake at attempting to enter and exit a harbor by penetrating the sub nets at the same location again and again, somehow expecting a different result which some say simply defines insanity.

All in all , after several and many tense and unforgettable moments, GWX 3.0 (Gold Edition) along with the included manual is an incredible SH3 variant and addition to be highly recommended, collected, and played if you want a real life and up close perspective of this historical naval conflict that has been taken to another level after graduating from the SH3 Stock program.

Good hunting all! :salute:

Fish In The Water

08-15-11, 08:14 PM

The Germans are very fond of giving medals..

Nice assortment of bling there, congrats! :up:

JazzJR

08-15-11, 08:16 PM

Today i had the order to Patrol AD79. On the march to the area U995 sunk one old Passengership and two small Freighters with a Tonnage of 11057BRT. As U995 had almost reached its patroling area, it was engaged by a Q-Ship hitting the front depth rudder making diving impossible. U-995 fired two T1 Topedos at the ship which made it sinking in a few minutes. Heavily damaged U-995 finished the patrol at AD79 and returned to its Base in Brest. Giving a total Tonnage sunk of 398.252 BRT :salute:

U-995 in Brest
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF28.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF28.jpg)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF27.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF27.jpg)

ijnfleetadmiral

08-15-11, 10:38 PM

Patrol 13 of U-47

Number 13 certainly proved to be unlucky for us...the seas were continually rough, making it certain that the deck gun crew was just along for the ride, at least SIX torpedoes malfunctioned and either didn't detonate or ran too deep, and ship sightings were practically nil. After firing all but the final remaining stern torpedo (the one in external reserve) KL Hossel gave up (although he used much more coarser language to announce it) and we returned home, having sunk only three ships for a measly 11,714 tons, thereby bringing our combined total to 281,195 tons. En route home, KL Hossel spent most of his off-duty time thinking up grotesque ways for the SS to publicly execute Herr Churchill once Britain surrenders.

On return to port, KL Hossel was again ordered to Berlin, where he was presented with the Diamonds to his Knight's Cross by the Fuhrer. When the Fuhrer asked him if he thought there was anything the U-boat service desperately needed, KL Hossel replied, "Ja, mein Fuhrer...better torpedoes."

Ship #1: Coastal Freighter
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol13A.jpg

Ship #2: Empire-Type Freighter
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol13B.jpg

Ship #3: Passenger-Cargo Ship
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol13C.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol13D.jpg

VONHARRIS

08-16-11, 12:33 AM

03 May 1941
07:47 hours U-109 left Lorient for grid EH95

07 May 1941
Grid CG27
02:08 hours Ship seen
02:20 hours Positive ID: Coastal freighter
02:28 hours Dived to PD - ship possibly armed
02:39 hours 1 TI (bow) fired
02:41 hours Impact
02:45 hours Surfaced - ship listing heavily - masts touch the water
02:46 hours Opened fire with the deck gun
02:47 hours Ship sunk - SS Adroity - 9 105mm rounds used

Grid CG51
10:35 hours Ship seen
10:36 hours Dived to PD
11:11 hours Positive ID: Medium merchant 01 - armed
11:17 hours 1 TI (bow) fired
11:18 hours Periscope spotted - ship took evasive actions - impact aft
11:23 hours Surfaced - ship seemed to be sinking by the stern
11:24 hours Opened fire - ship sunk - SS City of Hereford - 6 105 rouns used

11:28 hours Aircraft seen - engaged as external torpedo was brought in
11:32 hours PBY retreated - minor damages - no casualties

Grid CG54
18:07 hours Ship seen
18:25 hours Positive ID: Small merchant - unarmed
18:40 hours Opened fire
18:42 hours Ship sunk - SS Saint Enogat - 14 105mm rounds used

08 May 1941
Grid CG57
00:18 hours Ship seen
00:25 hours Positive ID: Coastal freighter - unarmed
00:44 hours Opened fire
00:47 hours Ship sunk - SS Finlandia - 20 105mm rounds

27 May 1941
Grid ET37
00:28 hours Ship seen
00:39 hours Warship - lone destroyer - dived to PD
00:49 hours 1 TI (bow) fired
00:52 hours Impact - ship sunk - HMCS Assiniboine (C&D classes)

29 May 1941
Grid ET31
12:29 hours Ship seen - warship
12:30 hours Dived to PD - multiple sound contacts - convoy
13:19 hours 4 TI (bow) fired at 3 targets
13:22 hours 2 impacts
13:33 hours 2 TI (stern) fired at 2 targets - diving to 100m
13:36 hours Impacts - pinging - depth 32m
13:37 hours Depth charges.
13:39 hours Depth 45m - pinging
13:40 hours Depth 50m - DCs - shaking no damages
13:43 hours Depth 60m - Pinging
13:44 hours Depth 68m - DCs
13:55 hours Depth 91m - sinking sounds - SS Allerton (Ore Carrier)
13:59 hours Depth 100m
14:10 hours Depth 110m - DCs away
14:27 hours Depth 140m - no pinging - sound contacts of ships moving away
20:00 hours Surfaced in 9 m/s winds and clear skies

14 June 1941
Grid DJ16
09:24 hours Ship seen
09:30 hours Dived to PD
10:00 hours Positive ID: Heavy merchant 01 + medium merchant 01 both armed
10:04 hours 2 TI(bow) fired
10:05 hours Impacts
10:06 hours 2 TI(bow) fired - impacts - ship sunk - SS Hainaut (Medium Merchant 01)
10:22 hours 1 TI(stern) fired - impact
10:23 hours 1 TI(stern) fired - impact - ship sunk - SS Glenstrae (Heavy Merchant 01)

15 June 1941
Grid DJ21
07:11 hours Failed attempt to intercept convoy

16 June 1941
Grid CG97
01:27 hours Ship seen - convoy
01:54 hours Surface attack - 4 TI(bow) fired at 3 targets
01:55 hours Dived to PD
01:59 hours Impact
02;00 hours 2 TI(stern) fired - diving to 100m
02:04 hours Sinking sounds - HMS Flamborough Head F 88 (Convoy repair ship)
06:20 hours Surfaced

20 June 1941
14:38 hours U-109 docked at Lorient
49 days at sea
9 ships sunk
41229 tons
95% hull integrity
no casualties

vonHarris was decorated with the Golden Oak leaves for his Knights Cross with oak leaves swords and diamonds.
He also refused a transfer to training post.

sublynx

08-16-11, 12:46 AM

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1323/ptrlrpt.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/ptrlrpt.png/)

Miltiades

08-16-11, 07:09 AM

Nice assortment of bling there, congrats! :up:
Too quick to give away if you ask me.

JazzJR

08-16-11, 07:45 AM

*snip*

Your War diary gets more and more realistic everytime :D
Now you just have to write it in german. :03::salute:

sublynx

08-16-11, 08:01 AM

Your War diary gets more and more realistic everytime :D
Now you just have to write it in german. :03::salute:

I did. This is just a translation the Royal Navy made after Dönitz's archives were transferred to London. :DL (Actually I'm desperately going through my German textbooks and dictionaries, trying to remember wie es eigentlich war geschrieben und versprochen... Hang on, I'll get there eventually :O:)

JazzJR

08-16-11, 08:12 AM

Well i have to google some words in english to write some senteces but i think, the most people can read what i want to say. :DL

ijnfleetadmiral

08-16-11, 01:24 PM

Too quick to give away if you ask me.

I'm starting to agree...I got the Oak Leaves and the Oak Leaves with Swords in the same patrol recently, and then one patrol later, I got the Diamonds! Wish I could figure out how to hand out promotions that quick...I could use some more stripes on my sleeve! :D

-Matt

Miltiades

08-16-11, 03:06 PM

I'm starting to agree...I got the Oak Leaves and the Oak Leaves with Swords in the same patrol recently, and then one patrol later, I got the Diamonds! Wish I could figure out how to hand out promotions that quick...I could use some more stripes on my sleeve! :D

-Matt

I could use some women on my ship instead of medals, maybe a crew full of women.:D
Except the navigator..... :rotfl2:

JK :O:

GoDeep

08-16-11, 03:13 PM

Currently, I am in hot pursuit of a convoy in grid square BE39, December 30, 1940. My boys want to be home for New Year's but sadly that's not going to happen. Not as long as we have torpedoes, anyway.
My first attack on this convoy bagged me a mid size freighter and I damaged a tanker too. Last I checked, she was listing by the stern but still managed to keep up with the convoy. In the rear of the convoy was an aux. cruiser and I have my mind set on that now.

I'm gaining on the convoy and there's still about 8 hours of darkness left... :arrgh!:

JazzJR

08-16-11, 03:31 PM

I could use some women on my ship instead of medals, maybe a crew full of women.:D
Except the navigator..... :rotfl2:

JK :O:

You don't really want that, do you??

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll3znlwr8a1qzainzo1_500.png
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3470943624_3303d231b3.jpg

Miltiades

08-16-11, 03:36 PM

You don't really want that, do you??

Hey I'm still the captain! :DL

JazzJR

08-16-11, 03:49 PM

Hey I'm still the captain! :DL

Yep thats why you will have a pink submarine when you wake up. :DL

Miltiades

08-16-11, 03:52 PM

Yep thats why you will have a pink submarine when you wake up. :DL

AAAAAAAAARRRGHH!!!

At least I'm inside with the women, and I will blindfold myself whenever I leave or enter the ship.

Fish In The Water

08-16-11, 03:57 PM

In the rear of the convoy was an aux. cruiser and I have my mind set on that now.

I'm gaining on the convoy and there's still about 8 hours of darkness left...

Take 'er down and good hunting! :arrgh!:

Miltiades

08-16-11, 05:00 PM

Really frustating now , for the 3 time in a row the weather is appalling and I keep missing the interception on convoys

ijnfleetadmiral

08-16-11, 06:10 PM

Really frustating now , for the 3 time in a row the weather is appalling and I keep missing the interception on convoys

Know the feeling well, Herr Kaleun!

-Matt

Miltiades

08-16-11, 06:13 PM

Know the feeling well, Herr Kaleun!

-Matt

Great my current campaign got messed up by SH3 Commander.
Now I got to start over again, only I wonder when and where.
Don't feel like waiting a month in 1939.

ijnfleetadmiral

08-16-11, 06:17 PM

Patrol 14 of U-47

We were assigned further south than ever before...grid DT26. The boys were a bit put-out at having to spend Christmas and New Year's at sea, but we made up for it by sinking a Passenger-Cargo off Spain about 2 days out. Our Christmas present came when we attacked a convoy off SW Spain. It was comprised of various small ships, and KL Hossel was eyeing a Small Tanker on the far side (tankers are more valuable than freighters, in the Kaleun's esteemed opinion), when we sighted an Auxiliary Cruiser at the back of the convoy, and much closer, I might add! Four torpedoes fired, then down to 67 meters to wait out any depth-charges. Four hits, the target sinks, and the convoy hurries on to avoid further attacks. No DCs forthcoming. A Merry Christmas indeed!

Returned to port just after the New Year, having sunk just two ships, but racked up 15,938 tons, bringing our total to 297,133 tons. KL Hossel was flown back to Berlin to meet with the Fuhrer, who congratulated him on being the second U-boat skipper to receive the Golden Oak Leaves. (Von Harris was the first.)

Ship #1: Passenger-Cargo Ship
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol14A.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol14B.jpg

Ship #2: Auxiliary Cruiser
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol14C.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol14D.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol14E.jpg

Miltiades

08-16-11, 06:19 PM

Auxiliary cruiser are tasty targets. :O:
How many torpedoes did it take for this one?

GoDeep

08-16-11, 06:23 PM

Take 'er down and good hunting! :arrgh!:

Thanks!
I did do just that. Sank a mid-sized tanker, a mid-sized freighter, an ore freighter and an aux. cruiser, all from that same convoy. A total of about 35.000 tons. Not bad for a night's work! :arrgh!:

ijnfleetadmiral

08-16-11, 06:34 PM

Auxiliary cruiser are tasty targets. :O:
How many torpedoes did it take for this one?

Four torpedoes were fired; the third hit proved mortal. I'm two for two so far; two ACs sighted, two sunk. :yeah:

Now if I can just figure out how to modify the renown files needed to secure quicker promotions, I'm good, seeing as how I just won the last medal winnable in the game (Gold Oak Leaves).

-Matt

patpayne

08-16-11, 06:38 PM

I always liked SH4 but the bad reviews for this one kept me from it. I see now that there are mods to fix almost everything so I bought the game on amazon brand new for $8 and just finished the first mission.:)

Miltiades

08-16-11, 06:39 PM

Four torpedoes were fired; the third hit proved mortal. I'm two for two so far; two ACs sighted, two sunk. :yeah:

Now if I can just figure out how to modify the renown files needed to secure quicker promotions, I'm good, seeing as how I just won the last medal winnable in the game (Gold Oak Leaves).

-Matt

If you go to mydocuments/sh3/career, I believe you can edit it.

JazzJR

08-16-11, 07:00 PM

Patrol 26
U-995
25.Mai.1942

1245: After stopping two Frighers with two T1 Torpedos, engaging with 8.8 deck gun.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF35.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF35.jpg)

1250: Frighters heavily damaged and sunk at 1315.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF34.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF34.jpg)

1434: Another Frighter sunk with one T1 Torpedo.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF31.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF31.jpg)

1455: Frighter stopped with an T1 Torpedo and sunk with the 8.8 deck gun at 1512° Clock.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF30.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF30.jpg)

In the Backgrond are two Frighters which were also sunk with two Falke Torpedos at 1634° Clock.

ijnfleetadmiral

08-16-11, 09:51 PM

Even better news; I now have to START OVER because the computer claims some file is missing and I have to reinstall the game. Made it to January 1941 and now I've got to START OVER! ARRRRRGH!!!! :damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn:

Fish In The Water

08-16-11, 10:08 PM

ijnfleetadmiral

08-16-11, 10:33 PM

Amendment: Actually, I merely saved all the 'saved player files' when it asked during uninstallation, reinstalled the game and GWX, and it still works, so no redoing the campaign! WOOT!:woot::woot::woot::yeah::yeah::yeah:

Now if I can just figure out what files to modify in order to get more promotions...I've won all the medals, so now it's time to build up those sleeve stripes! :D

The hunt is on once again!

-Matt

Sailor Steve

08-17-11, 12:26 AM

An Oberleutnant might command a u-boat. Most boats were commanded by Kapitanleutnants. It looks like you've already attained that rank. Any higher and you would be commanding a flotilla, so you don't want another promotion if you want to stay at sea.

Walruss

08-17-11, 01:15 AM

War Diary, U-30
1 Sept 1939
Lnt Z.S Werner MÜLLER commanding

My first command, and on the eve of war. Though it's not been officaly stated as yet, the men feel it coming. Even I feel it coming. My father told me I would see it in the men, in the orders... we've been tasked to patrol the Rockall bank. Many British merchants traverse those waters, and our orders demand stealth en route. This will be no show of force.

Our troops crossed the border of Poland within half an hour of us leaving port. My brother marches with them.

3rd Sept 1939

We received a radio message today. War with England. The hunt is on.

12 Sept 1939
Nearly two weeks at sea and this morning we came across our first target, a British merchantmen coming in at about 3,500 GRT (M03B). The weather was calm for the first time in 3 days and the men were itching to go, so I took a risk and surfaced a 1000 meters off his bow and ordered the gun crew to action. 5 Shells below the waterline and the cargo is on it's way to the bottom. We gave the crew directions to land and some biscuits. They seemed surprised, almost as if they didn't know a war was on.
The men

24th Sept 1939
The Rockall bank proved useless for anything but storms and a few bouts of seasickness amongst the younger crew. I admit I myself felt queasy a few times, however I managed to contain it. After 3 days patrolling our grid, I decided to move south towards the Chanel. At midnight our luck changed dramatically when out of the storm A large merchant running dark loomed across our bow. It was a true test of the torpedomen's performance as they had very little time to prepare, nor I to aim. He was close, though, and one of the 2 eels hit home, blasting a hole in her just aft of her funnel. The other either missed or malfunctioned. Regardless within half an hour she had sank, and we continued on. The weather prevented any rescue efforts, I have no doubt at least some men died in that storm.
It is the fate of those who brave the seas in these times, I suppose.

The morning afforded us a scare or two. A pair of Destroyers... J/K Classes both if our intelligence shows true. I've no idea if they were hunting us or simply patrolling, or perhaps moving south to reenforce France's navy.They did not spot us, and sailed into a near-perfect shooting position. I fired all 4 forward tubes and dived as deep as the shallower waters close to France would allow... sonar reported 2 misses, a malfunction and then there was an explosion that must have deafened the poor man as everyone on the boat could hear it. We evaded the other destroyer's depth charges for two hours, but he never came close. It is still nerve wracking to sit 100 meters below the surface and hear the hollow booms... sound travels well and without the sonar it is hard to tell how far away those booms are until they rattle the cutlery...
We escaped unharmed as he had given up after a few hours and so we headed back north, in the opposite direction.
I am happier to have shot at something that can shoot back, and the crew are singing still. We all know that there will be times where those Destroyers will have us at the disadvantage, but for now we sing.

26th Sept 1939

Encountered another small merchant today, near the channel. A converted passenger ship perhaps, but not large. We sent her to the bottom from below the surface. We are too close to england to chance a surface attack or use the guns. Another torpedo malfunctioned, failing to detonate. This is happening far too often for my liking, but the men can't solve the defect here. They think it the fault of the detonators, that can only be fixed by newer ones.

Ordered a course back to Wilhelmshaven. Fuel and Food are running low, and we have only two eels left in the bow tubes. We've not touched our external stores or our stern tubes, but the weather is simply too rough to fix that and we can't shoot if we starve.

28th. Sept
Another Merchant sunk- this time near Ireland. A single bow torpedo left, and still no chance to retrieve the external. Stern tubes still full but fuel is dwindling slowly...

10th Oct 1939

Arrive in port in the morning. I need a bath.
And a shave.

Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 5
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 22293 tons

Walruss

08-17-11, 01:18 AM

Fish In The Water

08-17-11, 01:48 AM

ijnfleetadmiral

08-17-11, 02:29 AM

Patrol 15 of U-47

The pickings were once again slim, but we managed to rack up three ships for 17,225 tons, bringing our total to 314,358 tons. KL Hossel has been expecting news of another promotion for some time now, but there has been nothing but silence from BdU. The crew thinks the problems with BdU are unfair, but find it fitting to blame the British Blowhard Churchill for our brave Kaleun's misfortunes.

Ship #1: Coastal Freighter
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol15A.jpg

Ship #2: Empire-Type Freighter
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol15B.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol15C.jpg

Ship #3: Large Cargo Ship
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol15D.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol15E.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/Patrol15F.jpg

ijnfleetadmiral

08-17-11, 09:38 PM

FINALLY! Attacked a convoy, and right in the middle...FIJI-CLASS CL!!! :woot::woot::woot:Let's hope these sightings get more frequent!

Also: Here's a weird question...has anyone else ever encountered a British sub as part of a convoy? I just did.

-Matt

Fish In The Water

08-17-11, 09:43 PM

Also: Here's a weird question...has anyone else ever encountered a British sub as part of a convoy? I just did.

It's actually quite common to run into 'S' class subs trailing convoys in GWX. The buggers are very tough to sink, as even with a direct eel hit, they seem to stay afloat forever. :damn:

ijnfleetadmiral

08-17-11, 10:18 PM

Odd...I encountered one alone and sank her; she went down in about three minutes, if that. And she wasn't trailing the convoy, either...she was on the left-most column, third from the lead. Weird that a sub would be part of the convoy.

I guess I've sighted my big ship...now it'll probably be three more campaigns before I sight a CA or larger. :haha:

-Matt

JazzJR

08-18-11, 03:05 AM

Patrol 27
U-995
27.Mai.1942

0135 Leaving the U-Boot Base Brest to patrol AL23.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF52.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF52.jpg)

0422 Ship sighted! Engaged a Freighter with 8.8 deck gun, ship sunk at 0441 continue patrol.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF43.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF43.jpg)

0734 Destroyer ahead! going to A-20, screw sounds are getting louder, stay submerged going at A-60.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF40.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF40.jpg)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF51.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF51.jpg)

0811 Surface to charge Batteries

1325 Enemy Ships in sight! going to periscope depth, engaging!
1331 Firing two T1 Topedos at both ships! Tube 3 and 4 flooded and ready!
1359 First impact! second impact at 1401. First ship sinking, firing another T1 at the second ship.

1422 Ships are sinking continue Patrol. 11 Torpedos left.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF44.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF44.jpg)

U-995
28.Mai.1942

1226 A single Freighter in sight! Prepare for surfaced Torpedo attack!
1241 Firing a T IV "Falke" Torpedo.
1311 Torpedo impact! Ship sinks.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF46.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF46.jpg)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF45.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF45.jpg)

1822 Reached AL23. Patroling the area!

2252 Ship in sight! going to A-70 closing in. Tube 1-2 flooded.
2304 Firing a T1 Torpedo, firing the second after 10 seconds.
2331 Impact! first Torpedo hits, ship is driving right into the second!
2332 Torpedo impact! the second Torpedo hits the target!

U-995
29.Mai.1942

0012 Ship is still floating, staying submerged and wait!
0245 Ship won't sink firing a third T1 Torpedo (FS) at it.
0310 Impact! Ship sinks! Continue Patrol.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF47.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF47.jpg)

0943 Patrol ended course to Brest.
1541 Destroyer ahead! going to A-10.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF49.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF49.jpg)
1652 Destroyer passed prepare for surface to charge batteries

U-995
30.Mai.1942

0132 C2 Cargo ship in sight! Attacking with 8.8 deck gun!
0229 Ship is burning. It will sink soon.
0251 C2 is slowly capsizal to starboard.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF42.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF42.jpg)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF41.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF41.jpg)

1255 Reached to U-Boot base Brest. Patrol 27 is complete! Tonnage sunk 31.520BRT.

VONHARRIS

08-18-11, 08:49 AM

21 July 1941
04:45 hours U-109 left Lorient for grid EK74

08 August 1941
Grid ET13

16:33 hours SS Cavallo (Tramp Steamer), 1964 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 21. Crew lost: 5
17:53 hours SS Empire Falstaff (Empire-type Freighter), 6780 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 57

23 August 1941
Grid CG97
19:19 hours SS Dundrum Castle (Medium Merchant 01), 5663 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 38

26 August 1941
Grid CG94
01:44 hours SS David H. Atwater (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 21
Grid CG97
01:57 hours SS Frederick Funston (Large Cargo), 8576 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 39. Crew lost: 6

27 August 1941
Grid CG43
10:50 hours SS Uritski (Small Merchant), 2399 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 24

30 August 1941
05:01 hours U-109 returned to Lorient
41 days at sea
6 ships sunk
27251 tons
No casualties
Hull intergrity: 98%

VonHarris took command of the brand new U-505 IXC with orders to patrol grid BB91.

VONHARRIS

08-18-11, 08:56 AM

30 September 1941
12:30 hours U-505 left Lorient for grid BB91 to attack the Halifax convoys

17 October 1941
Grid BB99
18:59 hours HMS Janus (J&K classes), 1690 tons. Crew: 183. Crew lost: 183

21 October 1941
Grid BB98
17:07 hours SS Clan MacIlwraith (Medium Merchant 01), 5663 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 39. Crew lost: 9

26 October 1941
Grid BB99
18:13 hours MV Skotaas (Motor Tanker), 8701 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 16
19:36 hours Aircraft destroyed! Anson

10 November 1941
Grid BD82
13:49 hours SS City of Barcelona (Medium Merchant 06), 5176 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 74. Crew lost: 23

15 November 1941
Grid BE59
21:06 hours SS Aurora (Coastal Freighter), 1875 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 16

21 November 1941
04:39 hours U-505 docked at Lorient
53 days at sea
5 ships sunk
23105 tons
1 aircraft destroyed
No externals used
No casualties or damages

Gerald

08-18-11, 09:43 AM

Good work, :salute:

VONHARRIS

08-18-11, 10:55 AM

Good work, :salute:
Thank you.

Obltn Strand

08-18-11, 02:35 PM

I encountered a convoy early at dawn. Situation favoured submerged attack.
Textbook attack at 2000m provided 3 hits out of four torpedoes fired. Sunk a tanker and damaged two freighters. No pursuit by escorts.

I matched with convoy's course, loaded torpedoes and surfaced. Contact was regained in an hour. Afternoon I got too close of the merchant which spotted me and opened fire. Escort raced to the scene too but it was evaded by diving.

Finally at dusk ready to overtake the convoy ship I was tailing disappeared from binocular view and sky turned grey. Soon after rain started. :damn: Now that pisses me off.
------
Luckily HJK-Schalke04 2-0, otherwise my flat screen would be on it's way to a recycle center.

GoDeep

08-19-11, 03:49 PM

Right now, I am at 150 meters below, running silent, hiding from a single furious Black Swan. Furious, because in a period of 24 hours, I have hit his convoy 4 times, sinking a total of 5 ships. That brings my total for this patrol to 8 ships sunk, some pretty big fish in there. Total tonnage for this patrol should be around the 55,000 mark. :arrgh!:

Fortunately, it is pitch black up there and it seems my friend has given up the hunt already. He made several runs, dropped some charges, but never really got close.

I am totally out of torpedoes so better go home to pick up a new batch. Now if I can just make it back to Lorient in one piece. And there'd better be someone waiting on the dock for me with good news about my promotion to kaleun! :stare:

30 December, 1940, U-551, ObLtzS Dormann out.

ijnfleetadmiral

08-19-11, 10:18 PM

And there'd better be someone waiting on the dock for me with good news about my promotion to kaleun! :stare:

I hear ya...I've been waiting for my promotion to Korvettenkapitan for about four patrols now...nothing. My crew and I both blame Winston the British Blowhard for this grievous error. :stare:

-Matt

Kaptain Schlag

08-22-11, 12:45 AM

VONHARRIS,

It's a fine coincidence that you were assigned the U-505, as earlier today I saw and walked through the very U-505 in Chicago. Your boat was an awesome sight I must say!:up:

Fish In The Water

08-22-11, 12:52 AM

...earlier today I saw and walked through the very U-505 in Chicago. Your boat was an awesome sight I must say!:up:

Wow, must have been great!

I can only imagine but I'm guessing it'd be a very special (almost surreal) experience. Particularly for a died-in-the-wool sub enthusiast. Nothing quite compares to seeing, touching and breathing-in living history. Awesome! :up:

VONHARRIS

08-22-11, 12:55 AM

VONHARRIS,

It's a fine coincidence that you were assigned the U-505, as earlier today I saw and walked through the very U-505 in Chicago. Your boat was an awesome sight I must say!:up:

Thank you.
I hope that some day I will be able to stand on the bridge of the R/L U-505.

VONHARRIS

08-22-11, 01:26 AM

Patrol 14
Start date : 16 March 1941 - Lorient
Orders: Patrol grid DB94

20 March 1942
Grid BE96
01:41 hours SS Empire Prome (Empire-type Freighter), 6780 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 55
01:42 hours SS City of Coventry (Large Merchant), 10615 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 102. Crew lost: 98
01:43 hours SS Glenearn (Heavy Merchant 01), 9092 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 93. Crew lost: 87

16 April 1942
Grid DB98
01:22 hours MV Languedoc (Large Tanker), 9678 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 57. Crew lost: 55

17 April 1942
Grid DM23
05:25 hours MV Bangkok (Motor Tanker), 8700 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 63. Crew lost: 21
18:51 hours USS Maumee (Naval oiler 2), 11209 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 47. Crew lost: 19
19:05 hours Supply tanker “Ranger”, 3230 tons

11 May 1942
Return to Lorient
57 days at sea
7 ships sunk
59304 tons
No damages or casualties

VONHARRIS

08-22-11, 01:39 AM

Patrol 15
Start date: 11 June 1942
Patrol orders: Grid DB94 - to sink what was left of patrol 14

11 July 1942
Grid DB94
00:04 hours Aircraft destroyed! PB4Y-1 Liberator - took minor damages
Grid DB98
13:38 hours SS Tyndareus (Ore Carrier), 8084 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 15
15:11 hours USS Hoel (Fletcher class), 2325 tons. Crew: 345. Crew lost: 293

12 July 1942
Grid DB95
01:06 hours SS City of Hull (Large Merchant), 10616 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 71. Crew lost: 22
Grid DB98
21:55 hours USS Fox (Clemson class), 1190 tons. Crew: 111. Crew lost: 26
22:27 hours MV Henri Desprez (Large Tanker), 9677 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 22

16 July 1942
Grid DB98
12:20 hours Emily (Armed Tugboat), 1275 tons. Crew: 18. Crew lost

09 August 1942
Grid CG84
06:00 hours SS Empire Capulet (Empire-type Freighter), 6781 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 51. Crew lost: 6

13 August 1942
Return to Lorient
64 days at sea
7 ships sunk
39948 tons
1 aircraft shot down
No casualties
Hull intergrity:92%

Career so far:
Patrols: 15
Start: 01 August 1939
Current: 13 August 1942
Days at sea: 689
87 ships sunk
489284 tons
4 aircraft destroyed
Types used: U-46 VIIB - U-109 IXB - U-505 IXC

Kaptain Schlag

08-22-11, 02:18 AM

U-412//Am46//June 7//1942

Evading escorts without trouble, 4 ships sunk for 30 000~tonnes
5 torpedoes spent
continuing for second attack run

Geredis

08-22-11, 08:52 AM

U4//Kiel Canal//August//1939 (GWX3)

1 Aug:
2049 - Left Kiel at 5 knots, preparing to transit Kiel Canal Plan to increase speed to approximately 10 knots to traverse the canal upon entering it.

2 Aug:
0000 - 82km from destination of Brunsbüttel at west end of the Kiel Canal, approximately 5 hours.
0125 - 56km from Brunsbüttel, approximately 4 hours.

Current orders are to head to AN59 and conduct operations there for 24 hours. I intend on conducting various drills and training exercises until further notice.

Osmium Steele

08-22-11, 09:09 AM

November 1939, just NE of Hartlepool in a Type IIA. I've been playing catchup with this medium cargo all afternoon. Visibility unlimited, wind 0/ms. Finally passed him in the evening gloom and put an electric into him from 900 meters with a magnetic exploder. (unusual in 1939)

Very nice boom. Target slows to 7 knots and I decided to lower the scope, cross behind him and evade the two ASW trawlers my hydrophone operator can hear coming out of Hartlepool.

Target slows, but never quite stops, he's at short range. Sonar reports the AWS trawlers turning away. Pop up the scope expecting to see the burning wreck...

... Nothing.

No ship, no slick, no bobbing cargo, no lifeboats, no ship sunk message.

Hydrophone operator still reports closest contact as a merchant on that bearing, short range, moving away.

He's a ghost ship. It wasn't yet fully dark, and this target should be 3000 meters away.

His sonar trace fades slowly from the map, and once it disappears entirely, sonar stops reporting the contact.

I'm figuring it despawned when it came within range of Hartlepool.

20% of my loadout wasted on a ghost ship. :wah:

I was so ticked I save within sight of the piers outside Hartlepool. We'll see if I CTD when I start the game tonight. I did remove the Read-only flag from all the files, so we'll see.

VONHARRIS

08-22-11, 11:00 AM

Patrol 16
Orders : Patrol grid GR28 , Capetown

Start date: 13 September 1942
Place: Lorient

20 September 1942
Grid DH61
14:55 hours SS Ostrobotnia (Small Merchant), 2396 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 26. Crew lost: 18
14:56 hours MV Nodaway (Small Tanker), 2051 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 15. Crew lost: 7

03 October 1942
Grid FE62
03:14 hours MV Agra (Granville-type Freighter), 4707 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 71. Crew lost: 49
03:42 hours SS Nagara (Heavy Merchant 01), 9092 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 79. Crew lost: 54

16 October 1942
Grid GH93
22:56 hours SS Clan MacAulay (Heavy Merchant 01), 9093 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 79. Crew lost: 56

17 October 1942
Grid GJ78
18:26 hours SS Pancration (Small Freighter), 2228 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 32

18 October 1942
Grid GR24
23:06 hours SS City of Hankow (Large Merchant), 10615 tons. Cargo: Tobacco. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 9

26 October 1942
Grid : (none) 90 Km WSW of Port Elizabeth
08:39 hours SS Penthievre (Small Merchant), 2425 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 9

27 October 1942
Grid : (none) 213 Km SW of Port Elizabeth
14:44 hours SS Clan Colquoun (Large Merchant), 10616 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 81. Crew lost: 12
14:44 hours MV Eola (Small Tanker), 2052 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 17. Crew lost: 7

06 December 1942
Returned at Lorient
85 days at sea
10 ships sunk
55275 tons
No casualties
Hull integrity: 89%

GoDeep

08-22-11, 05:54 PM

Patrol 11, January 21, 1941, U-551.

Heading to grid square DH56, a new patrol area for me. Nothing eventful until the early morning for January 24. BdU reports a small convoy in my area, not 6 KM from me. It is pitch black and I decide to intercept. I change course due south on a path crossing the reported convoy and immediately the cry from the bridge comes: ship spotted!

I race to the bridge and see it's an L class escort. Behind it, heading north east coming towards me, I see a single large cargo. Well, that's a very small convoy, I notice myself thinking. And indeed, it hardly seems worthy of that name. What the heck, he's coming at me at an ideal angle for a torpedo attack under his keel. Since it is very dark, only a very narrow crescent of the new moon is out, I select my two steam torpedoes for a surface attack, set up the shot and at the moment the torpedoes leave the tube, I hear another ship spotted message. And this time, it's not my over-enthusiastic watch crew notifying me of the same ship for the 142nd time. It IS another ship. And another one after that!

As it turns out, it's a small convoy with one escort and three merchant vessels. Two large cargo and one coastal freighter. Being that I am over 2500 metres away, there is no time to set up another shot and hope it hits before the first shot hits the target and all hell will break lose. I decide to break off the attack and return when everything has gone quiet again.
I speed away on a course due west, counting the seconds until my first torpedoes will strike. Suddenly, *boom* and 10 seconds later, another *boom*. The large cargo in the lead is struck and both torpedoes detonate underneath the ship. Search lights come on, flares are fired and for a second things look bad for me. I guess I am too far away though because nobody comes close to spotting me. The large cargo is on fire, the other ships begin their zig-zag pattern and the escort makes a broad sweep in the area where they think I should be. I am by that time more than 1500 metres away from my firing position. About 12 minutes after being struck, the large cargo sinks beneath the waves.

I make a large semi-circle, keeping the rest of the convoy just at the edge of visual range. After a while I notice that the zig-zagging stops and the convoy has returned to its original course. I am reloaded and have managed to gain enough on the convoy to obtain a good firing position. There's still about an 1,5 hours of darkness left, so I go for a second surface attack, planning to hit the coastal freighter and the second large cargo in one fell swoop, with one and two torpedoes respectively.
This time around though, I am less lucky, it seems. I probably got too close to the escort vessel, because suddenly he shoots up a flare. Incredibly he doesn't seem to see me on the surface, barely 2000 metres from his position. I don't take my chances though and submerge to PD. Looking through the attack periscope, I see that luck has not left me, though. Both merchant ships are still on course and not zig-zagging. The furthest is just under 3000 metres away. I decide to take the shots I planned anyway.

Three torpedoes leave the tubes, all three set for running under the keel. All three detonate with less than 40 seconds between the first and the last. The coastal freighter immediately begins to list and sinks in less than 5 minutes. The large cargo is listing by the bow and comes to a full stop, but she does not seem to be sinking. The escort is getting too close for comfort now and I dive to safety. Running silent at 150 metres, he does not detect me. No depth charges are dropped. After about 45 minutes he breaks off the search and heads off towards the north east, the original course of the convoy. That poor captain has some explaining to do when he gets home!

Meanwhile, the second large cargo has been sitting on the surface without sinking. I decide to surface and finish her off with the deck gun. The only traffic in the area is the rapidly departing escort and that's already a long way off. I had noticed through the periscope that the large cargo had a gun mounted at the stern, but she was listing so badly at the bow that I did not believe she could use it at targets really close by. I surfaced 300 metres off her stern and immediately manned the deck gun. It took some 35 shells to finish her off, and all the time she fired back, but fortunately, none of her shots got close. Some landed far away, others a bit closer, but none were really close. I guess I was right about her gun not being able to fire at such an angle.

With the last merchant vessel clearly sinking, I turned back to my original course only to spot the escort racing towards me. He's maybe some 5000 metres away but I don't bother to hang out and find out the details. I guess he was obscured from my view by the large cargo. I crash dive and manage to evade the escort after 10 minutes. He gives up and leaves in the direction he came.
I stay submerged to reload and rest my crew.

Guess what: scant 1,5 days later (game time), a similar convoy is reported very close to me. I intercept this convoy too and this time there's a single escort, a large cargo, a coastal freighter and an Empire type. This time the large cargo and the Empire get sent to the bottom. If this keeps up, I'll be out of torpedoes before I reach my patrol area... :arrgh!:

Do you think the game knows it's my birthday and this has been its gift to me?

VONHARRIS

08-23-11, 05:04 AM

Patrol 17
Start date : 06 January 1943
Port: Lorient
Orders: Patrol grid GR52 , Capetown

17 February 1943
Grid GR56 Convoy attack
03:33 hours HMS Cumberland (Kent class), 13300 tons. Crew: 964. Crew lost: 337
06:07 hours USS Saugatuck (Naval oiler 2), 11210 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 35

18 February 1943
Grid GR56 Convoy attack
18:22 hours SS Sitoebondo (Large Merchant), 10617 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 80. Crew lost: 74
18:25 hours SS Montenol (Nipiwan Park-type Tanker), 2476 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 25. Crew lost: 19

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6400/capetown.jpg

02 March 1943
Grid CF42
20:18 hours SS Treminnard (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 39. Crew lost: 21

14 March 1943
Grid FJ33
07:46 hours MV Airmore (Tugboat), 1122 tons. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 29
07:48 hours MV Corheath (Coastal Tanker), 1288 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 15. Crew lost: 1

16 March 1943
Grid FC79
02:47 hours SS Cens (Small Merchant), 2397 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 22. Crew lost: 1

Grid FC76
07:27 hours MV Crista (Small Merchant), 2398 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 2

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7487/braziliancoast.jpg

06 April 1943
Grid BF58
20:23 hours Submarine sunk: USS Trigger (Gato class), 1526 tons. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 26

08 Arpil 1943
Return to Lorient
93 days at sea
9 ships sunk
51507 tons
No casualties or damages

The whole picture:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4444/thewholepicture.jpg

ijnfleetadmiral

08-23-11, 06:59 AM

Wow, must have been great!

I can only imagine but I'm guessing it'd be a very special (almost surreal) experience. Particularly for a died-in-the-wool sub enthusiast. Nothing quite compares to seeing, touching and breathing-in living history. Awesome! :up:

My fiancee wants to see the Museum of Science & Industry someday. She mentioned going there on our honeymoon. I was all for that...getting to see U-505 would be SWEET!

-Matt

Miltiades

08-23-11, 12:59 PM

Dead, sunk a neutral troop-transport and hospital ship...
-16100 renown... :shifty:

VONHARRIS

08-24-11, 12:08 PM

Dead, sunk a neutral troop-transport and hospital ship...
-16100 renown... :shifty:

Better luck in your next career! :DL

Miltiades

08-24-11, 12:17 PM

Better luck in your next career! :DL
Hopefully it makes more sense this time...
What were those doing in british waters?

Paul Riley

08-24-11, 12:22 PM

Dead, sunk a neutral troop-transport and hospital ship...
-16100 renown... :shifty:

Oops LOL ;)

Fish In The Water

08-24-11, 04:40 PM

My fiancee wants to see the Museum of Science & Industry someday. She mentioned going there on our honeymoon. I was all for that...getting to see U-505 would be SWEET!

I hope you get the chance, and if you do, we need pictures! :D :DL

VONHARRIS

08-24-11, 11:20 PM

Hopefully it makes more sense this time...
What were those doing in british waters?

In GWX you can run into a hospital ship almost everywhere.
One question: Wasn't she lit up? And if yes , why on earth did you shoot at her?

Miltiades

08-25-11, 07:43 AM

In GWX you can run into a hospital ship almost everywhere.
One question: Wasn't she lit up? And if yes , why on earth did you shoot at her?

Worst visibility ever, only saw her bow, when the torpedoes were 10 secs before impact, I saw the lights on the flag :damn:

Every convoy attack or decent target is ruined by visibility.
The only time I had a good attack was on the Illustrious, but that campaign crashed so...

And I always want to start in 39' since I feel anything later than will make me miss a big part of the war somehow.

VONHARRIS

08-25-11, 10:56 AM

Patrol 19 - still alive in November 1943
06 September 1943
14:18 hours Departed from Lorient
Orders : Patrol grid EJ99

12 September 1943
Grid CG78 - convoy attack
14:32 hours SS Dumra (Passenger/Cargo), 2245 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 194. Crew lost: 87

05 October 1943
Grid EO31
13:05 hours SS Sea Owl (Large Cargo), 8449 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 21

06 October 1943
Grid EO13 Convoy attack
21:16 hours SS Paderewski (Turbine Tanker), 10761 tons. Cargo: Crude oil. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 9

08 October 1943
Grid ED95
16:18 hours SS Beaverhead (Nipiwan Park-type Tanker), 2476 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 17. Crew lost: 16

25 October 1943
Grid DH73
02:11 hours HMS Southampton (Southampton class), 10725 tons. Crew: 965. Crew lost: 57

03 November 1943
Returned to Lorient
59 days at sea
5 ships sunk
34656 tons
No damages or casualties

VONHARRIS

08-25-11, 11:06 AM

And I always want to start in 39' since I feel anything later than will make me miss a big part of the war somehow.

I agree on that. I do the same thing.
Gut Jadg Herr Kaleun.

Miltiades

08-25-11, 11:08 AM

I agree on that. I do the same thing.
Gut Jadg Herr Kaleun.

Would say the same thing, but your already doing fine :D

We begin again.
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7228/94639409.jpg

gazpode_l

08-25-11, 03:34 PM

Fish In The Water

08-25-11, 03:48 PM

Hopefully, Me and Hessler (my in game character/skipper) will return soon.

Thanks for checking in. Hopefully RL will calm down soon so you can get back to the Atlantic! See you soon and cheers! :salute:

VONHARRIS

08-25-11, 11:19 PM

Would say the same thing, but your already doing fine :D

We begin again.

Best of luck.
Why don't you use SH3 commander?
It is a stand alone programm that let's you modify many things on SH3 plus you can get reports like this:
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/1807/patrolreport4.jpg

You can find it at the download section of Subsim.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=2923

Get this as well for the ship names:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=3124

Don't forget to download the additional files that will make it fully
compatible with GWX.

Gut Jadg!

Miltiades

08-26-11, 07:49 AM

Doesn't work, I don't know why, had some help from this forum but it didn't do the trick.

I tried all available options, different location, compatibility and administrator rights.

VONHARRIS

08-26-11, 09:41 AM

Patrol 20
04 December 1943
10:23 hours Departed from Lorient for grid EJ69

07 December 1943
Grid CG27
21:25 hours SS Aegir (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 25. Crew lost: 11

26 December 1943
Grid EK79
18:23 hours SS Hampton (Large Cargo), 8576 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 19
18:53 hours SS City of Worcester (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Trucks. Crew: 38. Crew lost: 26

27 December 1943
Grid EK47
22:17 hours SS Arkenside (Small Merchant), 2397 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 29. Crew lost: 23
22:18 hours MV Inverdargle (Large Tanker), 9677 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 37. Crew lost: 30
22:22 hours HMS Black Swan (Black Swan class), 1250 tons. Crew: 197. Crew lost: 139 victim to a TIV Falke homing torpedo

19 January 1944
14:11 hours Returned to Lorient
6 ships sunk
28942 tons
No external torpedoes used because of awful weather and enemy planes
No casualties
Hull intergrity : 85% due to aircraft attack.

Randomizer

08-26-11, 03:19 PM

All current careers lost, had to re-install SH3 from scratch due to some technical problems occurring between chair and keyboard. New careers to follow. Oh well.

Fish In The Water

08-26-11, 06:14 PM

All current careers lost, had to re-install SH3 from scratch due to some technical problems occurring between chair and keyboard.

I think we've all felt the indignity of those... Take heart in the fact you're far from alone! :sunny:

VONHARRIS

08-27-11, 12:02 PM

Patrol 21
19 February 1944
01:12 hours Departed from Lorient to grid EE71
U-505 carried two of the brand new TV Zaukonig homig torpedoes

24 February 1944
Grid CF37 Convoy attack
19:05 hours HMCS Magog (River class), 1250 tons. Crew: 154. Crew lost: 26 sunk by a TV torpedo
19:58 hours SS Aeneas (Heavy Merchant 01), 9094 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 47. Crew lost: 42
19:58 hours SS Glenlochy (Heavy Merchant 01), 9092 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 55. Crew lost: 32

18 March 1944
Grid ED94 - convoy attack
04:24 hours SS Seton Hall Victory (Victory Cargo), 10974 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 8

15:47 hours SS Onondaga (Turbine Tanker), 10762 tons. Cargo: Aviation fuel. Crew: 59. Crew lost: 18

11 April 1944
Grid BF41
07:04 hours HMS Goathland (Hunt III class), 1300 tons. Crew: 156. Crew lost: 18

13 April 1944
Grid BE36 - convoy attack - detected
12:25 hours HNMS Campbeltown (Town class), 1190 tons. Crew: 154. Crew lost: 135 sunk by TV homing torpedo.

16 April 1944
11:12 hours Returned to Lorient
58 days at sea
7 ships sunk
43662 tons
No casualties or damages thanks to the radar warning system

Miltiades

08-29-11, 01:18 PM

Take that Bismarck.
Make it 2 brunettes and a month long vacation, BdU.

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7061/naamloostr.jpg

VONHARRIS

08-29-11, 01:57 PM

Take that Bismarck.
Make it 2 brunettes and a month long vacation, BdU.

03 January 1940
A bad day for the RN
A day of triumph for the Fatherland!

A job well done!:salute:

Miltiades

08-29-11, 02:09 PM

Afgaristo :salute:

1 thing I learned from this... Persistence.
If you think you can't intercept it, try it anyway.

Fish In The Water

08-29-11, 03:56 PM

Take that Bismarck.
Make it 2 brunettes and a month long vacation, BdU.

Well done indeed! :salute:

Miltiades

08-29-11, 05:07 PM

Well done indeed! :salute:

Weird that in the patrol after, the escaping from the destroyers was much more fun than sinking the Hood.:shifty:

Randomizer

08-29-11, 06:33 PM

Good work.
Weird that in the patrol after, the escaping from the destroyers was much more fun than sinking the Hood
Successful evasions should always be satisfying.

VONHARRIS

08-30-11, 01:39 AM

Patrol 22
17 May 1944
11:25 hours Departed from Lorient to grid ED91

21 May 1944
Grid CG11 - convoy attack
18:41 hours HMS Pytchley (Hunt I class), 1000 tons. Crew: 154. Crew lost: 30
19:33 hours SS Sven Foyn (Converted Whale Factory Ship), 12017 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 86. Crew lost: 79
19:42 hours U-505 was hit by hedgehogs at 150m depth. She was lost with all hands

Total career results
Ubooten : U-46 VIIB 3 patrols
U-109 IXB 8 patrols
U-505 IXC 11 patrols
22 patrols
1126 days at sea
132 ships sunk of which 117 merchants and 15 warships
734373 tons of which 692275 merchant shipping and 42098 naval ships
4 aircrafts shot down
Largest merchant sunk: RMS Empress of Britain (42913 tons) on 24 July 1940
Largest warship sunk : HMS Cumberland (Kent class), 13300 tons on 17 February 1943.

And now : back to 1939 for a new career.

Miltiades

08-30-11, 07:17 AM

Judging from the year I wasn't that surprised, but you can be proud of surviving that long.
Doubt I'll even reach 1942.

Have fun hunting in 1939 :)

GoDeep

08-30-11, 08:05 AM

In my current career, I am busy with patrol 12, in a Type VII/C, U-551. I am puttering around 300 km west of Gibraltar in March 1941. The past week has been nothing but storm, but with good visibility. Despite the waves I have managed to sink 3 unescorted merchants, but nothing big.
During the daylight hours, I am frequently harassed by British planes who have so far failed to do much damage. One time I was extremely lucky as I surfaced just as a plane was passing over me. I did not see anything through the periscope but suddenly two bombs came crashing down, one on either side of the boat! A good reminder to do VERY good scans of the skies as well as the horizon before surfacing.

I chased down a convoy last night following a convoy report, but the high seas kept slowing me down and throwing me off course, causing me to arrive only roughly in the area on the time that I wanted. No convoy was sighted and the hydrophones are all quiet. I am proceeding along the convoy's estimated course, in the hopes of finding them, but so far nothing but empty seas... :wah:

VONHARRIS

08-30-11, 09:06 AM

Patrol No2 (No1 was the shkaedown patrol)

01 September 1939
00:24 hours Departed from Wilhelmshaven for grid BF17

08 September 1939
Grid AM54
17:37 hours MV Lucille M. (Pelagic Trawler), 888 tons. Crew: 16. Crew lost: 9

10 September 1939
Grid BE33
19:24 hours SS Clan MacAulay (Heavy Merchant 01), 9091 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 108. Crew lost: 8

11 September 1939
Grid BF17
15:41 hours SS Sneland I (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 15

16:35 hours SS Stanhope (Small Freighter), 2228 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 28. Crew lost: 2

13 September 1939
Grid BF17
04:58 hours MV Fresno City (Ore Carrier), 8083 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 12

19:18 hours MV Empire Audrey (Coastal Freighter), 1870 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 15

14 September 1939
Grid BF17
15:21 hours SS Tyson Lykes (Medium Cargo), 5081 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 35

17:17 hours USS Egeria (Convoy repair ship), 5216 tons. Crew: 152. Crew lost: 150 flying British colors

18 September 1939
Grid AM73
05:58 hours SS Glenapp (Heavy Merchant 01), 9092 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 82. Crew lost: 34

20 September 1939
Grid AM52
00:12 hours Q Ship HMS Cyprus (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 37

26 September 1939
Grid AN14
05:51 hours MV Poelau Bras (Heavy Merchant 01), 9095 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 100. Crew lost: 44

30 September 1939
14:05 hours Returned to Wilhelmshaven
30 days at sea
11 ships sunk
54877 tons
Extensive use of the deck gun due to nice weather
No damages or casualties

Obltn Strand

08-30-11, 09:14 AM

After one uneventful "training" patrol during invasion of Norway, Strand commissioned U-583 a new type VII u-boat.

27.11.1941
08.22 Left from Kiel

27.11.1941
20.53 Arrived Brunsbüttel

29.11.1941
23.14 Spotted destroyer at 5 km. Crashdive, not detected. AF75

7.12.1941
21.55 Spotted two portugese freighters. CG54

9.12.1941
Arrived patrol area. CG89

13.12.1941
10.13 Spotted airplane. Crashdive. Not detected. CG89

15.12.1941
07.12 Spotted convoy. Attacked despite unfavourable weather.
Spotted by escort. Damage from gunfire. Depth charged, no
damage. CG88

11.02 Repairs complete. Resuming hunt.

12.54 Contact regained. Shadowing. CG89

13.39 Sunk straggler. 2000 tons. Lost contact to convoy. CG89

16.34 Contact regained by hydrophone.

18.43 Received contact report of same convoy.

20.39 Visual contact regained. CG89

16.12.1941
01.33 Deteriorating weather prevents any further action.

19.12.1941
14.05 Spotted airplane. Crashdive. Not detected. CG89

24.12.1941
12.00 Christmas eve. Weeks of storm and rain.

28.12.1941
00.00 Started return trip.

1.1.1942
08.49 Arrived Brest.

Patrol results:

SS Menin Ridge (Tramp Steamer), 2085 tons.

VONHARRIS

08-31-11, 11:39 PM

U-65 IXB Patrol No5
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Miltiades

09-01-11, 02:52 PM

Got 2 aircraft in the same minute?
I know the Swordfish was slow but damn...

Can't attack a convoy at all, but battleships sink around me. :D
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9450/11628310.jpg

ijnfleetadmiral

09-01-11, 03:23 PM

01 September 1939
Panzerschiffe Admiral Scheer departed Wilhelmshaven for initial training cruise commanded by OLzS Kurt Hossel to evaluate whether suited for command position.

RESULTS:
Returned to port 15 September 1939 having sunk 26 ships for 19,921 tons.

1 Large Trawler
2 Tugboats
1 Small Freighter
2 Coastal Freighters
5 Motor Torpedo Boats
2 Elco-type Torpedo Boats
6 ASW Trawlers
6 Armed Trawlers
1 A/B-type DD

SUMMARY:
OLzS Hossel passed initial evaluation and will be granted a second command evaluation.

Evaluee's Comments:
Cruise would have gone much better had the weather not closed in at the end. The verdammt Elcos and MTBs were also major annoyances.

ijnfleetadmiral

09-01-11, 05:45 PM

18 September 1939
Panzerschiffe Admiral Scheer departed Wilhelmshaven on second training cruise commanded by OLzS Kurt Hossel for further determination of command aptitude.

Results:
Returned to port on 24 September 1939 having sunk 9 ships for total of 15,248 tons.

1 Medium Cargo Ship
1 Elco-type Torpedo Boat
1 Coastal Tanker
1 Passenger / Cargo Ship
3 V/W-type DDs
1 J/K-type DD
1 C/D-type DD

Summary:
OLzS Hossel passed his evaluation and was posted aboard Panzerschiffe Admiral Scheer with the rank of Kapitanleutnant.

GoDeep

09-01-11, 06:36 PM

March 6, 1941.
Position: CG94.
Heading: 130
Speed: 1
Depth: 160 metres
Weather: clear but strong winds and high waves.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

After submerging during daylight hours, to prevent being swarmed by aircraft, a single merchant was detected, bearing 96. Soon, that single merchant turned out to be one in a convoy, as more and more contacts were heard. Set course due south to intercept on surface.

After approx. 90 minutes, visual contact with convoy. Lightly escorted (only 1 destroyer and one corvette visible) but I can make out a warship in the centre. Sent contact report and continued on attack course.

Approx. 30 minutes later, submerged to PD. Commence attack. Selected two targets: the lead of the centre column and the one to her starboard. Ore freighter and empire freighter respectively. Approached targets to within 2000 metres. Due to terrible sea conditions, not possible to use magnetic impact pistols. Both targets will be attacked with a double shot. The warship turned out to be a Dido class cruiser.

Opened fire on furthest target (ore freighter), then on the empire. Empire struck first by one torp, just aft of engine room. Second torp failed to detonate. Seconds later, the ore freighter is also struck by one torpedo. The second one missed by a hair. Within 5 minutes she explodes and sinks. Wonder what she was carrying... :hmmm:

The empire seems to have stopped but U-551 is currently diving and I can't see her state. She is not sinking, though. Waiting for reload to finish so I can deliver the coup de grace.

Convoy steaming away almost due west. Will pursue!

Kaptain Schlag

09-01-11, 11:21 PM

Of to college later today, keep posting everyone, its always nice to end a day by reading great patrol logs.

Gute Jagd und können das Glück auf ihrer seite:salute:

GoDeep

09-02-11, 01:21 AM

March 6, 1941, 1830.
Position: CG94.
Heading: 270
Speed: 10
Depth: 0 metres
Weather: clear but strong winds and high waves.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Came up to PD around 1400 hours after sound check proved no contacts. First scan with periscope revealed empire freighter stopped and still afloat bearing 175, range 2200 metres. Some listing by the stern. It's been almost 4 hours since she was hit so I decide to put another hole into her.

1430 hours. With only 3 torpedoes remaining, in forward tubes (and one external fore and aft), I don't really want to waste another torp on this ship. But the weather makes deck gun use impossible. Plus target is armed.
From a range of 900 metres, I put a second torp in her below the smoke stack. Big explosion and a hole well below the waterline, which comes up every now and then as the ship rolls. Lowering periscope and slowly circling target.

1500 hours. Target is clearly getting lower in the water.

1530 hours. Target lower still.

1600 hours. Target lists by stern and waves wash over aft deck. Not sinking further.

1630 hours. Target condition same.

1700 hours. Target condition still the same, she's a tough old girl! I decide to hit her again.

1715 hours. Firing position reached. Previous shot was on her port side mid section. Now going for starboard forward section. Torp set to run at 6 metres. Range 1100 metres. Firing.

1717 hours. Torpedo impact! Multiple explosions rock the ship and debris flies off. Lifeboats hit the water. Ship sinks fast.

1718 hours. Empire freighter sunk. Set course 270.

1800 hours. Surfaced. Trying to regain contact with convoy.

Fish In The Water

09-02-11, 02:08 AM

Of to college later today...

Do us proud, :03: and enjoy!

Leandros

09-02-11, 08:33 AM

Oh, boy after many, many months away from the SHIII (I've been busy writing a book) I thought it was time to brush up again. I wanted to start a career in September 1943 (after all, I have lasted the whole war from beginning to end a few times) because I like the fun of the home-seekers. As always, I started out at 74% difficulty (I have very good sub-officers)....:woot:....

Talk about numb fingers, the three first trials went down the drain right-away. The first mission I tried to stay above during an air attack, the other I struck some nasty "things" just outside Penang (chose a strange flotilla), the third got me as far an enemy convoy before I was sunk.

On the fourth try I finally got the hang of it, the first mission ended up nicely and I built up 1.700 points to buy two Zaunkønigs for. On the second mission I hit an enormous westbound convoy out of Gib. I ended up sinking the five escorts but then I was out of ready torps and generally worn down. The convoy had pulled away in the meantime. After a while I set off westwards while downloading fresh torps. Passing through a rainsquall I suddenly found myself in the middle of the same convoy. How I know? There were no escorts there. We received quite a beating from half a dozen very agitated merchant gunners before we got under. Repairs were made and a long haul to get around started on which the rest of the torps were downloaded.

Finally up front we let ourself be rolled over and hit 5 or 6 large merchants in the process. In the end we trailed behind to sink damaged stragglers with the gun. Then it happened! Suddenly we got too close and were hit by several solid hits from merchants up front. Having only 27% hull integrity before that probably did it. We were dead!

So where am I in my current campaign..? Back to scratch....!.....:salute:...

Obltn Strand

09-02-11, 05:30 PM

After unfruitful patrol in Gibraltar, scuttlebutt in 1st Flotilla told Strand has lost his mojo. I disagree;)

Patrol 3
U-583, 1st Flotilla
Left at: February 20, 1942, 13:04
From: Brest
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AD88

26.02.1942

14.38 Arrived patrol area. AD88

27.02.1942

07.27 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depth charged. AD88

02.03.1942

08.08 Convoy reported in the vicinity. Despite unfavourable weather,
decided to attack.

08.42 Convoy sighted.

09.25 Weather continues to deteriorate. Attacked two targets at
4 km and 3km. Detected by destroyer. Crash dive.
Depth charged. Heard one torpedo detonation and sinking
noices. Unidentified tanker most likely sunk. Further operation
against convoy impossible. AD88

10.03.1942

02.40 Aircraft. Crashdive. Strafed and depth charged. Minor damage.
AD88

04.38 Aircraft. Crashdive. AD88

11.03.1942

12.59 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depth charged. AD88

15.01 Aircraft. Crashdive. AD88

20.19 Destroyer spotted. No reports of convoy. AD88

20.25 Convoy spotted. Boat in good position to attack.

20.33 Detected by escorts. Depth charged.

21.07 Lost escort. Convoy near, confirmed by hydrophone and
estimations of course and speed. Will risk a periscope sweep.

21.10 Convoy dead ahead, distance 1500m, excellent fire solution.
Attacked two large tankers and large freighter. 3 hits out of 4.
One tanker sunk immediately.

21.24 Detected by asdic. Depth charged.

21.34 Sinking noises heard.

21.38 Sinking noises heard. Two large tankers and large freighter
sunk. AD88

12.03.1942

01.28 After four hours search convoy was lost.

02.19 New orders recieved. Patrol AL44.

13.48 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depth charged. AK34

15.16 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depth charged. AK34

13.03.1942

14.57 Arrived patrol area. AL44

20.03.1942
12.21 New orders recieved. Patrol AL2.

22.03.1942

10.13 Arrived patrol area. AL2

24.03.1942

05.49 Spent six hours catching a fast merchant. AL29

09.10 Aircraft. Crashdive. AL29

26.03.1942

14.59 Encountered a hospital ship. AL39

29.03.1942

22.00 Low on fuel. Started retun trip.

03.04.1942

15.15 Docked at Brest.

Ships sunk:
SS Kosmos II (Whale Factory Ship) 12 017 tons
SS Suderoy (Whale Factory Ship) 12 018 tons
SS Westfold (Whale Factory Ship) 12 019 tons
SS Port of Nicholson (Ore Carrier) 7 106 tons

Fish In The Water

09-02-11, 11:09 PM

Oh, boy after many, many months away from the SHIII (I've been busy writing a book) I thought it was time to brush up again.

Good to have you back out on patrol...

Welcome back to the pack! :arrgh!:

Missing Name

09-04-11, 10:17 AM

January 1940. 1900 hours.
The North Sea, 300km or so ESE of Scapa.

Heading home to Wilhelmshaven after a very successful patrol, I had no torpedoes left. The deck gun (and the few remaining shells) would be useless in the fifteen-knot seas.

From the watch tower:

"Destroyer! Seventy degrees from the port bow! Closing fast!" Hartmann had to scream to be heard above the wind.

"ALAAAARM!"

The hydrophones were full of contacts - a convoy! This far away from the Islands, they must be heading to Norway or possibly Sweden. But why the influx of ships? Is something happening?

The destroyer barreled past and the bulk of the convoy started moving east. We ran decks awash to get a better view - little risk of being spotted in these seas! We were less than a kilometer away from the closest ships.

"That's a collier... it's blocking out what looks like a big cargo ship behind it."

"Looks like a tanker or fleet tender there. Norwegian? I can't quite tell."

"Yes, Norwegian. Big flag painted on the side. Can you read the name on that one over there?"

"S.S. Kristianna Pedersen... a name like that, that one's Norwegian too."

"I'd say fifty ships or so, all blacked out. And most of it Norwegian shipping."

"With the Empire's escorts. We should report this."

"I believe so."

Moments after the message had been sent, a black mass loomed out of the waves directly to the port.

"Another destroyer closing in fast! Dive to sixty meters!"

With so little time, there was no way to get out of the destroyer's path. The best we could do was dive. Expecting to hear the splashing of depth charges at any moment, we all waited, hardly breathing.

"She's almost upon us. Slowing down." Wolfgang took the headphones off.

The propellers suddenly churned into high speed, deafening us.

"Scheisse! Brace yourselves!"

And she passed directly over us without stopping.

"Enemy is moving away fast. No sign of changing direction."

We waited for ten minutes, during which the destroyer held her course. After half an hour, we judged the distance was substantial. Surfacing, we could see the convoy ten kilometers away and fading into the darkness.

"That was close," Zapf sighed in relief.

"If anything, it will make an interesting story at the tavern. Heiliger Gott! Look at all those ships."

All was silent for a moment. Then I finally broke the silence.

"Well, there's no point in just sitting here. Joachim, take us home."

"Jawhol, Herr Kaluen."

Obltn Strand

09-04-11, 11:58 AM

Happy days in U.S east coast are certainly over:hmmm:...

Patrol 4
U-583, 1st Flotilla
Left at: May 24, 1942, 04:32
From: Brest
Mission Orders: Patrol grid CA64

06.06.1942
11.37 Ship spotted. CD11

12.21 Small freighter sunk with one torpedo fired at 900m. CD11

08.06.1942
14.12 Two ships spotted. CC24

14.39 After sudden course change good attacking position lost. Fired rear
torpedo at 2km, missed.

15.52 Dived to periscope depth for new attack. CC24

16.00 Fired two torpedoes at 1,5 km, one hit, other malfunctioned.

16.03 Fired third torpedo, hit scored.

16.10 First ship sunk.

16.20 Second one sunk. Two small freighters sunk. CC24

12.06.1942
14.23 Took external torpedoes on board.

13.06.1942
06.19 Task force reported nearby. CB43

08.50 Contact not made at persumed point. Resumed original course.

11.44 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depthcharged, light damage. CB42

14.06.1942
02.24 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depthcharged. CB41

09.29 Aircraft. Crashdive. CA63

10.58 Aircraft. Crashdive. CA63

16.33 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depthcharged. CA62

19.07 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depthcharged. CA62

20.08 Aircraft. Attacked just after surfaced. Strafed and depthcharged.
Light damage. CA62

22.08 Aircraft. Crashdive. CA62

15.06.1942
03.50 Arrived patrol area. CA64

13.18 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depthcharged. CA64

14.49 Aircraft. Crashdive. CA64

19.20 Aircraft. Crashdive. CA64

20.52 Aircraft. Crashdive. CA65

16.06.1942

07.02 Aircraft, short range! Strafed and depthcharged. Crashdive.
Damage. Long range bombers and airships severly hinder operations!
CA64

19.31 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depthcharged. Damage. CA64

20.40 Informed BdU of situation.

21.41 New orders received. Patrol CC17.

17.06.1942
01.38 Aircraft. Crashdive. Depthcharged. CA65

16.39 Aircraft. Crashdive. CA66

21.06.1942
12.55 Arrived patrol area. CC17

22.06.1942
10.09 Aircraft. Crashdive. CC17

24.06.1942
21.58 Aircraft. Crashdive. CB39

27.06.1942
03.36 Ship spotted. CC14

05.27 Attacked with rear torpedo at 1,5 km. Hit scored. Immediately after
being hit ship opened fire. Crashdive.

06.39 Small freighter sunk with gunfire. CC14

28.06.1942
11.07 New orders. Patrol BC79

19.24 Aircraft. Crashdive. CC15

29.06.1942
01.23 Ship spotted. CC15

02.20 Small freighter sunk with rear torpedo at 1,2 km. Ship broke in half
and sunk immediately.

01.07.1942
01.30 Arrived patrol area. BC79

08.07.1942
13.00 Started return trip. BC79

20.07.1942
10.14 Docked at Brest

SS Ericus (Small Freighter) 1761 tons
SS City of Lancaster (Small Merchant) 2578 tons
SS Recorder (Tramp Steamer) 1825 tons
SS Cap Tafelneh (Tramp Steamer) 2087 tons
SS Afiena (Coastal Freighter) 1869 tons

Kapitänleutnant Strand
U-6 1 patrol
U-583 3 patrols
Career total: 10 ships for 55 365 tons

ijnfleetadmiral

09-04-11, 04:24 PM

26 September 1939:
Panzerschiffe Admiral Scheer departs on another mission off British E coast.

Results:
Returned to Wilhelmshaven 6 October 1939, having sunk 24 ships for impressive total of 63,462 tons. KL Hossel was awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class and Surface Fleet Badge.

Highlight of patrol came on 4 October 1939. Spotted A/B-class DD charging us out of nowhere. Sank it and continued on course. After sinking three more DDs coming from same direction, blundered into British TASK FORCE consisting of Nelson-class BB and three Southampton-class CLs!

"ALAAAARM! REVERSE COURSE...GET US OUT OF HERE!"

Escape successful; the four heavies did not deign to follow.

1 Large Merchant
1 Ore Carrier
1 Medium Cargo Ship
3 Granville-type Freighters
1 Small Freighter
3 Coastal Freighters
3 A/B-class DDs
1 C/D-class DD
3 J/K-class DDs
1 V/W-class DD
2 Tribal-class DDs
2 ASW Trawlers
2 MTBs

gazpode_l

09-04-11, 04:39 PM

Hi Guys
Sorry not posted in a while.. I'm afraid R/L commitments have got the better of me at present and I've simply not had time to sit and play SH3, nor any other games :cry:

Hopefully, Me and Hessler (my in game character/skipper) will return soon.

For now.
Best wishes
Gazpode
(R Hessler)

Well real life has begun to calm down a bit and i've managed to get myself back out on the virtual water that is SH3. Will post details of my most recent patrol soon

Fish In The Water

09-04-11, 07:39 PM

Well real life has begun to calm down a bit and i've managed to get myself back out on the virtual water that is SH3. Will post details of my most recent patrol soon

Welcome back Kaleun! :arrgh!:

ijnfleetadmiral

09-04-11, 11:36 PM

4 November 1939:
Panzerschiffe Admiral Scheer departs Wilhelmshaven on another short-term raiding mission.

Results:
Returned to Wilhelmshaven 23 November 1939 having sunk 14 ships for 41,405 tons. KL Hossel was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class upon return to port.

2 Large Merchants
1 Intermediate Tanker
1 Passenger / Cargo Ship
1 Small Freighter
1 Small Merchant
1 Tramp Steamer
2 Coastal Freighters
1 Fishing Boat
1 J/K-class DD
1 V/W-class DD
1 ASW Trawler
1 MTB

ijnfleetadmiral

09-05-11, 08:27 PM

24 November 1939:
Panzerschiffe Admiral Scheer departs on her fifth raiding mission of the war.

Results:
Returned to Wilhelmshaven 8 December 1939 having sunk an impressive 35 ships for an incredible 168,327 tons.

Highlight of mission was finding a LARGE CONVOY off SW Irish coast. After sinking the two escorts (there was a sub with the convoy, but she couldn't do s**t), it was target practice time! :yeah: Left three Small Merchants afloat to tell the tale of what happened.

Returning North, was surprised off Faeroes by CRUISER SQUADRON consisting of one Southampton and two AMCs. SANK ALL THREE!:yeah::yeah::yeah:

Upon return to port, KL Hossel was called to Berlin, where he was presented with both his Knight's Cross and the Oak Leaves by a proud Fuhrer. He was then reassigned to Schlachtkreuzer Scharnhorst.

7 Large Merchants
2 Ore Carriers
1 Medium Cargo Ship
1 Granville-type Freighter
2 Passenger/Cargo Ships
1 Intermediate Tanker
1 Small Merchant
1 Tramp Steamer
1 Coastal Freighter
1 Coastal Tanker
1 Southampton-class CL
2 Auxiliary Cruisers
2 A/B-class DDs
4 V/W-class DDs
1 Tribal-class DD
2 Black Swan-class Frigates
2 ASW Trawlers
1 Elco-type Torpedo Boat
2 MTBs

WWII44

09-05-11, 09:11 PM

just finished my eighth patrol. Sank a tanker and a freighter also sank two destroyers. Had to cut my patrol short as we had our torpedo stores full of those god awful electric torpedoes. Next we'll be patrolling off the US coast hopefully well sink a lot of shipping as the U-382 needs new diesel engines.

STEED

09-06-11, 11:18 AM

June 1942 all hands lost. :dead:

Start a new career this weekend in late 1941, I will revenge the lost of U-63 in the Caribbean.

ijnfleetadmiral

09-06-11, 01:49 PM

9 December 1939:
Schlachtkreuzer Scharnhorst departed on her first raiding mission.

Results:
Returned to Wilhelmshaven on 30 December 1939 having sunk 10 ships for 44,764 tons. KL Hossel was awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Swords to his Knight's Cross upon return to port.

3 Large Merchants
1 Passenger/Cargo Ship
1 Small Merchant
1 Tramp Steamer
1 Coastal Freighter
1 Coastal Tanker
1 A/B-class DD
1 Tribal-class DD

Fish In The Water

09-06-11, 05:12 PM

June 1942 all hands lost. :dead:

Gone but not forgotten, a belated memorial to the crew of U-63 for their gallant service! :salute:

LiveGoat

09-06-11, 11:31 PM

It's March 1940. I just finished getting a dressing down from Uncle Karl. I can't help it. I see a mostly red ensign fluttering and I start unleashing eels. Turns out I bagged my first german tramp steamer. :)

Funny thing was I didn't notice the swastika on the flag till I hit the fire button then immediately I was like :timeout:

The eel struck at the bow and the ship started immediately to suck down the water. As far as I know, I'm the only one who realized the mistake, however my watch officer was a little too inquisitive at first.

#1: Sir, upon further observation I think that may not be a british flag.

ME: No, I'm pretty certain it is. Let's get below shall we?

#1: But sir, there appears to be a black symbol near the center.

Me: Probably just an oil stain, Number one. Lots of petrol flies about in those explosion, you know.

#1: No, sir, it seems to me that-

ME: Man am I hungry! Anyone else here on the bridge hungry? Fritz? Willi? Helmut, you must be hungry by now.

#1: No, sir, I don't think we should leave till we are certain that-

ME: Wait. What's that?

#1: What? Where?

ME: There! In the sky!

#1: Huh?

ME: Coming out of the sun!

#1: I don't see anyth-

ME: Aircraft spotted! Short range! AAAALLLAAARMMM!!!

Whew! That was close.

Sailor Steve

09-07-11, 12:42 AM

:rotfl2::rock:

Man, some people can be soooo picky!

Leandros

09-07-11, 10:15 AM

I've always wondered why Karl, when things started getting tough in '43, didn't arrange for some special boats to work the uncanny escorts, making it easier for the others to get at their assigned priority targets, the merchants. To study my theories I set up a mission with a XXI (much more fun than the other relics). It's late fall '44, U-2502 is operating out of Bergen with an averagely experienced crew. This is its 3rd mission and for the first time the engines are operating to their full potential. Leutnant z.S. Ludwig Horst is commander. Leutnant Horst is known for his cool head and excellent understanding of enemy destroyer tactics. He was shorted by being given only two Zaunkønigs but managed to acquire a third one by transferring a case of good French cognac to the port master. Most of the slow electric torps were interchanged for fast T1's.

After having sunk a loner north of Newcastle a small, heavily defended, convoy was detected in the same general area. The two first shots were at merchants with electric torps. One missed, these merchants were zig-zagging quite effectively. After that the escorts got into play. One Zaunkønig changed from its assigned target, a Captain II, and followed instead a small merchant which it executed nicely. Several escorts were done for in 45 degree shots on minimal range (400 meters) with T1's. In the end the last escort was finished with the last available torpedo.

The end result looked like this - 13 enemy ships in less than an hour. I bet Leutnant Horst appreciates his fast-loading crews. Then they rode into the sunset (moon...!...):

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/1641f73b.jpg

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/a6247053.jpg

VONHARRIS

09-07-11, 12:25 PM

Patrol No 6
17 May 1940
09:12 hours Left Wilhelmshaven for grid AN29

26 May 1940
Grid AN14
23:56 hours SS Dalemoor (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 37. Crew lost: 20

03 June 1940
Grid AM52
08:21 hours SS James O'Hara (Large Cargo), 8577 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 39. Crew lost: 14
09:16 hours SS Sloga (Medium Merchant 22), 4290 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 37. Crew lost: 14

05 June 1940
Grid AM23
11:38 hours HMS Laurentic (Auxiliary Cruiser), 13850 tons. Crew: 236. Crew lost: 146 In my world I took her down not Silent Otto Dedicated to the brave crew and Kaleun of U-63

10 June 1940
Grid AN14
05:52 hours SS Allerton (Ore Carrier), 8083 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 27 escorted by Elco TB

12:23 hours SS Port Adelaide (Ore Carrier), 8084 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 3 escorted by MTB

17:50 hours SS Liseta (Nipiwan Park-type Tanker), 2476 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 15 escorted by Elco TB

Other: Damaged the HMS Rodney in convoy attack , during which U-65 was heavily depth charged and sustained medium damages

13 June 1940
15:54 hours Returned to port
28 days at sea
7 ships sunk
50533 tons
68% hull integrity.

VONHARRIS

09-07-11, 12:33 PM

June 1942 all hands lost. :dead:

Start a new career this weekend in late 1941, I will revenge the lost of U-63 in the Caribbean.

Your loss will not be in vain.

U-63 was a IIC type U-boot. How did she reach the Caribbean?

WWII44

09-07-11, 01:56 PM

Finished my 11th patrol, had to head back to base before reaching the patrol grid as a depth charge attack destroyed a good portion of our subsystems. the destroyer that attacked us was the USS Somers. we broke the surface and fired a torpedo at her as we fled. the torpedo exploded underneath her stern and she promptly sank shortly after. when we returned to Lorient we learned that 247 of her 295 hands on board were lost, wich doesn't surprise me as the torpedo explosion made mincemeat of he after section and the sea was quite heavy that day. miracualously not a single member of my crew was hurt or killed but I think it'll be a while before the U-382 puts to sea again.

gazpode_l

09-07-11, 07:03 PM

The Dean

09-10-11, 05:57 PM

VIIB U-51 - - - Patrol 6, May 1940.

I'm in trouble.

2 days out of port I intercepted a British task force east bound in AN49. 4 destroyers of varying makes. Fired two torpedoes at the lead two targets, struck and sunk one, and was able to disengage without detection. So far so good.

Here's where it all goes to hell. 2 days later, continuing my northwest track towards the Atlantic I have the opportunity of intercepting a convoy and taskforce, both converging at roughly the same time and location. AN18, a little close to the coast but I can't resist taking a peek.

Periscope depth, low speed 10 km out, I pick out the lead and side escorts, as well as a few of the merchants. No sign of the task force, but I've hunted more than one that have vanished into thin air, so I pay it no mind. I then notice a destroyer at perhaps 5 km, bearing down on me direct. It's alignment suggests it wasn't an escort, but just happened to be in the right place, right time, and saw my damn periscope.

I order a crash dive and alter my course 90 degrees. Of course this is where I am thoroughly screwed - I'm only in 80 meters of water. Running silent didn't help and ASDIC picked me up. I use the observation 'scope and hydrophones to dodge their attack runs for all I'm worth. I've got at least 3 ships running me at this point, and I only now notice the MINEFIELD I have been sailing through. In dodging depth charges I graze at least one, which knocks out my props temporarily. My chief engineer and the repair crew get that back up and running, and by this point I am desperate.

I bring the boat up the periscope depth and order submerged flank speed. I have A trawler and 3 DD's surrounding me. I set my torpedoes to their max speed setting and let fly with everything I have. 2 DD's go down, 1 fore and one aft, and I lose my periscopes in exchange. I submerge, sink to the floor and pray the other two will go away. They don't.

Having run out of depth charges, they are content to circle around me and ping away. I have been trying to evade them for over 5 hours, and nothing has worked. Bottoming out has failed. Staying in their wake only provides a 10 minute reprieve at best. All the course changes and silent running in the world have not helped. I am simply not skilled enough to pull off whatever needs to be done. My crew has held this boat together through sheer will and determination, and still I don't think we're going to make it home.

Its mid-afternoon. They're still up there. They're waiting until I run out of air, and they'll take me apart on the surface. We have enough air to last us into the night. My last hope at this point is to wait until after dark, surface at flank speed in their wake, man the deck gun as long as I can, refill our air supply and recharge the battery as best we can before we are forced to submerge again. We might have a couple minutes if done properly. While I'm wishing, perhaps the weather will worsen to the point we can creep away on the surface. I don't like our odds.

This is the first time I've been ground down in a waiting game with the enemy and forced to surface, and its been an eye opener.

UPDATE: Someone up there must love me. The bad guys disengaged just after dark, and when I finally dared surface the boat we were in the midst of a storm. I should not be alive. Time to limp back to Wilhelmshaven and lick my wounds, with some valuable lessons learned about screwing around with escorts in GWX.

Zedwardson

09-11-11, 12:33 AM

Walter Koch, commander of U-53 had a fine start to the war. he was in place when the war broke out, with plenty of fuel and torps to wage war.

While on patrol in his grid BF 18, on calm waters at daytime came across the SS Bretwalda, a Granville-type, , and the boat was in place for a ideal shot. at 1000M he let go of a e-eel, which impacted, however the freighter was still still going strong, so two more eels (one miss, one hit) and it went down.

After patrol, U-53 moved to BF13, hoping to find a few stragglers. A heavy storm came up, and suddenly a whale factory ship appears off the bow. a few eels later, and it going down, with a fine tonnage.

The rest of the patrol was a cat and mouse in a heavy storm with a heavy freighter of a mid tanker, tracking down by hydrophones, the freighter was put in the bottom, and the tanker was burning and listing, but still moving, so U-53 followed, reporting in, and hoping for calm waters or storm damage, and the tanker succumbed to its wounds.

33160 tons is a fine tonnage for 1939. Even if it going to get a lot tougher as time goes on.

Fish In The Water

09-11-11, 01:25 AM

This is the first time I've been ground down in a waiting game with the enemy and forced to surface, and its been an eye opener.

It never ceases to amaze me just how 'gripping' it can be. Good job getting your crew home in one piece, a fine narrative - thanks for sharing! :up:

JazzJR

09-11-11, 02:17 PM

Patrol 14
U-995
23.October.1940

Leaving the Port St.Nazaire to patrol grid AM19 at 0414!

Ocean....only Ocean no ship in range.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF72.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF72.jpg)

27.October.1940
1200 Diving to A-20
1210 going to A-40
1218 Attacking convoy at Grid AM19.
1223 Ship Sunk! Large Tanker 9677BRT
1249 Ship sunk! HMS Rodney 36000BRT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF73.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF73.jpg)
1320 Surfacing to load Batteries

29.October.1940
0400 going to A-40
0420 KDB operator reports multiple screw sounds.
0448 screw sounds! Must be a Large Merchant Grid AM78
0500 Ship sunk! Large Freighter 10617BRT
0621 surfacing
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF71.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF71.jpg)

1.November.1940
0122 Returning to U-Boat Base St.Nazaire
1251 Reached St.Nazaire. Ending Patrol with 56294BRT

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF74.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF74.jpg)

Fish In The Water

09-11-11, 06:31 PM

1249 Ship sunk! HMS Rodney 36000BRT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF73.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF73.jpg)

That's what I like to see. Good job! :up:

VONHARRIS

09-11-11, 11:37 PM

Patrol No7
15 July 1940
13:49 hours Departed from Wilhemlshaven for grid BE87

20 July 1940
13:33 hours
Grid AN11
SS Vagrant (Passenger/Cargo), 2253 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 28

27 July 1940
18:20 hours
Grid BE64 Convoy attack
HMS Garth (Hunt I class), 1000 tons. Crew: 169. Crew lost: 86
Salvo against Fiji class cruiser missed

28 July 1940
01:53 hours
Grid BE64
SS Victoria City (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 33

29 July 1940
05:00 hours
Grid BE82
SS Sea Venture (Small Merchant), 2399 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 28. Crew lost: 19

06 August 1940
00:05 hours
Grid AM54
SS Khandalla (Troop Ship), 8338 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 158. Crew lost: 11

08 August 1940
16:37 hours
Grid AM52
SS Rapid (Medium Cargo), 5081 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 17

21 August 1940
05:58 hours
Grid AN14
HMS Teredo (T class), 1222 tons. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 15

22 August 1940
23:58 hours
Grid AN47
HMS Lord Stamp (ASW Trawler), 1100 tons. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 10

23 August 1940
00:03 hours
Grid AN47
MV La Cordillera (Medium Merchant 30), 6937 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 55

06:28 hours
Grid AN52
HMS Mull of Kintyre F 86 (Convoy repair ship), 5216 tons. Crew: 199. Crew lost: 129

25 August 1940
02:29 hours
Returned to port
42 days at sea
9 ships sunk
37497 tons
No casualties
95% hull integrity

mightymightychatham

09-12-11, 10:28 AM

Hey! I've been reading this thread for a while... time to put my oar in!

The ongoing adventures of U-53...

http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/110.jpg

http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/210.jpg

http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/311.jpg

http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/410.jpg

http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/510.jpg

http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/610.jpg

VONHARRIS

09-12-11, 11:24 AM

@ mightymightychatham

Very nice post.
You are good with graphics , aren't you?

VONHARRIS

09-12-11, 11:34 AM

Patrol 9
Happy times

27 December 1940
17:31 hours
Departed from Lorient

30 December 1940
Grid BE93
18:41 hours SS Clan MacAlister (Medium Merchant 30), 6936 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 75. Crew lost: 67

05 January 1941
Grid CG86 Convoy attack
22:31 hours SS Triglav (Medium Merchant 30), 6937 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 76. Crew lost: 28
22:42 hours SS Inverbank (Medium Merchant 23), 5309 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 33
22:51 hours HMS Faithful F 177 (Convoy repair ship), 5215 tons. Crew: 179. Crew lost: 3

07 January 1941
Grid CG97
16:41 hours USS Chloris (Convoy repair ship), 5219 tons. Crew: 154. Crew lost: 83 She was flying British colors

09 January 1941
Grid CG95
17:24 hours SS Hedera (Small Merchant), 2215 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 16
19:40 hours SS Rio Dorado (Medium Merchant 22), 4291 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 32

10 January 1941
Grid CG94
23:08 hours SS Oakbank (Medium Merchant 23), 5310 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 41

11 January 1941
Grid CG95
18:39 hours SS Santa Clara Valley (Medium Merchant 02), 4894 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 0

13 January 1941
Grid CG95
14:50 hours SS Campos (Granville-type Freighter), 4707 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 104. Crew lost: 83
17:48 hours MV Alcinous (Medium Merchant 30), 6941 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 0

14 January 1941
Grid CG94
19:29 hours SS Ninghai (Small Freighter), 2091 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 25

18 January 1941
Grid CG94
07:53 hours SS Sitka (Large Cargo), 8520 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 65. Crew lost: 54
08:21 hours SS Dalarö (Medium Merchant 02), 4895 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 64. Crew lost: 51
10:54 hours SS Tynwald (Tramp Steamer), 2112 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 16

21 January 1941
23:41 hours Returned to Lorient
26 days at sea
15 ships sunk
75592 tons
No damages or casualties

Kaptain Kanada

09-12-11, 12:12 PM

Well, I'm playing with the Victory Mod enabled for a bit of variety. Due to the high renown value of warships and the sad fact that I don't use any realism mods and play at 0% I'm the coolest commander in the Kreigsmarine!
It was 1940 and I purchased a souped up IX-B and sailed from Kiel. Germany had taken everything up the eastern coast and I was to patrol AN--(somewhere off the cost between Hartlepool and Scapa Flow). I received a message from BdU informing me that the Royal Navy was relocating to Lock Ewe from Scapa Flow. I immediately sailed to Loch Ewe and snuck in, I sunk their moored Light Cruiser, their docked Fleet Carrier (their 2 largest ships) as well as 2 moored destroyers and 3 more that were steaming towards the wrecks to pick up survivors, I also sunk an Armed Trawler that was shadowing me. I ran out of torps and left, surfacing at a safe distance to resupply with my external reserves. The Brits had but 2 or 3 more destroyers left at Ewe so I decided to return to my partol on the other side of the isles. I was harrased by many swordfish and a few hurricanes. I downed 12 aircraft from my 2 dual flackwierzing(spelling). Sailed without a hitch, reached my new base of Lorient.
Not bad for a maiden voyage in my new uboat! :arrgh!:

Spent a week or so there at parties and receptions for my promotion and awarding of Knights Cross with Golden Oak Leaves Swords and Diamonds, as well as my uboat war badge and front clasp. (this was my 13th partol iirc, something between 13 and 15). I was promoted to Lieutenant (spelling) and dished out war badges to every member of the crew except for 1 new lowly sailor who I simply didn't have a medal for. I promoted around 4 men after that.

Sailed up to Loch Ewe due to the capture of that base during one of my parties. I've missed Dunkirk, the allied evacuation and every other important event but catching what's left of the Home Fleet at Ewe.

Looks like its just a matter of patrol off of Iceland for now on. I'll load up my other campaigns set in the other parts of the world once this becomes boring.

Sailor Steve

09-12-11, 12:34 PM

The ongoing adventures of U-53...
You can't "boo" the Tommies! Without them you wouldn't have a job! :O:

Great pictures, though. :rock:

JazzJR

09-12-11, 12:59 PM

You can't "boo" the Tommies! Without them you wouldn't have a job! :O:

Aren't there another evil Nations out there? :O:

Uboatman

09-12-11, 01:07 PM

After my first attempt returning to the Atlantic after 1yr+ went awry due to a technical fault (:oops:forgot deleting a save deletes everything after:doh:) U-52 under it's Kaleun Willi Brandt set off for it's first war patrol. Quite a voyage, the crew were happy to be home after nearly 2months sailing, across to Danzig and then all the way around the British Isles to the Western Approaches with a good chunk of renown gathering SE of Iceland:arrgh!: .
(longest first patrol I've ever done)

20.8.39.
0432 Patrol 2
U-52, U-Flotilla Weddigen
Left at: August 20, 1939, 04:32
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN26
5.9.39.
2037 Grid AM 33 Ship sunk! HMS Hood (HMS Hood), 48360 tons. Crew: 1400. Crew lost: 70
11.9.39.
1214 Grid BF 19 Ship sunk! SS Yarra (Passenger/Cargo), 2599 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 81. Crew lost: 21
12.9.39.
0847 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Stal (Tramp Steamer), 1957 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 9
13.9.39.
1331 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! MV Comandante Alcidio (Small Cargo), 1737 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 15
14.9.39.
1804 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Knud (Small Composite Merchant), 1941 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 25. Crew lost: 19
16.9.39.
1311 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Blink (Bulk Freighter), 2866 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 2
18.9.39.
0217 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Berhala (Express Freighter), 6239 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 12
19.9.39.
1836 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Surville (Passenger/Cargo), 2551 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 140. Crew lost: 79
20.9.39.
0923 Grid BF 24 Ship sunk! MV Sir Huon (Express Freighter), 6240 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 45. Crew lost: 12
2332 Grid BF 24 Ship sunk! SS Afiena (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 15
21.9.39.
1959 Grid BF 25 Ship sunk! SS Adinda (Coastal Freighter), 1870 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 25
29.9.39.
2036 Grid BE 36 Ship sunk! SS Nils Gorthon (Large Freighter), 8604 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 27
3.10.39.
0338 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk! MV Skjelbred (Express Freighter), 6241 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 25
10.10.39.
1433 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 13
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 93074 tons

mightymightychatham

09-12-11, 07:06 PM

@ mightymightychatham

Very nice post.
You are good with graphics , aren't you?

You're too kind. I'm more like an amateur really; I did this in about one hour with a free paint program.

You can't "boo" the Tommies! Without them you wouldn't have a job! :O:

Great pictures, though. :rock:

You're right Steve. Point taken.:salute: From now on, when I spot English ships, rather than jeer at them I'll be sure to shower them with gifts. Long, cylindrical gifts.

Fish In The Water

09-12-11, 07:17 PM

Well, I'm playing with the Victory Mod enabled for a bit of variety.

Sailed up to Loch Ewe due to the capture of that base during one of my parties.

Good times! :woot:

Kaptain Kanada

09-12-11, 08:21 PM

Well, using the VMod my latest patrol (my last) had me off the coast of Newfoundland in the strait between NFLD and Labrador. I ran into a tug which was armed with 3 flaks an 88cm and 1 rack of charges. It stood still after shooting me so I gave it an eel (weather demanded it). While sailing on and repairing my damages I hit a subnet that ran between NFLD and Labrador (a large distance for a net) and was thus killed. That was just so preposterous I restarted that patrol.:har:

VONHARRIS

09-14-11, 01:30 AM

21 February 1941
16:11 hours Departed Lorient for grid DH56

27 February 1941
Grid CG75 - Convoy attack
08:01 hours USS Amycus (Convoy repair ship), 5218 tons. Crew: 186. Crew lost: 55 She was flying RN colors
08:02 hours MV Cape of Good Hope (Medium Merchant 01), 5663 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 18

07 March 1941
Grid CG85
09:44 hours MV Brageland (Small Merchant), 1845 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 23

10 March 1941
Grid CG95
02:59 hours SS City of Hull (Large Merchant), 9881 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 80. Crew lost: 40

Convoy attack
Grid CG94
15:34 hours SS Port Hunter (Ore Carrier), 7089 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 16
17:07 hours SS Prince Rupert City (Medium Merchant 06), 5175 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 55. Crew lost: 8
17:41 hours SS Forbin (Empire-type Freighter), 6742 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 29
The last two ships were hit during the initial attack and they were finished off after the convoy had left.

15 March 1941
Grid CG15
20:05 hours MV Poelau Tello (Heavy Merchant 01), 9094 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 11

17 March 1941
Grid BE66
Convoy attack
14:19 hours SS Southern Princess (Converted Whale Factory Ship), 12016 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 87. Crew lost: 82
14:31 hours SS Abinsi (Passenger/Cargo), 2384 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 40
16:10 hours SS Orkla (Small Freighter), 2399 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 0 She was finished off after the convoy had left.

19 March 1941
05:09 hours Returned to Lorient
27 days at sea
11 ships sunk
67506 tons
No casualties
Hull integrity: 99%

VONHARRIS

09-14-11, 09:42 AM

Lots of time available in RL so one more patrol completed

Patrol 11
19 April 1941
13:27 hours Departed from Lorient to grid ET41 , Freetown

18 May 1941
Grid ET29 - convoy attack
08:02 hours SS Sobieski (Ceramic-type Ocean Liner), 16614 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 464. Crew lost: 315
She was part of a three ship convoy: The liner , a US turbine tanker and a US troop transport escorted by a Somers class DD.

19 May 1941
Grid ET29
03:03 hours SS Saint Enogat (Small Merchant), 2220 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 7

22 May 1941
Grid ET29 - convoy attack
17:03 hours USS Cerberus (Convoy repair ship), 5218 tons. Crew: 154. Crew lost: 110
17:04 hours SS Betty (Tramp Steamer), 1831 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 2

26 May 1941
Grid ET37 - convoy attack
03:58 hours SS Scythia (Ceramic-type Ocean Liner), 16615 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 1018. Crew lost: 895
She was part of a 4 ship convoy: The liner , a US turbine tanker , a US troop transport , a US large merchant and a Mexican small merchant escorted by a Somers class DD.

12 June 1941
03:59 hours
Returned to Lorient
55 days at sea
5 ships sunk
42498 tons
No casualties
98% hull integrity Damaged caused by surprise air attack in bad visibility.

Kpt. Lehmann

09-14-11, 11:22 AM

Am just south of Iceland. August 1942. Clear weather. Just skulking around and waiting for smoke on the horizon.:sunny:

Have already sent four merchies to the bottom.

Kpt. Lehmann

09-14-11, 11:24 AM

Hull integrity: 99%

Did you bump a wall re-entering port?

...or did the Tommies throw their potatoes at you? :D

VONHARRIS

09-14-11, 12:09 PM

Did you bump a wall re-entering port?

...or did the Tommies throw their potatoes at you? :D

In fact according to SH3 Commander U-boat damaged (H.I. 98.49%)
Machine gun fire from a PBY Catalina during crash diving.

I would prefer the potatoes though , fresh provisions for the rest of my patrol! :DL

JazzJR

09-14-11, 12:59 PM

In fact according to SH3 Commander U-boat damaged (H.I. 98.49%)
Machine gun fire from a PBY Catalina during crash diving.

I would prefer the potatoes though , fresh provisions for the rest of my patrol! :DL

I remeber that an enemy Ship throwed cups , dishes and a lot other things at a german WW2 submarine. :O: Maybe i find that again :D

eschemschnuz

09-15-11, 03:39 AM

Hi y'all. First time poster.

Have been into subsims off and on since the "Aces of the Deep" days, though i have yet to survive a single campaign, EVER!
Waited two years to purchase SH2, but after i finally did, i couldn't bring myself to play the game! :damn:
Originally resumed interest with SH5, but when my machine couldn't play it, i "downgraded" to SH3 and SH4 instead.
Fingers crossed, my ultimate objective will be to complete a single SH career campaign, alive. :salute:

As with most people i'm guessing, the movie "Das Boot" (the Director's Cut & Uncut versions) was my entry into the world of the U-Boat.
I have read the book (English translation), and am hoping to worm my way thru Lawrence Paterson's catalog of flotilla records.

Anyway, here goes...

Report from U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla, returning from Patrol 1.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
8-day cruise. Hull got a bit of a nick, but that's about it.
Medals all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4977

GoDeep

09-15-11, 05:55 AM

May 10, 1941.
Left Lorient to patrol grid square DT29.
Crossed Bay of Biscay without incident.

May 14
Position: CG13
3:17: Merchant on hydrophones, approaching. Set course to intercept.

3:43: Visual on contact, small freighter.

3:52: Contact is a tramp steamer, flying British flag. Appears to be armed. Set up for submerged attack.

4:01: Final check on target. ID confirmed. Single torpedo fired below keel.

4:02: Torpedo impact, multiple secondary explosions.

4:07: Ship sunk, tramp steamer, 1964 BRT

8:59: Contact report, large enemy convoy, grid square CG12, course SSO, 8 knots. Set course to intercept, because it's just next door.

10:15: Convoy in sight. Weather is very calm and sea is almost oily. Difficult to get close on the surface for a good look. At least 20 merchants and hydrophone check reveals a minimum of 5 escorts. Radioed BDU with contact report. Decide to submerge in front of convoy and get in attack position, even though I overshot their projected course. Have to dive to avoid detection.

10:42: I'm in luck, the convoy zigged and is now coming almost directly for my position. Centre column should pass just in front of my boat!

10:51: Picked out three targets: medium merchant, large tanker and a coastal freighter for the stern tube. Convoy is travelling at 8 knots, timing will be tight!

10:57 All torpedoes fired! Diving below convoy to avoid counter attack. Escorts all passed wide, no one within 2500 metres.

10:59: Three out of five torpedoes hit. Stern tube missed because target veered and one torpedo on the medium freighter missed.

11:02: Tanker exploded in huge fireball. Medium freighter sinks!
2 ships sunk: medium freighter, 4707 BRT
Large tanker: 9677 BRT

14:01: Convoy has disappeared from view. All tubes reloaded, surfaced, ready to continue attack. Course plotted along course of convoy.

17:30: Sound check reveals no sign of convoy.

18:30: Sound check still reveals no sign of convoy.

19:00 Beginning search pattern along convoy course at high speed. Visibility excellent.

May 15
03:00: Still no sign of convoy.

09:15: Contact report, convoy in CG41, heading SO, speed 8.
This is the convoy I was tracking. They are further away than expected. Intercepting.

14:30: Convoy in sight! Sea still flat, no wind, good visibility.

15:54: Spotted by rear escort. Shells fired. Forced to dive. No damage. No depth charges.

16:30: Surfaced. Convoy has altered course to SW. Racing along port side to catch up. Keeping convoy at edge of visibility.

17:10: Spotted by port side lead escort. No shells, it just comes our way. Steering 90 true to give small aspect. Ahead flank. Darkness is setting in. Convoy appears to have changed course to SE again.

17:20: Racing at flank speed, course SE. Still giving small aspect to destroyer. Destroyer continues due east. It does not see us.

18:00: Made a slow, sweeping turn at high speed to come to course SW, cutting across convoy path. Escort is returning to convoy. She has lost us.

19:00: In front of convoy, reasonable attack position.

20:30: Convoy has changed course back to SW. This has improved my attack position. Was hoping this would happen.

20:55: Convoy getting too close for comfort. Diving to PD. Engage silent running. Battle stations!

21:12: Selected two targets, one munition ship, one large freighter. Excellent firing solution on both.

21:16: Torpedoes away, timed for near simultaneous impact. Diving, change course to N.

21:18: Four torpedoes hit and exploded. Hearing multiple explosions, probably the munition ship. (It was, checked with external cam).

21:19: Pinging. Apparently an escort snuck up to us in our baffles. Not detected. Continuing slow dive.

21:20: Escort dropped random charges. Unfortunately, one on our head. As soon as I heard the splashes, went to flank. Depth was only 35 metres. Radio room and command room damaged, taking on water. Hydrophone and radio damaged. Both periscopes destroyed, flak destroyed, deck gun destroyed. (Amazing how they can tell from the inside, isn't it?). Secure from silent running to stop flooding.

21:22: Repair and screw noises have attracted more attention. Two escorts overhead. Flooding almost under control. Depth 120.

21:24: Flooding stopped. Ordered silent running. Course NE. Depth 170.

21:25: Detected by ASDIC. Multiple splashes. Going deeper, course 345, flank ahead.

21:26: No damage, return to silent running. Depth 190. Sound man reports breaking bulkheads and explosions from hit merchants.
Ships sunk: munition ship, 7062 BRT, large freighter, 8576 BRT.

21:40: Evaded multiple attacks. No further damage. Course N. Depth 200. Silent running, 50 rpm.

21:50: No more attacks for 10 minutes. One escort appears to be moving off. One circling overhead.

22:10: No more attacks, final escort appears to have given up, heading back towards convoy at high speed.

23:00: Convoy noises fading to SW.

May 16.
01:00: No contacts on hydrophone. Secure from silent running. Rise to 30 metres for sound check.

01:30: Sound check reveals no noises. Baffles also clean. Surfacing without being able to do a periscope sweep is an uneasy feeling.

02:00 Surveyed damage in the darkness. With no periscopes, no flak, barely operational deck gun, I decide to head back to Lorient. Patrol 14 is over.

Gedis

09-15-11, 03:18 PM

Hello captains,

it was 1941 october 12th when i sailed with my uberuntersieboot Type 9B. Now it's 20th or 21st day, was reiding gibraltar i choosed and sank all the juicy targets there, just left to escape...
So i'm almost 2 km from the naval base, ~7AM in the morning, out of a sudden, without pinging, corvette runs over me dropping depthcharges (let's call them DC in short).
I'm 15 meters bellow, moving slowly and silently, at 1 knot...
After first batch of DCs she turns for another run, but this time pinging me. This time it manages to RAM my 20mm flak gun while i'm at 15 meters depth...
It seems i'll evade it, since she's dropping DCs close but not close enough.
And then destroyer joined into the pursuit, after 3rd pass, he DESTROYED my both diesel engines, both electric engines and forward batteries, the rest of the damage i repaired while pumping out water at harbour's sea bed at 41 meters! O.o (gibraltar isn't shallow after all...).
So i'm "repaired", can't move and at 41m bellow, i was waiting for another DC batch to sink me so i could load up the save file. And corvette drops DCs, destroys my conning tower and flak gun emplacements and i'm still alive, still can't move... I decided why not just sit there and see what happens, and what do you know... both destroyer and corvette just pining and passing over my head and not dropping DCs O.o
2 hours latter, comes 2nd destroyer for the help and he finally sank me.
If it wasn't for him, i had plans to sit there until night, surface and just finish the mission, but oh well...

I'm with alberich anti sonar coating, but late 1941 seems pretty harsh time for my harbour reids...

BTW, here's my logs from that INTERESTING partol:

[Log Entry 0]
Type=0
EntryText=Patrol 13|U-108, 2nd Flotilla|Left at: October 12, 1941, 11:11|From: Lorient|Mission Orders: Patrol grid EJ82
Date=19411012
Time=1111
Categ=0
[Log Entry 1]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 28|S class, 767 tons
EntryTitle=October 12, 1941, 19:15
Date=19411012
Time=1915
Categ=0
[Log Entry 2]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Large Troop Ship, 25008 tons
EntryTitle=October 13, 1941, 22:57
Date=19411013
Time=2257
Categ=0
[Log Entry 3]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Large Cargo, 8250 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 00:19
Date=19411014
Time=19
Categ=0
[Log Entry 4]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Chatham-type Troop Ship, 5691 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 00:41
Date=19411014
Time=41
Categ=0
[Log Entry 5]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Large Troop Ship, 24421 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 12:11
Date=19411014
Time=1211
Categ=0
[Log Entry 6]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Large Troop Ship, 24422 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 14:24
Date=19411014
Time=1424
Categ=0
[Log Entry 7]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Modern Tanker, 10821 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 15:48
Date=19411014
Time=1548
Categ=0
[Log Entry 8]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Large Merchant, 10617 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 19:38
Date=19411014
Time=1938
Categ=0
[Log Entry 9]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Liberty Cargo, 7335 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 23:24
Date=19411014
Time=2324
Categ=0
[Log Entry 10]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Large Merchant, 10616 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 23:29
Date=19411014
Time=2329
Categ=0
[Log Entry 11]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 79|Large Tanker, 9677 tons
EntryTitle=October 14, 1941, 23:33
Date=19411014
Time=2333
Categ=0
[Log Entry 12]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid CG 96|Small Depot Ship, 6250 tons
EntryTitle=October 18, 1941, 22:41
Date=19411018
Time=2241
Categ=0
[Log Entry 13]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid CG 96|HMS Nelson, 36000 tons
EntryTitle=October 18, 1941, 23:02
Date=19411018
Time=2302
Categ=0
[Log Entry 14]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid CG 96|Dorsetshire class, 13300 tons
EntryTitle=October 19, 1941, 00:44
Date=19411019
Time=44
Categ=0
[Log Entry 15]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid CG 96|Modern Tanker, 10869 tons
EntryTitle=October 19, 1941, 02:01
Date=19411019
Time=201
Categ=0
[Log Entry 16]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid CG 96|London class, 13300 tons
EntryTitle=October 19, 1941, 02:58
Date=19411019
Time=258
Categ=0
[Log Entry 17]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid CG 96|Southampton class, 10725 tons
EntryTitle=October 19, 1941, 03:47
Date=19411019
Time=347
Categ=0
[Log Entry 18]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid CG 96|Southampton class, 10725 tons
EntryTitle=October 19, 1941, 04:36
Date=19411019
Time=436
Categ=0
[Log Entry 19]
Type=0
EntryText=Patrol results|Crew losses: 56 dead|Ships sunk: 18|Aircraft destroyed: 0|Patrol tonnage: 238794 tons
Date=19411019
Time=934
Categ=0

note that i gunned down british S class sub :))

P.S. SH3 + GWX3 + realism exe fix + das boot green water + 100% realism.

Zedwardson

09-15-11, 04:55 PM

My latest commander, Walter Koch, died in a attack on a convoy near the British coast. he had six eels and got ahead of said convoy, waited till the convoy was on top of him, and unleashed the eels, out of five shots, 4 hit, no sinkings, and quickly dived to near the bottom to await the escorts attack, with the idea of sneaking off and letting the convoy by, surface, and head home.

well, the V class escort in nov 1939 found U-53 and sunk me with a few well placed depth charges. Obtained a Iron Cross (2nd class) after his death. I really was not expecting to loose Koch so soon, as I normally make it to at LEAST 1940. I may start my next one in nov 1939 so I can play later in the war hopefully and see now many men it takes to get though the war.

VONHARRIS

09-16-11, 12:33 AM

VonHarris and his crew left U-65 IXB to take command of U-125 IXC boat

Patrol 12
13 July 1941
19:58 hours Departed from Lorient for grid CG77

24 July 1941
Grid CG95
04:02 hours Ship sunk! SS Daghestan (CAM-Ship 02), 6855 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 80. Crew lost: 44
Grid CG94
10:50 hours Ship sunk! MV Nordfarer (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 48
Grid CG94 - convoy attack
19:31 hours MV Empire Dweller (Coastal Freighter), 1870 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 0
19:32 hours MV Brandanger (Medium Merchant 02), 4894 tons. Cargo: Tobacco. Crew: 59. Crew lost: 46
19:33 hours HMS Orion (CLLeander41), 7270 tons.Crew :640. Crew lost:586

Moved close to the Spanish and Portuguese coast to find good weather to move in the externals. After the procedure was completed U-125 returned to the hunting grounds.

01 August 1941
Grid CG95
03:11 hours MV Siam II (Medium Merchant 30), 6936 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 17

03 August 1941
Grid CG95 - convoy attack
13:50 hours SS Eastern City (CAM-Ship 02), 6858 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 59. Crew lost: 35
13:50 hours SS Sheksna (Passenger/Cargo), 2076 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 49. Crew lost: 23
13:55 hours SS Bruse (Small Freighter), 2255 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 0
13:56 hours SS Empire Standard (Empire-type Freighter), 5671 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 19

05 August 1941
Grid CG95
07:21 hours SS Gudvor (Tramp Steamer), 1817 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 21. Crew lost: 11
Grid CG94
17:01 hours SS Aberdovey (Coastal Freighter), 1873 tons. Cargo: Tobacco. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 28

09 August 1941
05:33 hours
Returned to Lorient
Enemy aircrafts more present
Merchant ships are armed
More escorts in convoys and improved skills
28 days at sea
12 ships sunk
53083 tons
No casualties
U-boat damaged (H.I. 98.51%) machine gun fire during crash diving

eschemschnuz

09-16-11, 02:05 AM

Yo Karl! :salute:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla returning from Patrol 2.
Realism at 50%, original game specs.
9-day cruise.
Medals all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5152 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5153

mightymightychatham

09-16-11, 04:37 AM

I just got back from a very dissatisfying 86,000t patrol.

We left Lorient and preceeded to our patrol sector West of Rockall. En route we encountered two lone merchants; an empire-type and a coastal freighter. Both were sunk. We then arrived at our patrol sector and scoured it for three days. No signs of life.

On the way home we recieved a contact report in the wee hours; a inbound convoy heading east, its probable destination Liverpool via the Irish Sea. A decent target at last. We set a course for intercept and came upon it about midday. Although it was dry, visibility was only about 7km due to heavy cloud and a high swell. Unable to get a visual on the whole convoy, the hydrophone suggested there were about twenty ships and only three escorts. One out front and the other two off the rear corners. Party time.

We dived to periscope depth and slipped under the front escort. Periscope went up to mark our targets. A Southampton was steaming quietly in the centre. I'd sunk five of these since the start of my career and remembered reading somewhere that there were six Southamptons built. I couldn't resist bagging the full set. Three front torps hit the cruiser (just to make sure) and the rear winged a coastal freighter. I began a steep dive to 150m at flank as the swo side escorts turned in to pursue me. Once at depth, I went to silent speed and came 90' to port in an effort to slink away. The escorts came up quickly and took turns depth charging the spot where we'd gone from flank to silent. By this time our boat was 500m away. Both the cruiser and the freighter went down during this time. Eventually the escorts gave up bombing the same spot over and over and went back to their convoy positions. Huh? No ASDIC? I was well withing range for them to ping me. Not one to complain, I made distance, surfaced, reloaded and came about for another bite.

I slipped in again and this time bagged a large merchant and another coastal freighter. This time only the leading escort came after me and again, multiple depth charges on my last known position and no ping. I'd encountered "elite" crews before; maybe these were "incompetent" crews?

Surfaced again, the convoy was coming over the continental shelf but it was getting dark and by now I was feeling cocky. I was running low on torps (and out of rear torps) so I took position to take a front shot on an ore carrier as the convoy came upon me for the third time. Down it went. This time none of the escorts even came after me.

Slightly bewildered, I headed toward home with three front torps remaining and a decent tonnage of about 41,000.

No contacts were sighted until the next morning. A lone troop carrier steaming south west off the coast of Galway. I'd never encountered a troop ship before and, with three torps left, determined to sink it. It was quite foggy and difficult to make out but it looked like a four stacker. Four stacks? None of these troop ships in the book have... IT'S THE AQUITANIA!!

I knew she was fast so I matched her course and moved ahead flank whilst determining her speed. 14 knots. And I'm making 16 on these seas. Brilliant. I powered ahead, I mean really far ahead; I didn't want to stuff this one up. Once she was out of sight I came to port and laid the boat to intercept her course at 90'. I ducked down to periscope depth and waited. And waited. And waited. She was long overdue at my intercept point, let alone the fact that she wasn't in visual range of my scope. I zoomed out on the nav map and realised; her noise signature wasn't moving. Cautiously moving toward her, there were no signs of movement. Coming closer, I realised: she was sinking. The water was almost up to her deck. What the hell? Calm seas, no rain, not another ship in sight. A mine hit maybe? Anyway, I felt cheated. I launched my last three torps at her to pick off the tonnage, feeling dirty as hell. I got the "she's going down" message the second the first torp hit.

Heading back to Lorient it occurred to me that this was my highest ever patrol tonnage. But rather than being excited, I felt hollow.

Escorts that didn't seem to care about protecting their convoy?

A large modern liner foundering in calm seas?

There were medals and promotions aplenty but I couldn't help but feel a bit dissapointed.

Fish In The Water

09-16-11, 05:51 AM

well, the V class escort in nov 1939 found U-53 and sunk me with a few well placed depth charges. Obtained a Iron Cross (2nd class) after his death.

Gone but not forgotten, a salute and a moment of silence for the gallant crew of U-53! :salute:

VONHARRIS

09-16-11, 06:06 AM

New career started because the previous one (U-125 IXC) crashed after an unsuccesful mod install.
A clean install took place and guess what: I managed to run the MFM!

Patrol No2
31 August 1939
05:23 hours Left Wilhelmshaven for grid AM52

04 September 1939
Grid AN14
12:00 hours SS Karsik (Medium Merchant 09), 3185 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 1

07 September 1939
Grid AM52 - convoy attack
21:57 hours SS Blairmore (Medium Merchant 16), 3902 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 50
22:28 hours SS Clan MacFarlane (Medium Merchant 20), 6160 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 86. Crew lost: 13
22:32 hours SS P. L. M. 24 (Ore Freighter 01), 6177 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 62

09 September 1939
Grid AM52
11:44 hours HMS Cyprus (Q ship), 4043 tons. Crew: 57. Crew lost: 50

14 September 1939
16:25 hours Returned to port
15 days at sea
5 ships sunk
23467 tons
1 man wounded
2 men dead
Hull integrity: 72%

Fish In The Water

09-16-11, 06:36 AM

A clean install took place and guess what: I managed to run the MFM!

Wow! No small feat, enjoy and congrats! :woot:

VONHARRIS

09-16-11, 12:00 PM

Wow! No small feat, enjoy and congrats! :woot:

It was too good to be true.
I spoke too soon.
It only lasted for one patrol.
The game crashed when I started the second patrol.

Anyway , a new clean install , mods enabled and some ships of the MFM manually added as usually.
Now the game runs fine.
I must not try any more experiments!

eschemschnuz

09-16-11, 05:37 PM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Thanks for the Iron Cross - second class stuff that is!

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 3.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
11-day cruise. Hull got dinked, but nothing too serious.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5154

Fish In The Water

09-16-11, 10:09 PM

It was too good to be true.
I spoke too soon.
It only lasted for one patrol.
The game crashed when I started the second patrol.

Rats! :damn:

Oh well, if it helps - I'm in the same boat just adding a few ships manually. Once I update my rig the MFM will take to the seas in full force. :DL

Zedwardson

09-16-11, 10:17 PM

U-28 leaves harbor, to patrol near the British Coast near the Orkney Islands, When a Task force is spotted racing down the eastern coast of Scotland. U-28 rushes to intercept, dreams of a British Capital dancing though the commanders head, as he approaches the English coast, he finds himself in a pickle of wonderful targets, a Large convoy heading south, a small convoy headed north, and the task force somewhere, unless it was in port.

Jan 26, 1940 0821

Damage to port and starboard rudders! we are under fire!!

Lt. Pies looks up from his navigation board, someone or some thing had caught U-28 unaware, he ordered scope depth, and sees his ashen lookout slide down the ladder.

C&D Class on direct heading towards us sir!

Looking though the scope, he sees the HMS Decoy charging with a bone in its teeth at his Boat. Calmly he asks for depth under keep. Then goes pale when he finds out the depth is only 75 meters.

He heard his navigator mutter "When they find us, dann ist aber die Kacke am Dampfen"

Pies is noted for being aggressive, but cool under fire, so he orders his boat to face the HMS Decoy, has he has four electric eels in it, and watches as the escort approaches.

1000 Meters - he orders tube one opened, and fires. he orders tube two opened and waits as he watches the stopwatch, it is a miss. He fires tube two and orders tubes 3 and 4 open, at 400 meters he knows the 2nd eel as missed, so he fires the last two, and orders a crash drive, lowering the scope, and finding god.

TORPEDO IMPACT!!! TORPEDO IMPACT!!

Cheers race though the boat, and lt. Pies orders his boat to scope depth. The HMS Decoy is sinking fast, but he sees smoke on the horizon, and he knows the other escorts are coming fast, so he turns tail and pushes his boat to get away from the sinking HMS Decoy, and into deeper water.

Lt. Pies lets himself smile, when suddenly a glance on the scope shows yet another escort coming head on to him. the boat is hit by pings. he fires the electric eel in a low percentage shot at the escort behind him, and orders depth to 70 meters. Then orders silence, for U-28 is to be depth charged.

Lt Pies gets his damage control team ready, as the men stay silent. the hydrophone man calmly tells as four (4!!) escorts circle the boat, pinging, dropping depth charges. Lt. Pies tries a tactic that if he hears the sound of screws overhead, then depth charge alert, to do a sudden burst of Flank speed, in the hope of avoiding the depth charges. The charges are endless, the watch officer looses count after 75, as boat after boat makes depth charge runs and tries to end U-28 run. There is no serious damage, but at 1032, there is a 5th(!!) escort that has arrive, and lays down a massive volley of depth charges. and U-28 shakes like a twig, and its bows plow into the mud, as emergency lights flicker on. Lt. Pies puts his damage control team into action, ordering them to give damage reports. Seeing organized Chaos up front.

The bow is badly damaged, as the Damage control team first controls, then begins to push back the emergency flooding. Lt. Pies does order the evacuation of those sections by non emergency crews, as the flooding was that much of a threat, however dewatering continued, even as depth charges kept falling, occasionally doing more and more damage. The shallow water helped for a first, as U-28 was at no risk of being crushed, but the flooding finally relented.

U-28 was on the bottom, in the mud, so the engine was turned off, as for the next five hours, U-28 was shaken, not stirred. each time it appeared that perhaps they where finished, as they pinged away, suddenly a depth charge would fall, breaking the damaged seals, and forcing the damage control teams to repair and dewater. But it was slowly working away, so carefully rising two meters, and going slowly, U-28 slipped away, and at 1732, surfaced, fresh air filling the boat. And U-28 sailed home. No crew being injured or killed in the action.

For this action, Lt. Pies received the Iron Cross, 2nd Class.

VONHARRIS

09-17-11, 06:00 AM

After the crashes with the CU mod , U-45 is back in action

Patrol 2 (No 1 was the shakedown)
31 August 1939
11:57 hours U-45 left Wilhelmshaven to patrol Grid BF16.

11 September 1939
Grid BF15
15:45 hours Ship sunk! SS Atos (Small Freighter), 2221 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 28 Our first torpedo kill

12 September 1939
Grid BF16
09:05 hours Ship sunk! HMS Anthony (A&B classes), 1350 tons. Crew: 145. Crew lost: 14

14 September 1939
Grid BF17
19:48 hours Ship sunk! SS Adherity (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 5

19 September 1939
Grid BF17
12:03 hours SS Dalcroy (Medium Merchant 22), 4290 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 5

21 September 1939
Grid BF17
18:53 hours SS Scholar (Medium Merchant 22), 4291 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 37. Crew lost: 21
19:12 hours MV Esso Belgium (Tanker 16), 10678 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 31

01 October 1939
08:35 hours Returned to port
32 days at sea
6 ships sunk
24699 tons
No casualties or damages

ETsd4

09-17-11, 08:18 AM

...

... and orders a crash drive, lowering the scope, and finding god.

Wait, what? This Kaleun made up his own awakening in a submarine?

eschemschnuz

09-17-11, 08:33 AM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Thanks for the Iron Cross - first class stuff that is!

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 4.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
6-day cruise. Hull took a bit of a pounding though.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4883

VONHARRIS

09-17-11, 10:04 AM

Patrol No3
31 October 1939
08:34 hours U-45 set sail from Germany to grid AN13

03 November 1939
Grid AN41
22:48 hours MV John R. Williams (Tugboat), 1129 tons. Crew: 19. Crew lost: 13 Sunk by gunfire

10 November 1939
Grid AM52
23:53 hours Q Ship HMS Maunder (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 72. Crew lost: 3

11 November 1939
Grid AM52
03:57 hours SS Aage (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 28. Crew lost: 5 sunk by gunfire
14:27 hours MV Laertes (Small Trawler), 98 tons. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 17 Sunk by 20mm flak gun

13 November 1939
Grid AM52
03:52 hours SS Nonpareil (Medium Cargo), 5521 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 56

14 November 1939
Grid AM52
06:43 hours SS Anghyra (Tramp Steamer), 1631 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 15

15 November 1939
Grid AM02 - Convoy attack
09:02 hours SS Prosper (Tramp Steamer), 1632 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 18
09:32 hours MV Lorraine (Large Tanker), 10120 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 45. Crew lost: 21
10:55 hours SS Amsterdam (Tanker 10), 6581 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 26. Crew lost: 2

20 November 1939
04:11 hours Returned to Wilhelmshaven
21 days at sea
9 ships sunk
30945 tons
No casualties or damages

Zedwardson

09-17-11, 01:43 PM

Wait, what? This Kaleun made up his own awakening in a submarine?

Just seeing if anyone was actually reading that :O:

WWII44

09-17-11, 03:36 PM

I just finished my third patrol in the Type VIIC U-529. we got into scapa flow and sank the HMS Hood. We escaped the flow with little damage and no casualties.

Uboatman

09-17-11, 03:50 PM

U-52 back in Kiel after a successful 3rd Patrol around to the Western Approaches. Bagged a couple on the way round. Went quiet for a few days then the weather cleared up and found an outward bound convoy in BF17. The lone V&W escort spotted us at extreme range, went to periscope depth after it came to intercept me and took the destroyer out.

Returned to the surface and positioned for an attack on the convoy. Weather conditions were very good but not favourable for a surface attack, had to take out the 2 Fast Freighters 1st as they were the only ships armed, even then after 5 eels had to surface to finish of one and sustained minor damage to the hull, nevertheless went on to savage the remains of the convoy depleting all ammunition apart from the 20mm which was retained for the return to base

CAPTAIN'S LOG

Date and Time
Location
Occurrences

15.10.39.
0149 Patrol 3
U-52, U-Flotilla Weddigen
Left at: October 15, 1939, 01:49
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN41
21.10.39.
1302 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! SS West Notus (Medium Old Split Merchant), 5596 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 34
1653 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! SS Isac (Tramp Steamer), 2109 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 24. Crew lost: 13
1904 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! SS Columbine (Split Merchant), 3368 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 8
25.10.39.
2235 Grid AM 55 Ship sunk! SS Port Caroline (Ore Carrier), 6715 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 75. Crew lost: 21
2.11.39.
0627 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Delfina (Medium Merchant 11), 3129 tons. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 33
1715 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! HMS Walker (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 116. Crew lost: 22
1951 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! MV Wellington Star (Fast Freighter), 13241 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 39
1954 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Dick Lykes (Medium Cargo), 3957 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 51
1959 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! MV Beacon Grange (Fast Freighter), 12612 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 76. Crew lost: 6
2007 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Petrolite (Small Old Oiler), 1587 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 15. Crew lost: 9
2011 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Elena (Nipiwan Park-type Tanker), 2476 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 15. Crew lost: 14
2016 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Sire (Medium Split Merchant), 5897 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 49. Crew lost: 14
2021 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Chepo (Medium Split Merchant), 5896 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 29
2023 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Chevychase (Nipiwan Park-type Tanker), 2477 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 25. Crew lost: 13
2025 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Andalusian (Bulk Freighter), 2866 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 49. Crew lost: 16
2026 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Zagloba (Bulk Freighter), 2867 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 39. Crew lost: 13
2032 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Lifland (Passenger/Cargo), 1778 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 191. Crew lost: 26
10.11.39.
1046 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 17
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 77759 tons

note for fellow Kaleuns running the Community Units Mod, the Bulk Freighters went down after 2-5 shots at the waterline, was surprised but pleasantly so

JazzJR

09-17-11, 08:13 PM

Patrol 17
U-995
01.March.1941

Leaving the Port St.Nazaire to patrol grid BE97 at 1409
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF81.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF81.jpg)

03.03.1941
1058
Ship sunk! "SS Romolo" at BE66 Large Cargoship 10616BRT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF82.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF82.jpg)

06.03.1941
0041
Going to A-45, hope to find some Ships through KDB
0055
Ship propellers at 011 closing , middle distance.
0059
surface and attacking targets with 8.8 Deckgun
0101
Ship sunk! "SS Clan Menzies" at BE95 Large Cargoship 10618BRT
0102
Ship sunk! "SS Memnon" at BE95 Large Cargoship 10619BRT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF80.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF80.jpg)

10.03.1941
1750
Ship sunk! "SS Merida" at BF45 Passenger- Cargoship 2245BRT
1751
Continue Patrol

13.03.1941
1822
Ship sunk! "SS Barnby" at AM52 Medium Cargo steamer 4708BRT

16.03.1941
1314
Ship sunk! "SS Bedenham" at AN15 Coastal Freighter 1871BRT
1824
Ship sunk! "SS Agais" at AM36 Coastal Freighter 1872BRT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF83.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF83.jpg)

18.03.1941
0820
Empire Freighter spotted! Attacking with 8.8 Deckgun.
0825
Freighter is returning the Fire!
Tube I firing a G1e Torpedo.
0830
Taking damage from gun fight! Repair crew is at work!
0831
Watch officer killed by shrapnel. Another seaman dead, one wounded.
0832
Torpedo impact!
Ship sunk! "SS Empire Prairie" Empire Type Freighter (Q-Ship?) 6780BRT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF85.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF85.jpg)
0834
Returning to Base in St. Nazaire.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF88.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF88.jpg)

22.03.1941
0818
Reaching St. Nazaire ending Patrol 17
Crew losses:2
Ships sunk: 8
Sunk Tonnage: 49329BRT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF86.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF86.jpg)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FF87.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FF87.jpg)

WWII44

09-17-11, 08:52 PM

Patrol 5
U-529, 2nd Flotilla
Left at: November 15, 1940, 09:21
From: Lorient
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BF15
Ship sunk! SS Agua (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 13
Ship sunk! Motor Torpedo Boat, 47 tonsShip sunk! Motor Torpedo Boat, 47 tons
Ship sunk! Motor Torpedo Boat, 47 tons
Ship sunk! Motor Torpedo Boat, 47 tons
Ship sunk! SS Capo Olmo (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 97. Crew lost: 29
Ship sunk! PT-188 (Elco Torpedo Boat), 45 tons. Crew: 12. Crew lost: 6
Ship sunk! HMS Decoy (C&D classes), 1375 tons. Crew: 164. Crew lost: 90
Ship sunk! HMS Ceylon (Fiji class), 10725 tons. Crew: 771. Crew lost: 300
Ship sunk! MV Piriapolis (Troop Transport), 8011 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 192. Crew lost: 90
Ship sunk! HMS Vega (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 101. Crew lost: 24
Ship sunk! HMS Vanoc (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 102. Crew lost: 37
Patrol results
Crew losses: 1 dead
Ships sunk: 12
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 29297 tons

Fish In The Water

09-17-11, 10:23 PM

I just finished my third patrol in the Type VIIC U-529. we got into scapa flow and sank the HMS Hood. We escaped the flow with little damage and no casualties.

The drinks are on Donitz! :up:

The Dean

09-17-11, 10:59 PM

I'm crossing the North Sea, and stumble across an unlit Large Cargo at night. I lie in wait ahead of its path at medium range, 3 torpedoes stop it dead, I order the deck gun to fire at will, which finishes the job. As we are sailing away, I idly scan the mess I just made and....notice the....the....oh god. I just sank a 10,000 ton German vessel.

2 days later, I stumble across an unlit warship, closer inspection reveals it to be a stationary supply depot ship just off the English coast. Okay, great. Check the flag this time. French? Superb. Weird that its out here, but whatever. 3 torpedoes, down it goes. And then of course, in my haste to make amends for my previous error, I notice that I've failed to take into account that

http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/france-flag.gif

is actually, in point of fact

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Netherlands_flag.gif.

:damn:

How I made this mistake is inconceivable. Bernard offered to take the fall for this one (and he DOES owe me), but I couldn't do it to the poor guy and had a quiet, humble word with Donitz when we returned to port. He agreed to erase the reports from the boat's logs. He's so nice when it comes to these things.

WWII44

09-18-11, 12:13 AM

The drinks are on Donitz! :up:
danke, It sure was a kick in the nards for Jolly old England. I went in there a second time and sank a Fiji-class Cruiser, Though I think I'm through with infiltrating Scapa Flow.

eschemschnuz

09-18-11, 12:24 AM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Thanks for the Knight's Cross - a bit of a tight fit though!

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 5.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
8-day cruise.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4884

WWII44

09-18-11, 10:15 AM

I decimated a convoy in the Irish sea on my 6th patrol and claimed my first submarine kill when I sank the HMS Sprite.

Uboatman

09-18-11, 03:09 PM

23:05 local time December 1st 1939, U-52 in BF17 on an intercept course to an outward convoy:arrgh!:

Had to attack submerged due to clear skies, found HMS Nelson in the middle of the formation. Fired 4 eels for 3 hits the one aimed at the engine room did it's job and brought the battleship to a halt. Fired 3 eels at the accompanying Fleet Tender but no hits were registered as target was zigzagging. Fired last 3 at the floundering Nelson, the last 2 being fired into the forward ammo bunker and the fuel storage areas respectively, large explosions were witness through the attack scope at she went to the bottom soon after.

All torpedoes expended, returning to Kiel at this time.

U-52 out, patrol log to follow

CAPTAIN'S LOG

Date and Time
Location
Occurrences

18.11.39.
1508 Patrol 4
U-52, U-Flotilla Weddigen
Left at: November 18, 1939, 15:08
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN14
23.11.39.
0929 Grid AN 26 Ship sunk! SS Assyrian (Bulk Freighter), 2866 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 39. Crew lost: 13
24.11.39.
1244 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! SS Corabella (Medium Split Merchant), 5896 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 63. Crew lost: 45
1823 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! SS Whitford Point (Old Composite Merchant), 5361 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 69
2227 Grid AN 13 Ship sunk! SS Frodi (Steam Trawler 02), 342 tons. Crew: 17. Crew lost: 15
28.11.39.
0046 Grid AM 54 Ship sunk! SS Adroity (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 19
1737 Grid AM 49 Ship sunk! SS Brookwood (Old Composite Merchant), 5362 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 23
30.11.39.
0616 Grid BE 36 Ship sunk! SS Empire Jaguar (Old Composite Merchant), 5363 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 5
1.12.39.
0210 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! HMS Nelson (HMS Nelson), 36000 tons. Crew: 1574. Crew lost: 1448
8.12.39.
0102 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 8
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 63059 tons

There was an abundance of Old Composite Merchants sailing in singles around the British Isles, which would have been great if it wasn't for the darn aft gun they carry, went home with 80% of my deck gun ammo:down:

WWII44

09-18-11, 06:47 PM

Ia bring bad news U-529 has been blown to tiny bits with all hands exept the captain. I managed to evade capture and made it back to friendly waters.

Fish In The Water

09-18-11, 10:55 PM

Ia bring bad news U-529 has been blown to tiny bits with all hands exept the captain. I managed to evade capture and made it back to friendly waters.

Glad you made it back, but I'm guessing the crew probably wishes you'd gone down with the ship... :D

WWII44

09-18-11, 11:35 PM

Glad you made it back, but I'm guessing the crew probably wishes you'd gone down with the ship... :D
we were ramed by a flower class corvet. I was in the on the watch tower when she hit us and I jumped clear. the next thing I remember was the corvent droped a volly of depth charges on the half supmerged U-529 and then I blacked out. when I came too the what was left of the U-529 was a greasy oil slick and the abandond hulk of the Corvet was not to far from where I was(I asume she acidentally blew her self up with her own depth charges, as the 529 was at a depth of 8 meaters when she ramed us.) a managed to flip over an over turned life boat and I sat there for the rest of the night whe I was picked up by the U-106 who deposeted me at Lorient.

VONHARRIS

09-19-11, 05:05 AM

we were ramed by a flower class corvet. I was in the on the watch tower when she hit us and I jumped clear. the next thing I remember was the corvent droped a volly of depth charges on the half supmerged U-529 and then I blacked out. when I came too the what was left of the U-529 was a greasy oil slick and the abandond hulk of the Corvet was not to far from where I was(I asume she acidentally blew her self up with her own depth charges, as the 529 was at a depth of 8 meaters when she ramed us.) a managed to flip over an over turned life boat and I sat there for the rest of the night whe I was picked up by the U-106 who deposeted me at Lorient.

Congrats on a very narrow escape.
The war gods are with you.:salute:

VONHARRIS

09-19-11, 05:41 AM

21 October 1939 Wilhelmshaven
One day after the return of U-45 von Harris was called to the HQ by the Flottila commander Korvkpt. Werner Hartmann
- I have an order here for you Herr Obltnt. It is from ... you know who
- Jawohl Herr Hartmann. My uncle Karl!
- Indeed , you and your crew are to take the U-64 with a full load of TIs and sail to grid CG88.
- Jawohl.
von Harris saluted and left the room

Patrol No4
U-64 IXB
20 December 1939
01:36 hours U-64 ledt port for grid CG88. Christmas at sea this year.

22 December 1939
grid AN49
07:36 hours SS Port Hardy (Ore Carrier), 7122 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 63. Crew lost: 6

27 December 1939
gird AM51
13:31 hours SS Aroona (Medium Merchant 09), 3185 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 44. Crew lost: 13

05 January 1940
grid CG94
16:03 hours SS Umkuzi (Large Merchant), 9836 tons. Cargo: Trucks. Crew: 75. Crew lost: 9
16:03 hours SS Ostrobotnia (Small Merchant), 2083 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 29. Crew lost: 14

06 January 1940
gird CG98
13:14 hours SS Trelissick (Medium Merchant 06), 5174 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 6

08 January 1940
gird CG95
06:18 hours SS Trematon (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 7
08:35 hours MV Fresno City (Ore Carrier), 7123 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 72. Crew lost: 4
09:07 hours SS American Farmer (Medium Cargo), 5090 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 20
grid CG94
17:12 hours SS Vagrant (Passenger/Cargo), 2591 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 178. Crew lost: 110

09 January 1940
grid CG95
SS Tresillian (Granville-type Freighter), 4707 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 10

10 January 1940
grid CG95
07:12 hours SS Kwai Sang (Passenger/Cargo), 2584 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 147. Crew lost: 54
07:14 hours SS Limoges (Tramp Steamer), 1626 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 28. Crew lost: 10
11:13 hours SS Aristides (Tramp Steamer), 1625 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 17
17:01 hours SS Port Melbourne (Heavy Merchant 01), 9091 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 82. Crew lost: 36
17:31 hours Armed Trawler, 480 tons
18:13 hours SS City of Brisbane (Large Merchant), 9838 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 79. Crew lost: 11

20 January 1940
U-64 returned to port
All torpedoes and 10,5cm rounds used
The weather was very good and the RAF was not there!
32 days at sea
16 ships sunk
77328 tons
No casualties
Hull integrity: 99% - hit the ocean floor with the stern when U-65 was surfacing from a dive in 80m depth to avoid a destroyer.

eschemschnuz

09-19-11, 08:14 AM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Thanks for the Knight's Cross again - but what's with the leaves?

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 6.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
11-day cruise. Smooth sailing.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4885

PS: Been trying to learn German (what with being a u-boat captain and all), but then I realized my entire crew speaks English with an American accent!

eschemschnuz

09-19-11, 11:35 AM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Thanks for another Knight's Cross - nice touch with the swords, but again with the leaves?

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 7.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
6-day cruise. 2 kills. Must've been the weather.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4886

eschemschnuz

09-19-11, 11:46 AM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Liking the new Knight's Cross - I dig them diamonds... anyone got a chisel?

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 8.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
6-day cruise. Hull took a bit of a nick.
We downed our first plane! Huzzah!
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4887

eschemschnuz

09-19-11, 11:56 AM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Thanks for the --what's this one, the fifth?-- Knight's Cross.
"Gold" leaves in this one, you say? :hmmm:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 9.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
6-day cruise (again!). I get seriously seasick after one week.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4888

eschemschnuz

09-19-11, 12:28 PM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Did I ever tell you I just LOVE the Sicilian/Maltese crossing? :yeah:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 10.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
6-day cruise. A few nicks and scratches. Fuhgeddaboudit.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4894

eschemschnuz

09-19-11, 12:36 PM

Yo Karl! :salute:

You made me MISS the New Year's Eve party? :wah:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 11.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
11-day cruise. Was throwing up from stem to stern.
Damn right my crew gets medals and promotions!... And a new mop.
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4895

PS: Oh yes, took down a troop transport this patrol. Funny story, that...

eschemschnuz

09-20-11, 06:42 PM

Yo Karl! :salute:

Did I ever tell you I really, REALLY love the Sicilian/Maltese crossing? :yeah:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 12.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
10-day cruise. A few nicks. Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself!
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4896http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4897

eschemschnuz

09-20-11, 06:53 PM

Yo Karl! :salute:

All right, that's it... no more German lessons! :timeout:
You know you've hit a brick wall when you can't even understand your own patrol logs! :damn:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 13.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
5-day cruise. Just the usual nicks. Not one of my best.
Still, medals and promotions to go around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4898

eschemschnuz

09-20-11, 07:15 PM

Dear Onkel Karl, :salute:

Something you should know: their warships spotted us from 8km... in the dark.
Bumped into a convoy, but had to hide instead. Couldn't catch up.
How come our radars suck? :down:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 14.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
14-day cruise. Unusually good hunting down the Ionian Sea for a change.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4908

eschemschnuz

09-20-11, 07:23 PM

Dear Onkel Karl, :salute:

Thank you for the War Badge. This one has diamonds too, right?
Bloody plane nearly blew us to kingdom come. Dive planes kaput.
Docking at Toulon for repairs.

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 15.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
2-day cruise. Could very well have been my last 2 days, period.
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4909

eschemschnuz

09-20-11, 07:37 PM

Dear Onkel Karl, :salute:

I'm still confused by your most recent instructions, and even more baffled by your assessment of my last patrol. :06:
For Patrol 16, instructions read NULL Patrol Area. It also said to return to La Spezia.
Since i did not have authority to fully refit at Toulon, that's just what i did: return to La Spezia.
Now that i'm here, i get word that we've relocated our home base to Toulon. WTH? :-?

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 16.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
1-day jaunt. Nothing to report.

Over and out.

WWII44

09-20-11, 09:04 PM

I've bein asinged to the IXB U-142, and my first patrol with her was a blood bath for the Tommies. A total of 69194 tons of british shiping lies on the bottom of the atlantic.

Fish In The Water

09-20-11, 11:45 PM

...my first patrol with her was a blood bath for the Tommies. A total of 69194 tons of british shiping lies on the bottom of the atlantic.

Sounds like a very good start! :up:

VONHARRIS

09-21-11, 12:53 AM

Dear Onkel Karl, :salute:

I'm still confused by your most recent instructions, and even more baffled by your assessment of my last patrol. :06:
For Patrol 16, instructions read NULL Patrol Area. It also said to return to La Spezia.
Since i did not have authority to fully refit at Toulon, that's just what i did: return to La Spezia.
Now that i'm here, i get word that we've relocated our home base to Toulon. WTH? :-?

Over and out.

When starting from a base that isn't your home base you get a NULL patrol grid. You can sink anything you find and return to your base any time you want. The NULL patrol grid can be fixed with the SH3GEN programm.
For the base change you are just unlucky. It was supposed to happen at that time.
Gute Jadg Herr Kaleun

VONHARRIS

09-21-11, 01:50 AM

I've bein asinged to the IXB U-142, and my first patrol with her was a blood bath for the Tommies. A total of 69194 tons of british shiping lies on the bottom of the atlantic.

Way to go!
A great victory for the Fatherland.:salute:

VONHARRIS

09-21-11, 01:58 AM

After a great patrol U-64 was assigned to grid DT85 with instructions to go even souther until grids ET37 - 38 to test the endurance of the IXB type.

Patrol No5
19 February 1940
19:35 hours U-64 left port

06 March 1940
Grid CG74
11:18 hours SS James O'Hara (Large Cargo), 7681 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 58

23 March 1940
Grid ET38
23:15 hours HMS Ruby (ASW Trawler), 1100 tons. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 1. A very close escape here in shallow waters , never to be repeated!

02 April 1940
Grid EK45
12:18 hours Q Ship HMS Chatsgrove (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 66. Crew lost: 37

28 April 1940
Grid AN76
13:57 hours Turkian (Schooner), 17 tons. Crew: 12. Crew lost:

01 May 1940
03:27 hours Retunred to base
73 days at sea. Endurance tested.
4 ships sunk
11162 tons - an unsatisfactory tonnage
No damages or casualties

VONHARRIS

09-21-11, 04:00 AM

Orders for patrol 6 : Patrol Grid AN12 and report any capital ship sightings. Engage at will. If unsuccesful move to grid AM52 to attack merchant shiping.

31 May 1940
08:17 hours U-64 departed from Wilhelmshaven

12 June 1940
Grid AM52
12:52 hours SS Newchang (Small Freighter), 1843 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 26
16:54 hours HMS Nasturtium (Flower class), 950 tons. Crew: 117. Crew lost: 70

14 June 1940
Grid AM52
21:47 hours SS Woodbury (Granville-type Freighter), 4750 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 92. Crew lost: 49
22:00 hours Q Ship USS Asterion (Medium merchant Q) , 4046 tons. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 48 Took severe damages by gunfire from the the Q-ship. She was a new type never seen before (I haven't noticed that there is a Q-ship in the MFM ,Q01B. She is heavily armed with 6 4in guns hidden behind wooden crates. No visible armament).

21 June 1940
01:24 hours Returned to port
No capital ships sighted
4 ships sunk
11589 tons
No casualties - only minor injuries
Hull integrity: 59% - Uboot unable to dive

ijnfleetadmiral

09-21-11, 06:06 AM

31 December 1939:
Schlachtkreuzer Scharnhorst departs Wilhelmshaven on another raiding mission.

Results:
Returned to port 20 January 1940 having sunk 13 ships for 47,011 tons. KL Hossel received the Diamonds and the Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, & Diamonds to his Knight's Cross upon return to port.

1 Large Merchant
1 Ore Carrier
2 Medium Cargo ships
2 Granville-type Freighters
1 Small Freighter
1 Tramp Steamer
1 Large Trawler
1 A/B-class DD
1 C/D-class DD
1 V/W-class DD
1 Elco-type Torpedo Boat

eschemschnuz

09-21-11, 06:27 AM

When starting from a base that isn't your home base you get a NULL patrol grid. You can sink anything you find and return to your base any time you want. The NULL patrol grid can be fixed with the SH3GEN programm.
For the base change you are just unlucky. It was supposed to happen at that time.
Gute Jadg Herr Kaleun

Mucho danke, Herr Grauewolf. :salute:

For the record, I'm just having a bit of fun with my "war diaries". So with the little idiosyncrasies in the game, I'm not too bothered by them. Except the part when I die, of course. :O:

VONHARRIS

09-21-11, 08:29 AM

Mucho danke, Herr Grauewolf. :salute:

For the record, I'm just having a bit of fun with my "war diaries". So with the little idiosyncrasies in the game, I'm not too bothered by them. Except the part when I die, of course. :O:

You are welcome!
And surviving in the Med in 1943 is to congratulate.
Play the game in the way you like!

Uboatman

09-21-11, 10:39 AM

U-52 back in Kiel after a very short patrol, weather foul for the entire patrol. Expended all torpedoes for a good tonnage including a resurrected HMS Nelson, the Royal Navy must have the best salvage teams in the world to get getting her off the bottom and repaired in days all the time:D

Home for double medals and promotion to Kapitanleutnant:Kaleun_Party:

CAPTAIN'S LOG

Date and Time
Location
Occurrences

30.12.39.
1431 Patrol 5
U-52, U-Flotilla Weddigen
Left at: December 30, 1939, 14:31
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN41
5.1.40.
1113 Grid AN 41 Ship sunk! SS Black Point (Medium Old Split Merchant), 5596 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 58. Crew lost: 14
1907 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! MV Reliable (Small Trawler), 98 tons. Crew: 19. Crew lost: 6
12.1.40.
0316 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Abbekerk (Large Merchant), 11581 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 47. Crew lost: 0
0316 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! MV Teakwood (Large Tanker), 12172 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 49
1143 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Tyndareus (Ore Carrier), 6838 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 96. Crew lost: 1
2201 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Ocean Viceroy (Large Freighter), 8604 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 59. Crew lost: 30
16.1.40.
1410 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Umgeni (Large Merchant), 8373 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 99. Crew lost: 3
19.1.40.
1614 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! HMS Nelson, 36000 tons. Crew: 1320. Crew lost: 990
27.1.40.
0826 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 8
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 89262 tons

gt_magnus

09-21-11, 10:56 AM

Karl Werner, 2. October: I'm back in Kiel after my second patrol with U-6 (IIA). High visibility and good weather, but not much have happened. No ships sunk. Almost got a large merchant at midnight, but it travelled too fast so I couldn't keep up with it for long. I didn't hit it. Moving over to Wilhelmshaven as soon as possible because it is closer to my patrol areas. Deciding wether to get a type VIIB or to wait for a type VIIC to become availible. I think I'll go for the VIIB.

Watch out Kretchmer & co, I'm coming for you very soon!:arrgh!:

gt_magnus

09-21-11, 11:04 AM

Uboatman

09-21-11, 11:18 AM

Congrats Uboatman! :Kaleun_Party:

Thank you :salute:

WWII44

09-21-11, 11:36 AM

Way to go!
A great victory for the Fatherland.:salute:
danke. I will however be taking a break from patrols to practice my torpedo manship.

Fish In The Water

09-21-11, 11:41 AM

Expended all torpedoes for a good tonnage including a resurrected HMS Nelson, the Royal Navy must have the best salvage teams in the world to get getting her off the bottom and repaired in days all the time:D

Whatever they pay those guys, it ain't enough... :D :O:

Uboatman

09-21-11, 02:47 PM

Having eaten well and put one part of the family to bed Kapitanleutnant Brandt is arriving at U-52 for his 5th war patrol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-j6lSN61dU&feature=related

:woot:

eschemschnuz

09-22-11, 02:10 AM

Dear Uncle Karl,

I honestly don't know what to say.
I got tired of diving from enemy aircraft, so I let loose the double double-barrels and "let them 'ave it" this time round.

In all, we shot 16 planes down. :up:
I also buried 4 of my crew at sea. :wah:
Was it worth it? You tell me. :nope:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 17.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
5-day cruise. All things considered, the boat is fine.
Promotions and medals all around, but right now I don't really feel like celebrating. :cry:

Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5038 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5039 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5040

mightymightychatham

09-22-11, 04:44 AM

I haven't noticed that there is a Q-ship in the MFM ,Q01B. She is heavily armed with 6 4in guns hidden behind wooden crates. No visible armament.

Hey VonHarris, I installed the MFM and ran into one of these on my first MFM patrol. Wounded it with a torp and surfaced at 1000m to finish her off... got blasted for my troubles. Luckily she was a terrible shot and due to the damage I'd already inflicted with the torp I acually won the gunbattle (!) but I ran into aircraft later in the patrol and buckled whilst crashdiving at 55m due to the weakened hull. Career over.

I don't think it was a Q01B, though I can't remember 100%.

edit: It must have been a Q01B - I just had a look and it's the only "Qxxx" in the MFM. :oops:

Paulie76

09-22-11, 08:45 AM

Young Upstart Hans Gruber steers U-23 through the canal on a five day shakedown cruise in August '39. Full of hope for a long career, he has heard the rumblings of war like everyone else. For now though, just for now, he's content to simply be at sea again.... Now if he can just remember how to minimize his GUI for snapshots.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/Paulie76_album/Silent%20Hunter%203/HansGruber.png

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/Paulie76_album/Silent%20Hunter%203/SH3Img21-9-2011_223914_244.jpg

Fish In The Water

09-22-11, 12:12 PM

Young Upstart Hans Gruber steers U-23 through the canal on a five day shakedown cruise in August '39...

Luckily there don't appear to be any skyscrapers around... :haha:

VONHARRIS

09-22-11, 12:56 PM

Hey VonHarris, I installed the MFM and ran into one of these on my first MFM patrol. Wounded it with a torp and surfaced at 1000m to finish her off... got blasted for my troubles. Luckily she was a terrible shot and due to the damage I'd already inflicted with the torp I acually won the gunbattle (!) but I ran into aircraft later in the patrol and buckled whilst crashdiving at 55m due to the weakened hull. Career over.

I don't think it was a Q01B, though I can't remember 100%.

edit: It must have been a Q01B - I just had a look and it's the only "Qxxx" in the MFM. :oops:

I surfaced even closer at 500m and took heavy damage. I finished her off with a second torpedo. Her gunner found the range with the first shot!

Uboatman

09-22-11, 12:56 PM

U-52 back from a short patrol, hope to make it out of port again to take part in operations up north.

CAPTAIN'S LOG

Date and Time
Location
Occurrences

16.2.40.
1753 Patrol 6
U-52, 1st Flotilla
Left at: February 16, 1940, 17:53
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BF17
22.2.40.
2033 Grid AN 13 Ship sunk! SS Amstelland (Large Old Cargo), 8228 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 96. Crew lost: 28
23.2.40.
0937 Grid AN 15 Ship sunk! SS Queen Anne (Large Freighter), 8604 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 42. Crew lost: 28
1426 Grid AM 36 Ship sunk! SS Recorder (Tramp Steamer), 2082 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 12
25.2.40.
2348 Grid AM 54 Ship sunk! SS Saint Louis (Old Composite Merchant), 5361 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 39
28.2.40.
0213 Grid BE 33 Ship sunk! MV Chinese Prince (Large Old Cargo), 8229 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 48
1.3.40.
1455 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! Fleet Tender, 16904 tons
1458 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! SS Memnon (Large Merchant), 11971 tons. Cargo: Tobacco. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 4
1536 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! MV Siranger (Express Freighter), 6239 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 44
8.3.40.
1433 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 8
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 67618 tons

Nice GUI Paulie, what is it?

Sailor Steve

09-22-11, 02:06 PM

Dear Leutnant Rickma...ahem, I mean Gruber, I have two words for you: NumLock and Delete.

WWII44

09-22-11, 02:38 PM

The HMS Nelson lies at the bottom of Gibraltar. she took five torpedoes to sink we skedaddled as soon as we fire our bow tubes, three torps from the bow tubes hit her(Tube 1 had one of those god awful G7e torpedoes that blew up half way to the target:x) the as we slipped away we let lose the stern tubes and another two hits. Just as we were at the mouth of Gibraltar our sonar man confirmed we sank the Nelson. Know we are in lorient readying U-142 AKA Der Grun Krake(The Green Octopus) for her fourth Patrol(Our kaleun has his sites set on scapa flow).

Fish In The Water

09-22-11, 06:22 PM

The HMS Nelson lies at the bottom of Gibraltar.

A lovely bit of news to brighten my day... :sunny:

Congrats! :up:

WWII44

09-22-11, 06:27 PM

A lovely bit of news to brighten my day... :sunny:

Congrats! :up:

danke

Missing Name

09-22-11, 11:27 PM

March 9, 1940. After twilight.
AN14.

Detected what sounded like two slow troop ships and an oiler. Surfaced for the attack - two Ceramics! Unknown ship in the fog ahead - must be the oiler.

Within spitting distance, I launch a spread of four torpedoes. Seconds before they impact, I open up with the deck gun - and get a nasty surprise. The blocked out lead "oiler" finally turns to give me a good look...

...and sends a straddling salvo of six-inch shells. I was attempting a surface attack on a light cruiser and two auxiliaries! The toll, 8 torpedoes and about 50 10.5 cm rounds later: two converted liners sunk, one Southampton limping away, one IXB down to 67% hull integrity and minus a deck gun. (I had to spend a good amount of time on the surface due to engine and battery damage.) Crew casualties: only some scratches, and 40 pairs of soiled pants.

Moral: Pay attention to what you are attacking.

Paulie76

09-22-11, 11:33 PM

Nice GUI Paulie, what is it?

MaGUI 3.something. I can't remember exactly since I transferred it over from my old computer rather than redownload it. I've done far too much personalization on my mods to ever want to have to do it all over again. Same reason I haven't stepped up to the final version of MaGUI.

Dear Leutnant Rickma...ahem, I mean Gruber, I have two words for you: NumLock and Delete.

Thanks! It's amazing the little thing one forgets when they don't play for a few months!

VONHARRIS

09-23-11, 01:56 AM

March 9, 1940. After twilight.
AN14.

...and sends a straddling salvo of six-inch shells. I was attempting a surface attack on a light cruiser and two auxiliaries!
Moral: Pay attention to what you are attacking.

You must have made a deal with God to survive this on the surface.:salute:
Didn't the Auxs fire at you or were they sunk at the initial torpedo attack?

@Uboatman
Are you using the Community ships mod?
I downloaded it from Jimbuna's sig but it crashed my game.
As I play GWX , is there a special version for GWX?
Thank you.

VONHARRIS

09-23-11, 03:09 AM

Patrol 7 was a 1 day patrol due to an unwanted mod which caused major fps problems.

Patrol 8
Orders : Patrol to grid DT53 and then move south to engage enemy ships both merchant and naval off Freetown. Attack at will. Maintain radio silence after reaching patrol grid. Return to Lorient , France.

02 September 1940
06:45 hours U-64 left the German waters for DT53

16 September 1940
Grid CG19
05:16 hours SS Demerton (Medium Merchant 08), 5281 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 53

03 October 1940
Grid ET29
20:11 hours HMS Cleopatra (Dido class), 5600 tons. Crew: 538. Crew lost: 182

08 October 1940
Grid ET62 - Convoy attack
05:18 hours MV Nordpol (Granville-type Freighter), 4707 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 55. Crew lost: 50
05:19 hours SS Fort Ville Marie (Empire-type Freighter), 7372 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 35
05:20 hours SS Robert L. Holt (Small Merchant), 1827 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 27

29 October 1940
Grid CG86
12:25 hours Q Ship HMS Looe (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 30
Grid CG85
23:26 hours SS Sea Needle (Large Cargo), 7693 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 38

17 November 1940
11:06 hours Docked at Lorient France
77 days at sea
7 ships sunk
34844 tons
No damages or casualties

ijnfleetadmiral

09-23-11, 04:22 AM

21 January 1940:
Scharnhorst departs Wilhelmshaven for another raiding mission. Broke into the Atlantic via our usual route, just N of Scapa Flow, which usually yields a DD for us to limber up our guns with, and this time was no exception. Continuing W along the N Scottish coast, we sighted and sank our first merchant.

We headed down the W Irish coast, but ran into a severe storm once we reached the Celtic Sea. Supposedly we were sighted while hunting, but the storm kept us from engaging and being engaged. After only one loop through the Celtic Sea we headed back N and just missed being engaged by a British task force. This time, the storm was most certainly a blessing!

After this fortuitous escape, we headed W into the Atlantic along a Halifax convoy route, following this route all the way across. We sighted and sank a couple of lone merchants, but it was slim pickings all around. That is, until we got word of a large convoy in our area, speed a mere 8 knots.

Ahead Standard...intercept course!

We hit it right on the money...twenty-five ships escorted by a mere four escorts. Let the slaughter begin!:woot:We left NO SURVIVORS.

Results:
Returned to port on 8 February 1940, having sunk 33 ships for 126,282 tons. The crew received a ton of medals (including 2 Knight's Crosses).

1 Large Merchant
1 Ammunition Ship
3 Ore Carriers
2 Medium Cargo Ships
1 Empire-type Freighter
7 Granville-type Freighters
3 Passenger/Cargo Ships
4 Nipiwan Park-type Tankers
1 Tramp Steamer
5 Coastal Freighters
1 A/B-class DD
4 Black Swan-class Frigates

VONHARRIS

09-23-11, 05:19 AM

.

Results:
Returned to port on 8 February 1940, having sunk 33 ships for 126,282 tons. The crew received a ton of medals (including 2 Knight's Crosses).

KM Scharnhorst under Kptltnt Kurt Hossel has tought a lesson to those Brits.
A great victory for the Kriegsmarine.

Uboatman

09-23-11, 05:38 AM

@Uboatman
Are you using the Community ships mod?
I downloaded it from Jimbuna's sig but it crashed my game.
As I play GWX , is there a special version for GWX?
Thank you.

Yes I am, not special version I'm aware of. I don't run much in the way of mods at this time, anyway they were installed in the order of this screen shot.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/DASROG/mods.jpg

U-52 has returned from participation in Operation Wesserbung during which it had considerable success against the enemy task forces heading for Narvik. :salute:

CAPTAIN'S LOG

Date and Time
Location
Occurrences

23.3.40.
0649 Patrol 7
U-52, 1st Flotilla
Left at: March 23, 1940, 06:49
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN36
25.3.40.
1733 Grid AN 36 Ship sunk! SS City of Oxford (Medium Merchant 11), 3129 tons. Crew: 59. Crew lost: 57
30.3.40.
0640 Grid AN 26 Ship sunk! MV Waiotira (Fast Freighter), 13241 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 82. Crew lost: 9
10.4.40.
0320 Long 15° 50' E, Lat 68° 18' N Ship sunk! HMCS Restigouche (C&D classes), 1375 tons. Crew: 160. Crew lost: 49
0324 Long 15° 51' E, Lat 68° 19' N Ship sunk! HMS Daring (C&D classes), 1375 tons. Crew: 165. Crew lost: 145
0336 Long 15° 50' E, Lat 68° 19' N Ship sunk! HMS Dainty (C&D classes), 1375 tons. Crew: 171. Crew lost: 66
13.4.40.
0228 Long 15° 49' E, Lat 68° 18' N Ship sunk! HMS Nelson, 36000 tons. Crew: 1445. Crew lost: 549
17.4.40.
1807 Grid AF 58 Ship sunk! SS Ravager (Large Cargo), 9293 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 1
19.4.40.
1338 Grid AN 35 Ship sunk! SS Bienville (Medium Cargo), 5080 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 42. Crew lost: 22
1344 Grid AN 35 Ship sunk! SS Tingsang (Tramp Steamer), 1970 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 15
21.4.40.
0115 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 9
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 72838 tons

When is that darn Nelson going to stay sunk:damn:

:D

Missing Name

09-23-11, 06:13 AM

You must have made a deal with God to survive this on the surface.:salute:
Didn't the Auxs fire at you or were they sunk at the initial torpedo attack?

I was extremely lucky. My first few shells hit the aft turrets of the first aux and knocked them off. What appeared to be a 5 inch hit me and crippled my electrics.

The second took three torpedoes and sank - sudden course alterations made my idea of two and two fail. Using the disabled aft of the first as cover, I repaired damage and loaded torpedoes.

VONHARRIS

09-23-11, 08:47 AM

@Uboatman
Thank you. I am running a lot more mods plus some ships of the MFM. So , that might be the problem.

Patrol No 9
Orders : Patrol grid AE87 for enemy capital ships and engage
Secondary mission: Patrol grids AE71 , AD83 and AD59 and engage any enemy ships

17 December 1940
19:49 hours U-64 left from Lorient to patrol grid AE87

19 December 1940
grid BF42
17:30 hours SS Beechwood (Medium Merchant 07), 5036 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 37. Crew lost: 22

14 January 1941
grid AE47
00:41 hours HMS Wolborough (ASW Trawler), 1100 tons. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 45

15 January 1941
grid AD59 - Convoy attack
14:43 hours SS Cape Rodney (Medium Merchant 17), 4020 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 15
14:44 hours SS Empire Norseman (Large Tanker), 9500 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 72. Crew lost: 27
14:47 hours SS Filleigh (Medium Merchant 07), 5037 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 45. Crew lost: 31

24 January 1941
06:19 hours MV South Africa (Tanker 04), 8780 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 9

01 February 1941
00:40 hours Docked at Lorient
No capital warships sighted
Secondary objective : accomplished
47 days at sea
6 ships sunk
33473 tons
No casualties or damages

Uboatman

09-23-11, 09:35 AM

@Uboatman
Thank you. I am running a lot more mods plus some ships of the MFM. So , that might be the problem.

I've d/l MFM lite amongst others but think I'm going to stick with my current short mod list until I've got another career under my belt, think I've only ever completed 2 since I bought a few SH3 years back:salute:

gazpode_l

09-23-11, 12:47 PM

after a weeks holiday for the RL skippr followed by enforced time away from all gaming, I resumed my career recently as r hessler, in yr 1941

JULY 22
departed lorient for allocated grid DH28 following refit after most recent patrol. Uneventful cruise across biscay and out into atlantic passing spain to our east.

JUL 25
early before skipper awake recieved radio inteligence of large convoy to our SSW. Will be tricky to catch them as they are around a hundred KM away to our south on a southerly course. A change in heading is though ordered.

A while later lookouts spot two distinct smoke plumes in distant. This CANT be the lg convoy but is obviously a small one nearby. A dive to periscope depth yealds five contacts. Two small and two large plus escort.

U_111 creeps fwd on intercpt course. Undetected a salvo of four torpedoes are fired, three at the large merchant and one for the medium. The LG merchant is sunk quickly and the medium is damaged but is able to continue making way.

A brief twenty minute cat n mouse exchange follows with the escort which aids escape of small convoy. A well judged snapshot takes down the escort but catching the merchants is now impossible due to worsening weather meaning the inability to keep boat above the high seas long enough allowing the diesels to get the boat above six knots.

A change of heading towards patrol grid is ordered and the boat descends towards 40m where calmness allows the crew to rest and the tubes to be reloaded.

SAVE ND EXIT OF GAME HERE....

Patrol SIX is now becoming our longest time away from port of the war thus far. The tubes were all reloaded and the next option taken by the skipper was to patrol the designated grid of DH28. No contacts were located by either search method of visual sighting on the surface and hydrophone scanning when submerged.

The boat is then moved on towards Casablanca where the skipper intended to have a looksy as to if there is anything there. Aproximately 75km WNW of town, a lone steamer is heard through the hydrophones. The distance is succesfully closed and we sunk the contact using the deck gun and a "coup de gras" by torpedo.

The boat is then turned northerly towards the Gibraltar straight...dare the skipper attempt a passage down it? the answer was NO but an aircraft was spotted overhead and the order given to submerge.

The slow response cost the boat position and the plane appears to have radioed our contact in as we were then persued by a single "Town Class" destroyer who made a persistant attempt at trying to get us to surface after running out of ammunition, by continuing to circle and run in overhead at attack speed! :stare:

Soon we had an idea on his pattern and we proceeded to evade him, submerged at some depths which were quite dangerous for the integrity of our hull.

It took a fair number of hours for us to loose him, but we finally did so. During the tussle, a fair few shots were attempted at the destroyer, but each time he either managed to close the distance suitably, or was struck by dud torpedoes, with three hitting his hull and failing to detonate! :damn: :nope:

Uncle Karl and the rest of BDu are going to hear about this, because it affected both TI and TII torpedo types. I hear the skipper will be personally requesting a meeting with some loading engineers back at lorient.

Meanwhile back on patrol aboard U-111 and we've now arrived in the spanish port of CADIZ to possibly put in alongside "Thalia" (which is a rearming spot anchored just outside the breakwater in GWX).

However following discussions and general thought's, it was decided that with still a large quantity of fuel left and around a 50% torpedo load still aboard, that U-111 would depart as soon as possible after a stay of around an hr.

U-111 is now making waves up the Portuguese coast where we are continuing to scan for contacts in worsening weather. A contact report has been recieved some 50km SW of our position, but as it's a southbound convoy, the chances of succesfully catching upto the convoy in the poor weather are next to impossible.

Therefore U-111 is continuing to head north into some more areas of suspected enemy movements, based upon the past experiences of recent patrols.

Latest Log update, dated 06/08/1941 recieved from Radio Officer, "Karl Oesten" On behalf of the "Officer of the Watch-tower"

WWII44

09-23-11, 01:09 PM

Uboatman

09-23-11, 01:36 PM

Snuck into Scapa flow but no battleships to sink. Swarmed by destroyers but survied with oly the flak guns and periscopes obliterated, I also invented a new destroyer killing technique(wich I like to call "The Lame Duck").

I went into Scapa Flow on a pre war cruise and found loads of forts on the water with big nasty guns in them, decided at that point I wasn't ever going to visit Scapa flow during wartime, did you see them? I have screenshots on the desktop, I'll post them later.

P.S. Have you seen the Nelson again yet, I've been chasing the b*****d for over 6mths now, sunk him 3 times and he keeps getting up, if you find him say hello with a few eels for me if you'd be so kind :arrgh!:

WWII44

09-23-11, 01:48 PM

I went into Scapa Flow on a pre war cruise and found loads of forts on the water with big nasty guns in them, decided at that point I wasn't ever going to visit Scapa flow during wartime, did you see them? I have screenshots on the desktop, I'll post them later.

P.S. Have you seen the Nelson again yet, I've been chasing the b*****d for over 6mths now, sunk him 3 times and he keeps getting up, if you find him say hello with a few eels for me if you'd be so kind :arrgh!:
No I havn't seen the Nelson but I cruised though scapa flow at periscope depth. I was hoping to find the Hood(wich agents in the feild have said frequents scapaflow) but she must have been out in a task force. I'm going to have a chat with Donitz and see if he can give me a null patrol grid so I can hunt her down and it might be easier for me to get out since I reduced the welcoming party on my last patrol(and if I'm really luck I just might get a shot at the HMS King George V)

Uboatman

09-23-11, 01:53 PM

No I havn't seen the Nelson but I cruised though scapa flow at periscope depth. I was hoping to find the Hood(wich agents in the feild have said frequents scapaflow) but she must have been out in a task force. I'm going to have a chat with Donitz and see if he can give me a null patrol grid so I can hunt her down and it might be easier for me to get out since I reduced the welcoming party on my last patrol(and if I'm really luck I just might get a shot at the HMS King George V)

Don't forget to send Flotilla HQ and Uncle Karl a postcard from your next visit:D

Once with a Battleship sinking would go well on the mantelpiece

Here's what I found in Scapa Flow, there were loads of these on the water, these 2 however were filled with helium (may have been wrong about the guns though) maybe Jimbuna can shed some light on this:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/DASROG/SH3Img8-9-2011_204538_468.jpg

This is what you must do to Nelson the next time you see her:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/DASROG/SH3Img18-9-2011_223724_406.jpg

"yoo hoo, over here, no I'm over here, ha ha you'll never find me!" Entertaining the RN during Operation Wesserbung:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/DASROG/SH3Img22-9-2011_235648_734.jpg

WWII44

09-23-11, 03:24 PM

Don't forget to send Flotilla HQ and Uncle Karl a postcard from your next visit:D

Once with a Battleship sinking would go well on the mantelpiece

Here's what I found in Scapa Flow, there were loads of these on the water, these 2 however were filled with helium (may have been wrong about the guns though) maybe Jimbuna can shed some light on this:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/DASROG/SH3Img8-9-2011_204538_468.jpg

This is what you must do to Nelson the next time you see her:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/DASROG/SH3Img18-9-2011_223724_406.jpg

"yoo hoo, over here, no I'm over here, ha ha you'll never find me!" Entertaining the RN during Operation Wesserbung:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj236/DASROG/SH3Img22-9-2011_235648_734.jpg
I snuck into it again, still no battleships and this time we baerly escaped bacase of thos acursed sub-nets. Though I heard a rumor that the Hood has suffered mechanical failiure at the hands of german frogmen And has anchored by the light ship near the northern tip of Ireland to wait for repairs.

Uboatman

09-23-11, 03:40 PM

I snuck into it again, still no battleships and this time we baerly escaped bacase of thos acursed sub-nets. Though I heard a rumor that the Hood has suffered mechanical failiure at the hands of german frogmen And has anchored by the light ship near the northern tip of Ireland to wait for repairs.

Better luck next time, although I think you might be running out of lives. Maybe you should go find a few merchies to sink for a while and rest your crews nerves:salute:

WWII44

09-23-11, 04:47 PM

Better luck next time, although I think you might be running out of lives. Maybe you should go find a few merchies to sink for a while and rest your crews nerves:salute:
true

VONHARRIS

09-24-11, 01:49 AM

Patrol 10
Orders : Patrol grid DH28 and engage any enemy traffic
Secondary mission: Engage enemy convoys going in and out Giblartar.

03 March 1941
11:25 hours U-64 left Lorient for Grid DH28

26 March 1941
Grid CG95 - convoy attack
01:32 hours SS Trebartha (Medium Merchant 06), 5175 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 21
01:36 hours SS Ocean Gypsy (Empire-type Freighter), 5896 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 21

01:41 hours Kapitänleutnant von Harris and U-64 were lost sometime on 26MAR41.

Total career results:
10 patrols ( 3 with U-45 VIIB and 7 with U-64 IXB)
330 days at sea
54 ships sunk
235111 tons sunk
Biggest warship sunk: HMS Cleopatra (Dido class), 5600 tons at 03 October 1940

eschemschnuz

09-24-11, 02:21 AM

Dear Uncle Karl,

I must confess - i'm no good at convoys.
Case in point: this patrol i bumped into the same convoy - twice.
Fired off eight eels. Two took down a troop transport, one detonated early, the other five scored hits.
The end result? Nothing. The convoy went on their merry way, leaving me trailing in their wake.

The news is not all bad: after using the last of my eels and all of my ammo, i found myself submerged against a wounded but very functional merchant ship, and decided to surface and take off at full speed. Then the planes arrived.

I ordered the Flak to take them on.

Manning the AA was this kid i picked up to replace my lost crew. And he took them out. Eight in a row. :o

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 18.
Realism (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=4863) @ 50%, original game specs.
3-day cruise. Some minor scratches.
Promotions and medals all around (and I made sure that kid got most of them)!

Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5036 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=545&pictureid=5037

Missing Name

09-24-11, 08:07 AM

Dear Uncle Karl,

I must confess - i'm no good at convoys..... Two took down a troop transport.

You attacked a convoy, was able to sink a valuable target and live to tell the tale. I would say that is a success, and in 1943 no less! Far better than a sharp stick in the eye.

WWII44

09-24-11, 10:08 AM

the crew of the U-142 is reading her to put to sea for her 6th patrol. we had a rather deplorable 5th patrol, it was going good until we happened upon a large tanker, we damaged her significantly until I caught site of her flag(the stars and stripes:damn:). We quickly beat a hasty retreat but Not before our sonarman confiremed she had sunk. None to say the least I had a rather upleasent talk with the flottila comand.

VONHARRIS

09-24-11, 02:11 PM

New career
U-73 VIIB
Patrol No 1 : Shakedown and crew evaluation complete

Patrol No 2
Orders: Patrol grid BF16.
Secondary: If weather does not permit operations procced to grid AM52

31 August 1939
03:09 hours Departed from Wilhelmshaven

21 September 1939
Grid AM52
20:57 hours SS Garoufalia (Granville-type Freighter), 4709 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 16

27 September 1939
Grid AM52 - Convoy attack
05:08 hours HMS Liverpool (Southampton class), 10725 tons. Crew: 961. Crew lost: 192

10:06 hours SS Zarian (Granville-type Freighter), 4750 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 74. Crew lost: 39

28 September 1939
Grid AM52
02:33 hours SS Iddesleigh (Medium Merchant 06), 5175 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 60

30 September 1939
Grid AM52
11:53 hours SS Inger Toft (Small Freighter), 2073 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 5

06 October 1939
Grid AM52 - Convoy attack
12:28 hours H. Gibbons (Ammunition Ship), 5529 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 101. Crew lost: 90
14:49 hours Q Ship HMS Maunder (Medium merchant Q) , 4044 tons. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 60

11 October 1939
15:10 hours Docked at port

42 days at sea
7 ships sunk
37005 tons sunk
No casualties
U-boat damaged (H.I. 98.13%)

Sailor Steve

09-24-11, 03:49 PM

I snuck into it again...
Good, but in the future please don't quote a whole series of pictures just to make a short comment, especially right after they were posted the first time. Bandwidth isn't free.

ijnfleetadmiral

09-25-11, 03:40 AM

9 February 1940: Scharnhorst Raiding Mission 4 (KL Hossel Patrol 9)

After finishing the required 24 hour patrol of our designated grid, we received a message that Ark Royal would be passing through the W English Channel entrance early on 13 February. Rather than go through the Channel itself where we would be endlessly harassed by the verdammt Elcos and MTBs, we headed NNW to go around the long way. It cost us dearly; even at flank speed, we missed our rendezvous by nearly 12 hours. A sour-faced KL Hossel ordered Scharnhorst to remain on station; Renown and Exeter were due through early the following morning and by God, he was going to either sink them both or go down fighting.

Around 0345, everything changed when we blundered into the middle of a Channel convoy. Our first victim was an accident, a neutral Small Merchant, but the rest of the convoy flew the Union Jack. As with the convoy we encountered on our last patrol, we left NO SURVIVORS.

Results:
Returned to Wilhelmshaven 18 February 1940, having sunk 17 ships for 75, 310 tons. Upon return, KL Hossel reported the neutral's sinking to Onkel Karl, who discounted it because it had happened purely by chance and the ship had been sailing as part of a convoy of Germany's enemies. His reasoning: if it hadn't wanted to be sunk, it shouldn't have been sailing with the convoy.

1 Modern Tanker
1 Medium Tanker
2 Large Merchant ships
4 Medium Cargo ships
1 Small Merchant ship
1 Small Freighter
5 Coastal Freighters
2 A/B-class DDs

And on our return home, we met up with a friend while nearing Wilhelmshaven. By chance, a Bf109 was passing overhead, and we later received this picture:

http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac253/ijnfleetadmiral/Silent%20Hunter%203/SH3Img25-9-2011_3411_326.jpg

Obltn Strand

09-25-11, 07:12 AM

Patrol 5
U-583, 1st Flotilla
Left at: September 6, 1942, 12:18
From: Brest
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AK11

8.9.1942
10.55 Ship spotted. BE 36
12.02 Sunk small freighter with gunfire.

10.9.1942
19.42 U-583 Report position and condition of the boat.
21.42 U-583 Contact base on the Alpha wavelenght.
22.42 U-538 has failed to make contact with BdU. Presumed lost.

JazzJR

09-25-11, 08:52 AM

U-Boot: U-995 VII C
Patrol: 18
Date: 15.04.1941
Begin at: 2058

17.04.1941
1334 Ship sunk! Tanker with a BRT of 10761 at Grid BE39
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FFa1.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FFa1.jpg)
22.04.1941
0941 Ship sunk! Neutral military hospital ship with a BRT of 12040 at Grid AM51 (i swear it was an accident!) :O:
1849 Ship sunk! Medium steam cargo ship with a BRT of 4707 at Grid AM52
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FFa2.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FFa2.jpg)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FFa3.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FFa3.jpg)

24.04.1941
0633 Ship sunk! Empire Typ Freighter with a BRT of 6780 at Grid AM53
1939 Ship sunk! Large Freighter with a BRT of 8576 at Grid AM53
1947 Ship sunk! Small Freighter with a BRT of 2396 at Grid AM53
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FFa4.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FFa4.jpg)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FFa5.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FFa5.jpg)

26.04.1941
2035 Ship sunk! Small Freighter with a BRT of 2230 at Grid AM73
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FFa6.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FFa6.jpg)

30.04.1941
1348 End of Patrol 18 with a Tonnage of 47490 BRT and 7 ships sunk! No casualties.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/th_FFa7.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/?action=view&current=FFa7.jpg)

Paulie76

09-26-11, 01:04 AM

U-23, under the command of Hans Gruber. On preliminary shakedown cruise testing repairs from incident involving her previous commander, a bottle of russian vodka and a german wharf that he swears just jumped out at him.

August 3rd - The crew is in good spirits after two full days at sea and within reach of our assigned patrol grid. Crew scheduling is rigidly enforced in four hour shifts to limit prolonged inactivity of the men not needed at station. Duties are, however, light the moment. With no action imminent, our weapons officer and torpedo crews are free to fill other positions, keeping fatigue at a minimum.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/Paulie76_album/Silent%20Hunter%203/SH3Img24-9-2011_233849_475.jpg

We passed a British ore freighter in the middle of the night, heading North at medium range. Took the opportunity for a training run for the newer crew members in the torpedo room and to test out the new optics installed after an incident with the previous commander, a bottle of russian vodka and a particularly amorous goat. All systems performed adequately and the crews time in preparing the torpedo for launch, while in need of improvement, was within acceptable expectations. Calculations made, we let the freighter on her way unaware of our presence.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/Paulie76_album/Silent%20Hunter%203/SH3Img25-9-2011_165357_51.jpg

We reached our assigned patrol grid early the next morning. Plans to fully test the new valves installed after an incident with the previous commander, a bottle of russian vodka and a polish bordello owner to whom he owed a sum of money were waylaid by a lack of adequate water depth in the assigned grid. Ordered the boat to 20 meters to fully test the electric engines. We remained submerged for an hour before surfacing, the tests complete.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/Paulie76_album/Silent%20Hunter%203/SH3Img25-9-2011_20357_679.jpg

All systems normal. We are awaiting further orders from BDU.