What happed to your SH3 Sub in world war 2

[squeak]

As the topic says.

My uboat U127:
Sunk 15 Dec, 1941 west of Gibraltar, in position 36.28N, 09.12W, by depth charges from the Australian destroyer HMAS Nestor. 51 dead :down:

A great Link to find out what happed to your sub in WW2 is http://uboat.net -> U-boat Finder

[Kalach]

My most recent careers;

U-77 (real-life fate): Sunk at 0115hrs on 28 March, 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position 37.42N, 00.10E by 4 depth charges and 1 bomb from 2 British Hudson aircraft (48 & 233 Sqn.). 38 dead and 9 survivors.

Its fate in game: Retired after 19 patrols, First officer took command.


U-101 (real): Stricken at Neustadt on 21 Oct, 1943. Scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. Wreck broken up.

Ingame: currently in patrol 2 - the captain is writing a comic on its adventures


U-502 (real): Sunk 5 July, 1942 in the Bay of Biscay west of La Rochelle, in position 46.10N, 06.40W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 172/H). 52 dead (all hands lost).
This boat was the first U-boat sunk by a Wellington aircraft and also the first one to fall victim to the Leigh Light equipment.

Ingame: Sunk by gunfire from a DD in rough seas off the french coast on its way home from patrol

[Dowly]

U-417:

Sunk 11 June, 1943 south-east of Iceland, in position 63.20N, 10.30W, by depth charges from a British B-17 Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 206/R). 46 dead (all hands lost).


U-103:

Taken out of service in March 1944. In Jan 1945 U-103 went from Gotenhafen to Hamburg and in April 1945 from Hamburg to Kiel.
Sunk 15 April, 1945 at Kiel, by bombs. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors

[Detritus]

Type II U-4, 1st Flotilla: Used mainly as a schoolboat, though with three not so great patrols to boot. Survived the war until unceremoniusly scrapped in 1945.
Type VIIB U-52, 1st & 2nd Flotilla. 8 OK patrols, after which delegated to training in various Flotillas. Hit at Danzig in 1943, scuttled at Kiel, April 3rd 1945. Scrapped 1946-47.
The currentboat: Type IXB U-105 Das Schwein, 2nd Flotilla. Apparently had a pretty good career from September 10, 1940- June, 1st 1943. Sunk by a French flyboat :hulk: on the June, 2nd near Dakar. Kinda spooky: I'm at the end of March, 1943 heading home, so the next patrol should start around the end of May, probably to Caribbean/US East Coast. Oh nos.
Make that 'Oh nos' x 2: they actually sent us just short of Freetown :o We're doomed.

[Floater]

U-45: Sunk 14 Oct 1939 south-west of Ireland, in position 50.58N, 12.57W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Inglefield, HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid. 38 dead (all hands lost).

That was a short war for them ...

[Syxx_Killer]

U-141 - Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven. Wreck broken up, date unknown.

For more info: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u141.htm

U-556 - Sunk 27 June, 1941 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60.24N, 20.00W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Nasturtium, HMS Celandine and HMS Gladiolus. 5 dead and 41 survivors.

For more info: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u556.htm

[the_rydster]

U-69 - Sunk on 17 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland in position 50.36N, 41.07W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Fame. 46 dead (all hands lost).

Gutted! :cry:

[SmokinTep]

U-101
Type VIIB
Laid down 31 Mar, 1939 Germaniawerft, Kiel
Commissioned 11 Mar, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim (Knights Cross)
Commanders 11 Mar, 1940 - 18 Nov, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim (Knights Cross)
18 Nov, 1940 - 31 Dec, 1941 Kptlt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross)
1 Jan, 1942 - 3 Feb, 1942 Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross)
4 Feb, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1942 Friedrich Bothe
May, 1942 - 25 Oct, 1942 Ernst von Witzendorff
15 Sep, 1942 - 21 Oct, 1943 Oblt. Helmut Münster

Career 10 patrols 11 Mar, 1940 - 31 Mar, 1940 7. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1940 - 28 Feb, 1942 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Mar, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1942 26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1942 21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Sep, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1943 24. Flottille (training)
1 Sep, 1943 - 21 Oct, 1943 23. Flottille (training)

Successes 22 ships sunk for a total of 112.618 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1.190 tons
2 ships damaged for a total of 9.113 GRT
Fate Stricken at Neustadt on 21 Oct, 1943. Scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. Wreck broken up.


Men lost from the boat
4 Jun, 1941
The boat lost a man, Matrosenobergefreiter Horst Jackl, overboard.

[joea]

U-69 - Sunk on 17 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland in position 50.36N, 41.07W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Fame. 46 dead (all hands lost).

Gutted! :cry:

Hey that's my boot!!! :o I just entered in January 43 5 patrols so far. Better be careful. :-?

[the_rydster]

U-69 - Sunk on 17 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland in position 50.36N, 41.07W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Fame. 46 dead (all hands lost).

Gutted! :cry:

Hey that's my boot!!! :o I just entered in January 43 5 patrols so far. Better be careful. :-?

I thought SHIII assigned every 'Kapitan' with a unique boat? Oh well! :P

I am still in '42 so no chance of meeting up anyway!

[ReM]

U-46
Type VIIB
Laid down 24 Feb, 1937 Germaniawerft, Kiel
Commissioned 2 Nov, 1938 Kptlt. Herbert Sohler
Commanders 2 Nov, 1938 - 21 May, 1940 Herbert Sohler
22 May, 1940 - 24 Sep, 1941 Kptlt. Engelbert Endrass (Knights Cross)
Oct, 1941 - 19 Nov, 1941 Peter-Ottmar Grau
20 Nov, 1941 - Mar, 1942 Oblt. Konstantin von Puttkamer
Mar, 1942 - Apr, 1942 Kurt Neubert
20 Apr, 1942 - May, 1942 Ernst von Witzendorff
May, 1942 - Jul, 1942 Franz Saar
Aug, 1942 - 30 Apr, 1943 Joachim Knecht
1 May, 1943 - Oct, 1943 Oblt. Erich Jewinski

Career 13 patrols 2 Nov, 1938 - 31 Aug, 1939 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1940 - 1 Sep, 1941 7. Flottille (front boat)
2 Sep, 1941 - 31 Mar, 1942 26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1942 - 1 Jul, 1942 24. Flottille (training)
1 Sep, 1942 - 1 Oct, 1943 24. Flottille (training)

Successes 21 ships sunk for a total of 90.408 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 35.284 GRT
4 ships damaged for a total of 25.491 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 2.080 GRT
Fate Stricken at Neustadt in October 1943. Scuttled on 4 May 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay, in position 54.50N, 09.29E.

Scuttled!

What a waste!

[Spaxspore]

Here is mine

U-110(real)-
Type

IXB

Laid down 1 Feb, 1940 AG Weser, Bremen
Commissioned 21 Nov, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp
Commanders
21 Nov, 1940 - 9 May, 1941 Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp (Knights Cross)
Career 2 patrols 21 Nov, 1940 - 28 Feb, 1941 2. Flottille (training)
1 Mar, 1941 - 9 May, 1941 2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 10.149 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 8.675 GRT
Fate Captured on 9 May, 1941 in the North Atlantic south of Iceland by the destroyers HMS Bulldog, HMS Broadway and the British corvette HMS Aubretia. The boat was allowed to sink the day after to preserve the secret capture. 15 dead and 32 survivors.


Additional info-

"The Secret Capture"


U-110 met its end on May 9, 1941 when it was captured . This is what most people view as the most important capture of the entire war and it was so secret that even the crew of U-110 did not know of it! U-110, under the command of Kptlt. Fritz Julius Lemp, had been attacking a convoy along with U-201 (Oblt. Adalbert Schnee) when Lemp left his periscope up too long (probably to confirm a kill, he sank two ships on that day amounting to 7500 GRT) and the escort HMS Aubretia spotted it and rushed to the scene dropping depth charges.

U-110 survived the first attacks but then HMS Bulldog and HMS Broadway came and joined in the hunt. U-110 was forced to surface and HMS Bulldog immediately went onto ramming course (its commander realized at the very last moment that a capture might come off and tried to avoid hitting U-110 which he almost did) which Lemp noticed and ordered "Abandon Ship". Lemp figured that since the boat was going to be rammed (and presumably sunk) its secrets were safe within it. Only when he was in the water did he realize that the boat was not sinking and attempted to swim back and prevent capture and that was the last seen of him. Many say he was shot in the water by a British sailor but that may not be at all true.

The British made several journeys between U-110 and HMS Bulldog to collect whatever they could get their hands on inside the boat. This must have been a real treat as U-110 was abandoned in a hurry and being a IXB class she did not sink as rapidly as VIIC would likely have done. It is very likely that numerous U-boats were sunk using the material found inside U-110.

The day after the boat was captured someone realized that the allies already had the most important part of U-110, namely the secret documents and Enigma machine and that the Germans might find out that the British had the boat soon and, assuming the worst, change all codes and cipher system. The boat thus "accidentally" sank when being towed to Britain. 15 men were killed in the action and 32 captured. Lemp himself did not survive as noted above.
Men lost from the boat

23 Mar, 1941
U-110´s 105mm deck gun exploded during firing wounding 3 men.

[Heffalump]

U440

(real)
0 Ships sunk or damaged.
Sunk 31 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.38N, 13.04W, by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn. 201/R). 46 dead (all hands lost).


(2005)
on our third patrol in Sept. 42, currently by AF18, hunting Artic convoys. Tonnage from previous 2 patrols at over 43k

[the_rydster]

Remarkable story about U-110. The secret capture of the enigma machine was a massive coup for the allies.

I thought the captured crew were held prisoner on some remote scottish island or something to help keep it all a secret?

[Farside]

U-1192 not 1 success scuttled myay 1945



U-1192 1 battle ship, over 60,000tonnes of marchant shipping so lol, no resemblance at all...

[Spectre600]

U-47,

Made a daring attack on..

Scapa Flow!

Sunk the HMS Royal Oak.

Awsome story, read all about it

http://uboat.net/ops/scapa_flow.htm

[seafarer]

My last career - spending the last 60% of it in U105 (started in 1939 in a VIIb, then VIIC, then IXB)

reality - U105 was sunk of Dakar, 2nd June 1943 by a "one-of-a-kind" French flying boat. She had 22 kills and some 123+K tons to her credit, plus one warship.

In game, we survived the war - 1.6+ million tons of shipping plus over 20 aircraft shot down (10 crew killed on patrol too, at one time or another).

I'm on a whole new career now, second patrol in a VIIB.

[Shin]

Cool thread,

Real: U-50 7th Floatilla 2 patrols, 4 ships sunk for a total of 16.089 GRT, Mined on 6 April, 1940 in the North Sea north of the Terschelling, exact position not known but probably near 51.14N, 05.07E. 44 dead (all hands lost).

Current Career: U-50 1st Floatilla, Presently on patrol 12 in the NA Late September 1940, 294kish total tonnage sunk, 1 WO flak gunner KIA, 1 WO flak gunner WIA. Closest death experience; Sea Huricane near Scapa Flow scored a direct hit on the stern of the boat; reducing Hull Int. to 33%. Best learning experience; Overshot an intercept on a mixed convoy and was in turn picked up by a Clemson Class DD, DC'd to 62% HI, slinked away, repaired, and reintercepted 2 days later. Toughest encounter; early 1940, heavy fog, heavy seas; shadowed a convoy and sunk 3 ships during no less then 4 intercept attempts lasting about 4 days in game terms. (Vis was less then 1000m for atleast 2 days).


Notes: Realism settings; generally only use event camera (although I wish I had had the external cam on the stormy night sortie). Mods: lots of eye candy and sounds, airpower HT, and HT. No RuB (yet).

[TAW_CZAREJS]

From U-Boat.net

U-49

Laid down 15 Sep, 1938 Germaniawerft, Kiel
Commissioned 12 Aug, 1939 Kptlt. Kurt von Goßler
Commanders 12 Aug, 1939 - 15 Apr, 1940 Kurt von Gossler

Career 4 patrols 12 Aug, 1939 - 31 Oct, 1939 7. Flottille (training)
1 Nov, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1940 - 15 Apr, 1940 7. Flottille (front boat)

Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 4.258 GRT
Fate Sunk 15 April, 1940 near Narvik, Norway in position 68.53N, 16.59E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Fearless and HMS Brazen. 1 dead and 41 survivors. :(


Update
The wreck was located on 3 March 1993 by the Norwegian submarine Skolpen. The boat is lying at a depth of 300 meters.



Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-49 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.

http://home.comcast.net/~czarejs/1st_Web_Graphics/sig4.jpg

[Deep-Six]

Real life: U-48 Type VIIB
Laid down 10 Mar, 1937 Germaniawerft, Kiel

Commanders 22 Apr, 1939 - 20 May, 1940 Kptlt. Herbert Schultze (Knights Cross)
21 May, 1940 - 3 Sep, 1940 KrvKpt. Hans Rudolf Rösing (Knights Cross)
4 Sep, 1940 - 16 Dec, 1940 Kptlt. Heinrich Bleichrodt (Knights Cross)
26 Sep, 1940 - Oct, 1943 Oblt. Diether Todenhagen
17 Dec, 1940 - 27 Jul, 1941 Kptlt. Herbert Schultze (Knights Cross)
Aug, 1941 - Sep, 1942 Oblt. Siegfried Atzinger

Career 12 patrols 22 Apr, 1939 - 31 Aug, 1939 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1941 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul, 1941 - 31 Mar, 1942 26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1942 - 31 Oct, 1943 21. Flottille (school boat)

Successes 51 ships sunk for a total of 306.875 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1.060 tons
3 ships damaged for a total of 20.480 GRT

Fate She was scuttled on 3 May, 1945 off Neustadt, Germany.

In game she is now on her second patrol.

[retired1212]

sold to US and illegally immigrated to Canada

[U-104]

From Uboat.net

U-108
Type IXB
Laid down 27 Dec, 1939 AG Weser, Bremen
Commissioned 22 Oct, 1940 Kptlt. Klaus Scholtz (Knights Cross/Oak Leaves)

Commanders 22 Oct, 1940 - 14 Oct, 1942 KrvKpt. Klaus Scholtz (Knights Cross)
Oct, 1942 - Oct, 1942 Erich Hilsenitz
15 Oct, 1942 - 16 Oct, 1943 KrvKpt. Ralf-Reimar Wolfram
17 Oct, 1943 - 11 Apr, 1944 Oblt. Matthias Brünig

Career 11 patrols 22 Oct, 1940 - 31 Jan, 1941 2. Flottille (training)
1 Feb, 1941 - 31 Aug, 1943 2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1943 - 11 Apr, 1944 8. Flottille (training)

Successes 25 ships sunk for a total of 118.722 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 16.644 GRT
Fate Sunk 11 Apr 1944 at Stettin, by bombs; raised; taken out of service at Stettin 17 Jul, 1944; scuttled there 24 Apr 1945.



On 10 Feb, 1943, while on the outward journey to the Caribbean, U-108 was damaged by a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 202/N) and was forced to return, reaching Lorient on 24 Feb. She only managed to set out again on 1 April

Game fate: just returned from patrol 7 - so far 83,918 tons.

[Psycluded]

U-54
Type VIIB

Laid down 13 Sep, 1938 Germaniawerft, Kiel

Commissioned 23 Sep, 1939 Kptlt. Georg-Heinz Michel

Commanders
23 Sep, 1939 - 30 Nov, 1939 Georg-Heinz Michel
5 Dec, 1939 - 20 Feb, 1940 KrvKpt. Günter Kutschmann

Career 1 patrol 23 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939 7. Flottille (training)
1 Jan, 1940 - 20 Feb, 1940 7. Flottille (front boat)

Successes No ships sunk or damaged
Fate Missing since 20 Feb, 1940 in North Sea, position unknown, probably lost to a mine. 41 dead (all hands lost).


Good lord... my poor boat is doomed! :nope:

Edit:

My in-game successes have been much better. Patrolled AM24 and sunk multiple C2s and Coastal Merchants on the first patrol... 2nd patrol is tonight after a short awards ceremony.

[Kaleun]

U-203

Type VIIC
Laid down 28 Mar, 1940 Germaniawerft, Kiel

Commissioned 18 Feb, 1941 Kptlt. Rolf Mützelburg (Oak Leaves)

Commanders 18 Feb, 1941 - 11 Sep, 1942 Kptlt. Rolf Mützelburg (Knights Cross)
11 Sep, 1942 - 20 Sep, 1942 Hans Seidel
21 Sep, 1942 - 25 Apr, 1943 Kptlt. Hermann Kottmann

Career 11 patrols 18 Feb, 1941 - 1 May, 1941 1. Flottille (training)
1 May, 1941 - 25 Apr, 1943 1. Flottille (front boat)

Successes 21 ships sunk for a total of 94.296 GRT
3 ships damaged for a total of 17.052 GRT
Fate Sunk 25 April, 1943 south of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 55.05N, 42.25W, by depth charges from Swordfish aircraft off the British escort carrier HMS Biter (Sqdn 811/L) and by the British destroyer HMS Pathfinder. 10 dead and 38 survivors.

The commander of U-203 (Kptlt. Rolf Mützelburg) died in a unique incident on 11 Sept. He allowed his crew to swim in the sea and when he was about to dive from the tower the boat moved and he hit the saddle tank being badly wounded. He died the next day.

[U-552Erich-Topp]

U-552

Type VIIC

Laid down Dec. 1, 1939 Blohm and Voss, Hamburg

Commissioned Dec. 4, 1940

Oblt. Erich Topp (Oak Leaves with Swords)

Commanders
Dec. 4, 1940 - Sept. 8, 1942
KrvKpt. Erich Topp (Knights Cross)

Sept. 9, 1942 - July 10, 1944
Kptlt. Klaus Popp

July 11, 1944 - May 2, 1945
Oblt. Gunther Lube

Career 15 patrols
Dec. 4, 1940 - Feb. 1, 1941 7th Flottille (traning)
Feb. 1, 1941 - Apr. 30, 1944 7th Flottille (front boat)
May 1, 1944 - May 2, 1945 22nd Flottille (school boat)

Successes 29 ships sunk for a total of 163,529 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 747 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1,190 tons
3 ships damaged for a total of 26, 910 GRT

Fate Scuttled on May 2, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven in position
53.51 North 08.10 East

On October 31, 1941, U-552 was attacking the eastbound convoy HX-156 and at roughly 0525 hours torpedoed one of its escorts. The USS Reuben James magazine exploded and the ship sank quickly. 44 crew of 144 survived. The destroyer was the first ship lost in action during WWII.

U-552 did not suffer any casualties during her career.