Hang in there GR! You can do it! :rock: :rock: :rock:

Thanks!

right now im in grid BF18... in what would be grid BF1813 if the grids went according to this http://www.uboat.net/maps/grid.html at high zoom.

Im at 40 meters depth creeping ahead slow with occasional drifting at all stop doing a rather lengthy sound check... the weather above is limiting the visibility to about 8KM or so. i figure the sonar officer will hear a ship long before the watch will see one!

Confidence is high that i will encounter something in the next 10 hours, this has been a hot spot for me in the past, i hope it will be now.

Im a rather impatient person, and doing a 1x patrol requires a great deal of self discipline and patience.

its rather difficult to convinve yourself that it is normal to do a 4 to 6 hour sound check! when under time compression it only takes a matter of minutes to pass such time.

keeping my fingers crossed.

:arrgh!:

Sounds great, good luck and keep us posted.

I have the time to try it but not the guts. Last time I tried I got tied up reading Brags book and ran into a DD. lost my As- but finished the book.

If you wind up in Grid BC... watch out for icebergs. Just spotted a couple there.:ping:

well i dont plan on going that far west. thanks for the heads up though. I have seen a great number of them in the region your talking about though.

:up:

DAY 04

From: U202
To: Bdu

03AUG1941
1257 Hours
BF1442

RECIEVED CONTACT REPORT RELEVANT TO GRID BF15 :: GIVEN SPEED AND DIRECTION INDICATED IN REPORT THE TARGET IS UNREACHABLE :: CONTINUING ON PLOTTED COURSE :: NO CONTACTS :: WEATHER REPORT AS FOLLOWS :: HEAVY RAIN ROUGH SEA VISIBILITY APPOROX ONE KM :: WEATHER IN THIS AREA PREVENTS EFFECTIVE U-BOAT OPERATIONS AT THIS TIME :: END

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U-202 log book

This morning at around 0900 we received a contact report from a U-boat which was returning to port. The report gave indication of a single unescorted ship heading ENE at medium speed. Given the position, course and speed of the target we would intercept them about the time they arrived in port! the decision was made not to persue the contact. The rain is relentless. No sooner do we enter a rich hunting ground and the weather goes ape ****!

Weather is probably the biggest counter to U-boat operations. If the Allies could find a way to control the precipitation patterns in the atlantic ocean they could effectively render the kriegsmarine useless. The tactical considerations to a U-boat in poor weather are many. The visibility becomes so limited that sighting a ship becomes impossible therfore the boat must rely on hydrophones. This requires the boat to remain submerged which then limits the speed to a snails pace. If a commander takes the risk to charge ahead on the surface he will have a sea sick crew to contend with, and worst of all, a destroyer could come rushing out of the driving rain at any moment with no warning. on top of all that... if hydrophone contact is made with a potential target, intercepting it in such weather is not only a massive risk for collision, but an intercept of the target can be a time consuming if not impossible feat.

Unless the weather improves significantly in the next several hours, all optimism for enemy contact in this area will be completely shot! and our next opportunity to enter heavily traveled shipping lanes will not come for another 1,700 KM.

Frustratedly,
J. Wintergarten

DAY 04

From: U202
To: Bdu

03AUG1941
2127 Hours
BF1446

CONTACT REPORT RECEIVED ON LARGE OUTBOUND CONVOY :: INTERCEPT COURSE PLOTTED :: EXPECT CONTACT WITH ENEMY IN APPROX TEN HOURS :: END

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATEjQ...eature=related

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U-202 Log Book

Despite the terrible weather, someone out there has made contact with a large outbound enemy convoy in grid square BF4124. We are changing course to intercept in hopes that the weather improves. Expect enemy contact within ten hours.

Allright! It's time to make some space in the bow torpedo room! Sink these Tommies! :arrgh!:

U202 Log Book

Good fortune has passed our way, though the sea is still quite rough, the rain has given way to clear skies!

i hope we have an easy time of locating this convoy!

Hang on !

;)

DAY 04

From: U202
To: Bdu

04AUG1941
0825 Hours
BE6381

WE HAVE REACHED THE INTERCEPT POINT :: NO VISUAL CONTACTS :: VISIBILITY REMAINS EXCELLENT :: NUMEROUS SOUND CONTACTS AT MEDIUM RANGE CLOSING :: SUSPECT WE ARE IN EXCELLENT POSITION FOR ATTACK :: THE HUNT IS ON :: END

Go get 'em!

Do ya think he's being depth-charged right now?:hmm:

DAY 04

From: U202
To: Bdu

04AUG1941
1730 Hours
BE6377

ESTABLISHED VISUAL CONTACT WITH CONVOY AT 0940 HOURS :: FIRST SHOTS IN OPENING ENGAGEMENT OCCURED AT 1019 HOURS :: SPEED OVERESTIMATED :: FIVE TORPEDOES EXPENDED FOR A TOTAL OF TWO HITS :: SANK ORE CARRIER DAMAGED TANKER :: DEPTH CHARGED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS THRITY MINUTES BEFORE BREAKING CONTACT :: RELOADED AND REJOINING CONTACT AT THIS TIME FOR ANOTHER ATTACK :: END

W00t! Thumbs up, herr Kaleun! :up: :up: :up: