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CAREER NUMBER- 2
CAPTAIN NAME- Oblt. Strand U-BOAT NUMBER- U 139 U-BOAT TYPE- IID PATROL NUMBER- 1 CURRENT DATE- October 15th -40 PATROL DETAILS- Ordered to patrol AN 14, also spent time in AN 11, 12 and 13 CURRENT PATROL TONNAGE- 5 897 tons (1 Town class destroyer, 1 Cargoship) CURRENT CAREER TONNAGE- 5 897 tons CAMPAIGN TONNAGE- 48 543 tons U-BOAT LOSSES- 1 |
CAREER #1
CAPTAIN'S NAME: Heinrich Stolz U-BOOT: U-15 type IIA (4 patrols); U-53 type VIIB (2 patrols) DATE: 01SEP39 - 11MAY40 CARREER TONNAGE: 72475 tons FATE: 18/04/1940 U-53 sank a german commerce raider of 17.600 tons in broad daylight off Norway. Kptlt Stolz was found guilty and affected to ubootschule in Flensburg Mürwick. U-53 's commandship was given to former 1st WO Ernst Bachmann CAREER #2 CAPTAIN'S NAME: Ernst Bachmann UBOOT: U-53 DATE: 01JUN40 - 02JUN40 CARREER TONNAGE: 0 FATE: U-53 hit a mine off Heligoland and sunk with all hands. CAREER #3 CAPTAIN'S NAME: Wilhelm Bauer UBOOT: U-48 type VIIB DATE: 05JUN40 - 17JUN40 CAREER TONNAGE: 2410 tons FATE: During its first patrol U-48 was badly damaged by depth charges and forced to surface. Crew scuttled the boat and were then captured by 2 RN destroyers. CAREER #4 CAPTAIN'S NAME: Konrad Tietz U-BOOT: U-46 (7 patrols VIIB) ; U-125 (3 patrols IXC) DATE: 05JUL40 - 31JAN42 (10 patrols) CAREER TONNAGE: 383.880 tons ( 59 merchants-3 warships) FATE: Kptlt Konrad Tietz was promoted to 1st flotilla's headquarters CAREER #5 CAPTAIN'S NAME: Dieter Haguenau U-BOOT: U-125 (type IX-C) DATE: 03MAR42 - 28NOV42 CURRENT DATE: 28NOV42, end of patrol 4 PATROL TONNAGE: 44944 tons CAREER TONNAGE: 193138 tons (33 merchants 0 warship) Patrol 5 will start soon... |
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(GWX3 & Commander 3.2) (95%, DiD) --------------------------------------------------- CAREER NUMBER: 1 CAPTAIN'S NAME: Wilhelm Ritscher Oblt z.S U-BOAT NUMBER: U-4 (Flotilla Saltzwedel) U-BOAT TYPE: VIIB PATROL NUMBER: 5 CURRENT DATE: 12/01/1940 PATROL DETAILS: Finished patrolling BE59. Picked up all tonnage on the east coast, mostly small and sunk with deck gun apart from 2 large merchants. Heading home with a base raid on route. CURRENT PATROL TONNAGE: 40301 CURRENT CAREER TONNAGE: 120728 --------------------------------------------------- CAREER NUMBER: 2 CAPTAIN'S NAME: Gottfried Hess U-BOAT NUMBER: U-8 (Flotilla Saltzwedel) U-BOAT TYPE: 11A PATROL NUMBER: 1 CURRENT DATE: 5/08/1939 PATROL DETAILS: Finished shakedown cruise, awaiting orders. CURRENT PATROL TONNAGE: 0 CURRENT CAREER TONNAGE: 0 CURRENT CAMPAIGN TONNAGE: 120728 U-BOAT LOSSES: 0 |
CAREER NUMBER- 1
CAPTAIN NAME- Alfred Grahl, Oblt. U-BOAT NUMBER- 53 (7th Flotilla, Kiel) U-BOAT TYPE- VIIB PATROL NUMBER- 4 (22Mar40-11May40) CURRENT DATE- 11May40 PATROL DETAILS- In base after 4th patrol. Assigned grid AF 59. Patrolled approaches to Narvik as instructed. Attacked by enemy destroyer screen. Forced to evade. No damage suffered. Patrolled approaches to Harstad as instructed. Several sound contacts observed but no visual sightings due to poor weather. Sank lone Norwegian freighter grid AF82 on our return journey. CURRENT PATROL TONNAGE- 1 ship, 8,883 tons CURRENT CAREER TONNAGE- 16 ships, 71,679 tons CURRENT CAMPAIGN TONNAGE- 16 ships, 71,679 tons U-BOAT LOSSES- None |
CAREER NUMBER- 2
CAPTAIN NAME- Fritz Heydemann, Oblt. U-BOAT NUMBER- 53 (7th Flotilla, Kiel) U-BOAT TYPE- VIIB PATROL NUMBER- 1 (01Jun40-23Jul40) CURRENT DATE- 23July40 PATROL DETAILS- In base after 1st patrol. Assigned grid AN87. Sighted only one escorted freighter in shallows of AN87. Target was out of range. Patrolled W of Norway grids AF58, 57, 81 hoping to intercept enemy fleeing Norway. No ships encountered. Patrolled straights NW of Scotland grids AM32, 33, 34. One sound contact-out of range. Patrolled NW of Ireland grids AM 52, 51, 29. Finally sighted outbound freighter 8Jul40. Sunk vessel with torpedoes and gunfire. Shortages of food and fuel required return to base. CURRENT PATROL TONNAGE- 1 ship, 5,160 tons CURRENT CAREER TONNAGE- 1 ship, 5,160 tons CURRENT CAMPAIGN TONNAGE- 17 ships, 76,839 tons U-BOAT LOSSES- None CAREER NUMBER- 1 DETAILS- Oblt. Alfred Grahl, CO U-53, Sep39-May40, 4 patrols, 16 ships 71,679 tons. Oblt. Grahl was transferred to instructor duties with 5th Flotilla June 1940. Grahl later commanded 31st Flotilla, Hamburg. |
CAREER NUMBER- 2
CAPTAIN NAME- Fritz Heydemann, Kplt. U-BOAT NUMBER- 53 (7th Flotilla, St Nazaire) U-BOAT TYPE- VIIB PATROL NUMBER- 5 (30Dec40-20Feb41) CURRENT DATE- 20Feb41 PATROL DETAILS- In base after 5th patrol. Assigned grid CF32. After over a month in assigned grid or adjacent grids and not sighting any traffic or recieving any contact reports moved N to grid BE. Made contact and engaged inbound convoy 06Feb41 grid BE38. Made submerged night attack and sank two ships. Lost contact after evading escorts. Sighted lone tanker grid BE39 16Feb41. Hit ship with two torpedoes but she refused to sink. Over next hour fired four more torpedoes, one impact three magnetic for no effect. Impact resulted in dud. Two magnetics passed below ship without detonating. Third magnetic prematured when almost to target. Ship was increasing speed and showed no sign of sinking. Despite 20mm machine gun noted on stern and larger deck gun on bow decided to risk gun action. Ship finally sunk after 30-40 hits. 20mm returned fire, but we suffered no damage. Fuel and food shortages required termination of patrol. CURRENT PATROL TONNAGE- 3 ships, 23,922 tons CURRENT CAREER TONNAGE- 24 ships, 131,809 tons CURRENT CAMPAIGN TONNAGE- 40 ships, 208,651 tons U-BOAT LOSSES- None CAREER NUMBER- 1 DETAILS- Oblt. Alfred Grahl, CO U-53, Sep39-May40, 4 patrols, 16 ships 71,679 tons. Oblt. Grahl was transferred to instructor duties with 5th Flotilla June 1940. Grahl later commanded 31st Flotilla, Hamburg. |
A question, Paul Riley, why do you not play with external reloads?
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