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The end of U-48 came during the Dunkirk harbour raid. Rammed and depth charged in shallow harbour waters after succesfully torpedo attack on anchored auxilary cruiser and landing ship tank. All hands lost.

Well, I finally had a type IX boat survive a patrol in 1943. Just barely. Had to put into El Ferrol for emergency repairs. While I was there the Englsh attacked the Max Albrecht, while he was anchored in a Spanish harbour. Those Limeys have no repect for international law.

Meanwhile, my four type VII careers are going along quite nicely - about 140,000 tons between them in their August-September patrols.

U-409 (Oblt.zS. Claus Karlsson) had some trouble with aircraft in the Med during October '43 though. Got bounced by 5 Sunderlands after being repeatedly harassed by aircraft for 6 consecutive days. Was out of oxygen and low on battery power so had to stay on the surface and fight it out. Shot down all five Sunderlands, but the last one dropped bombs so close that the entire crew on deck was killed, and major damage caused. The sub survived to limp back to Toulon, not daring to submerge below periscope depth. Those killed were: the IWO, Oblt.zS. Karl Lenk, Oberbootsmann Ernst Arndt and Matrosenhauptgefreiters Horst Esswein, Helmut Fleck, and Curt Gerstner. Lenk will receive the EK I posthumously, and Arndt the EK II.

Von Paulius (05 Jun 16 - 30 Apr 40 ) - R.I.P.
 

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7 Patrols, 95 days at sea
Over 180 thousand tons sunk

The end of U-48 came during the Dunkirk harbour raid. Rammed and depth charged in shallow harbour waters after succesfully torpedo attack on anchored auxilary cruiser and landing ship tank. All hands lost.

Nast little buggers. Had 3 CD's within 4 hours bercause of them.. What got me is that they were over 650 KM from nearest land & they wern't floaters.

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Nicely done, thank you :salute:

I've just come across this thread and it's very interesting. I always play D.I.D. and once the boat is lost it's lost for good. So far I have never progressed further than mid 1943 in any career. However, reading some of the careers posted, I don't see the point in playing D.I.D. if other "real life" limits are not placed on the game. To cram patrol after patrol in, a lot starting the very day after docking from the previous patrol and then ending up with huge tonnage "records" and more medals than Hermann Goering is in no way realistic even if you do end it with D.I.D.

Playing D.I.D., I believe, adds a lot to the game. Without D.I.D. SHIII would
be like an arcade game. U-Boats had the highest casuality rate then any other
combat force in WWII. I believe that only about 3,000 returned of the 30,00 that went to sea.

Death cards were infact issued to those who died. To survive took a lot of skill
just as SHIII does.

Yes, I've read many, many factual books on U-boat warfare, especially the Battle Of The Atlantic, and to me, Kaleuns going back out on patrol the day after they docked and continuing to do this for years while accumulating some of the huge tonnages shown in this thread is like an arcade game where there is no hope at all of recreating any careers resembling the real thing.

Just my way of playing the game - I could no more sail out again the day after docking in the hopes of cramming in more and more tonnage and medals than I could resurrect a career finished by D.I.D. It just seems false to me.

I agree with you, but I would go even further. People who were Kaleuns in 1939 would not still be doing that job in 1943. I use SH3 Commander's Realistic Career Length option (with my own tweaks) to limit how long one person stays in command of a front boat before being kicked upstairs. My longest serving Kaleun lasted 25 months, during which time he did 14 war patrols, but that was an aberration. The average career length of my Kaleuns who survived is currently 12 months as a front boat commander with 8.3 war patrols. I think that is close enough to historical reality for me to be satisfied. So, for me, a career that lasts from 1939 into 1943 is just as unrealistic as one that continually leaves the day after returning to port.

What I do is: whenever a commander is killed or retired, I start a new career in the same flotilla that begins at the start of the month in which the previous career ended. I do this in each flotilla that is modeled by the stock game, so in 1943 I have 7 careers running concurrently.

WOW! 8 days with no DID's..........

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Name: Markus Rosing
Date of Birth: 22OCT15
Place of Birth: STRALSUND
Date of Intake: 01APR38 (CREW38)

Promotions:
02DEC38 SEEKADETT
01JUL39 FAHNRICH Z. S.
01MAR41 OBERFAHNRICH Z. S.
01JUN41 LEUTNANT Z. S.
09APR43 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
03DEC43 KAPITANLEUTNANT

Medals:
09APR43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
17MAY43 IRON CROSS FIRST CLASS
13SEP43 KNIGHT'S CROSS
13JAN44 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAKLEAVES
04MAR44 GERMAN CROSS
19APR44 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAKLEAVES AND SWORDS

PATROL 1:
02JAN43-01FEB43 31 days 6 merchants for 31293 tons

PATROL 2:
21FEB43-12MAR43 20 days 5 merchants for 20115 tons

PATROL 3:
13MAR43-09APR43 28 days 2 merchants for 17887 tons

PATROL 4:
30APR43-17MAY43 18 days 4 merchants for 27563 tons 2 warships for 16790 tons ( Escort carrier type bogue USS Card sunk 10MAY43)

PATROL 5:
07JUN43-13JUL43 37 days -no ships-
09JUN43 U387 damaged by depth charge from airplane (light damaged)

PATROL 6:
03AUG43-13SEP43 42 days 2 merchants for 11647 tons
20AUG43 U387 damaged by depth charge from airplane (badly damaged)

PATROL 7:
29OCT43-03DEC43 36 days 5 merchants for 41008 tons 1 warship for 1350 tons

PATROL 8:
24DEC43-13JAN44 21 days 3 merchants for 25188 tons 1 warship for 1400 tons

PATROL 9:
03FEB44-04MAR44 31 days -no ships-

PATROL 10:
25MAR44-19APR44 26 days 2 merchants for 9582 tons 2 warships for 1080 tons
30MAR44 U387 damaged by depthcharge from airplane while submerged with schnorkel on (medium damaged tube 4 destroyed)

10 patrols 290 days at sea
29 merchants sunk for 184.283 tons and 6 warships sunk for 20.620 tons

SUMMARY
After his duty at the front, Kptlt Markus Rosing spent the remainder of the war serving in several staff positions. He died on 17 july 1964 (48 years old).


I'm very proud of this carreer, it gives me some very nice moments! It is sad to leave U-387 and its crew but as we were sailing close to Bergen on the last mission i thought " i hope it's the last one..."
Now the 1st WO Berthold Rahn is given his own commandship: The U-995, a type VIIC/41

Name: EGON SCHULTZ
Date of Birth: 15AUG14
Place of Birth: NEUSALZ/ODER
Date of Intake: 01APR34 (CREW 34)

Promotions
07DEC34 SEEKADETT
01AUG35 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01OCT37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01MAR38 LEUTNANT Z. S.
23DEC39 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT

Medals
23DEC39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
30JAN40 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS

Badges
NIL
U-Bootwaffe Postings
26JUN38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
13NOV39 2nd Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
06NOV39 U-53, Type VIIB (3 patrols)

Summary
3 war patrols, 25 days at sea
6 ships sunk, 23,668 tons

Kapitänleutnant Egon Schultz and U-53 surrendered to the Allies on 30JAN40. Egon Schultz was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. Egon Schultz died on 26 December 1997

Extract of interrogation of Schultz: All of a sudden there was this Flower corvette within touchable distance, out of nowhere. The watch crew must have been asleep. I should never had taken the Canal to save time.

Name: FRITZ GEBHARDT
Date of Birth: 07OCT16
Place of Birth: HANNOVER
Date of Intake: 01APR34 (CREW 34)

Promotions
25JAN35 SEEKADETT
01DEC35 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01AUG37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01NOV37 LEUTNANT Z. S.

Medals
18FEB40 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS

Badges
30OCT39 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
18FEB40 U-BOAT BADGE
U-Bootwaffe Postings
09SEP38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
01SEP39 1st Flotilla (6 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01SEP39 U-22, Type IIA (6 patrols)

Patrol Dates Ships Sunk (Merchant/Warship) Tonnage(Merchant/Warship) Comments
1 01SEP39 - 15SEP39 (15 days) 2 (2/0) 7187 (7187/0)
2 15OCT39 - 30OCT39 (16 days) 2 (2/0) 15103 (15103/0)
3 29NOV39 - 03DEC39 (5 days) 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0)
4 02JAN40 - 08JAN40 (7 days) 1 (1/0) 10030 (10030/0)
5 07FEB40 - 18FEB40 (12 days) 1 (1/0) 2103 (2103/0)
6 19MAR40 - 03APR40 (16 days) 1 (1/0) 1964 (1964/0) U-boat lost
TOTALS: 6 patrols (71 days) 7 (7/0) 36387 (36387/0) 0 enemy planes downed
27 crew lost

Summary
Leutnant z. S. Fritz Gebhardt and U-22 were lost sometime on 03APR40.

U22 was lost in Grid AN55 while stalking a merchant sonar contact. It is believed that she had hit a mine.

KAPITANLEUTNANT Marcus Rosing (22OCT15 - 17 July 1964) R.I.P.
 

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Medals:
09APR43 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
17MAY43 IRON CROSS FIRST CLASS
13SEP43 KNIGHT'S CROSS
13JAN44 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAKLEAVES
04MAR44 GERMAN CROSS
19APR44 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAKLEAVES AND SWORDS

10 patrols 290 days at sea
29 merchants sunk for 184.283 tons and 6 warships sunk for 20.620 tons

SUMMARY
After his duty at the front, Kptlt Markus Rosing spent the remainder of the war serving in several staff positions. He died on 17 july 1964 (48 years old).


BdU Death Notification HERE.

KAPITÄNLEUTNANT Egon Schultz (01 Apr 34 - 26 Dec 97) R.I.P.
 

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Medals
23DEC39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
30JAN40 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS

Badges
NIL
U-Bootwaffe Postings
26JUN38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
13NOV39 2nd Flotilla (3 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
06NOV39 U-53, Type VIIB (3 patrols)

Summary
3 war patrols, 25 days at sea
6 ships sunk, 23,668 tons

Kapitänleutnant Egon Schultz and U-53 surrendered to the Allies on 30JAN40. Egon Schultz was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. Egon Schultz died on 26 December 1997

Extract of interrogation of Schultz: All of a sudden there was this Flower corvette within touchable distance, out of nowhere. The watch crew must have been asleep. I should never had taken the Canal to save time.


BdU Death Notice HERE.