O no!! Another patrol log
 

Since i never write about my patrol results, i deside that i can create one

Date and Time
Grid
Occurrences
01 Sep 19401423Patrol 1
U-98, 7th/13th Flotilla
Left at: September 1, 1940, 14:23
From: St. Nazaire
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BE61
04 Sep 1940 1549
BF44 Ship sunk! S.S. Rad (Large Merchant), 10986 tons
08 Sep 1940 0304
BE61 Ship sunk! S.S. Mission San Fernando (Large Merchant), 12221 tons
15 Sep 1940
0040Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 2
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonage: 23207 tons

Also

1 medium merchant was damage aprox 6000 ton grid BF44

Ready and waiting for more orders from BDU :ping: :arrgh!:

AARRGGHH!! That Ship Names list still isn't right! Mission San Fernando was an American tanker! Not only was it not a large merchant, but America's not even in the war in September 1940!

Sorry to interrupt your thread, Dimitrius. Back to regularly scheduled programming.





Oh, nice report, by the way. I would love to see some more details on the action, though; anything interesting happen, like duds, enemy attacks and more?

Hmmm the name must be in the general merchant list too
Unfortunately SH3Commander doesnt seperate nations so any name can go with any nation
No other way around that unless each nation has its own independant shipping noone else has
Way too large a file size and load times

Yep cool report too

Heres one I did for WPL campaign - takes some doing but looks cool I think

To BDU/FC 7th
From U96

Departed Kiel through canal on 1st Nov at 0300hr for BE33
Arrived at East entrance to English channel on the 4th with no contacts of any sort
14.30hr 04/11/39 Contact armed trawler Course W at 9 kts
1530hr V & W destroyer closing course E at 15 kts so changed course let him pass my bows
Set up tube 1 type T1 impact fuse 2m depth range 600m
Impact at stern and HMS Valentine GRT 1188 sank 15.46 in BF33
1622hr Contact armed trawler course SSE at 11 kts

05/11/39
1156hr Contact merchant Course E at 6 kts
1200hr Contact aircraft,ordered Flak crew to engage aircraft - shot down Hurricane
Reverted back to intercept coure and set up for attack
Set stern tube to 2m impact type T1 fast running
Fired at range 1403 - impact amidships slowing ship to stop
0 wind calm sea so surfaced for deck gun
S.S. Adair GRT 7143 sank 1303hr in BF36
1309hr Contact 2 aircraft spotted - PD and return to course
2336hr Ship spotted longe range course E at 6 kts set up for a night surface attack
Tube 2 type T1 set 2m impact fuse fast run range 1410
Torpedo struck amidships Coastal merchant S.S. Donner Lake GRT 2903 sunk 0001hr BF35

06th nov
0407hr Contact armed trawler med range course SSE speed 10 kts
0524hr Contact armed trawler long range course W speed 9 kts
0940hr Contact V and W destroyer long range course E speed 12 kts
1950hr Ship spotted long range course closing NE at 5 kts
Set up for another night surface attack
Tube 2 type T1 set 2m impact fuse fast run range 1151
Torpedo struck amidships ship slowed to stop surfaced and finished of with deck gun
C2 S.S. Donnerkebab GRT 5187 sank 2037hr in BF26

07th Nov
0349hr Contact Elco Torpedo boat course E at 9 kts long range Periscope depth
0930hr Ship spotted long range course moving away SSW at 3 kts Laid in intercept course and increased speed
Ordered deckgun crew to position 0951 aircraft spotted - periscope depth
Set up an angle for attack Tube 2 type T1 3m depth impact fuse range 1147m
Exploded prematurely
Tube 1 type T1 depth 3mtr impact fuse range 600mtr
Hit amidships and Coastal merchant S.S. James Madison GRT 2861 sank 1010hr BF25
1025hr Contact V and W destroyer course SSE at 15 kts
1403hr Sound contact warship med speed closing
1922hr Sound contact warship med speed closing bearing 334

1940hr CONVOY !!!!!
After radio with BDU/FC ordered to attack
Waited for lead ship 3rd column 90 degree on bow tube 1 type T1 3m depth impact range 700 mtr
Impact amidships "S.S. Elmdale" British small tanker sank 20.39 GRT6416
Lead ship 2nd column Stern tube 3m depth impact type T1 range 650 mtr
French Small merchant "S.S. Irénée Du Pont" GRT3296 Sank 20.48 struck amidships
Convoy was changing course continually but had a great angle on a small tanker
Type T1 3m depth impact tube 4 range 800 mtr - Damn dud
T2 Row 3 next in view as small tanker bad angle for another fish
Tube 1 type T1 3m depth impact setting range 900 mtr
Impact at stern - ship slowing to stop will finish that off later
T3 tanker in my sights now
Tubes 2 and 3 narrow spread 3m depth impact type T1 range 870 Impact close to bow - impact amidships
Ship slowed to stop so set up tube type T1 3m depth impact range 500 mtr
Another damn dud
Destroyer closing so dived to 4om silent running
Sonar reports convoy moving away PD
Pick up T3 in scope, stationary listing heavily
Move into firing position and set up tube 4 type T1 3m depth impact
Range 700 mtr - all stop,impact amidships
British tanker "S.S. George H. Flanders" GRT 7335 sank 21.41
Found T2 stationary stern down and moved in for stern shot
Range 700 mtr type T1 3m depth impact
British tanker T2 "S.S. Vistula" GRT5940 sank 22.28 after impact amidships

08th Nov
03.20hr Shadowing convoy still heading NNE @7 kts
07.02hr Shadowing convoy still heading NNE @7 kts
08.00hr Lost contact with convoy (just disappeared from screen)
Out of torpedo so decided to head back to base after message from FC 7th
09.05hr Aircraft spotted dive to 20m
09.10hr Sound contact Warship very fast closing bearing 062 long range
09.12hr Sound contact merchant slow closing bearing 311 long range
10.01hr Sound contact Warship very fast moving away bearing 143 long range
16.24hr Sound contact Warship med speed closing bearing 130 long range
16.47hr Sound contact Warship med speed closing bearing 116 long range
19.25hr Sound contact Warship med speed closing bearing 357 long range
Weather now 14 mtr rough seas

09th Nov
08.10hr Sound contact merchant moving away med speed bearing 223 long range
17.19hr Sound contact merchant moving away med speed bearing 267 long range
17.29hr Sound contact warship moving fast moving away bearing 233 long range
18.01hr Sound contact warship medium speed moving away bearing 202 long range
Heading out of channel; ahead full

11th Nov
11.40hr AN95 South of Helgoland heading for canal, weather still rough at 13 mtr

12th Nov
19.00 Docked at Kiel
Ship awaiting dry dock and crew released

To summerise a good patrol not too many torpedo failures but still proving costly
Crew performed above expectations
Boat will be available for next patrol 17 Dec 39

Merchant tonnage 41081
9 Units
Warship tonnage 1188
1 unit
Aircraft 1 Unit

Wilhelm Schulz

Sailor Steve

Hi ;)

You remind me a patrol log that i made with pen and paper:D
Her is a short story

About half month ago i desided to ectually write a patrol log, using my imagination i started to wrote not only about contacts and etc. I whrote about how the crew feel - the happiness the seadnes the fear. And after a dock in the port i get not a patrol log i get a nice single patrol story (not as good as dasboot offcourse - but as my little brother says - nice for reading).

Now i have a idea to learn and wright a real patrol log just like real comanders do :yep: :know:
Even when i am to young (25 years old) to be a Captaine:)

bigboywooly

Nice :o I love your log patrol :rock:

That is a very impressive report BBW. Would be great if the was a progame that you could do that in as you went along on your patrol.
If rememeber was'nt JScones working on something like that , that you could use with SH3 Commander?. I cant be sure if he was or i was seeing things it too late off to bed with me.

That would not be a bad idea.

Now get to work and impliment it.:D

It is far beond my talents. I have not got the first idea how to mod. I will leave that to the guys that know what they are doing:yep: :up:

Thanks guys
In the WPL Campaign you played as they do in WaW I imagine
You are assigned a flotilla and a patrol grid
Off you go and have to send in reports daily
At the end of the patrol we had to write up a KTB

Any convoys encountered had to be relayed back to your FC
Other boats were vectored in and if a couple of them made contact then the mission designers would write an MP mission and you would play as a wolfpack

Screenshots to prove sinkings and medals\promotions awarded by your flotilla commander after reviews

Was kinda fun
Might rejoin actually - they are still in 41 I think - or give WaW a go

This WPL sounds like fun why have i not heard of this before.:hmm: :hmm:
Shame i dont really have the time for it or WaW as my job is not the best when it comes to having the time to play week in week out.:cry: :cry:

Its here mate

http://www.subclub.info/phpBB_subclu...9725660e2532c8

Sorry to hi jack your thread Dimitrius :oops:

Thanks BBW will look into this in the new hopefuly:up:

Mate, i dont think you are to young..:D
During WWII, "Oberleutnant zur See der reserve" Hans-Georg Hess took command over U-995 (after Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp)
when he was just 21 years old... Thats young, matey! :yep::up::up:

Hi, incase you missed & want to make your own log books you can check out & download here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=102388
Cheers & happy Christmas to all!:D

Yep...I missed it...very nice...cheers :up: