Awsome 1.03 patrol VIIB with over 150,000
 

U-47 VIIB Departed Bessel / Vigo 02:44 5.20.41
Sank lone Whale Factory Ship 07:20 5.23.41 BE67 with deck gun.
Intercepted Large Convoy about 06:30 5.24.41 BE67.
Sank: 2 Large Merchant Ships, 2 Large Cargo Ships.
Intercepted Convoy about 05:30 5.25.41 BE 53.
Sank: Whale Factory Ship, Medium Tanker.
Note: Tanker stood afloat 0 knots after torpedo hit to stern under keel.
After shaking escorts finished Tanker with deck gun to conserve eel.
Sank lone Pass/Cargo Ship 07:33 5.26.41 BE53 with deck gun.
Sank lone Pass/Cargo Ship 21:01 5.26.41 BE53 with deck gun.
Swordfish destroyed 04:00 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Received Radio Messages of KM Biskmark in distress, conflicting grid locations.
Sighted KM Bismark BE53 course E.
Altered course due N/E for possible encounter with British capitol ships.
Swordfish destroyed 05:01 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Swordfish destroyed 05:02 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Swordfish destroyed 05:02 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Suspected Carrier Ark Royal nearby.
Swordfish destroyed 06:59 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Swordfish destroyed 07:01 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Received minor hull damage from aircraft attack.
Swordfish destroyed 08:29 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Swordfish destroyed 08:29 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Swordfish destroyed 08:29 5.27.41 BE53 with flak gun.
Large Warship Sighted, southerly course, N/E corner BE53.
U-boat ordered to periscope depth, ahead flank N/E intercept course.
Multiple Hydrophone contacts; from sighted warship & secondary warship behind her.
Multiple Hydrophone contacts; N/E E/N/E from KM Bismark last known position BE53
Boat slowed to Standard, raised periscope to limited hight due to calm seas.
Observed and heard Gunnery action from identified capitol ship, HMS Rodney.
Observed some return Gunnery from KM Bismark.
Identified second capitol ship HMS King George V.
Capitol ships in 'S' attack pattern, boat moved to intercept about 2000 km.
Tube 4 (TI) set to 11.6m speed high, Tubes 3 & 2 (TI) set to 12m speed med.
Tube 1 (TII) set to 12m, Tube 5 (TI) set to 9.5m (I/P) speed med.
Open bowcaps, Fired Tubes 4 then 3. Adjusted course 10` to strb.
Tube 4 detonation under BattleShip's keel, huge primary and secondary explosions.
Sank: HMS Rodney, 08:58 5.27.41
Tube 3 also hit on Rodney, boat in position to fire Tube 2 & 1.
Boat remains with 2 forward and 1 stern tube eels.
Second close contact HMS King George V heading due South.
Boat ordered back standard, attempting position to intercept second capitol ship.
Ordered new solutions for depth of HMS King George V keel.
Note; Officers and crew performed well at a feverish pace. A certain awareness present.
Tube 2 (TI) set to 10.0m speed fast, Tube 1 (TII) set to 10.3m, Tube 5 (TI) reset to 9.8 (M/P).
Fired Tubes 1 & 2, ordered boat to westerly course at flank speed.
Tube 2 hit on HMS King George V under keel, minor explosions, capitol ship slowed, Tube 1 missed.
Capitol ship then turned slowly on S/S/W course. Boat to N/N/W course, opened stern cap.
Fired Tube 5, boat to slow S/W observation course.
Observed hit, impact near keel, suspect incorrect depth setting due to deeper keel from Tube 2 hit.
HMS King George V slowed to halt - her stern dipping into the sea.
Sank: HMS King George V, 09:12 5.27.41
Multiple hyrophone contacts remaining, possible enemy cruisers. Contact with KM Bismark lost, presumed sunk.
Proceeded at periscope depth due to contacts in area, towards last known position of KM Bismark.
Surfaced and sent patrol report. Shortly after attacked by aircraft, quick dive to 25m.
Note: decision to dive and not return flak, no longer a nessesary risk after most recent battle.
U-47 has sunk over 150,000 tonns including two BattleShips, a tremedious victory.
Yet KM/OKM must first deal with loss of KM Bismark.
Boat given orders to new homeport: Brest. Course est. arrival 3 days 2/3 speed. Boat requires refit/upgrades.
For the time being U-47 will cook all the crew can eat, drink all we can drink.
U-47 would like to make it known that KM Bismark fought to the end.
Jumped by patrol aircraft less then 1 day outside of Brest.
Kingfisher destroyed 03:40 5.31.41 BF52
Arrived at Brest, Patrol results;
Hull 94% No crew losses, 10 aircraft shot down, Ships sunk: 11 Tonnage 153062

Way cool Patrol!
That was alot of fun, will be hard to top it.
Have read it was possible to slab a capitol ship with one good keel blast in the game but never thought I'd pull it off! Decided to try .5m under the keel and drop another .5 for the secondary shots figguring the keel would drop maybe. Must have got lucky, real lucky and hit a fuel or ammo area. In rough seas magnetic pistols seem to be a crap shoot. I think worse with Electrics. Yet in 1.03 I favor less the calm seas for convoy attacks, been able to sneek right in and pick out some decent tonnage swans be damned.

GWX 1.03, with a few GWX jsgme mods, and RadioLog_Expanded of course.

:arrgh!: "Never mind the bloody Bismark...sink U-47!" Churchill's going to love you mate! I'd watch out for the RN DD's from now on...they've got a score to settle! :dead:

Nice result, never bagged two BB's in a single patrol before!

You've said it, a hard to top patrol. Drinks are on you :up:

Now try that on GWX 2.0 :p ;) :lol:

nice work... hard to bring down one juggernaut BB - but 2? :huh:

I remember one time I was able to get in to Loch Ewe when a task force was parked there.

IIRC, it was something like two BBs and 3 CVs. Wish I had recorded that date. I'd love to give it another try around that date.

Ahh what to do with this carrer. Head North for some random chaos attacking Russian convoys, perhaps the Med? Then again BE is hot, good hunting there. The Royal Navy seems to eventually find any boat I run out of Biscay, so here's to good hunting untill that day is done. :ping:

I'm sure I'll check out 2.0 eventually but I'm having fun with this carrer now so I can afford time for one or two options / mods to catch up with it. That and I have a 256 card but it's not exactly high end. So I play the game at 50% particle density, seems ok. Should upgrade that puppy, but a whole new system build is only 200$ more.
It's like upgrading your boat, which engine upgrade do you roll with or not? :hmm: