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VONHARRIS · 10-17-10, 04:31 AM

U-126 departed from Wilhemshaven at 26 Jan 1940 after completing all neccesary repairs and refits. Every man was accounted for. At 01:00 the boat left the harbor.
At first dawn a S class British sub was spotted(grid AN 95). It is unknown what his intentions were but both Kaluen Harner and his IWO decided to engage him in a surface duel.
First shots missed by both ships but a very lucky shot of the deck gun of U-126 hit the enemy's conning tower destroying both his deck gun and AA gun. After closing in , three more shots sent the enemy sub beneath the waves. Nice start.
Days passed by. On 29 Jan 1940(Grid AN12) a large merchant was spotted. High seas prevented the use of the deck gun but two G7a sunk her.
Cruising now to their assigned grid they found bad weather , storms and really high waves. The boat was struggling to make 8 knots on the surface so Kaluen Harner ordered periscope depth. The date was 6 Feb 1940 when the hydrophones went crazy. Several contacts indicated a convoy coming their way and U 126 happened to be at an ideal attack position(Grid BE 97) The first convoy!
All six tubes flooded and torpedoes fired. 4 ships went down : 2xcoastal freighters , 1xempire type 1xsmall freighter.
They were not detected: Dive to 100m and escaped on silent running. The escorts did know where to look, not even a single DC was dropped.
21 days passed with no events. U-126 reached her patrol grid and started her return trip.
On 27 Feb 1940 while on the surface with good weather a ship was spotted(Grid AM 2) and many more appeared later. An other convoy, but this time a huge enemy was present : the HMS Nelson.
U-126 dived to periscope depth ad began to track the convoy with her hydrophones. Then something happened: May be the conning tower broke the surface for a while , three large turrets each mounting 3 16in guns swung and fired. Nine 16in projectiles tore through the air and landed.....
They did not score a direct hit but even the near misses caused heavy floodings , took out the forward batteries , destroyed the hydrophones , damaged the attack scope and devasted the heavy flak. Hull intergrity was down to 42%. Even in this condition they fired all 4 tubes. A hit was scored on a small merchant which was left dead on the water. Fortunately the Chief Engineer was a master of repairs and managed to hold the ship in one piece. The convoy went on but U-126 stayed there at 20m and waited. After five hours(game time) they went to periscope depth to check: Only the crippled merchant was there. They surfaced and finished her off with the deck gun.
Time to go home.
On 2 March 1940 they spotted a small coal tender(Grid AN 41). The deck gun crew sunk her without delay.
On 5 March 1940 U-126 returned to port. Wilhem Harner congatulated the repair crew and an Iron Cross (2nd class) was awarded to the Chief Engineer.
The crew was given 10 days leave to rest , while the welders began repairing the damaged hull of the U-126.
Kaleun Harner gave in his report : 26.075 grt (7 ships sunk)
He was awarded the Iron Cross (2nd class) as well.
His next mission : Grid AN81
This time no letter will be sent to Colonel Adolf Harner.
Next time , nobody knows.

10-17-10, 04:31 AM	#1755
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	2nd war patrol completed U-126 departed from Wilhemshaven at 26 Jan 1940 after completing all neccesary repairs and refits. Every man was accounted for. At 01:00 the boat left the harbor. At first dawn a S class British sub was spotted(grid AN 95). It is unknown what his intentions were but both Kaluen Harner and his IWO decided to engage him in a surface duel. First shots missed by both ships but a very lucky shot of the deck gun of U-126 hit the enemy's conning tower destroying both his deck gun and AA gun. After closing in , three more shots sent the enemy sub beneath the waves. Nice start. Days passed by. On 29 Jan 1940(Grid AN12) a large merchant was spotted. High seas prevented the use of the deck gun but two G7a sunk her. Cruising now to their assigned grid they found bad weather , storms and really high waves. The boat was struggling to make 8 knots on the surface so Kaluen Harner ordered periscope depth. The date was 6 Feb 1940 when the hydrophones went crazy. Several contacts indicated a convoy coming their way and U 126 happened to be at an ideal attack position(Grid BE 97) The first convoy! All six tubes flooded and torpedoes fired. 4 ships went down : 2xcoastal freighters , 1xempire type 1xsmall freighter. They were not detected: Dive to 100m and escaped on silent running. The escorts did know where to look, not even a single DC was dropped. 21 days passed with no events. U-126 reached her patrol grid and started her return trip. On 27 Feb 1940 while on the surface with good weather a ship was spotted(Grid AM 2) and many more appeared later. An other convoy, but this time a huge enemy was present : the HMS Nelson. U-126 dived to periscope depth ad began to track the convoy with her hydrophones. Then something happened: May be the conning tower broke the surface for a while , three large turrets each mounting 3 16in guns swung and fired. Nine 16in projectiles tore through the air and landed..... They did not score a direct hit but even the near misses caused heavy floodings , took out the forward batteries , destroyed the hydrophones , damaged the attack scope and devasted the heavy flak. Hull intergrity was down to 42%. Even in this condition they fired all 4 tubes. A hit was scored on a small merchant which was left dead on the water. Fortunately the Chief Engineer was a master of repairs and managed to hold the ship in one piece. The convoy went on but U-126 stayed there at 20m and waited. After five hours(game time) they went to periscope depth to check: Only the crippled merchant was there. They surfaced and finished her off with the deck gun. Time to go home. On 2 March 1940 they spotted a small coal tender(Grid AN 41). The deck gun crew sunk her without delay. On 5 March 1940 U-126 returned to port. Wilhem Harner congatulated the repair crew and an Iron Cross (2nd class) was awarded to the Chief Engineer. The crew was given 10 days leave to rest , while the welders began repairing the damaged hull of the U-126. Kaleun Harner gave in his report : 26.075 grt (7 ships sunk) He was awarded the Iron Cross (2nd class) as well. His next mission : Grid AN81 This time no letter will be sent to Colonel Adolf Harner. Next time , nobody knows.