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kk20 · 11-12-10, 06:11 AM

At lorient we were offered a IX but turned it down. Somehow U93 had taken a kicking but felt stronger for it. Our radioman and sonarman were both trained up now. We had also decided to remove the watch officer for a far more competent watch officer skilled in gunnery and repair. He wouldnt be missed by the crew who had already seen his uselessness in combat.

Before we reached the patrol zone, a juicy 10000 ton cargo was sent to the bottom with a single torpedo along with their ASW escort - again not weaving. Upon reaching the alloted patrol zone, the sonarman picked up a faint signal. No 2 signals. No lots of signals. In wait we saw a motley selection of granvilles, tramp steamers, coastals and a single DD escort. The watch officer suggested we might be better taking on the single DD leaving the relatively unarmed convoy to the mercy of the deckguns. Positioning ourselves in front a full forward spread at the DD saw an eel hit but not down. One of the spread also hit a cargo which went down immediately. Panicking we decended to crush depth only to hear another torpedo hit "something" and the initial DD finally flood to the depths. This change of fortune made us surface and literally take our pickings until ammo was expended. Minor damage was repaired. Returning to port we had a tally of 39k merchant and 2.2k warship. Sonarman was promoted along with decorations for the gunners who sank 7 ships whilst under fire.

11-12-10, 06:11 AM	#1832
kk20 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 23 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	thats more like it. At lorient we were offered a IX but turned it down. Somehow U93 had taken a kicking but felt stronger for it. Our radioman and sonarman were both trained up now. We had also decided to remove the watch officer for a far more competent watch officer skilled in gunnery and repair. He wouldnt be missed by the crew who had already seen his uselessness in combat. Before we reached the patrol zone, a juicy 10000 ton cargo was sent to the bottom with a single torpedo along with their ASW escort - again not weaving. Upon reaching the alloted patrol zone, the sonarman picked up a faint signal. No 2 signals. No lots of signals. In wait we saw a motley selection of granvilles, tramp steamers, coastals and a single DD escort. The watch officer suggested we might be better taking on the single DD leaving the relatively unarmed convoy to the mercy of the deckguns. Positioning ourselves in front a full forward spread at the DD saw an eel hit but not down. One of the spread also hit a cargo which went down immediately. Panicking we decended to crush depth only to hear another torpedo hit "something" and the initial DD finally flood to the depths. This change of fortune made us surface and literally take our pickings until ammo was expended. Minor damage was repaired. Returning to port we had a tally of 39k merchant and 2.2k warship. Sonarman was promoted along with decorations for the gunners who sank 7 ships whilst under fire.