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Originally Posted by Missing Name
Early December 1942.
Reached patrol area DN67. Extremely bad weather, all sensors were useless. Fired upon and rammed by a destroyer.
Captain Missing Name, 1939-1942. U-103 (VIIB), U-106 (IXB). ~375k tons sunk.
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Capt Missing Name, I feel your pain. But remember you always have hydrophones. Sound checks in instances like that are your best friend.
Also updating my patrol log. Made contact again with the convoy, but only got one ship this time. Got the Empire, one torp into the bow must've hit something hard because she exploded all the way from the bow to the stern. Had a bit of rollercoaster ride evading the escorts. For some reason when I drop down to 170+m I lose all control of depth when running silent. Anything below 3 knots and I start sinking like a stone. Came back up and overhauled it again just out of visual range. Charged in on the surface and fired off my two remaining bow torps. 2 duds. I wasn't happy. Returned to St Naz with 23k under my belt for a first patrol.
Going to head back out again soon, about a month and we'll be set to go.