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kroll688 · 02-02-11, 09:32 PM

5th patrol, March 1940, patrolling assigned grid in AM32. Recieved message restricting all Atlantic operations and forbidding operations off of Norway. I decide to reposition to grid AN11 in accordance with Atlantic directive

, intentions to intercept any task forces heading north out of the Flow.

24 hours later enroute to southeastern corner of AN11, observe aircraft at high altitude, crash dive. No attack on my dive point, I must have seen him first. Decide to stay down until sunset.

1 hour before sunset sonar picks up a warship moving north towards our position at medium speed. Begin tracking to develope an intercept plan, then more warship contacts appear in the same track.

Once I determine the center mass of the contacts I position as best I can at PD. Leaving scope up and searching down the bearings sonar gives me. At last a destroyer comes over the horizon, zigzagging. to the east and west are flanking destroyers. Rig for silent running, set speed to one knot, begin dip scope routine.

Then I catch a glimpse of the smoke and topmast, must be a pair of heavies in line. I plot the heavies course, amazingly it runs within 800 meters of my position. Too much destroyer activity to manage an accurate speed calculation. Based on sonar call of medium speed and rough estimate set TDC for 12knots.

As the destroyer screen passes over I determine the sonar blips which belong to the two heavies and swing the bow towards the targets and prepare to fire. AOB about 80, range approx 1000 meters, speed 12kts, open all four tubes and up scope.

There she is, the Hood right in front of me

, with a battleship in trail. I ignore the battleship and fire all four bow tubes at Hood. 1st at lead stack, 2nd at forward turrents, 3rd at the bow forward of turrents, and 4th at the aft stack. Down scope, set depth 100m, ahead slow. 24 sec and three hits all in a row immediately followed by the Nav calling the sinking. angle my course to stay several hundred yards away from sinking/ breakup noises. set speed back to 1 knot.

Several destroyers criss cross the area, no pinging no counter attack. Slide out to the south, surfacing 2 hours later to report success to Bdu.

02-02-11, 09:32 PM	#2097
kroll688 Watch Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: North Pacific Ocean Posts: 22 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Enjoying the luck. 5th patrol, March 1940, patrolling assigned grid in AM32. Recieved message restricting all Atlantic operations and forbidding operations off of Norway. I decide to reposition to grid AN11 in accordance with Atlantic directive , intentions to intercept any task forces heading north out of the Flow. 24 hours later enroute to southeastern corner of AN11, observe aircraft at high altitude, crash dive. No attack on my dive point, I must have seen him first. Decide to stay down until sunset. 1 hour before sunset sonar picks up a warship moving north towards our position at medium speed. Begin tracking to develope an intercept plan, then more warship contacts appear in the same track. Once I determine the center mass of the contacts I position as best I can at PD. Leaving scope up and searching down the bearings sonar gives me. At last a destroyer comes over the horizon, zigzagging. to the east and west are flanking destroyers. Rig for silent running, set speed to one knot, begin dip scope routine. Then I catch a glimpse of the smoke and topmast, must be a pair of heavies in line. I plot the heavies course, amazingly it runs within 800 meters of my position. Too much destroyer activity to manage an accurate speed calculation. Based on sonar call of medium speed and rough estimate set TDC for 12knots. As the destroyer screen passes over I determine the sonar blips which belong to the two heavies and swing the bow towards the targets and prepare to fire. AOB about 80, range approx 1000 meters, speed 12kts, open all four tubes and up scope. There she is, the Hood right in front of me , with a battleship in trail. I ignore the battleship and fire all four bow tubes at Hood. 1st at lead stack, 2nd at forward turrents, 3rd at the bow forward of turrents, and 4th at the aft stack. Down scope, set depth 100m, ahead slow. 24 sec and three hits all in a row immediately followed by the Nav calling the sinking. angle my course to stay several hundred yards away from sinking/ breakup noises. set speed back to 1 knot. Several destroyers criss cross the area, no pinging no counter attack. Slide out to the south, surfacing 2 hours later to report success to Bdu.