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Bosje · 05-01-11, 07:29 AM

November 27th, 10:00
Frantz woke me up after a good night of sleep, there was fresh coffee on the stove and I did a round of the boat. The men are eager and confident. We went to action stations at 9 o clock and took the boat through her paces. Results: top speed almost 13 knots surfaced. Dive time 30 seconds in ideal conditions. Top speed almost 8 knots submerged. Most importantly, she handles very well and especially depth keeping is a lot better than our last boat. We will do some more drills to improve diving times and then we will be as ready as can be.
I have confidence that this boat will take good care of us during those long days and nights off the English coast. Likewise, we will take good care of her. The men will spend the rest of the day finishing the painting on the side of the conning tower. It is a big trident and I am sure BDU won't mind it as a nautical symbol. Most front boats are looking at some or other emblem to give them an identity. Ours is the trident and nobody will mind. Just so long as they don't find out about our little cult.

November 30th, midnight
Starting our patrol of grid AN44, initially 50-km legs from north to south along the shipping lanes.
2 hours on the surface, 1 hour submerged. Our habitual routine paid off on the two war patrols we made in our old boat, we can be sure to detect any merchant within 10 km.

December 1st, 02:00
First blood, earlier in the evening we got a contact on the hydrophone and we moved to intercept on the surface. It was a little schooner, using her engines for lack of wind. We fired warning shots and closed in. The crew left their ship and we fired 100 rounds at it with the 2cm. On fire and her rigging a mess, she went down while the enemy crew looked angry and sad, one older man wept. Afterwards, we moved away from the scene and set up a new patrol line.
Karl just came to inform me of a contact report, we are now on our way to intercept.
3:00
It is a small freighter, we estimate it at 2000 tons. Fired one torpedo and hit but it is not sinking.
It is now crawling along to our port side. I don't think they know we are here. Looks like they are trying to make it to the nearest port, we will have to shadow it and maybe use another torpedo before sunrise if it hasn't sunk by then.
05:30
Fired a seond torpedo, it sank almost immediately after the explosion. Now the enemy sailors do know we are here! They had lifeboats and we approached to see if we could do anything for them. But they were shouting and swearing at us when they noticed us! Some of them started to throw things at us, maybe they thought we were there to capture them or even kill them in cold blood. Stupid idiots. The English coast is very close by so we left them alone without further interaction. The sun is almost up now, we will dive soon.

05-01-11, 07:29 AM	#3
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	November 27th, 10:00 Frantz woke me up after a good night of sleep, there was fresh coffee on the stove and I did a round of the boat. The men are eager and confident. We went to action stations at 9 o clock and took the boat through her paces. Results: top speed almost 13 knots surfaced. Dive time 30 seconds in ideal conditions. Top speed almost 8 knots submerged. Most importantly, she handles very well and especially depth keeping is a lot better than our last boat. We will do some more drills to improve diving times and then we will be as ready as can be. I have confidence that this boat will take good care of us during those long days and nights off the English coast. Likewise, we will take good care of her. The men will spend the rest of the day finishing the painting on the side of the conning tower. It is a big trident and I am sure BDU won't mind it as a nautical symbol. Most front boats are looking at some or other emblem to give them an identity. Ours is the trident and nobody will mind. Just so long as they don't find out about our little cult. November 30th, midnight Starting our patrol of grid AN44, initially 50-km legs from north to south along the shipping lanes. 2 hours on the surface, 1 hour submerged. Our habitual routine paid off on the two war patrols we made in our old boat, we can be sure to detect any merchant within 10 km. December 1st, 02:00 First blood, earlier in the evening we got a contact on the hydrophone and we moved to intercept on the surface. It was a little schooner, using her engines for lack of wind. We fired warning shots and closed in. The crew left their ship and we fired 100 rounds at it with the 2cm. On fire and her rigging a mess, she went down while the enemy crew looked angry and sad, one older man wept. Afterwards, we moved away from the scene and set up a new patrol line. Karl just came to inform me of a contact report, we are now on our way to intercept. 3:00 It is a small freighter, we estimate it at 2000 tons. Fired one torpedo and hit but it is not sinking. It is now crawling along to our port side. I don't think they know we are here. Looks like they are trying to make it to the nearest port, we will have to shadow it and maybe use another torpedo before sunrise if it hasn't sunk by then. 05:30 Fired a seond torpedo, it sank almost immediately after the explosion. Now the enemy sailors do know we are here! They had lifeboats and we approached to see if we could do anything for them. But they were shouting and swearing at us when they noticed us! Some of them started to throw things at us, maybe they thought we were there to capture them or even kill them in cold blood. Stupid idiots. The English coast is very close by so we left them alone without further interaction. The sun is almost up now, we will dive soon. __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!