Patrol 17 done, 5 ships sank for 25,500 tons and 1 aircraft. The western approaches to Brest are a VERY dangerous place for British aircraft. I got attacked by a dozen before I hit the open water. I encountered a mini convoy of 2 ships and found a bug. I hit the M25x and it went dead in the water, the big T2 in front stopped. I mean literally stopped. I used the rest of my torpedoes and sank them both. No escorts or warships at all this trip, but my patrol zone was near the Azore islands. I was going to venture near the straits of Gilbraltor but i was bingo on ammo for deck gun and torpedoes. I accidentally sank the Hipper also. I was watching it in my periscope and after i had fun doing that I went to hit TC up and hit the enter button. Do you guys know what the enter button does? Well a spread of 3 torpedoes went 600m straight into the side of the Hipper and it sank in about 10 seconds. I got a medal for it. hmmmmmm. Is there something I dont know about here. I get a medal for sinking our own heavy cruiser?
Capt Scott Von Ainz
17 Patrols, U-75
30 Merchants
1 Destroyer
(1 German Heavy Cruiser that I blamed on a reef)
144,710 tons
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