Patrol 7
U-55, 7th/13th Flotilla
Left at: July 17, 1940, 11:52
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM17
22.7.1940
05:40 Aircraft. Crash dive. AF 7778
10:09 Aircraft. Crash dive. AN 1121
25.7.1940
05:40 Arrived operations area. AM 1739
29.7.1940
02:55 Convoy reported at grid AL 3839. Intercepting. AM 1753
07:55 Multiple contacts on hydrophone. AM 1779
08:31 Convoy spotted. Shadowing. AM 1923
10:30 Convoy at grid AM 1924. Shadowing.
11:13 Detected by escorts. Crash dive. AM 1925
12:29 Surfaced. Contact lost. AM 1925
13:20 Detected by escorts. Crash dive. AM 1929
14:28 Surfaced. Contact lost. AM 1929
15:52 Contact regained. AM 1938
18:00 Convoy at AM 1939. Course E, speed 8 kts.
18:18 Detected by escorts. Crash dive. AM 1939
19:30 Surfaced. Contact lost. AM 1939
20:06 Contact regained. AM 0117
22:00 Convoy at AM 0143. Course E, speed 8kts.
30.7.1940
02:06 Fired tubes I and II against large merchant. G7e, range 2500m, speed 7 and 8 kts, AoB red 100, depth 3m. One hit.
02:08 Fired tubes III and IV against large merchant. G7a, same firing data. No hits.
02:11 Fired tube V against tanker. G7e, range 3000m, speed 7 kts,
AoB red 110, depth 3m. Miss.
02:30 Large merchant sunk. Observed going down bow first. AM 0128
03:48 Fired tubes I and II against tanker. G7a, range 2800m, speed 8 kts, AoB red 100, depth 3m. One hit and sunk moments later.
03:52 Fired tubes III and IV against large merchant. G7a, range 900m, speed 8 kts, AoB red 100, depth 3m. Both hit.
03:53 Detected by escort. Crash dive. AM 0129
04:58 Surfaced. Minor damage from gunfire. Sustained a depth charge attack. In contact with convoy. AM 0137
07:41 Detected by escorts. Crash dive. AM 0139
09:14 Heavy rain and swells. Impossible to continue operation against convoy. AM 0139
09:37 Received new orders. Patrol grid BE 34. AM 0136
1.8.1940
06:20 Arrived operations area. BE 3439
8.8.1940
07:07 Aircraft. Crash dive. BE 3819
08:39 Aircraft. Crash dive. BE 3827
11:28 Warship spotted. BE 3854
11:33 Detected. Crash dive.
12:17 Hydrophone indicates a convoy in close proximity and closing. BE 3854
12:25 Boat is positioned inside the convoy
12:28 Fired tube V against large merchant. G7a, range 2000m, speed 7kts, AoB red 80, depth 4m. Miss.
Fired tubes I and II against large merchant. G7a, range 1200m, speed 7 kts, AoB green 80, depth 4m. First malfunctioned, second hit. BE 3851
14:37 Observed large merchant go down. Took minor damage to deck structures from depth charges.
Out of internal torpedoes. Started return trip. BE 3851
17.8.1940
08:40 Docked at Kiel.
Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 3
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 26899 tons
U-boat damaged (H.I. 99.57%)
Ships sunk
SS Copahee (Large Cargo), 8411 tons.
SS Esso Aruba (Tanker 09), 8505 tons.
SS Lipari (Large Merchant), 9983 tons.
Oberleutnant z. s. Siegfried Strand
U-5 Type IIA (3 patrols)
U-55 Type VIIB (4 patrols)
Career tonnage: 89 093
Can't yet declare my convoy mojo back, but I'm gettin' there.
Also I'm pretty sure game didn't credit me for sinking one large merchant. I hit it twice on both sides of the smoke stack.
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Himmel, sukeltakaa!
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