U-21 making its way to Wilhelmshaven after her first war patrol which was definitely successful. The crew of U-21 proved more than capable of handling their duties. The sea was calm and since we had german destroyers in sight the atmosphere inside the boat was quite relaxed. Guys will never have enough of that Tipperary song...
However when we approached Frisian Islands the conditions at the sea have changed rapidly and there was one last adventure ahead of us. Everyone inside the boat was holding whatever he could. Lots of things which were not attached or mounted got smashed. There was even slight injury when one of the new guys who was experiencing this for the very first time hit the water tap with his head. Hinrich had to patch him up.
Frenssen just farted and said to him "man, it's gonna heal up before you get married"
And finally U-21 has made it. All men can not wait to get some decent meal. It's been too long for the first war patrol. Two months with two refits at Helgoland and Wilhelmshaven.
And here is U-21 leaving Wilhelmshaven for her second war patrol. Without the yellow training stripe. Now they already know they have to count with us.
Second patrol was much shorter. Some seventeen days only, the crew was relieved that there's another one month break ahead of them. However it meant around 30.000 BRT sunk for U-21 and that's not bad. Finally U-21 is back at sea commencing her third patrol. We've received new propellers (that's why there was that weird noise during silent running last time). And we've got new camouflage as well which guys are very excited about except for Frenssen. No surprise he only farted saying "man, it's just a colour, but still the same coffin we're trapped in".
