Boonie's 7th patrol log:
Boat : U-53, VIIB
Assigned Grid : AM34
Pretty delighted on getting AM34, its near Hebriden North again. I am getting fond of that place. However this time around i have this urge to hurriedly rush through the torp delivery as the mission starts on Dec 18th.
Christmas is close and i wouldn't want to deprive my crew of the event by wasting their time on rolling sea. AND more importantly i am very anxious on getting the IXB ship which should be available at the end of this patrol..
Rushed to AM34, did alot of kills around scapa flow as usual, that corner around outer scapa flow is like hotspot of the year.
Went to the Northern end of Hebriden for more kills and discovered that they have stepped up ASW patrol by alot since the last patrol. Tracked and killed 1 passenger/Cargo ship and immediately the whole village of 4 ASW trawler and 1 C&D destroyer came to investigate.... Very nice since i am really in a hurry to dispense my torp and head home for Christmas and new ship upgrade. Lurking in the passenger/cargo wreck area @ periscope depth and 0.5knot i managed to kill 2 ASW Trawler and the C&D class destroyer.
Decided to head home after the small exchange there, having only 2 torps left for the journey home i had no problem dishing them out on some poor merchants on the way.
Reached Wilhelmshafen on 23rd Dec, everyone should still have time for a bit of shopping i guess
Total tonnage : 43k
reward : oak leaf on my knight's cross, crew got 2 2nd class cross and 1 1st class cross..
Pretty bad catch compared to previous patrols but now i have the IXB boat
. had like 13k renown and boat cost 9k, additional crew cost around 1.5k and installed new hydrophone for the IXB.