Well i never finished the story, but heres how it ended:
Patrol 1
05JAN42 - 02APR42 (88 days)
14 merchants for 78175 (78175/0)
Patrol 2
04MAY42 - 08JUL42 (66 days)
11 merchants for 67007 (67007/0)
U-Boat damaged (H.I. 93.98%)
Patrol3
09AUG42 - 07OCT42 (60 days)
10 merchants for 76351 (76351/0)
Patrol 4
08NOV42 - 12JAN43 (66 days)
9 merchants for 69733 (69733/0)
Patrol 5
14FEB43 - 18APR43 (64 days)
9 merchants for 66006 (66006/0)
Patrol 6
20MAY43 - 31JUL43 (73 days)
9 merchants for 52636 (52636/0)
Patrol 7
01SEP43 - 05OCT43 (35 days)
5 merchants for 31126 (31126/0)
Patrol 8
06NOV43 - 03JAN44 (59 days)
8 merchants for 65195 (65195/0)
Patrol 9
04FEB44 - 01MAR44 (27 days)
4 merchants for 19576 (19576/0)
U-Boat damaged (H.I. 62.76%)
Patrol 10
09APR44 - 01JUL44 (84 days)
4 merchants for 22143 (22143/0)
Patrol 11
02AUG44 - 06AUG44 (5 days)
0 merchants for 0 (0/0) U-Boat lost
TOTALS:
11 patrols (627 days)
83 merchants sunk (83/0)
Gross tonnage 547948 (547948/0)
15 enemy planes downed
46 crew captured 10 hands lost (fiction by me)
Summary
Kapitänleutnant Kurt Schröter and U-189 surrendered to the Allies on 06AUG44 after being forced to surface from a hedge hog attack while trying to dive to evade a Hunter Kiler group off the North West coast of spain. U-189 was found having just cleared Biscay bay enroute to assigned patrol grid in the Caribean.
Kurt Schröter was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. In 1956 Kurt Schröter joined the Bundesmarine, holding mainly staff positions but also commanding the frigate Hipper for a few months. He retired in 1972. He died on 29 April 1982.
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On a side note, this sucks. I was really hoping to survive all the way through 45. Having done two consecutive IX careers, maybe its time to try the VII boats. Although, i must say, surviving the entire war in an IX boat has been challenging, infact i find it intresting how my tonnage scores dropped towards the end. Clearly survival became more of an issue. Infact during patrol 10, i damn near didnt survive the depth charging after a convoy attack. Patrol before that, its a miracle the boat wasnt blown from the water when a plane dropped a bomb right on the boats deck, forward of the deck gun..
Anyway , i really have no point of comparision because ive never attempted the entire war in an VII boat. Guess its time to try and see how much of a difference it is.
:hmm:
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