I was just coming home to willhelmshaven after an average patrol - 40ton in a VIIB - when, as i was passing the subnets and mines, i noticed a ship that looked different to the destroyer in the distance off to my starboard bow. It had the markings of a capital ship but couldnt beleive my eyes.
As i got closer i realised is a friggin hipper class heavy cruiser coming out of port!
Since i already plotted my way to the pens i left it go and geez the thing came right up beside me and my jebus it was huge compare to my little boat!
It was march '40. Can anyone tell me what its name would have been?