06 Oct 1941 0639 Patrol 1
U-97, 23rd/29th Flotilla
Left at: October 6, 1941, 06:39
From: Salamis
Mission Orders: Patrol grid CO51
12 Oct 1941
1712 CN 34 Ship sunk! HMS Meynell (Hunt I Class), 1000 tons
1734 CN 34 Ship sunk! HMS Whimbrel (Black Swan Class), 1250 tons
15 Oct 1941 0247 CN 21
Ship sunk! HMS Whirlwind (Admiralty V&W Class) , 1188 tons
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Patrol results
Crew losses: 6 dead
Ships sunk: 3
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonage: 3438 tons
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Reached the patrol zone, nothing special. I sank the first two on a trip to Malta, stern shots, hauling my surfaced behind OUT OF THERE. Bad idea! :rotfl:Two of their friends were still chasing me when the Italians/Luftwaffe started bombing Malta. And them for that matter
Well, the HMS Whirlwind... escorting a large merchant. I take a shot at both, I miss. She DC'ed me pretty good. Until thankfully, SOMEONE heard my radio report and it got hit from the skies. She lost her rear batteries and depth charge launchers. HA! No wait.
MY batteries were intact, but not that happy... the merchant sailed away. I played this game since it hit the shops, I've been to the Caribean and back, seen New York. This dog wouldn't let go
No way to reach Tunis submerged. This boat is bugged, this is personal, but she can't depthcharge me anymore
Too much daylight still and planes above.
The night before I was to sail into Tunis I surface when she runs over me and hit a few shells. I take damage too. Lost my first watch officer. But, the deck gun still fires!
It would appear I finally have her. She starts to sink at the bow, losing speed rapidly.I come up behind her, deck gun blazing and seeing my quickly fired eels bounce of her rear or miss...
I lose some more men to machinegun fire and, eventually, my second watch officer. The conning tower is toast, hull integrity at 12%, light flooding.
Men down on deck... the Whirlwind explodes and sinks.
U97 met no other ships or planes until an Italian schnellboat was spotted near Tunis...
There were no burials at sea. I brought them back
