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BootsmanBoof · 05-11-08, 06:47 PM

I took my IIA out on a test run to my assigned grid (AN26, I think) (U-1, under Jurgen Deecke - he was the real commander in August, although U-1 was a training boat at this time). On the way out I practiced with torps on the Kiel wreck; simulated navigational training through the canal while outbound; in open sea tested all speeds and ranges, diving times, depths, recharge times etc. In my assigned grid submerged and tested hydrophones - all contacts (mostly British whalers) I investigated silently and unobserved and sent reports back to BdU. Basically a training/reconnaissance patrol. Returned to Kiel, did another training patrol, then started my 3rd patrol mid-September, 1939.

The August start is a fantastic tool for complete familiarization with your boat and its capabilities, as well as practising stealthy approaches and ship identification (I'm kind of a noob).

In fact I enjoyed it so much I wish I could start in 1935 when some boats were commissioned

(yeah, I'm a realism nut

)

Would this be hard to mod :hmm:?

05-11-08, 06:47 PM	#5
BootsmanBoof Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 56 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I took my IIA out on a test run to my assigned grid (AN26, I think) (U-1, under Jurgen Deecke - he was the real commander in August, although U-1 was a training boat at this time). On the way out I practiced with torps on the Kiel wreck; simulated navigational training through the canal while outbound; in open sea tested all speeds and ranges, diving times, depths, recharge times etc. In my assigned grid submerged and tested hydrophones - all contacts (mostly British whalers) I investigated silently and unobserved and sent reports back to BdU. Basically a training/reconnaissance patrol. Returned to Kiel, did another training patrol, then started my 3rd patrol mid-September, 1939. The August start is a fantastic tool for complete familiarization with your boat and its capabilities, as well as practising stealthy approaches and ship identification (I'm kind of a noob). In fact I enjoyed it so much I wish I could start in 1935 when some boats were commissioned (yeah, I'm a realism nut ) Would this be hard to mod :hmm:? __________________ "Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners." Sir Winston Churchill.