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tomoose · 08-30-08, 11:02 AM

June four 1944. Unconcerned the U-505 recharges its batteries on the surface during the night. On board the assurance of having avoided the enemy dominates. In the morning of this fateful day, it sails to carry out some diving, all is calm. Then, shortly after eleven o'clock, the hydrophone hears propeller noises. At the same time, on the surface, a sonar contact is established with the u-boat by the destroyer of Lieutenant commander Knox. It is a few hundred yards to starboard of the destroyer, which moves as fast as possible towards the u-boat. All the US crew are at battlestations, On the announcement of contact two Wildcat planes take off from the carrier. They immediately head to the destroyer which has passed the u-boat after having released a random load of depthcharges, and is sprinting to make a half-turn to return on the U-505. In the submarine with the reception of the propeller noises, its Commander had ordered battlestations then took a glance with the periscope. He probably hoped that these noises came from a merchant, which would have been the first mission target up to that point. But it was a nasty shock as soon as lens of the periscope breaks the surface, to observe the frayed prow of a destroyer which is heading straight for him. It is already less than a few hundred yards away, so close that an emergency dive is the only option to escape its first pass. Meanwhile the two Wildcats fly over U-505 and release bursts of their armament close to his position, thus confirming the location to the destroyer which was at the end of it's turn. The destroyer at that time reaches the point indicated by the splashes of the projectiles bursting in the water, and drops off new loads set for such a shallow depth that he is also strongly shaken by their concussion. While the ship starts a second turn to carry out a third pass on the position of the submarine, its crew stares at the sea, on standby for any possible result of the explosions. Under the surface, U-505 is rocked, the lights waver then go out. Flooding is heavy. The sub becomes weighed down quickly and suddenly difficult to maintain. The crew is exhausted, the risk increases second by second, the amount of flood water does not make it possible any more to maintain safe diving. It probably won't be long before having to surface. The sea regained it's normal calm, after the explosions when, on the carrirer someone noticed a disturbance on the surface. It's a tangible sign that, probably, the U-BOOT was hit. The disturbance area, which can only be caused by a submarine trying to escape, increases. On board U-505 the importance of the flooding and various other damage, leaves the commander no choice. The boat will not go further in this state, he has no other solution, but to surface, try to save the crew while ensuring that the sub will then sink as fast as possible to the deep. The commander must resign himself to order the evacuation and scuttle her.

08-30-08, 11:02 AM	#2
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I'll give translation a shot... June four 1944. Unconcerned the U-505 recharges its batteries on the surface during the night. On board the assurance of having avoided the enemy dominates. In the morning of this fateful day, it sails to carry out some diving, all is calm. Then, shortly after eleven o'clock, the hydrophone hears propeller noises. At the same time, on the surface, a sonar contact is established with the u-boat by the destroyer of Lieutenant commander Knox. It is a few hundred yards to starboard of the destroyer, which moves as fast as possible towards the u-boat. All the US crew are at battlestations, On the announcement of contact two Wildcat planes take off from the carrier. They immediately head to the destroyer which has passed the u-boat after having released a random load of depthcharges, and is sprinting to make a half-turn to return on the U-505. In the submarine with the reception of the propeller noises, its Commander had ordered battlestations then took a glance with the periscope. He probably hoped that these noises came from a merchant, which would have been the first mission target up to that point. But it was a nasty shock as soon as lens of the periscope breaks the surface, to observe the frayed prow of a destroyer which is heading straight for him. It is already less than a few hundred yards away, so close that an emergency dive is the only option to escape its first pass. Meanwhile the two Wildcats fly over U-505 and release bursts of their armament close to his position, thus confirming the location to the destroyer which was at the end of it's turn. The destroyer at that time reaches the point indicated by the splashes of the projectiles bursting in the water, and drops off new loads set for such a shallow depth that he is also strongly shaken by their concussion. While the ship starts a second turn to carry out a third pass on the position of the submarine, its crew stares at the sea, on standby for any possible result of the explosions. Under the surface, U-505 is rocked, the lights waver then go out. Flooding is heavy. The sub becomes weighed down quickly and suddenly difficult to maintain. The crew is exhausted, the risk increases second by second, the amount of flood water does not make it possible any more to maintain safe diving. It probably won't be long before having to surface. The sea regained it's normal calm, after the explosions when, on the carrirer someone noticed a disturbance on the surface. It's a tangible sign that, probably, the U-BOOT was hit. The disturbance area, which can only be caused by a submarine trying to escape, increases. On board U-505 the importance of the flooding and various other damage, leaves the commander no choice. The boat will not go further in this state, he has no other solution, but to surface, try to save the crew while ensuring that the sub will then sink as fast as possible to the deep. The commander must resign himself to order the evacuation and scuttle her.