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pikke · 03-03-22, 02:54 AM

March 22, 1940 AN51
0053 Warship spotted! NW of us, long range. She is changing course! Did they spot us?...no, she is turning the other way. Is she alone?...She is turning again...is she doing patterns?...let's change our course to 180. We will monitor her and check if she is alone.

0101 She keeps doing patterns and is slowly moving southward...cannot see much in this darkness...but I believe she is escorting something. U48 will now dive for a sonar check.

0103 There is a merchant tailing that warship! We will now surface and move WSW to intercept them.

0122 U48 just dived again. Warship is going back to the merchant, which right now is a shadowy blur on the horizon. Seems something big...

0129 Warship is doing patterns once again and I believe it to be an A&B Classes destroyer. Which is worrying, water here is not deep. Target may be an Ore Carrier, a worthy prize. They are moving at 5 knots.

0136 Here is the plan: U48 will let the destroyer go by, get close to the Ore carrier, attack her from astern using eels set for magnetic pistol and quickly move on the other side of the merchant. Hopefully her noises will conceal our presence.

0147 Here we go. Tube 1 and 4 ready: Ato running fast, range 500m...AoB 150° port side...depth 7m..open tubes 1 and 2...aiming at the bow..fire tube 1!...aiming at mid ship..fire tube 4! Lower periscope, new course 270! Ahead standard!...torpedo just prematured! Rudder amidships! Raise periscope! AoB maybe 155...I'll trust this eel...Open tube 3!...Fire!..Impact!...torpedo from first salvo got her in the middle...data should be good for the last one too...hope so...impact! Just under the propellers area, bet that hurt! Lower periscope! Let's move behind her!

0150 Destroyer is closing but we are almost behind the Ore Carrier, which is very close to us and almost dead on the water already. Set speed 2 knots!

0157 She is sinking! Got lower and lower astern and now her nose is quite high on the water. Destroyer is on the other side of her searching the area with lights and starshells. U48 will keep crawling SW to increase the gap. That failed torpedo almost spoiled the day. Good enough that it happened soon enough to let us shot once again. Magnetic exploding under the propeller area seem to be very effective.
Ship sunk! SS Ixion (Ore Carrier), 8135 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 83. Crew lost: 14

0221 Destroyer is leaving the area. Never got close enough to us to be a threat. We will let her go away and then surface. Time to go home.

03-03-22, 02:54 AM	#6183
pikke Sparky Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Italy Posts: 152 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	March 22, 1940 AN51 0053 Warship spotted! NW of us, long range. She is changing course! Did they spot us?...no, she is turning the other way. Is she alone?...She is turning again...is she doing patterns?...let's change our course to 180. We will monitor her and check if she is alone. 0101 She keeps doing patterns and is slowly moving southward...cannot see much in this darkness...but I believe she is escorting something. U48 will now dive for a sonar check. 0103 There is a merchant tailing that warship! We will now surface and move WSW to intercept them. 0122 U48 just dived again. Warship is going back to the merchant, which right now is a shadowy blur on the horizon. Seems something big... 0129 Warship is doing patterns once again and I believe it to be an A&B Classes destroyer. Which is worrying, water here is not deep. Target may be an Ore Carrier, a worthy prize. They are moving at 5 knots. 0136 Here is the plan: U48 will let the destroyer go by, get close to the Ore carrier, attack her from astern using eels set for magnetic pistol and quickly move on the other side of the merchant. Hopefully her noises will conceal our presence. 0147 Here we go. Tube 1 and 4 ready: Ato running fast, range 500m...AoB 150° port side...depth 7m..open tubes 1 and 2...aiming at the bow..fire tube 1!...aiming at mid ship..fire tube 4! Lower periscope, new course 270! Ahead standard!...torpedo just prematured! Rudder amidships! Raise periscope! AoB maybe 155...I'll trust this eel...Open tube 3!...Fire!..Impact!...torpedo from first salvo got her in the middle...data should be good for the last one too...hope so...impact! Just under the propellers area, bet that hurt! Lower periscope! Let's move behind her! 0150 Destroyer is closing but we are almost behind the Ore Carrier, which is very close to us and almost dead on the water already. Set speed 2 knots! 0157 She is sinking! Got lower and lower astern and now her nose is quite high on the water. Destroyer is on the other side of her searching the area with lights and starshells. U48 will keep crawling SW to increase the gap. That failed torpedo almost spoiled the day. Good enough that it happened soon enough to let us shot once again. Magnetic exploding under the propeller area seem to be very effective. Ship sunk! SS Ixion (Ore Carrier), 8135 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 83. Crew lost: 14 0221 Destroyer is leaving the area. Never got close enough to us to be a threat. We will let her go away and then surface. Time to go home.