Helmut Rosenbaum resurrected

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I propose to follow (where possible) the career of: Helmut Rosenbaum.

U-Boat type: IIA
Name: U-2
Emblem: Shield with sword and swastika
Flotilla: 1st

The following parameters/game options exist:

• Dead Is Dead
• Stabilize view is checked
• Map updates is checked, but used sparingly; in effect as a second opinion with the WO and WE. It is active for the following reasons IMO:
  1. Watchman and watch crew would constantly give target updates when on the bridge when weather conditions allowed
  2. Sonar and navigator would also continually update information passed to them
  3. When decks awash it will symbolise the crew on the bridge making observations rather than disappearing into the control room
• Fatigue is unchecked
• Randomised ship tonnage is checked
• Malfunctions and random crush depth is checked
• External view is checked for eye candy but used sparingly
• TC maximum is 512
• Historical patrol grids within reason will be used
• Leave dates in-between patrols will be dictated by the historical patrol logs
• Realism is at 85% (GWX and SHCmdr)
• The observation periscope will not be used as the IIA only had one periscope
• Ship spotted bearings will be as per in-game, not true bearings

The patrols will be set out as a KTB, which I will endeavour to show as near as possible how they may have looked using historical examples.

Helmut Rosenbaum

Born: 1 May 1913, Leipzig

Promotions

1 Apr 1932 Offiziersanwärter
4 Nov 1932 Seekadett
1 Jan 1934 Fähnrich zur See
1 Sep 1935 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1936 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1937 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Feb 1940 Kapitänleutnant

U-Bootwaffe Postings

1 Feb 1937 U-Boat Flotilla Saltzwedel (Commander training)
17 Mar 1939 1st Flotilla

U-Boat Commands

1 Mar 1940 U-2, Type IIA

U-2 Historical Facts:

Only 2 war patrols. No ships sunk or damaged.

Patrol 1: 15 days
Departure - Kiel 15/3/1940
Arrival - Wilhelmshaven 29/3/1940
Mission - To hunt for enemy submarines off Southern Norway. Hampered by bad weather.

Patrol 2: 12 days
Departure - Wilhelmshaven 4/4/1940
Arrival - Wilhelmshaven 15/4/1940
Mission - As part of U-Boat Group 8 (U-2, U-3, U-5, U-6) patrolled the western approach to The Skagerrak during the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in Operation Weserübung. On 11 April the boat had to abort the patrol due to bow plane defect.

Fate: Sank 8 April 1944 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau, (Grid AO96/93?) after a collision with the German Steam Trawler 'Helmi Söhle', 17 dead and 18 survivors. On 9 April 1944 U-2 was raised and stricken. On 25 April 1945 the wreck was captured by Soviet forces at Pillau and probably broken up.

All information is from the following sources:

http://www.uboat.net/
http://www.uboatarchive.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Rosenbaum
"U-Boat Attack Logs" by Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor. Seaforth Publishing.