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The Old Man
![]() Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: The Dutch mountains
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I'm in the middle of my 2nd patrol, Oct.'39...we got assigned to grid BE61, so I decided to take the short but dangerous route through the English Channel (my 1st patrol was uneventfull, and I wanted some adventure).
Using IUB1.02, btw. We passed Calais during the night, diving to periscope depth whenever we spotted a vessel. Somewhere north of LeHavre, we got in trouble...a V&W class destroyer had seen us. I've spend over 2hrs playing cat & mouse...the ocean-floor is at about 50m, so there's hardly an escape possible using the vertical. Dodging his depth-charges is pretty easy: I sit at the hydrophone, and listen to his engines...whenever they rev-up, I hit full-ahead and apply full rudder to L or R. After 10secs or so, I set rudder to midships, and continue on full speed untill the explosions of the depth-charges stop. Then I stop the engines, and change depth again, running silent. This goes on and on, and I was waiting for the moment he would run out of charges. Will he ever? ![]()
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