Contact report Grid FD23

USS Sea Tiger · 08-02-07, 04:51 AM

To: BDU
Fm; U-davis
Subj: Contact report 080100z Mar 44
Uboat U-davis, VIIC flak-trap
Grid FD 23 NE corner,
British task force, CUS 165, spd 23 to 25

three groups

lead group
4 to 7 dd,s Confirmed 2 hunts
3 ILL carriers,

Second Group
lead by dido Class
followed by HOOD
Fiji Class
Nelson Class
Dido Class
Repulse class

Third Group
4 DD's
3 Bogue CVE's
Aux Cruiser

Summary,
Wx, Stormy, seas beaufort scale 9 to 10, Horizontal rain, Vis varied from 300 to 3,000
Out of position for Group one,, watched the parade from 2000 yds pass by,
Made high speed submerged run for the second,
made forward tube attack on Nelson class, 3 fish 790 mt 3 hits heard but results not seen.
fired Stern tube in snap shot at fiji at 1,000 mt (radio heard Mayday from HMS Uganda) CA, Hit, heard breaking up sounds,
fired 2 bow at Dido 1 range 800mt and dido two, 890mt, Hits heard, (mayday copied from HMS Sirus) observed sinking, other seen to sail into a squall.
Fired 2 at HMS repulse, 1400 mt, heard hits, results not observed

Dove, DD's upon me, silent running for 3 hour, unable to attack third group due to evasive maneuvers. Perscope revealed a Dido Class cruiser 1000 mts DIW. While making approach to fire, A VW came out of a squall on an attack run, range, Fired Defence shot and DD seen to explode at 500MT.
backed off to 10KM , surfaced at 0600, first light, and relaoded external fish. Upon diving and starting silent approach to DIW Dido, soundman reports breaking up noises. periscope revealed DIDO no longer on the surface.
Sound man reports a second DIW contact at 100, brg 340, rng 12km. made silent approach and at 500 mt observed target to be a Nelson class. Fired Bow tube and observed hit below "C" turrent. While maneuvering for a stern shot, secondarys observed and vsl rolled to port.

Confirmed sunk
1 Fiji
2 Dido
1 nelson
Repulse poss damaged,

Status,
U-Davis has no damage, 1 fish in stern remaining, awaiting orders,
Unable to Shadow task force due to High Speed.

Udavis out

SmokinTep · 08-02-07, 05:28 AM

Good job...........

Brag · 08-02-07, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SmokinTep

Good job...........

Excellent report

Canovaro · 08-02-07, 09:26 AM

That's quite some task forces...

jazman · 08-02-07, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by USS Sea Tiger

Dove, DD's upon me, silent running for 3 hour, unable to attack third group due to evasive maneuvers. Perscope revealed a

That's like when my ISP cuts me off because I complain abo

Gezoes · 08-02-07, 09:48 AM

:rotfl:

bookworm_020 · 08-02-07, 07:34 PM

Nice work!

You won't be buying your beer when you get back to port, and you will have some new tin and ribbon for your effot.

With one torp left, I would head home and see what target of opertuinty may pop up on the cruise home.

08-02-07, 04:51 AM	#1
USS Sea Tiger XO Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 425 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Contact report Grid FD23 To: BDU Fm; U-davis Subj: Contact report 080100z Mar 44 Uboat U-davis, VIIC flak-trap Grid FD 23 NE corner, British task force, CUS 165, spd 23 to 25 three groups lead group 4 to 7 dd,s Confirmed 2 hunts 3 ILL carriers, Second Group lead by dido Class followed by HOOD Fiji Class Nelson Class Dido Class Repulse class Third Group 4 DD's 3 Bogue CVE's Aux Cruiser Summary, Wx, Stormy, seas beaufort scale 9 to 10, Horizontal rain, Vis varied from 300 to 3,000 Out of position for Group one,, watched the parade from 2000 yds pass by, Made high speed submerged run for the second, made forward tube attack on Nelson class, 3 fish 790 mt 3 hits heard but results not seen. fired Stern tube in snap shot at fiji at 1,000 mt (radio heard Mayday from HMS Uganda) CA, Hit, heard breaking up sounds, fired 2 bow at Dido 1 range 800mt and dido two, 890mt, Hits heard, (mayday copied from HMS Sirus) observed sinking, other seen to sail into a squall. Fired 2 at HMS repulse, 1400 mt, heard hits, results not observed Dove, DD's upon me, silent running for 3 hour, unable to attack third group due to evasive maneuvers. Perscope revealed a Dido Class cruiser 1000 mts DIW. While making approach to fire, A VW came out of a squall on an attack run, range, Fired Defence shot and DD seen to explode at 500MT. backed off to 10KM , surfaced at 0600, first light, and relaoded external fish. Upon diving and starting silent approach to DIW Dido, soundman reports breaking up noises. periscope revealed DIDO no longer on the surface. Sound man reports a second DIW contact at 100, brg 340, rng 12km. made silent approach and at 500 mt observed target to be a Nelson class. Fired Bow tube and observed hit below "C" turrent. While maneuvering for a stern shot, secondarys observed and vsl rolled to port. Confirmed sunk 1 Fiji 2 Dido 1 nelson Repulse poss damaged, Status, U-Davis has no damage, 1 fish in stern remaining, awaiting orders, Unable to Shadow task force due to High Speed. Udavis out Last edited by USS Sea Tiger; 08-02-07 at 06:06 PM.

08-02-07, 09:48 AM	#6
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

08-02-07, 07:34 PM	#7
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nice work! You won't be buying your beer when you get back to port, and you will have some new tin and ribbon for your effot. With one torp left, I would head home and see what target of opertuinty may pop up on the cruise home. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-02-07, 05:28 AM	#2
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good job...........

08-02-07, 09:26 AM	#4
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	That's quite some task forces...