How would you characterize your Kaleun?

[msalama]

Me -

KapitänLeuteunant Markus Von Blixt: basically an upper-class spoiled brat grown into a decadent officer. Wears a monocle and is partial to upper-class vices already known in the Western world (but rarely spoken of) such as cocaine, opium and different facets of sexuality. Knows he's working for the bad guy, but is too jaded and cynical to care.

And yours?

[GoldenRivet]

From a long dead thread:

Erich Steinhaus was born in Bremen on St. Valentine’s Day in 1914 to Horst and Elizabeth Steinhaus. His father, Horst, was a builder and a proud descendant of several generations of stone masons, his mother was a school teacher. Erich often assisted his father with the masonry and construction trade but escaped from the back breaking labor by listening to tales of adventure from his maternal grandfather, a retired merchant seaman. Erich listened to the stories intently and decided to learn everything he could about the sea and sailing. By age 13, Erich was a competent sailor and at 15 had taken a job as a hand aboard a river tug pushing various cargos, including trash, along the River Weser. By age 18, Erich had worked his way through the ranks to become a navigator and a helmsman on a tramp steamer operating routinely into English ports along the Eastern British Coast. However, Erich received little of the sense of adventure he had hoped for by making short hauls throughout the North Sea, and, as political tensions began to rise in Europe he turned his attention to the Kriegsmarine. Erich served as a welder and fire fighter aboard the Auxiliary Cruiser Kurmark, there he was promoted to the rank of Leutnant Z.s. in 1937 and briefly served as the Kurmark’s Navigator before being reassigned a training position for U-boat commander school. Initially, Erich was to take a posting with U47 to serve as the boats navigator, but with the looming possibility of war, and with his flotilla under pressure to provide experienced and capable U-boat commanders, Erich was given command of U-33. Much to his liking, his orders placed him in Wilhelmshaven where he could easily travel home to Bremen.


Erich is an aggressive commander who frequently returns to port with virtually no ammunition remaining aboard the boat. Using his pre-war knowledge of the trade routes and waters along the British East Coast he is able to lay waste to many merchants in the region. Despite his aggression however, Erich regards discretion as the better part of valor, and on longer voyages to the western approaches has been known to save fuel and ammunition, masking his ravenous aggression with a calm and patient demeanor, letting some targets go completely untouched in order to do the “maximum damage to the enemy where it counts the most”. He is often been referred to by his peers as the perfect mix between aggression and precaution, “He sinks his teeth into his target like a shark, knowing when and how to bite hardest, yet he also knows when to let his prey go altogether if need be”.


His combative qualities could only be rivaled by his humble nature and skilled leadership. Erich frequently recognizes the contribution each man aboard the U-boat makes in order to produce a successful attack. Though it has been said of leadership that “familiarity breeds contempt” Erich chooses to fraternize with his officers and enlisted men alike. He argues; “The better I know each man aboard the boat, the better suited I will be to appropriately channel their individual skills in order to assure success in battle.”

[Blacklight]

I'm Bernard.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

I'm Bernard.

hahaha it cant be all that bad!

[Schöneboom]

Some of you may remember this fellow from a story I wrote here:

Kptlt. Peter Ullmann was, like his father, a constitutional monarchist who at first accepted Nazi rule as necessary to save Germany from Communism. During the Spanish Civil War, Ullmann, then 2WO on a Type II, believed Germany was correct to intervene against the "Reds" in Spain. But when the Party denounced monarchists as "more dangerous than the Communists," it became clear that Ullmann would have to keep quiet about his politics.

Certain elements of the Abwehr now protect him and his father from the Sicherheitsdienst. In return, Ullmann carries out secret missions, putting himself and his crew in harm's way even more than usual. The stress is taking its toll.

[Brag]

Hah! you all know Balz

[U-46 Commander]

Kaptain leutnant Wolfgang Kutzner.
Agressive, totally fearless of destroyers (I sink them!! )
Totally abhors the Nazi's, they only let him fight and keep jewish sailors aboard beacause he's good and they don't know about the crew being jewish.
Born in Lauginen.

Point being is that he stays out to sea most of the time, so when the Gestapo come to arrest him and his crew, Herr Kauleun lets Bernard shoot a few fireworks (HE shells at them), making the Gestapo think they are under attack.

[msalama]

Hah! you all know Balz

We do indeed

[nikbear]

Mmmmm,he drinks alot

[papa_smurf]

Heinz Buder is starting to get a bit of an ego, so I've had to take him off patrol duties and put him on extended shore leave.

[UnderseaLcpl]

My Kaleun, Lutz Jamsen, is a carbon copy of me as an NCO. Discipline is lax unless it relates to combat or the well-being of the boat. We smuggle cases of beer and schnapps on the boat, to be distributed after combat actions, boring daytime submerged cruises, and in small quantites, to the watch on cold nights or in bad weather. We regularly play marches or sing songs as we attack convoys, until we're forced on the defensive. But, in the heat of battle or in dire circumstances, you had better be doing what you're supposed to and doing it right or I will put my das boot up your a$$.

[Tango589]

Hans Finger (I kid you not) is a strict disciplinarian, abhors the demon drink, is very rarely seen to smile and may be slightly unhinged.