True story.

Vikinger · 03-23-10, 02:16 PM

Found this little story on a site. Its quite funny reading how unlucky the Uboat was in this attack.
First a dud torpedo. Then they missed whit 2 others and got pissed so they fired up the gun but forgot to remove the cover so the gun blew up and wounded 3 crews.
But they didnt give up and fired at the ship whit thier AA guns only to find out that the submarine was about to dive. LoL Il guess they had a Bernard aboard.

At 04.27 hours on 23 Mar, 1941, the unescorted Siremalm (Master Haakon Svendsen) was hit on the port side amidships by a dud torpedo from U-110 (Lemp) en route from Reykjavik (left on 21 March) to Halifax with general cargo and mail in 60°35N/28°25W. The torpedo left a big indent in the vicinity of the boiler room. The ship had been spotted at 12.00 hours the day before and the U-boat had lost contact temporarily due to aircraft that forced her to submerge. After spotting the ship again, a stern torpedo missed at 03.14 hours and three minutes later a bow torpedo. 15 minutes after hitting the ship with the dud torpedo, Lemp attacked with all guns, but the barrel of the deck gun exploded on the first shot because the gun crew forgot to remove the water plug. The U-boat opened fire only with the 37mm and 20mm AA guns, scoring two hits in the hull on the port side of the ship, which was armed with one 4in gun and three machine guns. The Siremalm escaped zigzagging at full speed while the radio operator sent distress signals that were not answered and the crew manned the gun, but did not fire because they feared that this would give away their position and making the ship a target. No casualties among the crew of 25 Norwegians.
When U-110 tried to chase the ship, they suddenly begun to dive and had to stop. An examination of the deck showed that splinters of the exploded barrel had damaged some pipelines, which led to the unintentional diving and the damage forced the U-boat to abort the patrol.

GoldenRivet · 03-23-10, 02:23 PM

Sounds like one or two of my SH3 patrols

frau kaleun · 03-23-10, 02:31 PM

Would that be the same Lemp who sank the Athenia, and who would later abandon his presumably sinking u-boat only to watch it not sink but instead bestow a treasure trove of classified Kriegsmarine documents on his victorious attacker?

I wonder sometimes if that poor guy ever had a good day at sea.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 03-23-10, 02:31 PM

Nice story!

Where you found that?

Vikinger · 03-23-10, 03:45 PM

Its from this greate site.

http://www.uboat.net/today.html

And yes its the same guy that sank Athena.

03-23-10, 02:16 PM	#1
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	True story. Found this little story on a site. Its quite funny reading how unlucky the Uboat was in this attack. First a dud torpedo. Then they missed whit 2 others and got pissed so they fired up the gun but forgot to remove the cover so the gun blew up and wounded 3 crews. But they didnt give up and fired at the ship whit thier AA guns only to find out that the submarine was about to dive. LoL Il guess they had a Bernard aboard. At 04.27 hours on 23 Mar, 1941, the unescorted Siremalm (Master Haakon Svendsen) was hit on the port side amidships by a dud torpedo from U-110 (Lemp) en route from Reykjavik (left on 21 March) to Halifax with general cargo and mail in 60°35N/28°25W. The torpedo left a big indent in the vicinity of the boiler room. The ship had been spotted at 12.00 hours the day before and the U-boat had lost contact temporarily due to aircraft that forced her to submerge. After spotting the ship again, a stern torpedo missed at 03.14 hours and three minutes later a bow torpedo. 15 minutes after hitting the ship with the dud torpedo, Lemp attacked with all guns, but the barrel of the deck gun exploded on the first shot because the gun crew forgot to remove the water plug. The U-boat opened fire only with the 37mm and 20mm AA guns, scoring two hits in the hull on the port side of the ship, which was armed with one 4in gun and three machine guns. The Siremalm escaped zigzagging at full speed while the radio operator sent distress signals that were not answered and the crew manned the gun, but did not fire because they feared that this would give away their position and making the ship a target. No casualties among the crew of 25 Norwegians. When U-110 tried to chase the ship, they suddenly begun to dive and had to stop. An examination of the deck showed that splinters of the exploded barrel had damaged some pipelines, which led to the unintentional diving and the damage forced the U-boat to abort the patrol. __________________

03-23-10, 02:23 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Sounds like one or two of my SH3 patrols __________________

03-23-10, 02:31 PM	#4
kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Nice story! Where you found that? __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

03-23-10, 03:45 PM	#5
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	Its from this greate site. http://www.uboat.net/today.html And yes its the same guy that sank Athena. __________________

03-23-10, 02:31 PM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Would that be the same Lemp who sank the Athenia, and who would later abandon his presumably sinking u-boat only to watch it not sink but instead bestow a treasure trove of classified Kriegsmarine documents on his victorious attacker? I wonder sometimes if that poor guy ever had a good day at sea.