noob here..what a blast!

timihendrix · 08-06-11, 11:48 PM

Wow, what an awesome game!

I'm commanding U-47, a Type VIIB of the 7th Fleet and it's early 1940. My crew have a couple patrols under their belt and have been improving steadily, as has their captain, mainly via the study of the accounts and advice accounts of veteran virtual skippers, particularly on the subject of using navigational techniques to intercept distant contacts and set up torpedo attacks.

On her 4th patrol, U-47 was assigned to patrol a sector northwest of the British Isles. So far we sent a C2 cargo ship and a small merchant to the bottom, and, according to something he read online,the Captain decided, after patrolling the assigned zone for the required 24 hours, to move to the AM 51 and 52 sectors, when the radioman received multiple reports of a large convoy heading roughly due east in the vicinity.

I decided such an opportunity was too much to pass up, so I ordered the navigator to plot a course in the general area of where I expected the convoy to pass. However, as we were crusing on the surface towards the point where I hoped to acquire the target, the Watch Officer, SubLieutenant Carlewitz, reported an enemy warship headed in our direction, and then an enemy aircraft, and that the warship was in fact a destroyer closing at high speed.

I immediately ordered a crash dive and for the helmsman to put the rudder hard a starboard, while the destroyer closed on our position and the Hurricane swooped in for a bombing run, which was wide to port and did no damage.

The destroyer, however, had acquired us, and for the next hour began a deadly game of cat and mouse, where I would seem to break contact only for him to reacquire me again. I ordered the boat down to 120 meters, and despite attempts at tactics like going to flank speed and applying full rudder when I heard the splash of depth charges, and other techniques I'd read about by far better and more experienced skippers, the destroyer proved tencacious and skillful, and sure enough I began hearing reports of damage to the flak gun, deck gun, conning tower, and minor hull damage.

Last patrol I had decided that Sub Lieutenant Carlewitz should be the first officer on U-47 to receive additional training on damage control techniques, and I ordered him to take as many men not on duty from the forward compartments as he could, and to stop the flooding in the stern quarters. Under his direction and presence of mind, our ad-hoc damage control team was able to report that there was no more flooding, although repairs to the conning tower, flak gun, and deck gun would have to await when -and if- we could safely make it to the surface.

I requested a status report from the Chief Engineer, who said that thanks to the judicious use of the batteries, we had plenty of power remaining, and adequate oxygen for the crew.

However, the destroyer captain, intent on killing one of the hated U-boats which had been ravaging British shipping since the start of the war, had called for help from his friends in the Royal Air Force, and another Hurricane appeared, vectored onto our likely position, and he commenced a low altitude depth-charging run.

I decided to take advantage, and once again order flank speed and rudder hard - a -starboard, taking advantage of the destroyer's positioning and the noise caused by the Hurricane's attack to slip out of the destroyer's circling search pattern. I soon rigged for silent running when I was sure we presented a slender profile to the destroyer's pinging, and by collaborating hydrophone reports with our charts, I realized the enemy did not alter his course, instead proceeding in the same circular search pattern, and I sensed the opportunity to ever-so-slowly increase speed, marking the destroyer's patrol path on the chart with the hydrophone updates, and as it was late in the afternoon, I was able to surface under the cover of darkness, confident I had put enouth distance between myself and the enemy, and the tireless watch officer led his damage control party on repairs to the conning tower and guns while the batteries got a long due recharge.

I headed back north, rounding Scotland and sinking another lone C2 and small coastal merchant ship before returning to Kiel, alive and in one piece with all forward torpedoes (haven't really found out a good way of using the stern ones yet) expended and only about 30 deck gun rounds.

I got the chance to bestow some awards on my crewman, and the Iron Cross, 2nd Class went to Sub Lieutenant Carlewitz - in our first major encounter with Royal Navy firepower, his initiative and cool head in leading the damage control party was just the kind of leadership I wanted to instill in all my officers.

Other lesser awards went to the boat's sonarman. Senior Seaman Euler and Chief Engineer Lt. Jg Friedburg.

TL

R - ha ha, I had a run in with some rather aggressive escorts and managed to slip away alive and without too much damage, although I never did acquire that convoy. Probably old hat to you guys, but was a first for me and I had a blast!

VONHARRIS · 08-07-11, 12:08 AM

Welcome aboard.
A close escape from the destroyer and his friends.

Beware , this will not be possibe later in the war. They become smarter amd more aggresive.

Gute Jadg Herr Kaluen.

sublynx · 08-07-11, 01:36 AM

A very nice patrol there, lots of action, fun to read. And you got away from the depth charging and sink some nice tonnage. Good luck on your further patrols!

Fish In The Water · 08-07-11, 02:32 AM

Welcome to SubSim, and thanks for the report!

HW3 · 08-07-11, 04:03 AM

Welcome aboard! Good job getting away from the destroyer.

BossMark · 08-07-11, 05:26 AM

Welcome and well done on your escape

Jimbuna · 08-07-11, 05:44 AM

Welcome to SubSim Matey

Magic1111 · 08-07-11, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by timihendrix

Wow, what an awesome game!

I'm commanding U-47, a Type VIIB of the 7th Fleet and it's early 1940. My crew have a couple patrols under their belt and have been improving steadily, as has their captain, mainly via the study of the accounts and advice accounts of veteran virtual skippers, particularly on the subject of using navigational techniques to intercept distant contacts and set up torpedo attacks.

On her 4th patrol, U-47 was assigned to patrol a sector northwest of the British Isles. So far we sent a C2 cargo ship and a small merchant to the bottom, and, according to something he read online,the Captain decided, after patrolling the assigned zone for the required 24 hours, to move to the AM 51 and 52 sectors, when the radioman received multiple reports of a large convoy heading roughly due east in the vicinity.

I decided such an opportunity was too much to pass up, so I ordered the navigator to plot a course in the general area of where I expected the convoy to pass. However, as we were crusing on the surface towards the point where I hoped to acquire the target, the Watch Officer, SubLieutenant Carlewitz, reported an enemy warship headed in our direction, and then an enemy aircraft, and that the warship was in fact a destroyer closing at high speed.

I immediately ordered a crash dive and for the helmsman to put the rudder hard a starboard, while the destroyer closed on our position and the Hurricane swooped in for a bombing run, which was wide to port and did no damage.

The destroyer, however, had acquired us, and for the next hour began a deadly game of cat and mouse, where I would seem to break contact only for him to reacquire me again. I ordered the boat down to 120 meters, and despite attempts at tactics like going to flank speed and applying full rudder when I heard the splash of depth charges, and other techniques I'd read about by far better and more experienced skippers, the destroyer proved tencacious and skillful, and sure enough I began hearing reports of damage to the flak gun, deck gun, conning tower, and minor hull damage.

Last patrol I had decided that Sub Lieutenant Carlewitz should be the first officer on U-47 to receive additional training on damage control techniques, and I ordered him to take as many men not on duty from the forward compartments as he could, and to stop the flooding in the stern quarters. Under his direction and presence of mind, our ad-hoc damage control team was able to report that there was no more flooding, although repairs to the conning tower, flak gun, and deck gun would have to await when -and if- we could safely make it to the surface.

I requested a status report from the Chief Engineer, who said that thanks to the judicious use of the batteries, we had plenty of power remaining, and adequate oxygen for the crew.

However, the destroyer captain, intent on killing one of the hated U-boats which had been ravaging British shipping since the start of the war, had called for help from his friends in the Royal Air Force, and another Hurricane appeared, vectored onto our likely position, and he commenced a low altitude depth-charging run.

I decided to take advantage, and once again order flank speed and rudder hard - a -starboard, taking advantage of the destroyer's positioning and the noise caused by the Hurricane's attack to slip out of the destroyer's circling search pattern. I soon rigged for silent running when I was sure we presented a slender profile to the destroyer's pinging, and by collaborating hydrophone reports with our charts, I realized the enemy did not alter his course, instead proceeding in the same circular search pattern, and I sensed the opportunity to ever-so-slowly increase speed, marking the destroyer's patrol path on the chart with the hydrophone updates, and as it was late in the afternoon, I was able to surface under the cover of darkness, confident I had put enouth distance between myself and the enemy, and the tireless watch officer led his damage control party on repairs to the conning tower and guns while the batteries got a long due recharge.

I headed back north, rounding Scotland and sinking another lone C2 and small coastal merchant ship before returning to Kiel, alive and in one piece with all forward torpedoes (haven't really found out a good way of using the stern ones yet) expended and only about 30 deck gun rounds.

I got the chance to bestow some awards on my crewman, and the Iron Cross, 2nd Class went to Sub Lieutenant Carlewitz - in our first major encounter with Royal Navy firepower, his initiative and cool head in leading the damage control party was just the kind of leadership I wanted to instill in all my officers.

Other lesser awards went to the boat's sonarman. Senior Seaman Euler and Chief Engineer Lt. Jg Friedburg.

TL

R - ha ha, I had a run in with some rather aggressive escorts and managed to slip away alive and without too much damage, although I never did acquire that convoy. Probably old hat to you guys, but was a first for me and I had a blast!

Welcome aboard !!!

SubConscious · 08-07-11, 08:23 AM

Welcome! Good luck and good hunting!

timihendrix · 08-08-11, 02:17 PM

Update: June 29, 1940 - U47 celebrates her first warship kill, an American-built Clemson-class "4-stacker" DD - sighted her on the 28th in grid AM02, immediately went to periscope depth, observed constant course due E, constant speed 8 kts, ordered all stop at position that would bring her at approx 1000m range at ideal AOB for our T1 contact exploder.

Fired stern tube and hit DD just aft of amidships, slowing her rapidly to 0 kts, down at the stern but not yet sinking - ordered hard a starboard, full ahead to bring the bow tubes to bear, and second fish from Tube 1 hit her amidships, blowing her clean in half. Needless to say sinking our first warship was a nice boost to crew morale and confidence.

So far, score 1 Clemson DD, 1190 tons and 1 C2 cargo, 6446 tons sunk at patrol grid , proceeding SSW to AM51-AM52 sector after patrolling assigned grid AM32 for 24 hours - currently approx 70% diesel remaining, sector AM02, course 195 speed 8 kts, 9 torpedoes and full load of 88mm shells remaining. June 29, 1940, 0037: clouds clear, precipitation none, light fog, wind 0 m/s at 144, depth under keel over 1000m.

STEED · 08-08-11, 04:22 PM

Sounds like your having a blast.

OnePingOnly · 08-11-11, 01:30 AM

Welcome to a great community of men and women who have a passion for long tubes diving deep and filled with seamen.

OnePingOnly

Submariners

are the TRUE tip of the SPEAR

FIREWALL · 08-11-11, 01:41 AM

timihendrix Glad your haveing so much fun with SH3.

Wait until you install GWX 3.0 and SH3Commander and some other assorted mods.

Your haveing a blast now it, will be like a nuclear explosion.

timihendrix · 08-11-11, 03:20 AM

Actually, I just installed GWX and Commander today - I'll miss my good ol' U-47. On her last patrol she sank 10 ships (forget the tonnage, but was relatively low since most targets were small) including another 2 destroyers. I also tried out the TII electric torpedoes and trying some techniques seen here regarding magnetic and impact detonation, depth settings, etc, and did much better with my torpedo shooting, in terms of both hit ratio and efficiency of using fewer torpedoes/target. I also figured out why many of my shots were hitting near the stern - I had forgotten to open the tube doors before shooting.

OnePingOnly - LMAO. A very good friend of mine was a corpsman who served on an Ohio class and he said something about submariners having rather depraved, twisted senses of humor - and he was a stellar example.

sublynx · 08-11-11, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnePingOnly

Welcome to a great community of men and women who have a passion for long tubes diving deep and filled with seamen.

OnePingOnly

Submariners

are the TRUE tip of the SPEAR

Well, I certainly like riding the waves with my long, steelhard U-boat, occasionally shooting my load of torpedoes into some nice, fat juicy ship like RMS Empress of Britain or SS Inger Elisabeth or MV Winona

I also do like flying high with my stubby and sturdy P-47 again shooting a nice load into some twinengined Betty, Kate or Emily that I can find flying about.

Well, enough of that and on to other things. Look at this picture:

This is from a manual that taught German fighter pilots about air gunnery.

http://rafiger.de/Homepage/Pages/Schiessfibel.html

What a strange thing - for some curious reason it seems to compare B-17 bombers to women

08-06-11, 11:48 PM	#1
timihendrix Nub Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	noob here..what a blast! Wow, what an awesome game! I'm commanding U-47, a Type VIIB of the 7th Fleet and it's early 1940. My crew have a couple patrols under their belt and have been improving steadily, as has their captain, mainly via the study of the accounts and advice accounts of veteran virtual skippers, particularly on the subject of using navigational techniques to intercept distant contacts and set up torpedo attacks. On her 4th patrol, U-47 was assigned to patrol a sector northwest of the British Isles. So far we sent a C2 cargo ship and a small merchant to the bottom, and, according to something he read online,the Captain decided, after patrolling the assigned zone for the required 24 hours, to move to the AM 51 and 52 sectors, when the radioman received multiple reports of a large convoy heading roughly due east in the vicinity. I decided such an opportunity was too much to pass up, so I ordered the navigator to plot a course in the general area of where I expected the convoy to pass. However, as we were crusing on the surface towards the point where I hoped to acquire the target, the Watch Officer, SubLieutenant Carlewitz, reported an enemy warship headed in our direction, and then an enemy aircraft, and that the warship was in fact a destroyer closing at high speed. I immediately ordered a crash dive and for the helmsman to put the rudder hard a starboard, while the destroyer closed on our position and the Hurricane swooped in for a bombing run, which was wide to port and did no damage. The destroyer, however, had acquired us, and for the next hour began a deadly game of cat and mouse, where I would seem to break contact only for him to reacquire me again. I ordered the boat down to 120 meters, and despite attempts at tactics like going to flank speed and applying full rudder when I heard the splash of depth charges, and other techniques I'd read about by far better and more experienced skippers, the destroyer proved tencacious and skillful, and sure enough I began hearing reports of damage to the flak gun, deck gun, conning tower, and minor hull damage. Last patrol I had decided that Sub Lieutenant Carlewitz should be the first officer on U-47 to receive additional training on damage control techniques, and I ordered him to take as many men not on duty from the forward compartments as he could, and to stop the flooding in the stern quarters. Under his direction and presence of mind, our ad-hoc damage control team was able to report that there was no more flooding, although repairs to the conning tower, flak gun, and deck gun would have to await when -and if- we could safely make it to the surface. I requested a status report from the Chief Engineer, who said that thanks to the judicious use of the batteries, we had plenty of power remaining, and adequate oxygen for the crew. However, the destroyer captain, intent on killing one of the hated U-boats which had been ravaging British shipping since the start of the war, had called for help from his friends in the Royal Air Force, and another Hurricane appeared, vectored onto our likely position, and he commenced a low altitude depth-charging run. I decided to take advantage, and once again order flank speed and rudder hard - a -starboard, taking advantage of the destroyer's positioning and the noise caused by the Hurricane's attack to slip out of the destroyer's circling search pattern. I soon rigged for silent running when I was sure we presented a slender profile to the destroyer's pinging, and by collaborating hydrophone reports with our charts, I realized the enemy did not alter his course, instead proceeding in the same circular search pattern, and I sensed the opportunity to ever-so-slowly increase speed, marking the destroyer's patrol path on the chart with the hydrophone updates, and as it was late in the afternoon, I was able to surface under the cover of darkness, confident I had put enouth distance between myself and the enemy, and the tireless watch officer led his damage control party on repairs to the conning tower and guns while the batteries got a long due recharge. I headed back north, rounding Scotland and sinking another lone C2 and small coastal merchant ship before returning to Kiel, alive and in one piece with all forward torpedoes (haven't really found out a good way of using the stern ones yet) expended and only about 30 deck gun rounds. I got the chance to bestow some awards on my crewman, and the Iron Cross, 2nd Class went to Sub Lieutenant Carlewitz - in our first major encounter with Royal Navy firepower, his initiative and cool head in leading the damage control party was just the kind of leadership I wanted to instill in all my officers. Other lesser awards went to the boat's sonarman. Senior Seaman Euler and Chief Engineer Lt. Jg Friedburg. TLR - ha ha, I had a run in with some rather aggressive escorts and managed to slip away alive and without too much damage, although I never did acquire that convoy. Probably old hat to you guys, but was a first for me and I had a blast!

08-07-11, 01:36 AM	#3
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	A very nice patrol there, lots of action, fun to read. And you got away from the depth charging and sink some nice tonnage. Good luck on your further patrols! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

08-07-11, 04:03 AM	#5
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! Good job getting away from the destroyer. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

08-07-11, 05:26 AM	#6
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Welcome and well done on your escape __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

08-07-11, 05:44 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome to SubSim Matey __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-07-11, 12:08 AM	#2
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard. A close escape from the destroyer and his friends. Beware , this will not be possibe later in the war. They become smarter amd more aggresive. Gute Jadg Herr Kaluen.

08-07-11, 02:32 AM	#4
Fish In The Water Prince of the Sea SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Watching over U-253 Posts: 3,527 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 2	Welcome to SubSim, and thanks for the report!

08-07-11, 08:23 AM	#9
SubConscious Frogman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 309 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Welcome! Good luck and good hunting! __________________ "Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas..." - Emerson

08-08-11, 02:17 PM	#10
timihendrix Nub Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Update: June 29, 1940 - U47 celebrates her first warship kill, an American-built Clemson-class "4-stacker" DD - sighted her on the 28th in grid AM02, immediately went to periscope depth, observed constant course due E, constant speed 8 kts, ordered all stop at position that would bring her at approx 1000m range at ideal AOB for our T1 contact exploder. Fired stern tube and hit DD just aft of amidships, slowing her rapidly to 0 kts, down at the stern but not yet sinking - ordered hard a starboard, full ahead to bring the bow tubes to bear, and second fish from Tube 1 hit her amidships, blowing her clean in half. Needless to say sinking our first warship was a nice boost to crew morale and confidence. So far, score 1 Clemson DD, 1190 tons and 1 C2 cargo, 6446 tons sunk at patrol grid , proceeding SSW to AM51-AM52 sector after patrolling assigned grid AM32 for 24 hours - currently approx 70% diesel remaining, sector AM02, course 195 speed 8 kts, 9 torpedoes and full load of 88mm shells remaining. June 29, 1940, 0037: clouds clear, precipitation none, light fog, wind 0 m/s at 144, depth under keel over 1000m.

08-08-11, 04:22 PM	#11
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Sounds like your having a blast. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-11-11, 01:30 AM	#12
OnePingOnly Seaman Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 31 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Welcome and LOVE THE PATROL REPORTS! Welcome to a great community of men and women who have a passion for long tubes diving deep and filled with seamen. OnePingOnly Submariners are the TRUE tip of the SPEAR

08-11-11, 01:41 AM	#13
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	timihendrix Glad your haveing so much fun with SH3. Wait until you install GWX 3.0 and SH3Commander and some other assorted mods. Your haveing a blast now it, will be like a nuclear explosion. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-11-11, 03:20 AM	#14
timihendrix Nub Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Actually, I just installed GWX and Commander today - I'll miss my good ol' U-47. On her last patrol she sank 10 ships (forget the tonnage, but was relatively low since most targets were small) including another 2 destroyers. I also tried out the TII electric torpedoes and trying some techniques seen here regarding magnetic and impact detonation, depth settings, etc, and did much better with my torpedo shooting, in terms of both hit ratio and efficiency of using fewer torpedoes/target. I also figured out why many of my shots were hitting near the stern - I had forgotten to open the tube doors before shooting. OnePingOnly - LMAO. A very good friend of mine was a corpsman who served on an Ohio class and he said something about submariners having rather depraved, twisted senses of humor - and he was a stellar example.

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