U-27 struggle

06-10-07, 06:29 PM

Patrol 1

Two Spitfires came out of nowhere!

Alarm!!!

Crash dive and we can only hear bullets rumbling the deck underwater... Ha! Can't hurt us now bastards!

Our first patrol, cruel but valuable lesson not to stick out to much.

East of British coast, Aberdeen
September 1939

Patrol 2

After so many hours underwater we all begged for a wisp of fresh air. I climbed slowly to the bridge.

"What a lovely day, Sir" Karl made a cheerful smile like a true Brit. We all laughed except Walter who seemed to be miles away. Probably he was still thinking about Scapa Flow...

"Walter go get some sleep, we don't want to be pulling you out of that cold water soon"

Karl as our watchman and ... photographer took a picture of him. Maybe that wasn't 100% according to the regulations but what the hell. He made us a lot of nice memories and after all, that kid had a great eye!

...... but I knew Walter want be able to sleep now, maybe I shouldn't even mention that crazy idea!?

BE61,
October 1939

Patrol 3

"What is wrong with those torpedoes? Another dud?" I was furious now...

"Fire tube two!!!"

20 seconds and a loud explosion followed by even louder cheers of our crew. It's no time to celebrate yet. The explosion must have flooded the engine room, she stopped and leaned a bit to the portside but nothing else happened. We stood there on periscope depth 500m away. As only 2000 tons she was, not worth third torpedo but we've had some time before the sunrise...

Heinz reported "No contacts, Her Kaleun."

"Surface, man the 88!"

The merchant promptly lowered its life rafts so we gave them few minutes and opened fire. Soon she was going down pretty fast. The rescue team is probably on their way, it's not that far from Hartlepool after all...

"Henry, better get us out of here, 25 meters ahead slow. Head north".

"Good that no one has seen our 88 fireworks..." I murmured.

The sun was just about to set...

East of British coast,
December 1939

I've just installed GWX 1.03 and still wondering what the hell was I doing with RuB for nearly a year? This photo story will be updated hopefully, if you only find it interesting somehow, with my progress as I've started a new campaign with GWX. Special thx to Laughing Swordfish for his U-46 stories which inspired me to "get more involved" into my career. Of course my writing is far behind his but with GWX and a little bit of imagination it really is quite an experience. Also big thx to GWX guys, this is awesome piece of work!!!

Best regards!

JU_88 · 06-10-07, 06:36 PM

Nice pics and quite an introduction youve given your self,

Possibly one of the best first posts ever

Welcome to sub sim mate.

Foghladh_mhara · 06-10-07, 07:03 PM

Welcome indeed

P.S. I'd also give your bridge crew a smack on the ear cos that Spitfire is a Hurricane. Next thing you know they'll be waving at Wellingtons thinking they're Condors

Webchessie · 06-10-07, 07:20 PM

Welcome! Great post and pics!

06-10-07, 07:25 PM

Patrol 3

We're stuck at 70 meters with only 10 below keel... this is how it ends if you want that 5000 tons cargo too much in the damned British rain with fog, dud torpedoes and stay too long on the surface. Corvette (?) jumped on our back just 300 meters behind with full fire... electrical engines and rudders damaged hard, going down with flooded tanks and engine rooms... hopefully Chief can perform another miracle!?

"Henry? Will the Atlantic Wolf make it home?"

Wow, thx for the warm welcome. As to that "Spirfire" - I was standing next to a real one and even had an opportunity to sit in it but I was more interested in German WWII airplane turbocharged engines... beauty!

Brag · 06-10-07, 07:35 PM

Hadrys, welcome aboard this nest of ruffians! Your writing is good, stay out of shallow water and keep writing.

Indiana_Jones · 06-10-07, 08:02 PM

Good God man! how does patrol 3 end!....the suspense is too much!

Well kinda, I'm just in the office being bored lol.

Welcome btw

I'm new myself to subsim and SH3

-Indy

06-10-07, 09:01 PM

Finally Henry came back from his kingdom, although he looked very tired he grinned:

"All flooding stopped, electrical engines functional, aft batteries require some wiring but we have 60% of power Herr Kaleun!"

"Ahead slow, let's try to get closer to that merchant..."

The merchant was struck by their own destroyer when the first salvo went above us. It took some time before we figured out what was happening but the direct hit on U-27 was enough proof to crash dive!

We managed to get closer to her. She was doing barely 2 knots but that was enough noise for a perfect hideout.

Heinz reported: "Destroyer heading north at high speed!!"

Probably it wasn't a proper ASW because they dropped only 8 bombs even not near us. Now it was payback time! We maneuvered for a clean shot...

Somehow Henry turned out to be a real wizard! He fixed both diesels and we even managed to sink another medium cargo! The hull vibration caused by the damaged screw, tired crew with not the best morale and Decembers stormy weather made my mind.

"Walter, take us home for X-mass."

"Ja wohl Herr Kaleun!" he grinned.

bigboywooly · 06-10-07, 11:28 PM

Welcome aboard Hadrys
Nice screenshots and story

Enjoy your stay here

Canovaro · 06-11-07, 03:36 AM

Welcome!
Nice screens!

Jimbuna · 06-11-07, 04:55 AM

Welcome aboard kaleun Hadrys

One helluva introduction

SmokinTep · 06-11-07, 06:52 AM

Nice post and pics.....

06-11-07, 09:50 AM

Patrol 4

4 February 1940

It took nearly over month to get our boat fixed. When we got back to the shipyard guys just couldn't believe it! The hull was a complete mess! I wonder how we made it in one piece!? Henry was a genius and that DD kicked our ass hard.

We were heading to the full ocean, around the islands. With full load of TII torpedoes on board (which we hoped to be more reliable) and loads of strong will to sink some bastards! We were invincible! Even the see was flat with a light, cold breeze from the north. What could possibly go wrong??

Hainz was holding his earphones with one hand while quickly taking notes with we other one.

"Large convoy reported Her Kaleun! Heading NNW, 7 knots!"

Walter took some calculation, we turned 250 km south to the British coast making 13 knots on the interception course. After 12 hours we've had it! 16 small merchants in 2 columns with just 2 DDs only! The luck is on our side once again. The adrenaline was pumping.

Perfect! The sun was just to get off the horizon, we leaped ahead of the convoy at full flank and peacefully took our position. Let the blood bath begin! All tubes flooded, depth 15 meters, all stop, silence! This was too easy, convoy was just 500m in front of us! One torpedo missed, 3 merchants went down. The escorts didn't take much effort in finding us sitting still in place and shooting to sitting ducks... not for long. Finally the lights went up, flares turned night into day. We ducked under the convoy and got ourselves on the other side. Quick shot from the aft tube but it didn't do much to that C2 which we've just spotted.

Dive to 50m, all stop. They couldn't find us dropping bombs not even close to us! Than it happened. Hainz shouted from his cabin "Wasserbomben!!!".

"Full ahead flank, left full rudder"

We've heard a bomb bouncing off our deck! Long seconds passed and a loud explosion pushed us few meters up but now damage reported! Close one, too close...

It didn't take long. The enemy was furious, dropping bombs everywhere. First explosion kicked us like a soccer ball, engines and aft batteries flooding, lights went off, people where shouting but Henry was already in place with his entrusted damage handling team. Only when normal power was restored and most flooding stopped another explosion ripped a hole in the torpedo room. Heavy flooding, we were def, blind and going down fast. We hit the bottom at 80 meters and stayed there for 4 long hours in complete silence. Finally the last DD was gone, probably proud of their success, we started to pump out the water and slowly begun to rise.

We were home just 10 days after we left. With only 4 merchants sunk for 8000BRT but we made it in one piece once again... with our wolfs nose nearly below the water level.

Finally I've turned off the Gods eye mode, no contacts on the map, the GWX realism is killing me... literally.

PS These were supposed to be short stories with just most interesting parts of my patrols but there is so much happening!!

CapZap1970 · 06-11-07, 09:51 AM

Very nice stories!!!!!

I like very much the B/W pictures touch.
Congrats.
CapZap

Growler · 06-11-07, 11:02 AM

It seems we are graced with the presence of both storyteller and artist!

Very cleverly done, and well assembled, Hadrys!

Excellent job!

06-10-07, 06:29 PM	#1
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	U-27 struggle Patrol 1 Two Spitfires came out of nowhere! Alarm!!! Crash dive and we can only hear bullets rumbling the deck underwater... Ha! Can't hurt us now bastards! Our first patrol, cruel but valuable lesson not to stick out to much. East of British coast, Aberdeen September 1939 Patrol 2 After so many hours underwater we all begged for a wisp of fresh air. I climbed slowly to the bridge. "What a lovely day, Sir" Karl made a cheerful smile like a true Brit. We all laughed except Walter who seemed to be miles away. Probably he was still thinking about Scapa Flow... "Walter go get some sleep, we don't want to be pulling you out of that cold water soon" Karl as our watchman and ... photographer took a picture of him. Maybe that wasn't 100% according to the regulations but what the hell. He made us a lot of nice memories and after all, that kid had a great eye! ...... but I knew Walter want be able to sleep now, maybe I shouldn't even mention that crazy idea!? BE61, October 1939 Patrol 3 "What is wrong with those torpedoes? Another dud?" I was furious now... "Fire tube two!!!" 20 seconds and a loud explosion followed by even louder cheers of our crew. It's no time to celebrate yet. The explosion must have flooded the engine room, she stopped and leaned a bit to the portside but nothing else happened. We stood there on periscope depth 500m away. As only 2000 tons she was, not worth third torpedo but we've had some time before the sunrise... Heinz reported "No contacts, Her Kaleun." "Surface, man the 88!" The merchant promptly lowered its life rafts so we gave them few minutes and opened fire. Soon she was going down pretty fast. The rescue team is probably on their way, it's not that far from Hartlepool after all... "Henry, better get us out of here, 25 meters ahead slow. Head north". "Good that no one has seen our 88 fireworks..." I murmured. The sun was just about to set... East of British coast, December 1939 I've just installed GWX 1.03 and still wondering what the hell was I doing with RuB for nearly a year? This photo story will be updated hopefully, if you only find it interesting somehow, with my progress as I've started a new campaign with GWX. Special thx to Laughing Swordfish for his U-46 stories which inspired me to "get more involved" into my career. Of course my writing is far behind his but with GWX and a little bit of imagination it really is quite an experience. Also big thx to GWX guys, this is awesome piece of work!!! Best regards!

06-10-07, 07:03 PM	#3
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Welcome indeed P.S. I'd also give your bridge crew a smack on the ear cos that Spitfire is a Hurricane. Next thing you know they'll be waving at Wellingtons thinking they're Condors __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

06-10-07, 07:20 PM	#4
Webchessie Helmsman Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Florida USA Posts: 102 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Welcome! Great post and pics! __________________

06-10-07, 07:35 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Hadrys, welcome aboard this nest of ruffians! Your writing is good, stay out of shallow water and keep writing. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

06-10-07, 09:01 PM	#8
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Finally Henry came back from his kingdom, although he looked very tired he grinned: "All flooding stopped, electrical engines functional, aft batteries require some wiring but we have 60% of power Herr Kaleun!" "Ahead slow, let's try to get closer to that merchant..." The merchant was struck by their own destroyer when the first salvo went above us. It took some time before we figured out what was happening but the direct hit on U-27 was enough proof to crash dive! We managed to get closer to her. She was doing barely 2 knots but that was enough noise for a perfect hideout. Heinz reported: "Destroyer heading north at high speed!!" Probably it wasn't a proper ASW because they dropped only 8 bombs even not near us. Now it was payback time! We maneuvered for a clean shot... Somehow Henry turned out to be a real wizard! He fixed both diesels and we even managed to sink another medium cargo! The hull vibration caused by the damaged screw, tired crew with not the best morale and Decembers stormy weather made my mind. "Walter, take us home for X-mass." "Ja wohl Herr Kaleun!" he grinned. Last edited by Hadrys; 06-19-07 at 04:18 AM.

06-10-07, 06:36 PM	#2
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Nice pics and quite an introduction youve given your self, Possibly one of the best first posts ever Welcome to sub sim mate.

06-10-07, 07:25 PM	#5
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Patrol 3 We're stuck at 70 meters with only 10 below keel... this is how it ends if you want that 5000 tons cargo too much in the damned British rain with fog, dud torpedoes and stay too long on the surface. Corvette (?) jumped on our back just 300 meters behind with full fire... electrical engines and rudders damaged hard, going down with flooded tanks and engine rooms... hopefully Chief can perform another miracle!? "Henry? Will the Atlantic Wolf make it home?" Wow, thx for the warm welcome. As to that "Spirfire" - I was standing next to a real one and even had an opportunity to sit in it but I was more interested in German WWII airplane turbocharged engines... beauty!

06-10-07, 08:02 PM	#7
Indiana_Jones Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 126 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Good God man! how does patrol 3 end!....the suspense is too much! Well kinda, I'm just in the office being bored lol. Welcome btw I'm new myself to subsim and SH3 -Indy

06-10-07, 11:28 PM	#9
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard Hadrys Nice screenshots and story Enjoy your stay here __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

06-11-07, 03:36 AM	#10
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Welcome! Nice screens!

06-11-07, 04:55 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome aboard kaleun Hadrys One helluva introduction __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-11-07, 06:52 AM	#12
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice post and pics.....

06-11-07, 09:50 AM	#13
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Patrol 4 4 February 1940 It took nearly over month to get our boat fixed. When we got back to the shipyard guys just couldn't believe it! The hull was a complete mess! I wonder how we made it in one piece!? Henry was a genius and that DD kicked our ass hard. We were heading to the full ocean, around the islands. With full load of TII torpedoes on board (which we hoped to be more reliable) and loads of strong will to sink some bastards! We were invincible! Even the see was flat with a light, cold breeze from the north. What could possibly go wrong?? Hainz was holding his earphones with one hand while quickly taking notes with we other one. "Large convoy reported Her Kaleun! Heading NNW, 7 knots!" Walter took some calculation, we turned 250 km south to the British coast making 13 knots on the interception course. After 12 hours we've had it! 16 small merchants in 2 columns with just 2 DDs only! The luck is on our side once again. The adrenaline was pumping. Perfect! The sun was just to get off the horizon, we leaped ahead of the convoy at full flank and peacefully took our position. Let the blood bath begin! All tubes flooded, depth 15 meters, all stop, silence! This was too easy, convoy was just 500m in front of us! One torpedo missed, 3 merchants went down. The escorts didn't take much effort in finding us sitting still in place and shooting to sitting ducks... not for long. Finally the lights went up, flares turned night into day. We ducked under the convoy and got ourselves on the other side. Quick shot from the aft tube but it didn't do much to that C2 which we've just spotted. Dive to 50m, all stop. They couldn't find us dropping bombs not even close to us! Than it happened. Hainz shouted from his cabin "Wasserbomben!!!". "Full ahead flank, left full rudder" We've heard a bomb bouncing off our deck! Long seconds passed and a loud explosion pushed us few meters up but now damage reported! Close one, too close... It didn't take long. The enemy was furious, dropping bombs everywhere. First explosion kicked us like a soccer ball, engines and aft batteries flooding, lights went off, people where shouting but Henry was already in place with his entrusted damage handling team. Only when normal power was restored and most flooding stopped another explosion ripped a hole in the torpedo room. Heavy flooding, we were def, blind and going down fast. We hit the bottom at 80 meters and stayed there for 4 long hours in complete silence. Finally the last DD was gone, probably proud of their success, we started to pump out the water and slowly begun to rise. We were home just 10 days after we left. With only 4 merchants sunk for 8000BRT but we made it in one piece once again... with our wolfs nose nearly below the water level. Finally I've turned off the Gods eye mode, no contacts on the map, the GWX realism is killing me... literally. PS These were supposed to be short stories with just most interesting parts of my patrols but there is so much happening!!

06-11-07, 09:51 AM	#14
CapZap1970 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: La Paz, Bolivia Posts: 1,965 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 51	Very nice stories!!!!! I like very much the B/W pictures touch. Congrats. CapZap __________________

06-11-07, 11:02 AM	#15
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	It seems we are graced with the presence of both storyteller and artist! Very cleverly done, and well assembled, Hadrys! Excellent job!