What Happend?

paul7271 · 09-06-07, 04:06 PM

On patrol AN18 of coast near Iverness,rough sea spot small patrol
boat.Continue on,on surface.After taking one fired round from patrol
boat,dive to 40m.10m left to bottom.Go to silent running,after 15min.
hear loud explosion,not typical of DC.Heard no splash on hydrophone
prior to explosion.All is quiet for 10min,sneak up to periscope depth.
Before diveing noted she had DC cans on aft deck.When I pick her
up thru periscope I see her fan tail on fire,she is heading away now
so I follow her for 10min.Now fire appears to have grown quite
large.Surface and see her about 5000m away really engulfed
in a huge fire befor we can reach her she goes down.Have no
idea of what could have caused that to happen,we fired no
fish at her.Checkd our, log no credit for a ship.What do you
think could have caused that to happen to a ship.

antikristuseke · 09-06-07, 04:10 PM

it was either the Luftwaffe or antoher friendly uboat in the area. Surface raiders might allso be a possibility.

Sailor Steve · 09-06-07, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul7271

rough sea spot small patrol

It was probably the weather; they sink a lot. Too stupid to stay out of the rain.

09-06-07, 04:06 PM	#1
paul7271 Mate Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 60 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 0	What Happend? On patrol AN18 of coast near Iverness,rough sea spot small patrol boat.Continue on,on surface.After taking one fired round from patrol boat,dive to 40m.10m left to bottom.Go to silent running,after 15min. hear loud explosion,not typical of DC.Heard no splash on hydrophone prior to explosion.All is quiet for 10min,sneak up to periscope depth. Before diveing noted she had DC cans on aft deck.When I pick her up thru periscope I see her fan tail on fire,she is heading away now so I follow her for 10min.Now fire appears to have grown quite large.Surface and see her about 5000m away really engulfed in a huge fire befor we can reach her she goes down.Have no idea of what could have caused that to happen,we fired no fish at her.Checkd our, log no credit for a ship.What do you think could have caused that to happen to a ship.

09-06-07, 04:10 PM	#2
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	it was either the Luftwaffe or antoher friendly uboat in the area. Surface raiders might allso be a possibility.