Radio traffic from BDU

GoldenRivet · 02-10-08, 05:14 PM

To: U-401
From: BdU

19 April 1944

KptLt. Menhert. You are twenty four hours past due for mandatory status report. Please report your position and results as soon as your tactical position allows.

Jimbuna · 02-10-08, 05:19 PM

..................not Kptlt. Gero Zimmermann

GoldenRivet · 02-10-08, 06:36 PM

U-401 along with KptLt. Menhert, Ernst, Ebby and the rest of the boat's highly successful crew was sunk in grid square AM54 in deep water with all hands lost.

On 18 April 1944, In persuit of a convoy, U-401 was detected and went deep to evade attack. After being relentlessly hedgehogged and depth charged for a 40 minute period, U-401 finally secumbed to her wounds. The wreck, mostly intact, lies on a shallow slope, approximately 4,300 feet (1300 meters) below the surface.

Brag · 02-10-08, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

U-401 along with KptLt. Menhert, Ernst, Ebby and the rest of the boat's highly successful crew was sunk in grid square AM54 in deep water with all hands lost.

On 18 April 1944, In persuit of a convoy, U-401 was detected and went deep to evade attack. After being relentlessly hedgehogged and depth charged for a 40 minute period, U-401 finally secumbed to her wounds. The wreck, mostly intact, lies on a shallow slope, approximately 4,300 feet (1300 meters) below the surface.

Caps off in salute to the valiant crew of U-401 who gave their lives for the Vaterland.

TomcatMVD · 02-11-08, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Brag

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

U-401 along with KptLt. Menhert, Ernst, Ebby and the rest of the boat's highly successful crew was sunk in grid square AM54 in deep water with all hands lost.

On 18 April 1944, In persuit of a convoy, U-401 was detected and went deep to evade attack. After being relentlessly hedgehogged and depth charged for a 40 minute period, U-401 finally secumbed to her wounds. The wreck, mostly intact, lies on a shallow slope, approximately 4,300 feet (1300 meters) below the surface.

Caps off in salute to the valiant crew of U-401 who gave their lives for the Vaterland.

"Vatherland" reminds me of Lord Vader

Anyways... U-47's crew will always remember U-401 and its men... a terrible loss

papa_smurf · 02-11-08, 11:31 AM

Another sucessful crew is lost to the bane of the Royal Navy

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02-10-08, 05:14 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Radio traffic from BDU To: U-401 From: BdU 19 April 1944 KptLt. Menhert. You are twenty four hours past due for mandatory status report. Please report your position and results as soon as your tactical position allows. __________________

02-10-08, 05:19 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	..................not Kptlt. Gero Zimmermann __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-10-08, 06:36 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	U-401 along with KptLt. Menhert, Ernst, Ebby and the rest of the boat's highly successful crew was sunk in grid square AM54 in deep water with all hands lost. On 18 April 1944, In persuit of a convoy, U-401 was detected and went deep to evade attack. After being relentlessly hedgehogged and depth charged for a 40 minute period, U-401 finally secumbed to her wounds. The wreck, mostly intact, lies on a shallow slope, approximately 4,300 feet (1300 meters) below the surface. __________________

02-11-08, 11:31 AM	#6
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Another sucessful crew is lost to the bane of the Royal Navy . __________________