Picked up Silent Hunter 5 again!

[Von Rondstadd]

Hello,

Just a message to continue downloads again!

Picked up Silent Hunter 5 again to play.

Have to make a post because I can't download!

If you joined this forum a long time ago, and you've never posted or have not posted in a long time (over a year), this could shut off downloads for you. Solution: make a post somewhere in the forum.

Regards!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Or you could actually partake in a thread for the fun of partaking in a thread.

[bart]

Sounds like a plan!

[Aktungbby]

Welcome back von Ronstaddafter 3 years and 6 months; a long silent running!

[Von Rondstadd]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Welcome back von Ronstaddafter 3 years and 6 months; a long silent running!

Thank you!

Some words about me.

A intrest of me are U-Boats. Visiting WW2 scenery, things (like D-Day) and airplanes. Flying with flightsim X with the PMDG 737NGX and PMDG 777 is my main hobby!
Recently been to the U 995 at Kiel.

The ship Leartes where my father sailed on during WW2 was torpedoed by the U-109 nearby Cape Canaveral Florida.

I have been at the U boat base Lorient and Bordeau.

U-109 was stationed at Lorient!

There is a story with it why my father survived the attack!

I found a detailed discription about the attack!

Question: why can I download only two times and receive message I reached max download for the day??

Regards!

[Theargo]

Hey welcome back,

I guess the forum rank determines how much traffic you may generate per day by downloading.
So donating and regular participation to the community will then raise you in rank and make multiple downloads available to you?

cheers,

Theargo

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Von Rondstadd

I found a detailed discription about the attack! Regards!

Thanks for that interesting info! Interestingly, Your father's vessel, the Laertes, was the only one of Dutch registry of the 25 ships sunk by U109 and u-boot ace, Heinrich 'Ajax' Bleicherodt (152,320 tons). Bleicherodt, an old school officer, famously refused to wear his Knights Cross unless his IWO, Oblt.z.See Suhren, received one as well, he, having done the actual shooting. U109 did not fare well either. The IXB was sunk with all hands 4/may/1943 SW of Ireland by a Liberator...all hands lost under the command of Oblt.z.See Schramm after a second seven day patrol. Bleicherodt himself survived the war as KorvettenKapitän, chief of UbootFlotilla 22.

[Von Rondstadd]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Thanks for that interesting info! Interestingly, Your father's vessel, the Laertes, was the only one of Dutch registry of the 25 ships sunk by U109 and u-boot ace, Heinrich 'Ajax' Bleicherodt (152,320 tons). Bleicherodt, an old school officer, famously refused to wear his Knights Cross unless his IWO, Oblt.z.See Suhren, received one as well, he, having done the actual shooting. U109 did not fare well either. The IXB was sunk with all hands 4/may/1943 SW of Ireland by a Liberator...all hands lost under the command of Oblt.z.See Schramm after a second seven day patrol. Bleicherodt himself survived the war as KorvettenKapitän, chief of UbootFlotilla 22.

Yes thank you, I know al of the story!

Also on board was radioman Wolfgang Hirschfeld, he held a secret diary of the U-109!
He wrote a book with a part of the attack on the Leartes.
He went over to the U-234.
Her first and only mission into enemy territory consisted of the attempted delivery of uranium oxide and German advanced weapons technology to the Empire of Japan. After learning of Germany's unconditional surrender, the submarine's crew surrendered to the United States on 14 May 1945.
There is a movie about the U-234.


Regards

[Von Rondstadd]

Originally Posted by Theargo

Hey welcome back,

I guess the forum rank determines how much traffic you may generate per day by downloading.
So donating and regular participation to the community will then raise you in rank and make multiple downloads available to you?

cheers,

Theargo

Thanks for the info!

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Von Rondstadd

there is a movie about the U-234.Regards

Yup 'Das Letze U-Boot'-a real toe tapper with a Foxtrot sub and bad subtitles. Do post how your dad survived though; that anecdotal first-hand history is the best! and of great interest to all members here.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Theargo

I guess the forum rank determines how much traffic you may generate per day by downloading.
So donating and regular participation to the community will then raise you in rank and make multiple downloads available to you?

Not quite. Rank is determined by post count. Downloads are determined solely by current posting. If I were to not post for a year or two my downloading would be limited as much as anybody's. The more you post the more you can download. of course donating changes all of that.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Von Rondstadd

Hello,

Just a message to continue downloads again!

Picked up Silent Hunter 5 again to play.

Have to make a post because I can't download!

If you joined this forum a long time ago, and you've never posted or have not posted in a long time (over a year), this could shut off downloads for you. Solution: make a post somewhere in the forum.

Regards!

Welcome back to the surface

[Von Rondstadd]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not quite. Rank is determined by post count. Downloads are determined solely by current posting. If I were to not post for a year or two my downloading would be limited as much as anybody's. The more you post the more you can download. of course donating changes all of that.

Thank you for info, so I better could donate I think.

What are the best mods to download at this moment?

I am a big fan of Das Boot sounds, and I want to use another keyboard layout.

Regards Robert

[Von Rondstadd]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Welcome back to the surface

Looks like a real good mod!
Does it work with SH5 without problems?

Regards Robert

[Von Rondstadd]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Yup 'Das Letze U-Boot'-a real toe tapper with a Foxtrot sub and bad subtitles. Do post how your dad survived though; that anecdotal first-hand history is the best! and of great interest to all members here.

Oke here is the story.
It is a translation from a dutch book I found with a detailled description about the attack. I used google translation and not everything is perfect but you understand it! Later I wil discribe my fathers luck at that moment!


The S. S. Laertes 2 was under Captain C.J.an Heel on April 28, 1942 left New York with a full load of cargo and oorïogsmaterieel including three aircraft , tanks seventeen and twenty trucks bound for Bombay via Cape Town . From New York to Delaware , where they anchored on the night of 28 on April 29 , was the Blue Piper escorted by a U.S. destroyer . The next morning lifted the anchor and Laertes enter without escort on only during the day sailing from one port to another and at night anchored to bypass halfway up the east coast of Florida . Danger of attacks by German U- boats In retrospect, it is difficult to understand why a ship destined for Bombay via Cape Town directly in the Atlantic is not routed , rather far to the south through the dangerous U.S. coastal waters.
The Laertes was just before five o'clock in the morning unexpectedly near the coast of Florida by a torpedo hit on May 3, 1942 on the port side , causing the propeller shaft was disrupted and the steering gear malfunctioned . About three minutes after the first explosion , the ship was hit by a second torpedo . Since Laertes quickly began to sink , after taking the first torpedo had the crew on the order of the authority of the carrier lifeboats already ironed . The second torpedo hit goal at the time was the bakbord boat near the water . This was totally shattered and it is unlikely that the occupants have survived . The captain and two other crew members were at that time still on board . They managed to save themselves by jumping overboard, then they were included in one of the lifeboats . For a long time it was still being sought between the wreck timber to drowning , with the result that five crew members were picked up . Finally, the castaways returned back to the wreck of the ship for Laertes 's still sticking out of the water , where there are four Chinese stokers were found . They were probably unconscious or dazed by the second torpedo hit and were thus left behind. Then the lifeboat proceeded as directed by patrolling aircraft rowing and sailing to shore . About six hours after the sinking of their ship reached the survivors ashore. One of the
aircraft later picked even the English sailor Jones , who said to him , was recorded as a result of air pressure and water had ended . behind the ship, which was still a good speed , After the disaster , the next crew were missing , first mate HPP Stranger , the English man steering pupil P. Hedley, third engineer C. Arts , fourth operator B. Large, gunner H. Schippers , B. gunner Gun Nink , American gunner C. Wass , English sailor J. Pearson, English assistant steward D. Claire, sailor under the gage C. Langmead , English boy T. West and seven Chinese stokers . The Laertes was torpedoed by U 109 lieutenant Ie class Bleichrodt , who had left . March 25 from Lorient to the U.S. East Coast This area was patrolling through the treacherous currents along the coast of the U-boats not an easy undertaking . The nights were so short that a submarine had to stay underwater. Fourteen hours per day You also had the 109 on May 2 the whole day only eleven meters located on the deep seabed , submarine until the evening came at 20 hours above water . Bleichrodt first headed for the coast, which then follow . Southbound The navigation was not difficult because all the lighthouses still burning as in peacetime. 02:45 pm Two ships were explored , one close to the coast to the south feed. The U 109 was behind this ship , but the goal was Laertes to twelve knots per hour and it took well over two hours before the attack could be carried out. To 4:54 pm two torpedoes on the port side of the ship were fired . The first missed because of a defect , the second struck the stern . Then Bleichrodl quickly fired a third torpedo : the fatal hit below the port boat . At the time of firing this boat was not ironed for the duration of the torpedo was about two minutes because approximately 2,400 meters was launched at great distance. Although the distress signals of Laertes on the U 109 were received which could not be deciphered . Due to malfunction Bleichrodt could not figure out what ship he had sunk. Due to lack of fuel Bleichrodt was not long after his patrol to break down . On June 3, the U 109 was back in Lorient . The U 109 not escape his fate : on May 7, 1943 the submarine south of Ireland was in position 47.22 N -22.40 W ​​by aircraft of the Coastal Command sank , taking almost the entire crew perished.


Normally my father's instructions where to help with the port side lifeboot in case of a emergency. But at the first torpedo strike the starboard lifeboot had some problems lowering the boot. The Captain asked my father if he had his knife with him. And ordered him to cut the ropes that where stuck and lowering the lifeboot starboard side. That's why he suvived! Because the port side lifeboot had a second torpedo hit just beneath the lifeboot killing 17 people.
Later I found a picture on the internet from the Leartes lifeboot that reached shore. Also had contact with American scuba divers who did some diving to the wreck.
My father did not talk much about it. Only at the last 10 years of his life he began to get more difficulties with losing his shipmates.
End of story.
I shall try to make some adjustments later.

Regards Robert