What a terrible patrol - Jan/Feb 1940

Mowgli · 09-01-22, 09:47 AM

I am on patrol off the NW of Scotland as ordered and it as been grim. Constant bad weather (to be expected) and no targets - well almost none.
I saw a small fishing vessel miles from anywhere bobbing around like a cork and I could not use my deck gun because of the weather. I would not have attacked it if I could have. It was that small and not even worth a shell.
Then at last a target, a large troop carrier heading West but its speed was so great I could not intercept it.
My fuel is now at 50% and I am searching, diving, listening repeatedly and finally I find a small freighter which I sent to the bottom.
Now I am searching again, I am wondering if I should use my fuel (speed 5 knts) and slowly head back home and see if I can find some targets down the East Coast of England.
The thought of RTB with just one kill is worrying. I mean it has been 4 days real life doing this.
Anybody ever gone back to base with no kills?

09-01-22, 09:47 AM	#1
Mowgli Sparks Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: South Wales Posts: 248 Downloads: 158 Uploads: 0	What a terrible patrol - Jan/Feb 1940 I am on patrol off the NW of Scotland as ordered and it as been grim. Constant bad weather (to be expected) and no targets - well almost none. I saw a small fishing vessel miles from anywhere bobbing around like a cork and I could not use my deck gun because of the weather. I would not have attacked it if I could have. It was that small and not even worth a shell. Then at last a target, a large troop carrier heading West but its speed was so great I could not intercept it. My fuel is now at 50% and I am searching, diving, listening repeatedly and finally I find a small freighter which I sent to the bottom. Now I am searching again, I am wondering if I should use my fuel (speed 5 knts) and slowly head back home and see if I can find some targets down the East Coast of England. The thought of RTB with just one kill is worrying. I mean it has been 4 days real life doing this. Anybody ever gone back to base with no kills? __________________ Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.