What happed to your SH3 Sub in world war 2

[squeak]

As the topic says.

My uboat U127:
Sunk 15 Dec, 1941 west of Gibraltar, in position 36.28N, 09.12W, by depth charges from the Australian destroyer HMAS Nestor. 51 dead

A great Link to find out what happed to your sub in WW2 is http://uboat.net -> U-boat Finder

[Kalach]

My most recent careers;

U-77 (real-life fate): Sunk at 0115hrs on 28 March, 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain, in position 37.42N, 00.10E by 4 depth charges and 1 bomb from 2 British Hudson aircraft (48 & 233 Sqn.). 38 dead and 9 survivors.

Its fate in game: Retired after 19 patrols, First officer took command.


U-101 (real): Stricken at Neustadt on 21 Oct, 1943. Scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. Wreck broken up.

Ingame: currently in patrol 2 - the captain is writing a comic on its adventures


U-502 (real): Sunk 5 July, 1942 in the Bay of Biscay west of La Rochelle, in position 46.10N, 06.40W, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 172/H). 52 dead (all hands lost).
This boat was the first U-boat sunk by a Wellington aircraft and also the first one to fall victim to the Leigh Light equipment.

Ingame: Sunk by gunfire from a DD in rough seas off the french coast on its way home from patrol

[Dowly]

U-417:

Sunk 11 June, 1943 south-east of Iceland, in position 63.20N, 10.30W, by depth charges from a British B-17 Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 206/R). 46 dead (all hands lost).


U-103:

Taken out of service in March 1944. In Jan 1945 U-103 went from Gotenhafen to Hamburg and in April 1945 from Hamburg to Kiel.
Sunk 15 April, 1945 at Kiel, by bombs. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors

[Detritus]

Type II U-4, 1st Flotilla: Used mainly as a schoolboat, though with three not so great patrols to boot. Survived the war until unceremoniusly scrapped in 1945.
Type VIIB U-52, 1st & 2nd Flotilla. 8 OK patrols, after which delegated to training in various Flotillas. Hit at Danzig in 1943, scuttled at Kiel, April 3rd 1945. Scrapped 1946-47.
The currentboat: Type IXB U-105 Das Schwein, 2nd Flotilla. Apparently had a pretty good career from September 10, 1940- June, 1st 1943. Sunk by a French flyboat on the June, 2nd near Dakar. Kinda spooky: I'm at the end of March, 1943 heading home, so the next patrol should start around the end of May, probably to Caribbean/US East Coast. Oh nos.
Make that 'Oh nos' x 2: they actually sent us just short of Freetown We're doomed.

[Floater]

U-45: Sunk 14 Oct 1939 south-west of Ireland, in position 50.58N, 12.57W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Inglefield, HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid. 38 dead (all hands lost).

That was a short war for them ...

[Syxx_Killer]

U-141 - Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 in the Raederschleuse at Wilhelmshaven. Wreck broken up, date unknown.

For more info: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u141.htm

U-556 - Sunk 27 June, 1941 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 60.24N, 20.00W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Nasturtium, HMS Celandine and HMS Gladiolus. 5 dead and 41 survivors.

For more info: http://www.uboat.net/boats/u556.htm

[the_rydster]

U-69 - Sunk on 17 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland in position 50.36N, 41.07W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Fame. 46 dead (all hands lost).

Gutted!

[SmokinTep]

U-101
Type VIIB
Laid down 31 Mar, 1939 Germaniawerft, Kiel
Commissioned 11 Mar, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim (Knights Cross)
Commanders 11 Mar, 1940 - 18 Nov, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz Frauenheim (Knights Cross)
18 Nov, 1940 - 31 Dec, 1941 Kptlt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross)
1 Jan, 1942 - 3 Feb, 1942 Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross)
4 Feb, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1942 Friedrich Bothe
May, 1942 - 25 Oct, 1942 Ernst von Witzendorff
15 Sep, 1942 - 21 Oct, 1943 Oblt. Helmut Münster

Career 10 patrols 11 Mar, 1940 - 31 Mar, 1940 7. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1940 - 28 Feb, 1942 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Mar, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1942 26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1942 21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Sep, 1942 - 31 Aug, 1943 24. Flottille (training)
1 Sep, 1943 - 21 Oct, 1943 23. Flottille (training)

Successes 22 ships sunk for a total of 112.618 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1.190 tons
2 ships damaged for a total of 9.113 GRT
Fate Stricken at Neustadt on 21 Oct, 1943. Scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. Wreck broken up.


Men lost from the boat
4 Jun, 1941
The boat lost a man, Matrosenobergefreiter Horst Jackl, overboard.

[joea]

Originally Posted by the_rydster

U-69 - Sunk on 17 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland in position 50.36N, 41.07W by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Fame. 46 dead (all hands lost).

Gutted!

Hey that's my boot!!! I just entered in January 43 5 patrols so far. Better be careful.

[the_rydster]

Originally Posted by joea

Hey that's my boot!!! I just entered in January 43 5 patrols so far. Better be careful.

I thought SHIII assigned every 'Kapitan' with a unique boat? Oh well! :P

I am still in '42 so no chance of meeting up anyway!

[ReM]

U-46
Type VIIB
Laid down 24 Feb, 1937 Germaniawerft, Kiel
Commissioned 2 Nov, 1938 Kptlt. Herbert Sohler
Commanders 2 Nov, 1938 - 21 May, 1940 Herbert Sohler
22 May, 1940 - 24 Sep, 1941 Kptlt. Engelbert Endrass (Knights Cross)
Oct, 1941 - 19 Nov, 1941 Peter-Ottmar Grau
20 Nov, 1941 - Mar, 1942 Oblt. Konstantin von Puttkamer
Mar, 1942 - Apr, 1942 Kurt Neubert
20 Apr, 1942 - May, 1942 Ernst von Witzendorff
May, 1942 - Jul, 1942 Franz Saar
Aug, 1942 - 30 Apr, 1943 Joachim Knecht
1 May, 1943 - Oct, 1943 Oblt. Erich Jewinski

Career 13 patrols 2 Nov, 1938 - 31 Aug, 1939 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939 7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1940 - 1 Sep, 1941 7. Flottille (front boat)
2 Sep, 1941 - 31 Mar, 1942 26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1942 - 1 Jul, 1942 24. Flottille (training)
1 Sep, 1942 - 1 Oct, 1943 24. Flottille (training)

Successes 21 ships sunk for a total of 90.408 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 35.284 GRT
4 ships damaged for a total of 25.491 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 2.080 GRT
Fate Stricken at Neustadt in October 1943. Scuttled on 4 May 1945 in Kupfermühlen Bay, in position 54.50N, 09.29E.

Scuttled!

What a waste!

[Spaxspore]

Here is mine

U-110(real)-
Type

IXB

Laid down 1 Feb, 1940 AG Weser, Bremen
Commissioned 21 Nov, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp
Commanders
21 Nov, 1940 - 9 May, 1941 Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp (Knights Cross)
Career 2 patrols 21 Nov, 1940 - 28 Feb, 1941 2. Flottille (training)
1 Mar, 1941 - 9 May, 1941 2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 10.149 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 8.675 GRT
Fate Captured on 9 May, 1941 in the North Atlantic south of Iceland by the destroyers HMS Bulldog, HMS Broadway and the British corvette HMS Aubretia. The boat was allowed to sink the day after to preserve the secret capture. 15 dead and 32 survivors.


Additional info-

"The Secret Capture"


U-110 met its end on May 9, 1941 when it was captured . This is what most people view as the most important capture of the entire war and it was so secret that even the crew of U-110 did not know of it! U-110, under the command of Kptlt. Fritz Julius Lemp, had been attacking a convoy along with U-201 (Oblt. Adalbert Schnee) when Lemp left his periscope up too long (probably to confirm a kill, he sank two ships on that day amounting to 7500 GRT) and the escort HMS Aubretia spotted it and rushed to the scene dropping depth charges.

U-110 survived the first attacks but then HMS Bulldog and HMS Broadway came and joined in the hunt. U-110 was forced to surface and HMS Bulldog immediately went onto ramming course (its commander realized at the very last moment that a capture might come off and tried to avoid hitting U-110 which he almost did) which Lemp noticed and ordered "Abandon Ship". Lemp figured that since the boat was going to be rammed (and presumably sunk) its secrets were safe within it. Only when he was in the water did he realize that the boat was not sinking and attempted to swim back and prevent capture and that was the last seen of him. Many say he was shot in the water by a British sailor but that may not be at all true.

The British made several journeys between U-110 and HMS Bulldog to collect whatever they could get their hands on inside the boat. This must have been a real treat as U-110 was abandoned in a hurry and being a IXB class she did not sink as rapidly as VIIC would likely have done. It is very likely that numerous U-boats were sunk using the material found inside U-110.

The day after the boat was captured someone realized that the allies already had the most important part of U-110, namely the secret documents and Enigma machine and that the Germans might find out that the British had the boat soon and, assuming the worst, change all codes and cipher system. The boat thus "accidentally" sank when being towed to Britain. 15 men were killed in the action and 32 captured. Lemp himself did not survive as noted above.
Men lost from the boat

23 Mar, 1941
U-110´s 105mm deck gun exploded during firing wounding 3 men.

[Heffalump]

U440

(real)
0 Ships sunk or damaged.
Sunk 31 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.38N, 13.04W, by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn. 201/R). 46 dead (all hands lost).


(2005)
on our third patrol in Sept. 42, currently by AF18, hunting Artic convoys. Tonnage from previous 2 patrols at over 43k

[the_rydster]

Remarkable story about U-110. The secret capture of the enigma machine was a massive coup for the allies.

I thought the captured crew were held prisoner on some remote scottish island or something to help keep it all a secret?

[Farside]

U-1192 not 1 success scuttled myay 1945



U-1192 1 battle ship, over 60,000tonnes of marchant shipping so lol, no resemblance at all...