What happened ?

Dammit! I was just passing by Helogoland island at night on surface to my patrol grid AN29 on 256 TC when suddenly my boat was destroyed by flooding. It just happened too fast I was unable to react at all! Did I struck a mine ???

SH3 commander says nothing usefull too

Summary
Oberleutnant z. S. and U-52 were lost sometime on 12MAY40.

[Myxale]

Well that's a difficult one!
:hmm:
What year was it?
Either you were sunk by plane (and your watch didn't see it!), you collided, a mine, or got hit critically somhow; All we can do is guess.

High TC is a bitcht!
I once struck a mine near the British east coast and since i was running high TC my Boot sunk like a stone.
And it was over before i understood what was going on!


Well better luck next time Herr Kaleun!:hmm:

Originally Posted by Myxale

Well that's a difficult one!
:hmm:
What year was it?
Either you were sunk by plane (and your watch didn't see it!), you collided, a mine, or got hit critically somhow; All we can do is guess.

High TC is a bitcht!
I once struck a mine near the British east coast and since i was running high TC my Boot sunk like a stone.
And it was over before i understood what was going on!


Well better luck next time Herr Kaleun!:hmm:

Most probably some nasty mine was laying beneath I reject the probability of the plane since the year was 1940 May, there were still none planes equiped with radars or leigh lamps.
I just don't understand why TC never dropped to 1 when collission with ?mine? happened :\

Can somebody confirm mines beying laid East/SouthEast of Heligoland island ?

There are only two possabilities for me...

1. Struck a mine (Dont know if there are any...)
2. Run aground in shallow waters during a fast cruise

2. Run aground in shallow waters during a fast cruise
This one is droping out too. Distance from island was no less then 30 km away. Made lots of patrols through that area never had troubles