Bdu.....lack of posting traffic will not be tolerated (END)

Freiwillige · 10-11-09, 09:26 AM

Lets talk about U-boats, Tactics, Bernard or torpedo's! Bdu is getting worried that lack of posting traffic means to many U-boat losses in the Atlantic. All boats Report!

sergei · 10-11-09, 10:29 AM

Yeah it is quiet in here today eh?
Where is everyone?

Freiwillige · 10-11-09, 11:22 AM

I dunno, Been quiet lately.

Yesterday I went to play SHIII and it hard locked my machine. So I tried SHIV same result! So today I cleaned my CPU internals and found this, Broken processor fan mount. 10 lbs of cat hair and 15 pounds of good old Arizona dust!

Fan mount I rigged with with a twist tie. I bet that caused the lockups as my CPU had no pressure at the contact with the fan base.

Oddly enough I cleaned this 4 months ago!

von hally · 10-11-09, 12:28 PM

still on patrol mid atlantic......only place i'm safe from aircraft at the mo.

as for lack of posts....it's not as bad as when gwx gold came out.....it was like a graveyard here

Torplexed · 10-11-09, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sergei

Yeah it is quiet in here today eh?
Where is everyone?

Look at the viewing numbers of this forum. They're all salivating over SH5.

Jimbuna · 10-11-09, 01:28 PM

U-2324 (XXIII) harrassing inshore traffic off the east coast of England.

KeybdFlyer · 10-11-09, 04:05 PM

Kptl Schmidt (U-16 Type VIIC) is currently on a northward patrol pattern Grid BF77, Kptl Kramer (U-49 Type VIIB) has docked at Vigo & Obl Lange (U-45 Type VIIB) is in home port Kiel enjoying a well-deserved leave after a successful first patrol. Having been endlessly admonished by Jimbuna to "be more aggressive", I now growl loudly at every opportunity and shake my fist vigourously at approaching aircraft before diving to avoid them. Having received a congratulatory radio message from our fearless leader Neal for spotting and reporting a spam posting, I gave myself a medal (Beck's beer-bottle cap 1st class). Apart from that, all is quiet on the western front.

U-46 Commander · 10-11-09, 07:16 PM

U-15 (IID) patrolling off of Southampton. I left bernard there of course, to help them with their war efforts!

Paul Riley · 11-03-09, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Look at the viewing numbers of this forum. They're all salivating over SH5.

You know it!

Task Force · 11-03-09, 12:55 PM

U 45

to BDU

Returning from refueling at tanker python. sunk some small merchents and a British cruseship thingy... (not the stock one.)

returning to the vessel named Bessel!

Jimbuna · 11-03-09, 03:38 PM

U 2321...Lying in the outer Humber Estuary awaiting the arrival of an expected troop convoy.

Gunnar · 10-14-09, 02:22 PM

September 1943: Off the north west coast of Madagascar prowling the Mozambique Channel south of the Comoros Islands.

Weather is absolutely filthy.

No radar or sound contacts.

Only one hit so far - a 'Ceramic' ocean liner. Moving fast too. No escorts heard or seen. Strange that the Allies should be so careless. They have stopped making such mistakes for a while now. Definetly wasn't a neutral vessel.

Plan to ride out the storm and maybe head toward Zanzibar or Mobassa.

Fuel situation is fine but the crew are suffering with the bad weather. The enforced lack of action is making us all stale. Even in this weather one suspects that the Allies have aircraft up looking for us. We must not relax but the beat of the engines is hypnotic when combined with the endless horizons when the weather is good.

Test fired the AA guns when the weather was good. Tracking and loading is fine.

So much ocean and so few boats. The Allies must be sailing convoys across the southern oceans with ease.

Lundo · 10-14-09, 03:13 PM

u1224 just clear of the biscai, down fore a long patrol down south.

eagleboy · 10-14-09, 08:05 PM

September 1939. U-51 just bagged a 4000 ton Granville freighter at the southern end of the Irsh Sea.

10-14-09, 08:50 PM

U338 VIIC is back in St. Nazaire following her 4. patrol.

On 3.jul.43, at 10.14, a few hours out of port, we were attacked by RAF aircraft, with only 35 meters under the keel. For the first time, in all my carreers, I ordered the flak gun manned, flank speed, and 20 degrees rudder to starboard, towards the attack. Scarey stuff!
No damage incurred by either side, but we won, as we did manage to safely dive the boat to 25 meters.

We continued to make our way to AM41, finaly returning to St. Nazaire on 5.aug.43, after enduring much harrassment from the RAF in particular.

Patrol Results: 1 Tanker, 4 Cargoes, 25.353 GRT.

2 cargoes got away.
The 1. took 2 (out of 3) torpedoes fired at her, and kept going.
It was a daylight submerged attack, in BF17, with the target moving into the shallows.
All we could do was listen, and hope.

The 2. miss on the night of 29.jul.43.
Tryed a surface attack with my last available torpedo. Stern Tube 5.
At 1200 yard . . . he opened up on us with 2 gun mounts.
As we went to flank, I fired, and missed.
It realy came as no surprise, as I preset the range to 1000 meter, I was forced to fire too early. And he probably changed heading just enough to throw out all my calculations.
Calculations that could have been less than perfect anyway.
How he spotted us, with an aspect of never more than 30 degrees, on a dark and stormy night, is a mystery.

10-11-09, 09:26 AM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Bdu.....lack of posting traffic will not be tolerated (END) Lets talk about U-boats, Tactics, Bernard or torpedo's! Bdu is getting worried that lack of posting traffic means to many U-boat losses in the Atlantic. All boats Report!

10-11-09, 12:28 PM	#4
von hally Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 634 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	still on patrol mid atlantic......only place i'm safe from aircraft at the mo. as for lack of posts....it's not as bad as when gwx gold came out.....it was like a graveyard here __________________ May God Have Mercy Upon My Enemies ..... Because I Wont.

10-11-09, 01:28 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	U-2324 (XXIII) harrassing inshore traffic off the east coast of England. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-11-09, 04:05 PM	#7
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Kptl Schmidt (U-16 Type VIIC) is currently on a northward patrol pattern Grid BF77, Kptl Kramer (U-49 Type VIIB) has docked at Vigo & Obl Lange (U-45 Type VIIB) is in home port Kiel enjoying a well-deserved leave after a successful first patrol. Having been endlessly admonished by Jimbuna to "be more aggressive", I now growl loudly at every opportunity and shake my fist vigourously at approaching aircraft before diving to avoid them. Having received a congratulatory radio message from our fearless leader Neal for spotting and reporting a spam posting, I gave myself a medal (Beck's beer-bottle cap 1st class). Apart from that, all is quiet on the western front. Last edited by KeybdFlyer; 10-11-09 at 05:26 PM.

10-11-09, 07:16 PM	#8
U-46 Commander Lieutenant Join Date: May 2008 Location: The absolutely most exciting state!! Iowa! Posts: 251 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	U-15 (IID) patrolling off of Southampton. I left bernard there of course, to help them with their war efforts! __________________ "Loved By Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All."-The U-boats.

10-11-09, 10:29 AM	#2
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Yeah it is quiet in here today eh? Where is everyone?

10-11-09, 11:22 AM	#3
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I dunno, Been quiet lately. Yesterday I went to play SHIII and it hard locked my machine. So I tried SHIV same result! So today I cleaned my CPU internals and found this, Broken processor fan mount. 10 lbs of cat hair and 15 pounds of good old Arizona dust! Fan mount I rigged with with a twist tie. I bet that caused the lockups as my CPU had no pressure at the contact with the fan base. Oddly enough I cleaned this 4 months ago!

11-03-09, 12:55 PM	#10
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	U 45 to BDU Returning from refueling at tanker python. sunk some small merchents and a British cruseship thingy... (not the stock one.) returning to the vessel named Bessel! __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

11-03-09, 03:38 PM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	U 2321...Lying in the outer Humber Estuary awaiting the arrival of an expected troop convoy. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-14-09, 02:22 PM	#12
Gunnar Watch Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 15 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Lone Wolf............. September 1943: Off the north west coast of Madagascar prowling the Mozambique Channel south of the Comoros Islands. Weather is absolutely filthy. No radar or sound contacts. Only one hit so far - a 'Ceramic' ocean liner. Moving fast too. No escorts heard or seen. Strange that the Allies should be so careless. They have stopped making such mistakes for a while now. Definetly wasn't a neutral vessel. Plan to ride out the storm and maybe head toward Zanzibar or Mobassa. Fuel situation is fine but the crew are suffering with the bad weather. The enforced lack of action is making us all stale. Even in this weather one suspects that the Allies have aircraft up looking for us. We must not relax but the beat of the engines is hypnotic when combined with the endless horizons when the weather is good. Test fired the AA guns when the weather was good. Tracking and loading is fine. So much ocean and so few boats. The Allies must be sailing convoys across the southern oceans with ease.

10-14-09, 03:13 PM	#13
Lundo Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 5 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	u1224 just clear of the biscai, down fore a long patrol down south.

10-14-09, 08:05 PM	#14
eagleboy Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Delaware Posts: 14 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	September 1939. U-51 just bagged a 4000 ton Granville freighter at the southern end of the Irsh Sea. __________________ Fly Eagles Fly. On the road to Victory...

10-14-09, 08:50 PM	#15
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	U338 VIIC is back in St. Nazaire following her 4. patrol. On 3.jul.43, at 10.14, a few hours out of port, we were attacked by RAF aircraft, with only 35 meters under the keel. For the first time, in all my carreers, I ordered the flak gun manned, flank speed, and 20 degrees rudder to starboard, towards the attack. Scarey stuff! No damage incurred by either side, but we won, as we did manage to safely dive the boat to 25 meters. We continued to make our way to AM41, finaly returning to St. Nazaire on 5.aug.43, after enduring much harrassment from the RAF in particular. Patrol Results: 1 Tanker, 4 Cargoes, 25.353 GRT. 2 cargoes got away. The 1. took 2 (out of 3) torpedoes fired at her, and kept going. It was a daylight submerged attack, in BF17, with the target moving into the shallows. All we could do was listen, and hope. The 2. miss on the night of 29.jul.43. Tryed a surface attack with my last available torpedo. Stern Tube 5. At 1200 yard . . . he opened up on us with 2 gun mounts. As we went to flank, I fired, and missed. It realy came as no surprise, as I preset the range to 1000 meter, I was forced to fire too early. And he probably changed heading just enough to throw out all my calculations. Calculations that could have been less than perfect anyway. How he spotted us, with an aspect of never more than 30 degrees, on a dark and stormy night, is a mystery.