My own friendly fire incident......

Kapt Z · 03-16-09, 09:54 AM

Well, it finally happened. I sank one of our own ships.

July 1940

U-123 was traveling up the Norwegian coast and having sunk two norwegian ships already sighted another ship near Bergen. We closed to within 8000 mtrs and submerged for a close in torpedo attack. Checked her flag several times as she closed. Red field with white cross..... Definately Norwegian..... Now at 1100 mtrs... Fire one! Scope up! Wait, is that a? No!!!! A swastika in the center of the 'white' cross! Emergency surface! Too late. A column of water and fire dead amidships. We linger to take on survivors and report the incident to BDU. We suspend our patrol and proceed with survivors to port of Stavanger(sp).

It seemed like it was going to be such a nice day this morning.....

03-16-09, 09:54 AM	#1
Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 909 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	My own friendly fire incident...... Well, it finally happened. I sank one of our own ships. July 1940 U-123 was traveling up the Norwegian coast and having sunk two norwegian ships already sighted another ship near Bergen. We closed to within 8000 mtrs and submerged for a close in torpedo attack. Checked her flag several times as she closed. Red field with white cross..... Definately Norwegian..... Now at 1100 mtrs... Fire one! Scope up! Wait, is that a? No!!!! A swastika in the center of the 'white' cross! Emergency surface! Too late. A column of water and fire dead amidships. We linger to take on survivors and report the incident to BDU. We suspend our patrol and proceed with survivors to port of Stavanger(sp). It seemed like it was going to be such a nice day this morning.....