Follow sober on my scapa raid (TDW journal)

THE_MASK · 08-18-11, 08:53 PM

U021 sober Thursday, 12 October 1939 12:00:00 AM
00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 2 meters per second, direction 0.
00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'A' (GMT+1)
00:00 Post Sunset Fix
00:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
00:37 New course 270 degrees!
00:37 passed skagen:heading west
00:37 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 6' E 10° 40'
04:00 Pre-dawn Fix
04:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 108.
04:01 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
04:22 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 2' E 9° 43'
04:22 talked to the crew and told them our mission orders:there morale has increased:i asked the cook to cook up a special meal for the crew:it might be tough going once we reach scapa
06:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136.
06:00 Ante Meridian Fix
06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
06:32 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 4' E 9° 11'
06:45 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 304!
06:45 New course 254 degrees!
06:45 Nearest visual contact at bearing 302, range 11700 m!
06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317!
06:46 Nearest visual contact at bearing 316, range 11700 m!
06:46 Depth under keel is 546 m, captain!
06:46 diving
06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 318!
06:47 New depth 30 m!
06:47 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317!
06:47 Normal sweep
06:47 Current depth 10 m
06:47 Rig for silent running
06:47 Current depth 20 m
06:47 All stop
06:47 Engage electric motors!
06:47 No sound contact!
06:47 hydrophone is malfunctioning again:will need to repair it
06:54 No sound contact!
06:54 No warship sound contact!
06:54 New depth 20 m!
06:54 Ahead slow
06:54 No sound contact!
06:54 No warship sound contact!
06:55 Periscope depth
06:55 lost sight of contact with attack periscope:will use uzo when surfaced
06:56 Surface the boat
06:56 Secure from silent running
06:56 Standard propulsion
06:56 spotted 2 smoke stacks with uzo:crew did not spot
06:56 watched smoke stacks for a while:ships seem to be travelling away from us;proceeding west at ahead flank
07:00 Ahead flank
07:17 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 1' E 9° 3'
11:08 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 012!
11:08 Nearest visual contact at bearing 012, range 17600 m!
11:26 Nearest visual contact at bearing 011, range 10200 m!
11:27 Dive
11:27 New depth 21 m!
11:27 Normal sweep
11:27 Current depth 10 m
11:27 Shut down diesel engines!
11:27 Current depth 20 m
11:27 All stop
11:27 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 011! Long range!
11:28 No warship sound contact!
11:28 Surface the boat
11:28 uzo:the contact is in fact a DD:luckily it has a german flag
11:28 Ahead flank
11:29 Standard propulsion
11:29 Nearest visual contact at bearing 010, range 9800 m!
11:29 revised contact type:fishing vessel:previous contacts gone (smoke stacks x 2)
12:00 Noon Fix
12:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
12:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136.
12:22 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 41' E 7° 43'
12:24 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
12:40 Nearest visual contact at bearing 244, range 13900 m!
12:40 dive
12:40 Normal sweep
12:40 Current depth 10 m
12:41 Engage electric motors!
12:41 Current depth 20 m
12:41 All stop
12:41 hydrophone still broken:trying to fix
12:42 Periscope depth
12:42 attack scope:smoke on horizon bearing 247
12:42 ship moving to our starboard at reasonable speed:quite a long distance away:can only see smoke:type not discernable
12:52 Surface the boat
12:53 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
12:53 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
12:54 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 258!
12:54 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
12:54 Nearest visual contact at bearing 241, range 14200 m!
12:54 uzo:looks like navy ship:uzo not stabilized so hard to use
12:57 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
12:57 Dive
12:57 Recharging the batteries
12:58 Normal sweep
12:58 Current depth 10 m
12:58 Periscope depth
12:58 Engage electric motors!
12:58 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion!
12:59 Rig for silent running
12:59 attack scope:second smoke stack spotted 245 degrees
13:00 Current speed 1 knots!
13:00 ships moved far enough away for us to proceed on surface at flank speed toward scapa
13:04 Secure recharging batteries
13:59 Surface the boat
13:59 Ahead flank
13:59 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir!
13:59 Secure from silent running
13:59 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
14:00 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
14:01 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 002!
14:01 Nearest visual contact at bearing 350, range 11700 m!
14:01 sub speed dropping back to ahead full
14:04 Ahead full
14:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 353, range 11500 m!
14:06 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 005!
14:06 Recharging the batteries
14:09 Nearest visual contact at bearing 356, range 11500 m!
14:09 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 007!
14:09 dropping back to ahead standard
14:09 Ahead standard
14:27 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 014!
14:27 Nearest visual contact at bearing 008, range 13200 m!
14:51 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 020!
14:51 Nearest visual contact at bearing 019, range 17600 m!
14:56 No visual contact!
15:03 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion!
15:07 Standard propulsion
15:07 Batteries recharged
15:07 Secure recharging batteries
15:19 Ahead flank
15:54 No visual contact!
16:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
16:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 33' E 7° 5'
16:13 New course 270 degrees!
16:13 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 321!
16:13 Nearest visual contact at bearing 321, range 14700 m!
16:14 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136.
16:14 Periscope depth
16:15 New depth 20 m!
16:15 Rig for silent running
16:15 Engage electric motors!
16:16 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Closing! Bearing 320! Long range!
16:16 Ahead slow
16:16 Periscope depth
16:16 attack scope:difffrent ships than the last 2:look more like freighters but fast moving
16:16 ships heading to subs port ahead long range distance
16:42 All stop
16:42 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Moving away! Bearing 271! Long range!
16:42 ships far to port side :resuming surfaced at ahead flank
16:58 Surface the boat
16:58 Ahead flank
16:58 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir!
16:58 Secure from silent running
16:59 Standard propulsion
16:59 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
17:07 Nearest visual contact at bearing 222, range 18100 m!
17:07 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 220!
17:09 No visual contact!

08-18-11, 08:53 PM	#2
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	U021 sober Thursday, 12 October 1939 12:00:00 AM 00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 2 meters per second, direction 0. 00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'A' (GMT+1) 00:00 Post Sunset Fix 00:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 00:37 New course 270 degrees! 00:37 passed skagen:heading west 00:37 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 6' E 10° 40' 04:00 Pre-dawn Fix 04:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 108. 04:01 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 04:22 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 2' E 9° 43' 04:22 talked to the crew and told them our mission orders:there morale has increased:i asked the cook to cook up a special meal for the crew:it might be tough going once we reach scapa 06:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136. 06:00 Ante Meridian Fix 06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 06:32 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 4' E 9° 11' 06:45 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 304! 06:45 New course 254 degrees! 06:45 Nearest visual contact at bearing 302, range 11700 m! 06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317! 06:46 Nearest visual contact at bearing 316, range 11700 m! 06:46 Depth under keel is 546 m, captain! 06:46 diving 06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 318! 06:47 New depth 30 m! 06:47 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317! 06:47 Normal sweep 06:47 Current depth 10 m 06:47 Rig for silent running 06:47 Current depth 20 m 06:47 All stop 06:47 Engage electric motors! 06:47 No sound contact! 06:47 hydrophone is malfunctioning again:will need to repair it 06:54 No sound contact! 06:54 No warship sound contact! 06:54 New depth 20 m! 06:54 Ahead slow 06:54 No sound contact! 06:54 No warship sound contact! 06:55 Periscope depth 06:55 lost sight of contact with attack periscope:will use uzo when surfaced 06:56 Surface the boat 06:56 Secure from silent running 06:56 Standard propulsion 06:56 spotted 2 smoke stacks with uzo:crew did not spot 06:56 watched smoke stacks for a while:ships seem to be travelling away from us;proceeding west at ahead flank 07:00 Ahead flank 07:17 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 1' E 9° 3' 11:08 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 012! 11:08 Nearest visual contact at bearing 012, range 17600 m! 11:26 Nearest visual contact at bearing 011, range 10200 m! 11:27 Dive 11:27 New depth 21 m! 11:27 Normal sweep 11:27 Current depth 10 m 11:27 Shut down diesel engines! 11:27 Current depth 20 m 11:27 All stop 11:27 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 011! Long range! 11:28 No warship sound contact! 11:28 Surface the boat 11:28 uzo:the contact is in fact a DD:luckily it has a german flag 11:28 Ahead flank 11:29 Standard propulsion 11:29 Nearest visual contact at bearing 010, range 9800 m! 11:29 revised contact type:fishing vessel:previous contacts gone (smoke stacks x 2) 12:00 Noon Fix 12:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 12:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136. 12:22 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 41' E 7° 43' 12:24 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0) 12:40 Nearest visual contact at bearing 244, range 13900 m! 12:40 dive 12:40 Normal sweep 12:40 Current depth 10 m 12:41 Engage electric motors! 12:41 Current depth 20 m 12:41 All stop 12:41 hydrophone still broken:trying to fix 12:42 Periscope depth 12:42 attack scope:smoke on horizon bearing 247 12:42 ship moving to our starboard at reasonable speed:quite a long distance away:can only see smoke:type not discernable 12:52 Surface the boat 12:53 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 12:53 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion! 12:54 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 258! 12:54 Battery recharged 100%, sir! 12:54 Nearest visual contact at bearing 241, range 14200 m! 12:54 uzo:looks like navy ship:uzo not stabilized so hard to use 12:57 Battery recharged 100%, sir! 12:57 Dive 12:57 Recharging the batteries 12:58 Normal sweep 12:58 Current depth 10 m 12:58 Periscope depth 12:58 Engage electric motors! 12:58 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion! 12:59 Rig for silent running 12:59 attack scope:second smoke stack spotted 245 degrees 13:00 Current speed 1 knots! 13:00 ships moved far enough away for us to proceed on surface at flank speed toward scapa 13:04 Secure recharging batteries 13:59 Surface the boat 13:59 Ahead flank 13:59 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir! 13:59 Secure from silent running 13:59 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion! 14:00 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 14:01 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 002! 14:01 Nearest visual contact at bearing 350, range 11700 m! 14:01 sub speed dropping back to ahead full 14:04 Ahead full 14:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 353, range 11500 m! 14:06 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 005! 14:06 Recharging the batteries 14:09 Nearest visual contact at bearing 356, range 11500 m! 14:09 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 007! 14:09 dropping back to ahead standard 14:09 Ahead standard 14:27 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 014! 14:27 Nearest visual contact at bearing 008, range 13200 m! 14:51 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 020! 14:51 Nearest visual contact at bearing 019, range 17600 m! 14:56 No visual contact! 15:03 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion! 15:07 Standard propulsion 15:07 Batteries recharged 15:07 Secure recharging batteries 15:19 Ahead flank 15:54 No visual contact! 16:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 16:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 33' E 7° 5' 16:13 New course 270 degrees! 16:13 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 321! 16:13 Nearest visual contact at bearing 321, range 14700 m! 16:14 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136. 16:14 Periscope depth 16:15 New depth 20 m! 16:15 Rig for silent running 16:15 Engage electric motors! 16:16 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Closing! Bearing 320! Long range! 16:16 Ahead slow 16:16 Periscope depth 16:16 attack scope:difffrent ships than the last 2:look more like freighters but fast moving 16:16 ships heading to subs port ahead long range distance 16:42 All stop 16:42 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Moving away! Bearing 271! Long range! 16:42 ships far to port side :resuming surfaced at ahead flank 16:58 Surface the boat 16:58 Ahead flank 16:58 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir! 16:58 Secure from silent running 16:59 Standard propulsion 16:59 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 17:07 Nearest visual contact at bearing 222, range 18100 m! 17:07 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 220! 17:09 No visual contact! Last edited by THE_MASK; 08-19-11 at 04:21 AM.