Sometimes the patrol gods smile on you

Sailingowl · 05-14-20, 05:44 PM

Kaleun O. Gerthel and U-64 set out in January '40 and en route to his patrol grid he stumbled upon a small convoy just north of Stornoway. 2 13k troop ships sunk in the dark of the night as the lone destroyer tried to find the uboat responsible. Then, just off Ireland, an ore carrier met its fate followed by a medium tanker. Then followed an encounter with a convoy that damaged to hull and forced U64 to break off contact for emergency repairs. Then finally an Empire freighter was sunk south of Cork before U64 returned home.

Patrol number two started out uneventful until an ore carrier was sunk off Brest. After that a series of small ships was encountered off the coast of Portugal and Spain east of Gibraltar until suddenly two large cargo ships were spotted going west and one going east. A turkey shoot ensued (the RAOBF wheel is a delight) and the patrol ended with a total of 12 ships down for a total of 68k tons.

I feel like somewhere somehow I must have done a very, very good deed because these two patrols have been great. 2 patrols and apart from the scrape with the convoy on first patrol there's been no damage to the uboat, the crew is fine and even the weather has been on my side. The targets have been large and most unprotected

Can this streak of good luck and excellent targets go on much longer? I doubt it will. The pessimist in me says that patrol # 3 will be nothing but misery and pain for kaleun Gerthel.

05-14-20, 05:44 PM	#1
Sailingowl Watch Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Sweden Posts: 18 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Sometimes the patrol gods smile on you Kaleun O. Gerthel and U-64 set out in January '40 and en route to his patrol grid he stumbled upon a small convoy just north of Stornoway. 2 13k troop ships sunk in the dark of the night as the lone destroyer tried to find the uboat responsible. Then, just off Ireland, an ore carrier met its fate followed by a medium tanker. Then followed an encounter with a convoy that damaged to hull and forced U64 to break off contact for emergency repairs. Then finally an Empire freighter was sunk south of Cork before U64 returned home. Patrol number two started out uneventful until an ore carrier was sunk off Brest. After that a series of small ships was encountered off the coast of Portugal and Spain east of Gibraltar until suddenly two large cargo ships were spotted going west and one going east. A turkey shoot ensued (the RAOBF wheel is a delight) and the patrol ended with a total of 12 ships down for a total of 68k tons. I feel like somewhere somehow I must have done a very, very good deed because these two patrols have been great. 2 patrols and apart from the scrape with the convoy on first patrol there's been no damage to the uboat, the crew is fine and even the weather has been on my side. The targets have been large and most unprotected Can this streak of good luck and excellent targets go on much longer? I doubt it will. The pessimist in me says that patrol # 3 will be nothing but misery and pain for kaleun Gerthel.