3RD Patrol (BALZ)

[Brag]

Once we jacked the port diesel back into place and aligned the shaft, Balz said, " This sumbie has taken enough damage, we´re done with convoys on this patrol. We´ll just head quietly back to Wili.

The following day, the sound man, reported a convoy coming our way.
"Course three six zero," Balz ordered to get out of the way. The convoy changed course also and rumbled overhead.

Scheisse happens," Balz said. Since we are in the middle, we may as well sink a Tommy. He raised the periscope. "Aha! A large freighter is approaching its doom. Flood tube one."
Whoosh, the sound of a torpedo departing surprised everyone.
"What was that?" Balz asked.
"Tube five, Herr Kaleun," The chief said.
Mystified, Balz looked at the gauges.
"Woo hoo!" Bernard ran into the Zentralle. " I fired a torpedo, woo hoo."
"You bastard," Balz grabbed Bernard by the throat. You have wasted a good tor--"
"Torpedo treffer," the sound man announced.
Surprised, Balz let go of Bernard.
"I sunk a ship, woo hoo, I sank a ship!"
Balz looked into the scope lens. "Incredible, a large freighter is sinking." Balz turned the scope forward. "Einz los!"

Balz´s torpedo also found its mark. That is how we got twenty thousand tons that day.

Everyone is still scratching his head trying to figure out how Bernard fired that torpedo.

[Gerald]

how can it be explained otherwise

[Sailor Steve]

Brag, did you have the wrong tube clicked? Maybe you need to 'fess up here.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147983

But, as an old friend of mine once commented when I accidentally outshot him at the target range, "If you can't be good, be lucky!"

[Schroeder]

*coughitszentralewithonlyonelandeinsnoteinzcough*

Spelling Nazi at work.....

[papa_smurf]

You patrol is doomed now Bernard sunk a ship.......

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

*coughitszentralewithonlyonelandeinsnoteinzcough*

Spelling Nazi at work.....

A warning: If you insist on correcting Brag's spelling you're in for a lifelong career, unpaid, and your hair will end up grayer that Scmenk's (or more nonexistant than Jimbuna's).

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

A warning: If you insist on correcting Brag's spelling you're in for a lifelong career, unpaid, and your hair will end up grayer that Scmenk's (or more nonexistant than Jimbuna's).

I'll have you know I resemble that latter remark





*photoshopping a picture of Steve to make him look balder than a billiard ball*

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

*photoshopping a picture of Steve to make him look balder than a billiard ball*

I have one that doesn't need to be 'shopped. Unfortunately I've never been able to get it off my phone and onto my computer. It hates me.

[Brag]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Brag, did you have the wrong tube clicked? Maybe you need to 'fess up here.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147983

But, as an old friend of mine once commented when I accidentally outshot him at the target range, "If you can't be good, be lucky!"

Steve, no wrong tube selected. But there is a way to fire a torpedo without pressing the fire button (I discovered).

[Brag]

To BDU
From 7th Flotilla
03 February 1940

U-151 (Balz) returned from patrol (29 December 1939 to 03 February 1940)
11 ships sunk for a total of 65812 BRT.

During the patrol U-boat received extensive damage to equipment. Hull integrety is estimated at 88%.

Balz is recommended for IC 2nd.

His request for a type IX boat has been denied.