U-Boat number

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sucrose

SH3 Commander gave me command of U-100, a type VIIB.

I'm currently on my first patrol in August 1940.

In the real war, U-100 was the first U-boat sunk after being located by radar in March 1941. She was then rammed and depth charged to death. That's a bad omen.

Don't feel bad, when I first started with Commander I used to pick U-48 all the time because 1) she was widely considered the most successful boat of the war and 2) she lasted until she was scuttled at the war's end.

Let's just say that none of the historical luck rubbed off on my first few kaleuns.

So now I'm not superstitious about it at all.

[Zedwardson]

my current kaleun had 10 patrols with U-27, a Type VIIB, and recently transferred and had his first patrol in a U-122, a IXB

[Obersteuermann]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Don't feel bad, when I first started with Commander I used to pick U-48 all the time because 1) she was widely considered the most successful boat of the war and 2) she lasted until she was scuttled at the war's end.

Let's just say that none of the historical luck rubbed off on my first few kaleuns.

So now I'm not superstitious about it at all.

I was randomly assigned U-48 and didn't even think about it until I lost her on my second patrol in 1940 and loked up her actual history, out of curiosity. Whoops.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Obersteuermann

I was randomly assigned U-48 and didn't even think about it until I lost her on my second patrol in 1940 and loked up her actual history, out of curiosity. Whoops.

I know! I actually started to feel guilty about it. In six years the Allies couldn't put the old girl down, and I couldn't get through two patrols without losing her.