Anyone else had a "bad luck" patrol?

[Brag]

I went once for 27 days without a contact, zip Nil, nada, hakuna kitu. Then managed a couple of sinkers.

Better luck nex time.

[Corsair]

Same for me came back from last patrol with 1 ship 7000 tons sunk after 25 days not firing anything and mostly diving away from planes (bloody daylight in July almost 24 hours a day around Scotland...) Boy was I happy when I picked up this contact on hydrophones on the way back between Orkneys and Shetlands...

[Lzs von swe]

Yes, weeks and weeks of bad weather. I tend to dive deep and order all stop. Rotate the crew to give them all the rest they need, play the gramophone, drink some coffee or beer
But, as in rl it happens that I abort the patrol and head back to base

[mr chris]

For a bad luck patrol this one is top of my list. It only happen last week so its still a little raw.
Started a new career out of Lorient 2nd flottila in Sept 1940 thought i would give a type IX ago for a change. Was given orders to partol gid CF98 east of the azores.
Had just a point 300km N/W of El Ferrol when i came across and lone large Cargo which i put down with 2 torpedos a few days later came across another which went the same way.
Was slowing making my way down the coast of Portugal when about 250km behind me a large circle pops on the nav map. I alter course to recee the area what i find almost makes me faint. My lookouts spot a ships smoke in the distance. I drop down to 25m for a bit to listen to see what is up there in front of me. After say 10 -15mins i have 14 merchant contacts on the map and only one warship.
I surface and close the gap a little bit more when i spot the warship in my binos i nealy fall over in laughter it is only a Type VII going up and down the lines of the merchants fring away with his deck gun. Not a DD in sight, it seems my good friend the type VII and his friends have taken care of the escort and the Convoy is free to pliage.
After about one and half hours of action i have used up all my deck gun ammo and have only 6 torpedos left but i have sunk all 14 ships and my bag so far for the patrol is a amazing 16 ships for 82 thousand tonnes.
I set course for my patrol area and ring up flank speed to clear the area in case anyone has put out the alarm.
Two days latter while i was about 300km east of Lisbon i came across another lone merchant and despatched her to the deep with one torpedo. the bag now stood at around 86 thousand tonnes. so closing my patrol grid and triedness setting in i saved my game and made for bed.
The next day i could not wait to load up the game and continue this epic patrol. Everything was going well till i got to the not so long ago screen when i just went black and CTD'd. I was heart broken and once in a life times patrol gone just like that. Well at lest now i can say i have been biten in the ass by the save game bug. I just hope its the last time.

[Jimbuna]

A little tip matey
If your having a real stinker of a patrol then as a last resort head for the nearest 'hot spot' to yourself (depending on where you are) ie: Halifax, Hartlepool, western approach to Gibraltar etc. etc. and lie in wait approx 100km offshore and you should be able to pick off traffic entering and leaving

[The Munster]

Just had a bad one, previous Patrol, knocked out 11 ships totalling 83,000 tons outside Gibralter and thought great so decided to go to the same spot hoping for the best and ended up sinking one stinking small Merchant .. GRR
Spotted 2 ships in a storm when returning to Base and turned out to be a French Armed Trawler accompanying a Merchant. The Patrol was a total let-down
Suppose you have to take the bad with the good.

PS Also a lot of Hurricanes and a sprinkle of Kingfishers (?!) but problem is somehow I've set submerge when an Aircraft is spotted and can't knock it off [don't get the option screen], would like to have a bash at one of the Kingfishers with the Flak Gun [any ideas ?]

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Munson

Just had a bad one, previous Patrol, knocked out 11 ships totalling 83,000 tons outside Gibralter and thought great so decided to go to the same spot hoping for the best and ended up sinking one stinking small Merchant .. GRR
Spotted 2 ships in a storm when returning to Base and turned out to be a French Armed Trawler accompanying a Merchant. The Patrol was a total let-down
Suppose you have to take the bad with the good.

PS Also a lot of Hurricanes and a sprinkle of Kingfishers (?!) but problem is somehow I've set submerge when an Aircraft is spotted and can't knock it off [don't get the option screen], would like to have a bash at one of the Kingfishers with the Flak Gun [any ideas ?]

Isn't the default option only good for one patrol ? :hmm:

[Brag]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

A little tip matey
If your having a real stinker of a patrol then as a last resort head for the nearest 'hot spot' to yourself (depending on where you are) ie: Halifax, Hartlepool, western approach to Gibraltar etc. etc. and lie in wait approx 100km offshore and you should be able to pick off traffic entering and leaving

Yup, going to a hot spot has saved most of my bummer patrols.

[Morts]

i just had a "bad luck" patrol
10 swordfish attacks (well there where 2 planes in each attack..so 20 attacks)
7 direct bomb hits and alot of near misses that damaged me
5 dead crew

but then i look on the bright side
1 plane downed
20 ships sunk with torps and shells to spare
and 84632 tons sunk