Things finally went my way.

[Fr8monkey]

I hit a convoy contact north if Ireland coming straight at me. "I like this" I say to myself. I go at peri. depth, 500 meters to the side of the lead destroyer @ 1 kn. It is 2AM in Dec. 1939, so I am not so concerned about being discovered. I raise Periscope to see whats for supper... 1 Ammo. ship, 2 Ore carriers and 2 Large merchants and other smaller ships. I have 9 torps left.


While I am looking around, the destroyer cuts directly behind me at 750 meters and I oblige his error by sending him to the briny deep.


I then hit the Ammo ship, an ore carrier. and disable a large merchant. By now my stern tube is reloaded and I am eyein' a Pass/cargo directly behind me as a trailing destroyer is coming up on me, fast. I hurry and fire on the passanger ship; and wouldn't you know it... the last destroyer bravly leaps into the torpedo's path and joins his brother!!!

So I surface to find a scattered batch of ships in diarray and order the gun crew to their station. I fire on a Small freighter to the stardoard and in one shot goes up in a tremendous ball of flame. Sunk with one shot!

So I run and gun for the better part of an hour sinking 8 more ships including a brit' sub. I run out of ammo and have only 1 torp left and 4 Echo boats crash the party and forced me to leave.

Damage: minor paint scrapage from the British subs MG to my conning tower. Tally: 67,500 tons sunk.

U 46: Returning to base