Follow sober on my scapa raid (TDW journal)

THE_MASK · 08-18-11, 08:53 PM

U021 sober Thursday, 12 October 1939 12:00:00 AM
00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 2 meters per second, direction 0.
00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'A' (GMT+1)
00:00 Post Sunset Fix
00:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
00:37 New course 270 degrees!
00:37 passed skagen:heading west
00:37 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 6' E 10° 40'
04:00 Pre-dawn Fix
04:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 108.
04:01 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
04:22 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 2' E 9° 43'
04:22 talked to the crew and told them our mission orders:there morale has increased:i asked the cook to cook up a special meal for the crew:it might be tough going once we reach scapa
06:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136.
06:00 Ante Meridian Fix
06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
06:32 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 4' E 9° 11'
06:45 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 304!
06:45 New course 254 degrees!
06:45 Nearest visual contact at bearing 302, range 11700 m!
06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317!
06:46 Nearest visual contact at bearing 316, range 11700 m!
06:46 Depth under keel is 546 m, captain!
06:46 diving
06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 318!
06:47 New depth 30 m!
06:47 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317!
06:47 Normal sweep
06:47 Current depth 10 m
06:47 Rig for silent running
06:47 Current depth 20 m
06:47 All stop
06:47 Engage electric motors!
06:47 No sound contact!
06:47 hydrophone is malfunctioning again:will need to repair it
06:54 No sound contact!
06:54 No warship sound contact!
06:54 New depth 20 m!
06:54 Ahead slow
06:54 No sound contact!
06:54 No warship sound contact!
06:55 Periscope depth
06:55 lost sight of contact with attack periscope:will use uzo when surfaced
06:56 Surface the boat
06:56 Secure from silent running
06:56 Standard propulsion
06:56 spotted 2 smoke stacks with uzo:crew did not spot
06:56 watched smoke stacks for a while:ships seem to be travelling away from us;proceeding west at ahead flank
07:00 Ahead flank
07:17 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 1' E 9° 3'
11:08 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 012!
11:08 Nearest visual contact at bearing 012, range 17600 m!
11:26 Nearest visual contact at bearing 011, range 10200 m!
11:27 Dive
11:27 New depth 21 m!
11:27 Normal sweep
11:27 Current depth 10 m
11:27 Shut down diesel engines!
11:27 Current depth 20 m
11:27 All stop
11:27 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 011! Long range!
11:28 No warship sound contact!
11:28 Surface the boat
11:28 uzo:the contact is in fact a DD:luckily it has a german flag
11:28 Ahead flank
11:29 Standard propulsion
11:29 Nearest visual contact at bearing 010, range 9800 m!
11:29 revised contact type:fishing vessel:previous contacts gone (smoke stacks x 2)
12:00 Noon Fix
12:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
12:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136.
12:22 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 41' E 7° 43'
12:24 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
12:40 Nearest visual contact at bearing 244, range 13900 m!
12:40 dive
12:40 Normal sweep
12:40 Current depth 10 m
12:41 Engage electric motors!
12:41 Current depth 20 m
12:41 All stop
12:41 hydrophone still broken:trying to fix
12:42 Periscope depth
12:42 attack scope:smoke on horizon bearing 247
12:42 ship moving to our starboard at reasonable speed:quite a long distance away:can only see smoke:type not discernable
12:52 Surface the boat
12:53 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
12:53 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
12:54 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 258!
12:54 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
12:54 Nearest visual contact at bearing 241, range 14200 m!
12:54 uzo:looks like navy ship:uzo not stabilized so hard to use
12:57 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
12:57 Dive
12:57 Recharging the batteries
12:58 Normal sweep
12:58 Current depth 10 m
12:58 Periscope depth
12:58 Engage electric motors!
12:58 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion!
12:59 Rig for silent running
12:59 attack scope:second smoke stack spotted 245 degrees
13:00 Current speed 1 knots!
13:00 ships moved far enough away for us to proceed on surface at flank speed toward scapa
13:04 Secure recharging batteries
13:59 Surface the boat
13:59 Ahead flank
13:59 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir!
13:59 Secure from silent running
13:59 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
14:00 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
14:01 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 002!
14:01 Nearest visual contact at bearing 350, range 11700 m!
14:01 sub speed dropping back to ahead full
14:04 Ahead full
14:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 353, range 11500 m!
14:06 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 005!
14:06 Recharging the batteries
14:09 Nearest visual contact at bearing 356, range 11500 m!
14:09 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 007!
14:09 dropping back to ahead standard
14:09 Ahead standard
14:27 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 014!
14:27 Nearest visual contact at bearing 008, range 13200 m!
14:51 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 020!
14:51 Nearest visual contact at bearing 019, range 17600 m!
14:56 No visual contact!
15:03 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion!
15:07 Standard propulsion
15:07 Batteries recharged
15:07 Secure recharging batteries
15:19 Ahead flank
15:54 No visual contact!
16:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
16:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 33' E 7° 5'
16:13 New course 270 degrees!
16:13 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 321!
16:13 Nearest visual contact at bearing 321, range 14700 m!
16:14 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136.
16:14 Periscope depth
16:15 New depth 20 m!
16:15 Rig for silent running
16:15 Engage electric motors!
16:16 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Closing! Bearing 320! Long range!
16:16 Ahead slow
16:16 Periscope depth
16:16 attack scope:difffrent ships than the last 2:look more like freighters but fast moving
16:16 ships heading to subs port ahead long range distance
16:42 All stop
16:42 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Moving away! Bearing 271! Long range!
16:42 ships far to port side :resuming surfaced at ahead flank
16:58 Surface the boat
16:58 Ahead flank
16:58 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir!
16:58 Secure from silent running
16:59 Standard propulsion
16:59 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
17:07 Nearest visual contact at bearing 222, range 18100 m!
17:07 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 220!
17:09 No visual contact!

Trevally. · 08-19-11, 12:35 PM

mia389 · 08-19-11, 02:44 PM

First time using google earth. That is pretty neat

FIREWALL · 08-19-11, 02:54 PM

sober The way you've layed it out logbook fashion, I will checkin regularly to stay up tp date with good ole (U-021) and Kaleun sober.

Until next report

THE_MASK · 08-19-11, 10:24 PM

17:10 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
17:10 Standard propulsion
17:10 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 32' E 6° 59'
17:11 No visual contact!
17:11 New course 275 degrees!
17:11 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
17:12 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 32' E 6° 59'
20:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 34.
20:00 light fog has appeared:this is ideal for the scapa raid:i do not think however that anything more than light fog will be acceptable
20:00 Post Meridian Fix
20:45 No visual contact!
20:45 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 36' E 6° 5'
22:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
22:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 39' E 5° 47'
23:10 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced
23:10 Fuel 74.0%, Fore batteries 99.1%, Aft batteries 99.1%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather:
23:10 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.

THE_MASK · 08-19-11, 10:26 PM

U021 sober Friday, 13 October 1939 12:00:00 AM
00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
00:00 Post Sunset Fix
00:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
00:43 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 44' E 5° 5'
01:44 No visual contact!
02:00 No visual contact!
02:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
02:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 47' E 4° 44'
04:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
04:00 Pre-dawn Fix
04:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
04:01 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
04:17 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 46' E 4° 8'
04:40 Submarine sighted! It's one of ours! Bearing 335! Long range!
04:40 good to see another kaleun on his way to british waters
04:40 Nearest visual contact at bearing 334, range 7000 m!
04:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 256, range 6900 m!
05:10 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
05:10 No visual contact!
05:10 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced
05:10 Fuel 69.8%, Fore batteries 99.1%, Aft batteries 99.1%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather:
05:33 Ship sighted! Bearing 339! Long range!
05:33 Nearest visual contact at bearing 339, range 7300 m!
05:33 Deeper!
05:34 Depth under keel is 120 m, captain!
05:34 New depth 30 m!
05:34 Normal sweep
05:34 Current depth 10 m
05:34 Ahead slow
05:34 Current depth 20 m
05:34 Shut down diesel engines!
05:34 All stop
05:36 Nearest sound contact: Medium Speed! Constant distance! Bearing 345! Long range!
05:36 No warship sound contact!
05:37 No sound contact!
05:37 hydrophone works sometimes now
05:38 Periscope depth
05:38 Ahead slow
05:39 Surface the boat
05:40 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
05:40 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
05:40 No visual contact!
05:40 Ship sighted! Bearing 357! Long range!
05:40 Ahead slow
05:40 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
05:41 Ahead standard
05:44 Nearest visual contact at bearing 007, range 7400 m!
05:45 Battery recharged 100%, sir!
05:45 Recharging the batteries
05:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 021, range 7400 m!
05:53 ship sighted 20 degrees
05:53 looks like freighter moving away to my starboard side:will travel slow speed until further away
05:54 Ahead slow
06:00 Nearest visual contact at bearing 035, range 7800 m!
06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.
06:00 Ante Meridian Fix
06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
06:02 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 041!
06:04 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 043!
06:04 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion!
06:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 043, range 9300 m!
06:06 Ahead flank
06:06 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 044!
06:09 Standard propulsion
06:09 Batteries recharged
06:09 Secure recharging batteries
06:11 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 056!
06:11 Nearest visual contact at bearing 056, range 9400 m!
06:16 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 48' E 3° 44'
07:08 No visual contact!

THE_MASK · 08-20-11, 04:09 AM

07:10 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
07:10 Standard propulsion
07:10 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 14 meters per second, direction 29.
07:10 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 14 meters per second, direction 29.
07:10 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 51' E 3° 32'
07:10 Secure recharging batteries
07:10 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
07:46 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 53' E 3° 23'
08:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
08:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 53' E 3° 18'
10:00 New radio message received
10:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
10:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 56' E 2° 48'
10:16 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 030!
10:16 Nearest visual contact at bearing 031, range 16900 m!
10:16 Periscope depth
10:16 No sound contact!
10:16 No warship sound contact!
10:16 No sound contact!
10:17 Normal sweep
10:17 Current depth 10 m
10:17 All stop
10:17 Engage electric motors!
10:17 No sound contact!
10:17 No sound contact!
10:17 No warship sound contact!
10:17 New depth 20 m!
10:17 Ahead slow
10:18 No sound contact!
10:18 No sound contact!
10:18 No warship sound contact!
10:18 Surface the boat
10:18 Ahead standard
10:18 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
10:18 Standard propulsion
10:19 No visual contact!
10:19 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
10:19 Standard propulsion
10:19 No visual contact!
10:19 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 54' E 2° 44'
10:19 Secure recharging batteries
10:19 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
10:20 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 54' E 2° 44'
11:18 No visual contact!
11:54 Ahead flank
12:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174.
12:00 Noon Fix
12:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
12:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174.
12:33 No visual contact!
12:33 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 56' E 2° 19'
14:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
14:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 58' E 1° 59'
15:51 No visual contact!
16:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
16:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 0' E 1° 26'
16:19 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174.
16:19 No visual contact!
16:19 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced
16:19 Fuel 63.2%, Fore batteries 99.9%, Aft batteries 99.9%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather:
18:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
18:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 1' E 0° 58'
20:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174.
20:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174.
20:00 Post Meridian Fix
20:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
20:41 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 7' E 0° 13'
21:24 No visual contact!
22:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
22:00 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 7' W 0° 7'
22:19 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174.
22:19 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced
22:19 Fuel 59.0%, Fore batteries 99.9%, Aft batteries 99.9%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather:

08-18-11, 08:53 PM	#1
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	U021 sober Thursday, 12 October 1939 12:00:00 AM 00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 2 meters per second, direction 0. 00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'A' (GMT+1) 00:00 Post Sunset Fix 00:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 00:37 New course 270 degrees! 00:37 passed skagen:heading west 00:37 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 6' E 10° 40' 04:00 Pre-dawn Fix 04:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 108. 04:01 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 04:22 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 2' E 9° 43' 04:22 talked to the crew and told them our mission orders:there morale has increased:i asked the cook to cook up a special meal for the crew:it might be tough going once we reach scapa 06:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136. 06:00 Ante Meridian Fix 06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 06:32 Navigator: Calculated position is Lat: N 58° 4' E 9° 11' 06:45 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 304! 06:45 New course 254 degrees! 06:45 Nearest visual contact at bearing 302, range 11700 m! 06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317! 06:46 Nearest visual contact at bearing 316, range 11700 m! 06:46 Depth under keel is 546 m, captain! 06:46 diving 06:46 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 318! 06:47 New depth 30 m! 06:47 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 317! 06:47 Normal sweep 06:47 Current depth 10 m 06:47 Rig for silent running 06:47 Current depth 20 m 06:47 All stop 06:47 Engage electric motors! 06:47 No sound contact! 06:47 hydrophone is malfunctioning again:will need to repair it 06:54 No sound contact! 06:54 No warship sound contact! 06:54 New depth 20 m! 06:54 Ahead slow 06:54 No sound contact! 06:54 No warship sound contact! 06:55 Periscope depth 06:55 lost sight of contact with attack periscope:will use uzo when surfaced 06:56 Surface the boat 06:56 Secure from silent running 06:56 Standard propulsion 06:56 spotted 2 smoke stacks with uzo:crew did not spot 06:56 watched smoke stacks for a while:ships seem to be travelling away from us;proceeding west at ahead flank 07:00 Ahead flank 07:17 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 1' E 9° 3' 11:08 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 012! 11:08 Nearest visual contact at bearing 012, range 17600 m! 11:26 Nearest visual contact at bearing 011, range 10200 m! 11:27 Dive 11:27 New depth 21 m! 11:27 Normal sweep 11:27 Current depth 10 m 11:27 Shut down diesel engines! 11:27 Current depth 20 m 11:27 All stop 11:27 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 011! Long range! 11:28 No warship sound contact! 11:28 Surface the boat 11:28 uzo:the contact is in fact a DD:luckily it has a german flag 11:28 Ahead flank 11:29 Standard propulsion 11:29 Nearest visual contact at bearing 010, range 9800 m! 11:29 revised contact type:fishing vessel:previous contacts gone (smoke stacks x 2) 12:00 Noon Fix 12:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 12:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136. 12:22 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 41' E 7° 43' 12:24 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0) 12:40 Nearest visual contact at bearing 244, range 13900 m! 12:40 dive 12:40 Normal sweep 12:40 Current depth 10 m 12:41 Engage electric motors! 12:41 Current depth 20 m 12:41 All stop 12:41 hydrophone still broken:trying to fix 12:42 Periscope depth 12:42 attack scope:smoke on horizon bearing 247 12:42 ship moving to our starboard at reasonable speed:quite a long distance away:can only see smoke:type not discernable 12:52 Surface the boat 12:53 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 12:53 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion! 12:54 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 258! 12:54 Battery recharged 100%, sir! 12:54 Nearest visual contact at bearing 241, range 14200 m! 12:54 uzo:looks like navy ship:uzo not stabilized so hard to use 12:57 Battery recharged 100%, sir! 12:57 Dive 12:57 Recharging the batteries 12:58 Normal sweep 12:58 Current depth 10 m 12:58 Periscope depth 12:58 Engage electric motors! 12:58 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion! 12:59 Rig for silent running 12:59 attack scope:second smoke stack spotted 245 degrees 13:00 Current speed 1 knots! 13:00 ships moved far enough away for us to proceed on surface at flank speed toward scapa 13:04 Secure recharging batteries 13:59 Surface the boat 13:59 Ahead flank 13:59 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir! 13:59 Secure from silent running 13:59 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion! 14:00 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 14:01 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 002! 14:01 Nearest visual contact at bearing 350, range 11700 m! 14:01 sub speed dropping back to ahead full 14:04 Ahead full 14:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 353, range 11500 m! 14:06 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 005! 14:06 Recharging the batteries 14:09 Nearest visual contact at bearing 356, range 11500 m! 14:09 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 007! 14:09 dropping back to ahead standard 14:09 Ahead standard 14:27 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 014! 14:27 Nearest visual contact at bearing 008, range 13200 m! 14:51 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 020! 14:51 Nearest visual contact at bearing 019, range 17600 m! 14:56 No visual contact! 15:03 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion! 15:07 Standard propulsion 15:07 Batteries recharged 15:07 Secure recharging batteries 15:19 Ahead flank 15:54 No visual contact! 16:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 16:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 33' E 7° 5' 16:13 New course 270 degrees! 16:13 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 321! 16:13 Nearest visual contact at bearing 321, range 14700 m! 16:14 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 136. 16:14 Periscope depth 16:15 New depth 20 m! 16:15 Rig for silent running 16:15 Engage electric motors! 16:16 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Closing! Bearing 320! Long range! 16:16 Ahead slow 16:16 Periscope depth 16:16 attack scope:difffrent ships than the last 2:look more like freighters but fast moving 16:16 ships heading to subs port ahead long range distance 16:42 All stop 16:42 Nearest sound contact: Moving Fast! Moving away! Bearing 271! Long range! 16:42 ships far to port side :resuming surfaced at ahead flank 16:58 Surface the boat 16:58 Ahead flank 16:58 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir! 16:58 Secure from silent running 16:59 Standard propulsion 16:59 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 17:07 Nearest visual contact at bearing 222, range 18100 m! 17:07 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 220! 17:09 No visual contact! Last edited by THE_MASK; 08-19-11 at 04:21 AM.

08-19-11, 12:35 PM	#2
Trevally. Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: AN1536 (Orkney) Posts: 5,451 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 28	__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Trevally Mods for SH5

08-19-11, 02:54 PM	#4
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	sober The way you've layed it out logbook fashion, I will checkin regularly to stay up tp date with good ole (U-021) and Kaleun sober. Until next report __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-19-11, 02:44 PM	#3
mia389 中国水兵 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dayton OH Posts: 271 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	First time using google earth. That is pretty neat

08-19-11, 10:24 PM	#5
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	17:10 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0) 17:10 Standard propulsion 17:10 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 32' E 6° 59' 17:11 No visual contact! 17:11 New course 275 degrees! 17:11 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 17:12 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 32' E 6° 59' 20:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 34. 20:00 light fog has appeared:this is ideal for the scapa raid:i do not think however that anything more than light fog will be acceptable 20:00 Post Meridian Fix 20:45 No visual contact! 20:45 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 36' E 6° 5' 22:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 22:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 39' E 5° 47' 23:10 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced 23:10 Fuel 74.0%, Fore batteries 99.1%, Aft batteries 99.1%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather: 23:10 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29.

08-19-11, 10:26 PM	#6
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	U021 sober Friday, 13 October 1939 12:00:00 AM 00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29. 00:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29. 00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0) 00:00 Post Sunset Fix 00:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 00:43 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 44' E 5° 5' 01:44 No visual contact! 02:00 No visual contact! 02:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 02:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 47' E 4° 44' 04:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29. 04:00 Pre-dawn Fix 04:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 04:01 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29. 04:17 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 46' E 4° 8' 04:40 Submarine sighted! It's one of ours! Bearing 335! Long range! 04:40 good to see another kaleun on his way to british waters 04:40 Nearest visual contact at bearing 334, range 7000 m! 04:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 256, range 6900 m! 05:10 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29. 05:10 No visual contact! 05:10 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced 05:10 Fuel 69.8%, Fore batteries 99.1%, Aft batteries 99.1%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather: 05:33 Ship sighted! Bearing 339! Long range! 05:33 Nearest visual contact at bearing 339, range 7300 m! 05:33 Deeper! 05:34 Depth under keel is 120 m, captain! 05:34 New depth 30 m! 05:34 Normal sweep 05:34 Current depth 10 m 05:34 Ahead slow 05:34 Current depth 20 m 05:34 Shut down diesel engines! 05:34 All stop 05:36 Nearest sound contact: Medium Speed! Constant distance! Bearing 345! Long range! 05:36 No warship sound contact! 05:37 No sound contact! 05:37 hydrophone works sometimes now 05:38 Periscope depth 05:38 Ahead slow 05:39 Surface the boat 05:40 Battery recharged 100%, sir! 05:40 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 05:40 No visual contact! 05:40 Ship sighted! Bearing 357! Long range! 05:40 Ahead slow 05:40 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion! 05:41 Ahead standard 05:44 Nearest visual contact at bearing 007, range 7400 m! 05:45 Battery recharged 100%, sir! 05:45 Recharging the batteries 05:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 021, range 7400 m! 05:53 ship sighted 20 degrees 05:53 looks like freighter moving away to my starboard side:will travel slow speed until further away 05:54 Ahead slow 06:00 Nearest visual contact at bearing 035, range 7800 m! 06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29. 06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog Light. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 29. 06:00 Ante Meridian Fix 06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 06:02 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 041! 06:04 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 043! 06:04 Chief Engineer: Switch to standard propulsion! 06:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 043, range 9300 m! 06:06 Ahead flank 06:06 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 044! 06:09 Standard propulsion 06:09 Batteries recharged 06:09 Secure recharging batteries 06:11 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 056! 06:11 Nearest visual contact at bearing 056, range 9400 m! 06:16 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 48' E 3° 44' 07:08 No visual contact!

08-20-11, 04:09 AM	#7
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	07:10 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0) 07:10 Standard propulsion 07:10 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 14 meters per second, direction 29. 07:10 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 14 meters per second, direction 29. 07:10 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 51' E 3° 32' 07:10 Secure recharging batteries 07:10 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 07:46 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 53' E 3° 23' 08:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 08:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 53' E 3° 18' 10:00 New radio message received 10:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 10:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 56' E 2° 48' 10:16 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 030! 10:16 Nearest visual contact at bearing 031, range 16900 m! 10:16 Periscope depth 10:16 No sound contact! 10:16 No warship sound contact! 10:16 No sound contact! 10:17 Normal sweep 10:17 Current depth 10 m 10:17 All stop 10:17 Engage electric motors! 10:17 No sound contact! 10:17 No sound contact! 10:17 No warship sound contact! 10:17 New depth 20 m! 10:17 Ahead slow 10:18 No sound contact! 10:18 No sound contact! 10:18 No warship sound contact! 10:18 Surface the boat 10:18 Ahead standard 10:18 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 10:18 Standard propulsion 10:19 No visual contact! 10:19 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0) 10:19 Standard propulsion 10:19 No visual contact! 10:19 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 54' E 2° 44' 10:19 Secure recharging batteries 10:19 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 10:20 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 54' E 2° 44' 11:18 No visual contact! 11:54 Ahead flank 12:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174. 12:00 Noon Fix 12:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 12:01 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174. 12:33 No visual contact! 12:33 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 56' E 2° 19' 14:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 14:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 57° 58' E 1° 59' 15:51 No visual contact! 16:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 16:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 0' E 1° 26' 16:19 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174. 16:19 No visual contact! 16:19 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced 16:19 Fuel 63.2%, Fore batteries 99.9%, Aft batteries 99.9%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather: 18:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 18:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 1' E 0° 58' 20:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174. 20:00 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174. 20:00 Post Meridian Fix 20:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 20:41 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 7' E 0° 13' 21:24 No visual contact! 22:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 22:00 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 7' W 0° 7' 22:19 Clouds Partial, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 3 meters per second, direction 174. 22:19 Course 275, Speed 16.6 knots, Depth Surfaced 22:19 Fuel 59.0%, Fore batteries 99.9%, Aft batteries 99.9%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather: