Follow sober on my scapa raid (TDW journal)

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:

Trevally. · 08-20-11, 04:42 AM

getting close now

ETsd4 · 08-20-11, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trevally.

getting close now

K. Doentiz:
"The attack was to be made if possible on the night of 13th/14th October, as on this date both low tides occurred during the hours of darkness, and it was new moon at this period."
13.oct 22:00, still ca 160km distance to target. So he will probably attack on the night of 14/15 oct or maybe on the night of 15/16. oct.

I look forward to the photos which U-21 will bring back to Kiel (if U-21 will survive).

THE_MASK · 08-20-11, 07:20 AM

U021 sober Saturday, 14 October 1939 12:00:00 AM
00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0)
00:01 Standard propulsion
00:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 10' W 0° 36'
00:01 Secure recharging batteries
04:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 318.
04:00 Pre-dawn Fix
04:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
04:16 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 17' W 1° 39'
05:33 No visual contact!
06:00 Ante Meridian Fix
06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340.
06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position...
06:01 Course 274, Speed 16.5 knots, Depth Surfaced
06:01 Fuel 53.6%, Fore batteries 99.9%, Aft batteries 99.9%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather:
06:29 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 19' W 2° 16'
06:30 New course 295 degrees!
06:31 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 292!
06:31 Nearest visual contact at bearing 292, range 14400 m!
06:31 Ahead slow
06:32 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340.
06:32 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340.
06:32 Nearest visual contact at bearing 291, range 14300 m!
06:32 Depth under keel is 96 m, captain!
06:32 Periscope depth
06:33 Normal sweep
06:33 New depth 30 m!
06:33 Current depth 10 m
06:33 Rig for silent running
06:33 Engage electric motors!
06:33 All stop
06:33 Current depth 20 m
06:34 No warship sound contact!
06:34 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 289! Long range!
06:34 Ahead slow
06:34 Periscope depth
06:34 obs scope:no surface vessels or aircraft
06:34 decided to surface and ahead standard
06:36 Surface the boat
06:36 Ahead standard
06:36 Secure from silent running
06:36 Standard propulsion
06:36 Nearest visual contact at bearing 287, range 14100 m!
06:36 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
06:37 Normal sweep
06:41 Nearest visual contact at bearing 280, range 13800 m!
06:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 262, range 14100 m!
06:50 Ahead flank
07:00 Nearest visual contact at bearing 239, range 16700 m!
07:10 No visual contact!
08:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning...
08:00 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 27' W 2° 35'
08:01 No visual contact!
08:01 spotted a trevally
08:01 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340.
08:01 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340.
08:01 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 354!
08:01 Nearest visual contact at bearing 354, range 12800 m!
08:01 Ahead slow
08:01 crew spotted smoke:i cannot see anything:they are sure its there:i will not doubt them
08:02 Nearest visual contact at bearing 354, range 12300 m!
08:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 173, range 9600 m!
08:06 no time to look:dive
08:06 Periscope depth
08:07 Aircraft spotted! Bearing 152! Long range!
08:07 Ahead flank
08:07 Depth under keel is 100 m, captain!
08:07 New depth 51 m!
08:07 Normal sweep
08:07 Current depth 10 m
08:07 Engage electric motors!
08:07 New course 000 degrees!
08:07 Current depth 20 m
08:07 Current depth 30 m
08:07 Current depth 40 m
08:08 No warship sound contact!
08:08 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 287! Long range!
08:08 the repair crew made a mod and fixed the hydrophone:still testing:
08:09 Silent Running! Everybody quiet down!
08:10 No warship sound contact!
08:10 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 286! Long range!
08:10 New depth 20 m!
08:12 Periscope depth
08:12 No warship sound contact!
08:12 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 284! Long range!
08:12 waiting at periscope depth to get a visual check of the contact heading towards us
08:12 regarding the time left to complete this mission:have to make a decision regarding which route to take
08:20 No warship sound contact!
08:20 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 279! Long range!
08:20 vessel is in view:no visible smoke stack:
08:30 No warship sound contact!
08:30 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 270! Long range!
08:40 No warship sound contact!
08:40 attack scope:looks like fishing boat verdammt:
08:50 New depth 20 m!
08:51 No warship sound contact!
08:51 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 240! Long range!
08:51 Periscope depth
08:56 New depth 10 m!
08:56 surfacing ahead flank :vessel still visible:i am sure we are far enough away not to be noticed on the surface
09:12 Ahead flank
09:12 Surface the boat
09:12 Secure from silent running
09:12 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir!
09:13 Nearest visual contact at bearing 202, range 6700 m!
09:13 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir!
09:13 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
09:14 Normal sweep
09:14 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion!
09:15 Nearest visual contact at bearing 197, range 7500 m!
09:18 Nearest visual contact at bearing 191, range 9200 m!
09:18 Recharging the batteries
09:31 Nearest visual contact at bearing 181, range 15100 m!
09:40 No visual contact!

08-20-11, 04:42 AM	#4
Trevally. Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: AN1536 (Orkney) Posts: 5,451 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 28	getting close now __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Trevally Mods for SH5

08-19-11, 10:24 PM	#1
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	#2
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	#3
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:

08-20-11, 07:20 AM	#6
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	U021 sober Saturday, 14 October 1939 12:00:00 AM 00:00 Navigator: Current nautical time zone is 'Z' (GMT+0) 00:01 Standard propulsion 00:01 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 10' W 0° 36' 00:01 Secure recharging batteries 04:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 318. 04:00 Pre-dawn Fix 04:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 04:16 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 17' W 1° 39' 05:33 No visual contact! 06:00 Ante Meridian Fix 06:00 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340. 06:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position... 06:01 Course 274, Speed 16.5 knots, Depth Surfaced 06:01 Fuel 53.6%, Fore batteries 99.9%, Aft batteries 99.9%, Compressed air 100.0%, CO2 0.0%, Weather: 06:29 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 19' W 2° 16' 06:30 New course 295 degrees! 06:31 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 292! 06:31 Nearest visual contact at bearing 292, range 14400 m! 06:31 Ahead slow 06:32 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340. 06:32 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340. 06:32 Nearest visual contact at bearing 291, range 14300 m! 06:32 Depth under keel is 96 m, captain! 06:32 Periscope depth 06:33 Normal sweep 06:33 New depth 30 m! 06:33 Current depth 10 m 06:33 Rig for silent running 06:33 Engage electric motors! 06:33 All stop 06:33 Current depth 20 m 06:34 No warship sound contact! 06:34 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 289! Long range! 06:34 Ahead slow 06:34 Periscope depth 06:34 obs scope:no surface vessels or aircraft 06:34 decided to surface and ahead standard 06:36 Surface the boat 06:36 Ahead standard 06:36 Secure from silent running 06:36 Standard propulsion 06:36 Nearest visual contact at bearing 287, range 14100 m! 06:36 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 06:37 Normal sweep 06:41 Nearest visual contact at bearing 280, range 13800 m! 06:50 Nearest visual contact at bearing 262, range 14100 m! 06:50 Ahead flank 07:00 Nearest visual contact at bearing 239, range 16700 m! 07:10 No visual contact! 08:00 Navigator: Calculating our current position via dead-reckoning... 08:00 Navigator: Calculated position is N 58° 27' W 2° 35' 08:01 No visual contact! 08:01 spotted a trevally 08:01 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340. 08:01 Clouds Clear, Precipitations None, Fog None. Wind Speed 15 meters per second, direction 340. 08:01 Smoke on the horizon! Bearing 354! 08:01 Nearest visual contact at bearing 354, range 12800 m! 08:01 Ahead slow 08:01 crew spotted smoke:i cannot see anything:they are sure its there:i will not doubt them 08:02 Nearest visual contact at bearing 354, range 12300 m! 08:06 Nearest visual contact at bearing 173, range 9600 m! 08:06 no time to look:dive 08:06 Periscope depth 08:07 Aircraft spotted! Bearing 152! Long range! 08:07 Ahead flank 08:07 Depth under keel is 100 m, captain! 08:07 New depth 51 m! 08:07 Normal sweep 08:07 Current depth 10 m 08:07 Engage electric motors! 08:07 New course 000 degrees! 08:07 Current depth 20 m 08:07 Current depth 30 m 08:07 Current depth 40 m 08:08 No warship sound contact! 08:08 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 287! Long range! 08:08 the repair crew made a mod and fixed the hydrophone:still testing: 08:09 Silent Running! Everybody quiet down! 08:10 No warship sound contact! 08:10 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 286! Long range! 08:10 New depth 20 m! 08:12 Periscope depth 08:12 No warship sound contact! 08:12 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 284! Long range! 08:12 waiting at periscope depth to get a visual check of the contact heading towards us 08:12 regarding the time left to complete this mission:have to make a decision regarding which route to take 08:20 No warship sound contact! 08:20 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 279! Long range! 08:20 vessel is in view:no visible smoke stack: 08:30 No warship sound contact! 08:30 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Closing! Bearing 270! Long range! 08:40 No warship sound contact! 08:40 attack scope:looks like fishing boat verdammt: 08:50 New depth 20 m! 08:51 No warship sound contact! 08:51 Nearest sound contact: Moving Slow! Moving away! Bearing 240! Long range! 08:51 Periscope depth 08:56 New depth 10 m! 08:56 surfacing ahead flank :vessel still visible:i am sure we are far enough away not to be noticed on the surface 09:12 Ahead flank 09:12 Surface the boat 09:12 Secure from silent running 09:12 Oxygen reserve 100%, sir! 09:13 Nearest visual contact at bearing 202, range 6700 m! 09:13 Compressed air reserve 100%, sir! 09:13 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion! 09:14 Normal sweep 09:14 Chief Engineer: Switch to battery recharge propulsion! 09:15 Nearest visual contact at bearing 197, range 7500 m! 09:18 Nearest visual contact at bearing 191, range 9200 m! 09:18 Recharging the batteries 09:31 Nearest visual contact at bearing 181, range 15100 m! 09:40 No visual contact!