The ridiculous demise of a Uboat Ace

Kapt Z · 02-16-12, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by VonApist

December 1943. Night attack against a convoy in Gibraltar. 2 ore carriers hit but still struggling in the middle lane of the convoy. U27 was spotted by escorts and dived at a vertical course to the convoy. And at a depth of around 30 meters, a collision with the sinking merchant.

Am I reading that right? You made a night SURFACE attack on a convoy in 1943?!? Wow.

Perhaps you were submerged, but your use of the word 'spotted' rather than 'detected' made me think you were on the surface.

Either way, just crappy luck.

RConch · 02-16-12, 07:50 AM

I am impressed you made it past the radar equiped escorts to get close enough to shoot.
Nothing like a new career to get the juices flowing again.

VonApist · 02-16-12, 08:04 AM

Weather was awful and I was decks awash. I know its a risk when radar comes into play. I use this technique after 1942 if I feel that I might try to make a run for it when the weather is really crappy and visibility is low.

But I had placed myself in a bad position to run for it, trying to position my boat perfectly for a shot.

Complacency after many succesful attempts = death.

Herr-Berbunch · 02-16-12, 08:06 AM

Live and learn, err - die and learn. Still, to get to '43 is very respectable. I struggle to get our of August '39.

VonApist · 02-16-12, 08:28 AM

For the record, VII rules

I find IX boats moving targets after 1941-2

02-16-12, 07:50 AM	#2
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	I am impressed you made it past the radar equiped escorts to get close enough to shoot. Nothing like a new career to get the juices flowing again. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

02-16-12, 08:04 AM	#3
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Weather was awful and I was decks awash. I know its a risk when radar comes into play. I use this technique after 1942 if I feel that I might try to make a run for it when the weather is really crappy and visibility is low. But I had placed myself in a bad position to run for it, trying to position my boat perfectly for a shot. Complacency after many succesful attempts = death. __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov

02-16-12, 08:06 AM	#4
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Live and learn, err - die and learn. Still, to get to '43 is very respectable. I struggle to get our of August '39. __________________

02-16-12, 08:28 AM	#5
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	For the record, VII rules I find IX boats moving targets after 1941-2 __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov