What a patrol we had, Herr Kaleun!! (pics heavy)

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Originally Posted by BigZed

Im interested to find this out as well.

Oh, sorry, my fault - I didn't notice that post before.

I had 21 torpedoes, as usual in the IXB type. That patrol was very lucky, because:
- I sunk the Southampton Class with only 1 torpedo, the 2 bigger battleships with 2 torpedoes each,
- I missed with only 4 torpedoes,
- I didn't have any dud (surprising, but as you see it's possible, especially when shooting at proper angle),
- the patrol was long and a few times I had quite good weather, so the smaller ships I just took with my deck gun or even with my flak. On return to port I had literally NO ammo left. You probably noticed two sloops sunk... yes, 8 tons each, it takes very few shots to sink it, but it's hard to hit, as it's so freaking small and moves quite fast.

That's it, I think, high crew morale, good shooting weather and a big amount of luck.