Why I Love my VII (or, Take That IX Crowd!)

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by stabiz

is that the IX class pounded away on alot of unescorted tankers and other floating kamikaze boats around the US,!

I love that line

:hmm:

Patrol 1

• • On 3rd Feb 1941 he sank the British 4,683 ton Empire Citizen, sailing with convoy OB-279.
  • On 3rd Feb 1941 he sank the British 5,051 ton HMS Crispin, a member of convoy OB-279.
  • On 6th Feb 1941 he sank the Canadian 3,388 ton Maplecourt, part of convoy SC-20.
  • On 23rd Feb 1941 he sank the British 5,360 ton HMS Manistee, from convoy OB-288.

Patrol 2

On 8th Apr 1941 he sank the British 3,316 ton Helena Margareta, sailing with convoy OG-57.
On 8th Apr 1941 he sank the British 3,829 ton Eskdene, a member of convoy OG-57.
On 9th Apr 1941 he sank the British 4,671 ton Harpathian, part of convoy OG-57.
On 9th Apr 1941 he sank the British 8,516 ton Duffield, from convoy OG-57.
On 21st Apr 1941 he sank the British 10,305 ton Calchas.
On 30th Apr 1941 he sank the British 7,417 ton Lassell, sailing with convoy OB-309.
On 17th May 1941 he sank the Dutch 8,029 ton Marisa.
On 18th May 1941 he sank the British 8,286 ton Piako.
On 27th May 1941 he sank the British 5,108 ton Colonial, a member of convoy OB-318.
On 28th May 1941 he sank the Greek 3,748 ton Papalemos.
On 31st May 1941 he sank the British 5,664 ton Sire.
On 1st Jun 1941 he sank the British 5,013 ton Alfred Jones, part of convoy OB-320.
On 8th Jun 1941 he sank the British 7,816 ton Adda, from convoy OB-323.
On 13th Jun 1941 he sank the Greek 4,981 ton Pandias

U 107

Are some of those ships in convoy :hmm:

And the most successfull patrol ever wasnt off the US coast

U-107 headed southwards. Her operational area was around the Canary Islands and near Freetown, where she sank 14 ships for a total of 86,699 tons, starting with the British merchant SS Eskdene which required two torpedoes and 104 rounds from the heavy 105mm fast-firing deck cannon. The largest ship sunk on that patrol was the British Calchas of 10,305 tons. On 1 June, 1941 they sank the British U-boat trap Alfred Jones of 5,013 tons. U-107 returned to Lorient on 2 July 1941

Also if you look at the 19 most succesfull patrols

http://uboat.net/ops/top_patrols.htm

Not a VIIC in there