<>U-45 Kaptain Hans Wolf- 4th patrol report<>

Kaptain Hans Wolf · 02-07-08, 03:16 AM

Hello again fellow kaptains. this report will be brief as i am about to put to sea for my 5th patrol, but here goe's, hope you enjoy.

<>Departure date<>17/Dec/1939
we left port at kiel and headed for our patrol zone on the south coast of france, taking our usual course around the north of scapa flow, then south.

as we were heading south, we encountered a large convoy. we dived to periscope depth and followed the hydrophone in till we were aft of the convoy. this was the first big convoy of my current carrer so i was feeling quite exited, and i had never encountered a good sized convoy this early in the war.

to put a long story short, we launched four torps, sunk 1 c2 cargo and 1 smaller merchant. we left to re-load, came back and sunk another c2 cargo, and managed to sink the convoys only escort, a corvette. we then surfaced hoping to reak havock with the deck gun, but the weather was bad so we could not do so.

we trailed the convoy for nearly 2 days, hoping to get weather good for the deck gun, but we did not. we were low on torpedos so we decided to leave and head for home. as we left we sunk a small merchant with the stern tube.

results<> sunk 4 merchants for 17,574 tons
<>sunk 1 corvette for 950 tons
<>awarded iron cross first class

quite a short patrol really, but im not going to turn down 18,000 tons of enemy shipping.

keep an eye out for my next report, and thank you for your support fellow kaptains.

Good hunting from everyone onboard U-45.

02-07-08, 03:16 AM	#1
Kaptain Hans Wolf A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 75 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	<>U-45 Kaptain Hans Wolf- 4th patrol report<> Hello again fellow kaptains. this report will be brief as i am about to put to sea for my 5th patrol, but here goe's, hope you enjoy. <>Departure date<>17/Dec/1939 we left port at kiel and headed for our patrol zone on the south coast of france, taking our usual course around the north of scapa flow, then south. as we were heading south, we encountered a large convoy. we dived to periscope depth and followed the hydrophone in till we were aft of the convoy. this was the first big convoy of my current carrer so i was feeling quite exited, and i had never encountered a good sized convoy this early in the war. to put a long story short, we launched four torps, sunk 1 c2 cargo and 1 smaller merchant. we left to re-load, came back and sunk another c2 cargo, and managed to sink the convoys only escort, a corvette. we then surfaced hoping to reak havock with the deck gun, but the weather was bad so we could not do so. we trailed the convoy for nearly 2 days, hoping to get weather good for the deck gun, but we did not. we were low on torpedos so we decided to leave and head for home. as we left we sunk a small merchant with the stern tube. results<> sunk 4 merchants for 17,574 tons <>sunk 1 corvette for 950 tons <>awarded iron cross first class quite a short patrol really, but im not going to turn down 18,000 tons of enemy shipping. keep an eye out for my next report, and thank you for your support fellow kaptains. Good hunting from everyone onboard U-45. __________________ Kaptain Hans Wolf U-48 Type VII B U Boot Flotilla Wegener 3 patrols 48.291 tonnes sunk "i do not know what weapons world war 3 will be fought with, but world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones"