Anyone else had a "bad luck" patrol?

[ddiplock]

I've just finished my first patrol of a new career....again lol

Anyway, during the entire 24 days i was at sea, the weather was stormy with heavy rain and thick fog.....for the entire patrol literally!!!!

I'd recived reports of ships, and got several reports of large convoys and tried to intercept them, but to no avail.

I never saw a single enemy ship during the entire patrol, not one. It was only heading back into Kiel, right outside Kiel I encountered a Swedish Tramp Steamer slowly heading out.....that was the first ship i'd seen since starting my patrol!!! I'm putting it down to bad luck, and hoping patrol 2 reaps better rewards.

Any other guys had patrols like this?? I feel so dissapointed to have such an emtpy patrol on my record

[P_Funk]

I've had ones like that. In horrid Northern Atlantic weather you can't even bother with trying to go anywhere. You're burning fuel just staying in position. But historically if the weather was so bad that you couldn't do anything it was worse for the convoys. Confusion, limited visibility, waves that toss ships off course.

Its no party for anyone.

But it'll get better next time. If you have to just get an assignment to the South Atlantic. It gets hot out there.

[ddiplock]

Originally Posted by P_Funk

I've had ones like that. In horrid Northern Atlantic weather you can't even bother with trying to go anywhere. You're burning fuel just staying in position. But historically if the weather was so bad that you couldn't do anything it was worse for the convoys. Confusion, limited visibility, waves that toss ships off course.

Its no party for anyone.

But it'll get better next time. If you have to just get an assignment to the South Atlantic. It gets hot out there.

I'd be tempted to start the career again, but i'm wondering if in real life any uboats had patrols where they didn't sink anything due to adverse weather the whole way?

[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by ddiplock

d be tempted to start the career again, but i'm wondering if in real life any uboats had patrols where they didn't sink anything due to adverse weather the whole way?

Yes they did often have no success in patrols. If the entire Atlantic is engulfed in a giant storm not only can U-boats not move at any speed but they also can't locate any traffic therefore limiting Bdu's situational awareness further increasing the likelihood of running into nothing.

Now the weather in SH3 is a bit iffy alot of the time but it isn't unheard of for boats to see nothing in long storms and then run out of fuel and be forced to head home.

[Brag]

I went once for 27 days without a contact, zip Nil, nada, hakuna kitu. Then managed a couple of sinkers.

Better luck nex time.

[Corsair]

Same for me came back from last patrol with 1 ship 7000 tons sunk after 25 days not firing anything and mostly diving away from planes (bloody daylight in July almost 24 hours a day around Scotland...) Boy was I happy when I picked up this contact on hydrophones on the way back between Orkneys and Shetlands...

[nfitzsimmons]

Coincidentally, just now. I was stalking a Polish freighter. Just as I was about to fire, we had a power hit and both my computers rebooted. Dammit Bernard, did you plug in that 2000 watt hotplate again?

Well, at least all my hardware came back up. And I have a fairly recent save.

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by ddiplock

I've just finished my first patrol of a new career....again lol

Anyway, during the entire 24 days i was at sea, the weather was stormy with heavy rain and thick fog.....for the entire patrol literally!!!!

I'd recived reports of ships, and got several reports of large convoys and tried to intercept them, but to no avail.

I never saw a single enemy ship during the entire patrol, not one. It was only heading back into Kiel, right outside Kiel I encountered a Swedish Tramp Steamer slowly heading out.....that was the first ship i'd seen since starting my patrol!!! I'm putting it down to bad luck, and hoping patrol 2 reaps better rewards.

Any other guys had patrols like this?? I feel so dissapointed to have such an emtpy patrol on my record

Depending on the year, any patrol you come home from is a 'good patrol'

[USS Sea Tiger]

Just cleared France,, running at top speed in the night to get as many miles between me and Great Britain as possible,

Out of the thick of night came the Plane,, never once saw her, bomb plopped right onto my bow,

My dedicated Damage control team jumped to it and saved the boat after reaching 220 meters and leveled off, stopped the floodig and then surfaced,,but the forward dive planes were destroyed.
Guess what,, you cannot go to periscope or any other controlled depth in that situation. Ran for home,, killed two birds enroute, .

patrol lasted 2 days, The boat was a wreck at 25 percent integrity left. and three men wounded, 2 KIA

all for a handful of tailfeathers. 2 lousy birds.

[Jimbuna]

That's a bummer

[ddiplock]

Originally Posted by USS Sea Tiger

Just cleared France,, running at top speed in the night to get as many miles between me and Great Britain as possible,

Out of the thick of night came the Plane,, never once saw her, bomb plopped right onto my bow,

My dedicated Damage control team jumped to it and saved the boat after reaching 220 meters and leveled off, stopped the floodig and then surfaced,,but the forward dive planes were destroyed.
Guess what,, you cannot go to periscope or any other controlled depth in that situation. Ran for home,, killed two birds enroute, .

patrol lasted 2 days, The boat was a wreck at 25 percent integrity left. and three men wounded, 2 KIA

all for a handful of tailfeathers. 2 lousy birds.

I guess even at night time, its best to run submerged then

I know provided I make it far enough into the war, i'm getting a snorkel on my boat, and ducking under the waves out of sight for good