U-Boat number - Page 2

HW3 · 08-29-10, 02:45 AM

@frau,

I'm not a big fan of shallow water either, although I've had good luck catching unescorted merchants exiting the channel into the North Sea early war, and getting away. I even went into Dunkirk harbor once during the evacuation, sank a couple ships, and got away undetected and untouched.

Tessa · 08-29-10, 04:38 AM

Since starting back up after a period of absense I've been just using VIIb's (ingame the VIIC doesn't really give you much more of edge. In real life the VIIC's were made for the same resign the VIIb's were - to fix some engineering issues with the boat design.) and going to try and do a whole career to 45 with it (might switch to a VIIC/41 when it becomes available. The VII's I like as their sonar signature is much smaller making it easier to escape from escorts, and are more nimble. At 8 knots you have a range of 20,0000 km so you could pretty much go anywhere you wanted; one major advantage of the type IX's is with their larger fuel supply their cruising speed is significan't higher (12 kts I think?) so you can go farther faster, or somewhere close at full or flank speed for a quicker trip.

While's it cliche` I normally use U-47 (or could start using U-38 as that capatain also shared my playing style of hunting capital ships) since I like to do harbor raids. Harbor raids may be cheesy to some, I think of it as the ultimate demoralizer for the enemy (though has no effect on the game), taking out their ships in their backyard. Just think of how enraged the public got after Pearl Harbor and that's typically how I like to see what harbor raiding is like.

Other reason is that I'm the owner of this beautiful piece of history:

With Third Reich militaria everyone sees it at yells fake fake! I was able to trace the ownership of the flag back to the original holder in 39' so there's no question about it, and have seen the only (that have found) picture that has it in the picture on the day of his return and you can see the pennant, albeit the backside . Inexperienced people frequently screw up and say something is fake when its the real thing, there's a lotmore to figuring out an items authenticity than its markings or sewing; until you've seen them there can be dozens of variations for the same badge making them a pain to classify. SO......this was the flag flown on U-47 on its return to port after the Scapa Flow patrol. I traded an insanely equally rare piece to get this flag so no money changed hands but several thousands in trade did. For Prien's sake I like to honor him and use his boat while playing. Also hav some pennants from U-99 (Kretchmer's boat) while he sank some very impressive merchant ships of 10,000+ tons nothing quite as cool as a batteship or carrier.

JScones · 08-29-10, 04:53 AM

Nice.

the.terrabyte.pirate · 08-29-10, 06:08 AM

U13 - Was a Type IIA, now a type IID.

My fearless crew spit in the face of superstition. We have a black cat for an emblem.

Planning to take it to the end of the war. Currently patrol 3, Oct '39.

Redbear · 08-29-10, 09:29 AM

Currently it's U-53, a type VIIb, in a nasty summer storm in AM16.

WWII44 · 08-29-10, 12:01 PM

I origonally had a type IXb called U-144 but my save got coruppted and I had to start from scratch

P.S> the real U-529 was a type IXB

Mikawa3945 · 08-29-10, 12:21 PM

U-137 a Type IID, currently on patrol 4 out of Willi.

Kapt Z · 08-29-10, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Redbear

Currently it's U-53, a type VIIb, in a nasty summer storm in AM16.

U-53 for me too.

Had her since Sep '39 and seeing if we can make it to late '42 to early '43 and then I'll retire her to a training boat and buy a new VIIC.

On our 8th patrol(2nd CO) a few hundred km into the bay on our way to CF32. Jan '41

Sucrose · 08-29-10, 03:04 PM

SH3 Commander gave me command of U-100, a type VIIB.

I'm currently on my first patrol in August 1940.

In the real war, U-100 was the first U-boat sunk after being located by radar in March 1941. She was then rammed and depth charged to death. That's a bad omen.

frau kaleun · 08-29-10, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sucrose

SH3 Commander gave me command of U-100, a type VIIB.

I'm currently on my first patrol in August 1940.

In the real war, U-100 was the first U-boat sunk after being located by radar in March 1941. She was then rammed and depth charged to death. That's a bad omen.

Don't feel bad, when I first started with Commander I used to pick U-48 all the time because 1) she was widely considered the most successful boat of the war and 2) she lasted until she was scuttled at the war's end.

Let's just say that none of the historical luck rubbed off on my first few kaleuns.

So now I'm not superstitious about it at all.

Zedwardson · 08-29-10, 03:43 PM

my current kaleun had 10 patrols with U-27, a Type VIIB, and recently transferred and had his first patrol in a U-122, a IXB

Obersteuermann · 08-29-10, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Don't feel bad, when I first started with Commander I used to pick U-48 all the time because 1) she was widely considered the most successful boat of the war and 2) she lasted until she was scuttled at the war's end.

Let's just say that none of the historical luck rubbed off on my first few kaleuns.

So now I'm not superstitious about it at all.

I was randomly assigned U-48 and didn't even think about it until I lost her on my second patrol in 1940 and loked up her actual history, out of curiosity. Whoops.

frau kaleun · 08-29-10, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Obersteuermann

I was randomly assigned U-48 and didn't even think about it until I lost her on my second patrol in 1940 and loked up her actual history, out of curiosity. Whoops.

I know! I actually started to feel guilty about it. In six years the Allies couldn't put the old girl down, and I couldn't get through two patrols without losing her.

Kapt Z · 08-29-10, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sucrose

SH3 Commander gave me command of U-100, a type VIIB.

I'm currently on my first patrol in August 1940.

In the real war, U-100 was the first U-boat sunk after being located by radar in March 1941. She was then rammed and depth charged to death. That's a bad omen.

Schepke's boat. One of the aces.

Apparently he was crushed against the periscope shears by the ramming destroyer. Not a nice way to go.

Just trying to cheer you up.

frau kaleun · 08-29-10, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

Schepke's boat. One of the aces.

Apparently he was crushed against the periscope shears by the ramming destroyer. Not a nice way to go.

Just trying to cheer you up.

You are bad.

08-29-10, 02:45 AM	#16
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,576 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	@frau, I'm not a big fan of shallow water either, although I've had good luck catching unescorted merchants exiting the channel into the North Sea early war, and getting away. I even went into Dunkirk harbor once during the evacuation, sank a couple ships, and got away undetected and untouched. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

08-29-10, 06:08 AM	#19
the.terrabyte.pirate Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 176 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	U13 - Was a Type IIA, now a type IID. My fearless crew spit in the face of superstition. We have a black cat for an emblem. Planning to take it to the end of the war. Currently patrol 3, Oct '39. __________________ A kings ransom, or a stove boat.

08-29-10, 12:21 PM	#22
Mikawa3945 Nub Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	U-137 a Type IID, currently on patrol 4 out of Willi. __________________ "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often." - Adm. William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr.

08-29-10, 03:43 PM	#26
Zedwardson Sparky Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 154 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	my current kaleun had 10 patrols with U-27, a Type VIIB, and recently transferred and had his first patrol in a U-122, a IXB __________________ SH3 - GWX3 & Commander 3.2 Realism- 43%, D.I.D. (I play with unlimited fuel and with Auto-ID targets)

08-29-10, 04:38 AM	#17
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Since starting back up after a period of absense I've been just using VIIb's (ingame the VIIC doesn't really give you much more of edge. In real life the VIIC's were made for the same resign the VIIb's were - to fix some engineering issues with the boat design.) and going to try and do a whole career to 45 with it (might switch to a VIIC/41 when it becomes available. The VII's I like as their sonar signature is much smaller making it easier to escape from escorts, and are more nimble. At 8 knots you have a range of 20,0000 km so you could pretty much go anywhere you wanted; one major advantage of the type IX's is with their larger fuel supply their cruising speed is significan't higher (12 kts I think?) so you can go farther faster, or somewhere close at full or flank speed for a quicker trip. While's it cliche` I normally use U-47 (or could start using U-38 as that capatain also shared my playing style of hunting capital ships) since I like to do harbor raids. Harbor raids may be cheesy to some, I think of it as the ultimate demoralizer for the enemy (though has no effect on the game), taking out their ships in their backyard. Just think of how enraged the public got after Pearl Harbor and that's typically how I like to see what harbor raiding is like. Other reason is that I'm the owner of this beautiful piece of history: With Third Reich militaria everyone sees it at yells fake fake! I was able to trace the ownership of the flag back to the original holder in 39' so there's no question about it, and have seen the only (that have found) picture that has it in the picture on the day of his return and you can see the pennant, albeit the backside . Inexperienced people frequently screw up and say something is fake when its the real thing, there's a lotmore to figuring out an items authenticity than its markings or sewing; until you've seen them there can be dozens of variations for the same badge making them a pain to classify. SO......this was the flag flown on U-47 on its return to port after the Scapa Flow patrol. I traded an insanely equally rare piece to get this flag so no money changed hands but several thousands in trade did. For Prien's sake I like to honor him and use his boat while playing. Also hav some pennants from U-99 (Kretchmer's boat) while he sank some very impressive merchant ships of 10,000+ tons nothing quite as cool as a batteship or carrier.

08-29-10, 04:53 AM	#18
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Nice.

08-29-10, 09:29 AM	#20
Redbear Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 208 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Currently it's U-53, a type VIIb, in a nasty summer storm in AM16.

08-29-10, 12:01 PM	#21
WWII44 Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 177 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	I origonally had a type IXb called U-144 but my save got coruppted and I had to start from scratch P.S> the real U-529 was a type IXB

08-29-10, 03:04 PM	#24
Sucrose Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 7 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	SH3 Commander gave me command of U-100, a type VIIB. I'm currently on my first patrol in August 1940. In the real war, U-100 was the first U-boat sunk after being located by radar in March 1941. She was then rammed and depth charged to death. That's a bad omen.