How far into your career are you?

[Chisum]

U-178 to BdU

Actual position Oct 29, 1944



1 torpedo
4 cargos
9 warships

49205 t

Several internal problem - many air attacks - could not more receive messages.

[Chisum]

From BdU.

Nov. 12, 1944

U-178 Type IX/D2
Kap. z.s. O. Chisum
7/13 Flott.

Arrival Trondheim this morning
Patrol time: 144 days
Ship damaged 66%
Several damages
Torpedos: 0
Sunk: 55 585 t(9 DD)
Total: 629 765 t(20 DD)

Waitting for orders.

[Chisum]

BdU report.

Herr Kommodore Otto Chisum has finished his active career and has been transferred to the Naval Academy at Flensburg.

[Chisum]

BdU report.

New Kaleun on sea.

U-47
Oberleutnant Jürgen Chisum
2 Flot. based at Wilhelmshaven

First attempt in DiD.

Mission 1

Departure Sep 1, 1939
Patrol AM32 = Completed

Actually 100 km of Scapa Flow, side East
Sept. 22, 1939

[Kielhauler1961]

Extract from Captain's log of HMS Ashanti (tribal class):

"After the fifth dc run a dull red glow was observed in the deep just off the port quarter. A large quantity of oill and a small amount of debris was observed on the surface. The debris recovered included human remains, personal effects, papers and pieces of wood panelling. We continued the sweep for another 20 minutes but there was no further ASDIC contact. Certain of the kill, we resumed course for Loch Ewe".

Flotilla Saltzwedel War Diary entry, November 12th, 1939:

It is with great sadness that we now have to assume the loss with all hands of U-6. Oblt. z S. Hans Zupp (crew of '35) and his men conducted three war patrols, one with Flotilla Weddigen and two with Flotilla Saltzwedel, sinking a total of 10 enemy merchant ships for a total 47,442 GRT.

The last message received from this boat was on 4th November, 1939, which read: "All torpedoes expended, sunk five for 21,275 GRT. Returning to base." The grid square given is just west of the Orkney Islands.

As the boat has not responded to repeated messages for status reports, we have to sadly conclude that U-6 was lost on or just after 4th November.

Bloody Tribals! Caught napping on the surface at dawn in only 37m of water!

[Chisum]

GWX 1.03
BdU report
Sep. 29, 1939

U-47 Type VII/B
ObLt Jürgen Chisum
Arrival Wilhelmshaven 08h50 am
Mission 1 ended

Sunk 9 cargo(30,695 tns)
Sunk HMS Mauritius Class "Fiji"(10 000 tns)

Promoted KapitänLeutnant
Eisernes Kreuz Zweiter klasse

[Paul Riley]

Just thought I may as well post my latest stats also.
I am currently into my second career,using the stock version of the game,on patrol 1 into grid EE65.Date is now 28.01.42.Boat is IXC sailing from lorient.

My first and very successful career ended after serving 20 patrols,with a total of almost half a million tonnes .I was eventually sunk west of Ireland as I was heading out for my first patrol against the American east coast.Boat was heavily depth charged at about 200 metres by 2 or more Destroyers and was unable to hold boat's depth.Boat and crew crushed with all hands lost.I suspect improved allied radar was to blame.

I play with everything enabled other than the 'disable god's eye mode'.

[Chisum]

DiD campagn
GWX 1.03
Realism: 74%

BdU report

U-52 Type VII/B
Klt Jürgen Chisum
Eisernes Kreutz Erster Klasse

Arrival at Wilhelmshaven: nov 29, 1939 09h30 am.

Sunk: 76 287
Total sunk: 116 982
See time: 41 days
Total see time: 70 days

Waitting for order

[kiwi_2005]

Start 1943 3rd patrol. Sinking convoys outside bay of biscay. Plenty convoys around. Must add this is the first time in years im actually enjoying a GWX version usually i roam around for what seems like weeks to end up with nothing or 1 ship sunk if im lucky. But last patrol i headed smack into 3 convoys one after the other

GWX 1.1a

Yeah i know i should be playing GWX 2 by now but 1.1a is a gem in my books

[Chisum]

Congratulations Herr Kaleun.

[Kielhauler1961]

Oblt. z. S. Max Immelmann, U-130 (IXC).

1st patrol, Lorient, left at 1st December, 1941. Destination: Caribbean.

Sunk 6 for 29,000 GRT NW of Spain. Refuelled from Bessel at Vigo and took on five replacement torpedoes. Uneventful transit of Atlantic.

Currently in Cuba - Puerto Rico channel. Sank three tankers (one large, one medium and one small) inside three hours. Hardly got enough time to reload the tubes! Crew exhausted but morale is sky-high.

"Sound contact, sir, mechant medium speed, closing..."

Gotta go, fellas'..., duty calls!

U-130 out.

[Redbear]

I'm currently in base at Kiel, November 1939. My 1WO is currently getting the crew ready to head out on our second war patrol. Western approaches again. Looks like we'll be celebrating Christmas at sea.

My last career ended in May of 1944. Boat and entire crew lost somewhere in grid BF. Last report received at BDU indicated a northbound convoy spotted.

[Bronzewing]

Currently on 2nd career. Commander Heinrich Voss, first patrol 03/09/1939,
current date 04/12/1942, fitting out with new boat, type IXC/40. Total kills to date slightly over half a million tons, mostly C2s and the odd C3 and tanker thrown in. 2 passenger liners, one battleship and a Dido light cruiser. last patrol spent half the time with repair crews on deck filling in bullet holes from air attacks, then diving to avoid new air attacks collecting new holes, rinse and repeat.
Last patrol took me up to greenland in my old type VIIB U101. on the way back met a weird convoy consisting of a random cluster of 8 small and coastal merchants, a flower corvette, and a 24000 ton liner. Guess which one I sank? Boat forced to dive without taking any of the ducklings by angry flower corvette. DC'd intermitantly for the next hour, finally surfaced again and realised I forgoten to make a contact report before the attack! :P Oh well.

[Chisum]

From BdU to Subsim Radio Room


Jürgen Chisum, U-52, completed his third patrol this January 27, 1940
21h45

Boat intact.
Tonnage merchant: 27 894
Tonnage military: 16 325
Tonnage patrol: 44 219
Tonnage career: 161 201 (85 791/75 410)
Duration patrol: 65 days
Duration career: 135 days

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After a few days at home and a brief instruction period, Jürgen Chisum left Wilhelmshaven on April 14, 1940 aboard U-64, type IX / B.
Destination: confidential.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm getting ready to start over again, maybe in another month or two.