Who else is holding up the honour of the U-Boats? - Page 78

Lzs von swe · 09-28-07, 01:49 PM

Oct 1, -39, 1215. 7´th Flotilla, Kiel.

Benno Grossman docks U-54, type VIIb, after 31 days at sea. What started as an training trip through the Kiel Kanal turned into his first warpatrol. Upon passing Helgoland orders came to patrol grid AM18. Orders are orders and the course was set, north of Scapa.
On the 5´th an British destroyer were spotted and sunk, 100km north of Scapa.
From the 14´th to the 16´th 5 merchants were sunk in AM51-AM52.
On the 22´nd an merchant was sunk in AN12, only 1km from where the destroyer was sunk.
And on the 24´th yet an merchant was sunk in AN14.
Total tonage: 15500 tons.

Not bad for an green crew, not yet fully trained

Huskalar · 09-28-07, 04:52 PM

While chasing a large convoy heading west a destroyer suddenly appeared out of the fog in front of me and passed us at less then 100 meters. It seemed that they were as suprised as I was because I was able to start to crashdive before the DD opened fire. Although my boat was damaged, the U-108 eventually got away to fight another day.

Morts · 09-28-07, 04:58 PM

Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr (U-178, IXD2) and selected parts of the crew have been notifyed that they will be transfered to bergen and to sail a type VIIC uboat
after several succesfull patrols for the 2nd flotilla
its time to transfer to the 11th

August 2nd, 1944

Brag · 09-29-07, 05:08 AM

Morts, be careful, and good luck

Morts · 09-29-07, 05:17 AM

U-178 was ordered not to do a combat but to transfer directly to bergen where i would take command of a type VIIC/41 uboat

Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr
september 18th, 1944

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when i arrived at bergen the boat wasnt yet finished
but on the 10th of november i got the message..the boat is done everything is ready
6 days later we left on a combat patrol wich lasted 35 days and we sunk 2 merchants for around 18000 tons and a destroyer for around 1100 tons
i consider this great results looking on the past few weeks of sinkings

Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr
20th of december, 1944

ps
thanks brag..i need all the luck i can get in these dark days

Morts · 09-29-07, 09:01 AM

after patroling around iceland and sinking a hunt III class destroyer we got the message
we are to surrender
i could not belive it
but we followed the order and went to lock ewe where we surrendered

Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr
May 12th, 1945

in the 22 patrols Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr made he was at sea a total of 671 days
he sank 357490 tons where 44 of them where merchants and 20 of them warships
totalling 64 ships sunk since the 8th of september 1940 till now the 12th of may 1945

Huskalar · 09-29-07, 09:29 AM

Morts, you survived the war. Well done.

Morts · 09-29-07, 09:54 AM

thank you huskalar

and the reason i got from november 44 to the end of the war so fast is that our plane was struck by 2 bombs in a bomb raid on bergen and wasnt fully repaired untill april 29th 45

Lzs von swe · 09-29-07, 11:15 AM

Congrats Morts

The last few months of the war is really hard, especially in GWX.

Morts · 09-29-07, 11:53 AM

yea no kidding lzs
i had an encouter with a taskforce outside norway on the last patrol
i thought i was gonna die but the decoys and 260 meters of water saved me

and now ive started a new carrer
Erich Bahr, september 1st 1939
commander of a type VII

Tedo · 09-29-07, 01:10 PM

PERSONNEL FILE

Name: ERWIN SCHMIDT
Date of Birth: 19AUG15
Place of Birth: ESSEN
Date of Intake: 01APR34 (CREW 34)

Promotions
11JAN35 SEEKADETT
01NOV35 FÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JUL37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S.
01JAN38 LEUTNANT Z. S.
30SEP39 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S.
18DEC39 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT

Medals
23NOV39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS
23NOV39 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS
18DEC39 KNIGHT'S CROSS
28JAN40 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES
28MAR40 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS
04MAY40 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS

Badges
23NOV39 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP
18DEC39 U-BOAT BADGE
U-Bootwaffe Postings
13MAY38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training)
01SEP39 2nd Flotilla (6 patrols)

U-Boat Commands
01SEP39 U-28, Type VIIB (6 patrols)

Patrol Dates Ships Sunk (Merchant/Warship) Tonnage (Merchant/Warship) Comments 1 01SEP39 - 30SEP39 (30 days) 7 (7/0) 53264 (53264/0)
2 31OCT39 - 23NOV39 (24 days) 10 (10/0) 85689 (85689/0)
3 29NOV39 - 18DEC39 (20 days) 8 (8/0) 78609 (78609/0)
4 09JAN40 - 28JAN40 (20 days) 10 (8/2) 121276 (89088/32188) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 94.40%) 5 27FEB40 - 28MAR40 (31 days) 9 (8/1) 53241 (42516/10725) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 99.92%) 6 14APR40 - 04MAY40 (21 days) 6 (6/0) 35252 (35252/0) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 95.10%) TOTALS: 6 patrols (146 days) 50 (47/3) 427331 (384418/42913) 0 enemy planes downed
44 crew lost
Summary
Kapitänleutnant Erwin Schmidt and U-28 surrendered to the Allies on 04MAY40. Erwin Schmidt was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. After the war Erwin Schmidt completed a commercial training course and worked for some years as a commercial representative. Then he retired from this profession to become the director of a sailing school on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. He was for a long time the chairman of the "Verband der U-Boots-Fahrer" in Germany. He died on 4 November 1982 in Hamburg.

Just finished this one after i torpedoed 2 merchants in convoy in heavy fog and 15 meters waves. I didnt even notice the destroyer cause i was to busy targeting the second merchant. All i heard was 2x ping and then the engines of destroyer coming from aft. He rammed me and throw depth charges so i had to surrender. I had also few men killed by depth charges.

In this career i have seen a battleship for the first time and had a patrol with over 100,000 BRT sunk. Both things happened on my 5th patrol.

90 % realism. I have map update and ext. cam on.

I started to play again after a year or two. i played at 100% before but that just isnt for me. Takes to much time and i dont have it that much.

P.s.: Now i started a new career in type IXC out of Lorient on January 1st 1940. First time for me to command a type IX.

StarFox · 09-30-07, 04:44 PM

Adolf Verner checking in with the U-471

January 2nd, 1942
Grid CG 21

S.S. Empire Dunstan (Large Merchant), 7589 tons
Ship sunk! S.S. Thursobank (Large Merchant), 7590 tons
Ship sunk! HMS St Albans (Town class), 1190 tons

January 7th, 1942
Grid DH 84

Ship sunk! S.S. Yahara (Small Tanker), 5768 tons (first Enemy American ship sunk, the only other US ship i have sunk was neutral, but it tried to ram me)

January 22, 1942
Grid AM 89

Ship sunk! S.S. Fisher's Hill (Tramp Steamer), 2652 tons

January 25, 1942
Grid AM 97

Ship sunk! S.S. Kyska (Large Merchant), 7591 tons

And upon my return, I was promoted to KAPITÄNLEUTNANT

Brag · 09-30-07, 05:18 PM

Congrats on your promotion. Where are the drinks? :hmm:

Huskalar · 09-30-07, 05:46 PM

Brag · 09-30-07, 06:32 PM

Lorient is a good drinking place. Joining your mob for a bit of cognac slurping

09-28-07, 01:49 PM	#1156
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Oct 1, -39, 1215. 7´th Flotilla, Kiel. Benno Grossman docks U-54, type VIIb, after 31 days at sea. What started as an training trip through the Kiel Kanal turned into his first warpatrol. Upon passing Helgoland orders came to patrol grid AM18. Orders are orders and the course was set, north of Scapa. On the 5´th an British destroyer were spotted and sunk, 100km north of Scapa. From the 14´th to the 16´th 5 merchants were sunk in AM51-AM52. On the 22´nd an merchant was sunk in AN12, only 1km from where the destroyer was sunk. And on the 24´th yet an merchant was sunk in AN14. Total tonage: 15500 tons. Not bad for an green crew, not yet fully trained __________________

09-29-07, 05:08 AM	#1159
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Morts, be careful, and good luck __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

09-29-07, 11:15 AM	#1164
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Congrats Morts The last few months of the war is really hard, especially in GWX. __________________

09-29-07, 11:53 AM	#1165
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	yea no kidding lzs i had an encouter with a taskforce outside norway on the last patrol i thought i was gonna die but the decoys and 260 meters of water saved me and now ive started a new carrer Erich Bahr, september 1st 1939 commander of a type VII Last edited by Morts; 09-30-07 at 08:24 AM.

09-29-07, 01:10 PM	#1166
Tedo Watch Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	PERSONNEL FILE Name: ERWIN SCHMIDT Date of Birth: 19AUG15 Place of Birth: ESSEN Date of Intake: 01APR34 (CREW 34) Promotions 11JAN35 SEEKADETT 01NOV35 FÄHNRICH Z. S. 01JUL37 OBERFÄHNRICH Z. S. 01JAN38 LEUTNANT Z. S. 30SEP39 OBERLEUTNANT Z. S. 18DEC39 KAPITÄNLEUTNANT Medals 23NOV39 IRON CROSS, SECOND CLASS 23NOV39 IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS 18DEC39 KNIGHT'S CROSS 28JAN40 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES 28MAR40 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS 04MAY40 KNIGHT'S CROSS WITH OAK LEAVES, SWORDS, AND DIAMONDS Badges 23NOV39 U-BOAT FRONT CLASP 18DEC39 U-BOAT BADGE U-Bootwaffe Postings 13MAY38 U-Boat Flotilla Weddigen (Commander training) 01SEP39 2nd Flotilla (6 patrols) U-Boat Commands 01SEP39 U-28, Type VIIB (6 patrols) Patrol Dates Ships Sunk (Merchant/Warship) Tonnage (Merchant/Warship) Comments 1 01SEP39 - 30SEP39 (30 days) 7 (7/0) 53264 (53264/0) 2 31OCT39 - 23NOV39 (24 days) 10 (10/0) 85689 (85689/0) 3 29NOV39 - 18DEC39 (20 days) 8 (8/0) 78609 (78609/0) 4 09JAN40 - 28JAN40 (20 days) 10 (8/2) 121276 (89088/32188) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 94.40%) 5 27FEB40 - 28MAR40 (31 days) 9 (8/1) 53241 (42516/10725) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 99.92%) 6 14APR40 - 04MAY40 (21 days) 6 (6/0) 35252 (35252/0) U-Boat damaged (H.I. 95.10%) TOTALS: 6 patrols (146 days) 50 (47/3) 427331 (384418/42913) 0 enemy planes downed 44 crew lost Summary Kapitänleutnant Erwin Schmidt and U-28 surrendered to the Allies on 04MAY40. Erwin Schmidt was sent to a POW camp in Scotland where he spent the rest of the war. After the war Erwin Schmidt completed a commercial training course and worked for some years as a commercial representative. Then he retired from this profession to become the director of a sailing school on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. He was for a long time the chairman of the "Verband der U-Boots-Fahrer" in Germany. He died on 4 November 1982 in Hamburg. Just finished this one after i torpedoed 2 merchants in convoy in heavy fog and 15 meters waves. I didnt even notice the destroyer cause i was to busy targeting the second merchant. All i heard was 2x ping and then the engines of destroyer coming from aft. He rammed me and throw depth charges so i had to surrender. I had also few men killed by depth charges. In this career i have seen a battleship for the first time and had a patrol with over 100,000 BRT sunk. Both things happened on my 5th patrol. 90 % realism. I have map update and ext. cam on. I started to play again after a year or two. i played at 100% before but that just isnt for me. Takes to much time and i dont have it that much. P.s.: Now i started a new career in type IXC out of Lorient on January 1st 1940. First time for me to command a type IX. Last edited by Tedo; 09-29-07 at 01:33 PM.

09-28-07, 04:52 PM	#1157
Huskalar Ensign Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 221 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	Patrol 7 U-108, 2nd Flotilla Left at: August 16, 1940 From: Wilhelmshaven Mission Orders: Patrol grid BF19 Ship sunk!\|Grid BF 17\|Large Tanker, 13435 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid BE 39\|Passenger/Cargo, 2192 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid BE 39\|Small Tanker, 3437 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 28\|Large Cargo, 10202 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 28\|Large Tanker, 14671 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CG 94\|Tramp Steamer, 1722 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CG 94\|Small Merchant, 1949 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CG 94\|Small Freighter, 1749 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CG 94\|Large Cargo, 11471 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CG 95\|Tramp Steamer, 1633 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CG 95\|Tramp Steamer, 1633 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid BE 69\|Small Freighter, 1959 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid BE 69\|Small Freighter, 1957 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid BE 69\|Large Cargo, 9451 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid BE 69\|Large Merchant, 9791 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid BE 63\|Small Merchant, 1949 tons Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 16 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 96932 tons On this patrol I found out that chasing a heavily defended convoy in heavy fog is not a good idea. While chasing a large convoy heading west a destroyer suddenly appeared out of the fog in front of me and passed us at less then 100 meters. It seemed that they were as suprised as I was because I was able to start to crashdive before the DD opened fire. Although my boat was damaged, the U-108 eventually got away to fight another day.

09-28-07, 04:58 PM	#1158
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr (U-178, IXD2) and selected parts of the crew have been notifyed that they will be transfered to bergen and to sail a type VIIC uboat after several succesfull patrols for the 2nd flotilla its time to transfer to the 11th August 2nd, 1944

09-29-07, 05:17 AM	#1160
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	U-178 was ordered not to do a combat but to transfer directly to bergen where i would take command of a type VIIC/41 uboat Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr september 18th, 1944 --------------------------------------------------------------- when i arrived at bergen the boat wasnt yet finished but on the 10th of november i got the message..the boat is done everything is ready 6 days later we left on a combat patrol wich lasted 35 days and we sunk 2 merchants for around 18000 tons and a destroyer for around 1100 tons i consider this great results looking on the past few weeks of sinkings Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr 20th of december, 1944 ps thanks brag..i need all the luck i can get in these dark days

09-29-07, 09:01 AM	#1161
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	after patroling around iceland and sinking a hunt III class destroyer we got the message we are to surrender i could not belive it but we followed the order and went to lock ewe where we surrendered Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr May 12th, 1945 in the 22 patrols Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bahr made he was at sea a total of 671 days he sank 357490 tons where 44 of them where merchants and 20 of them warships totalling 64 ships sunk since the 8th of september 1940 till now the 12th of may 1945

09-29-07, 09:29 AM	#1162
Huskalar Ensign Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 221 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	Morts, you survived the war. Well done.

09-29-07, 09:54 AM	#1163
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	thank you huskalar and the reason i got from november 44 to the end of the war so fast is that our plane was struck by 2 bombs in a bomb raid on bergen and wasnt fully repaired untill april 29th 45

09-30-07, 04:44 PM	#1167
StarFox Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Posts: 216 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	Adolf Verner checking in with the U-471 January 2nd, 1942 Grid CG 21 S.S. Empire Dunstan (Large Merchant), 7589 tons Ship sunk! S.S. Thursobank (Large Merchant), 7590 tons Ship sunk! HMS St Albans (Town class), 1190 tons January 7th, 1942 Grid DH 84 Ship sunk! S.S. Yahara (Small Tanker), 5768 tons (first Enemy American ship sunk, the only other US ship i have sunk was neutral, but it tried to ram me) January 22, 1942 Grid AM 89 Ship sunk! S.S. Fisher's Hill (Tramp Steamer), 2652 tons January 25, 1942 Grid AM 97 Ship sunk! S.S. Kyska (Large Merchant), 7591 tons And upon my return, I was promoted to KAPITÄNLEUTNANT __________________ Devoted fan of the SS United States, America's Flagship! I dream of her second life....

09-30-07, 05:18 PM	#1168
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Congrats on your promotion. Where are the drinks? :hmm: __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

09-30-07, 05:46 PM	#1169
Huskalar Ensign Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 221 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	Patrol 8 U-108, 2nd Flotilla Left at: October 25, 1940 From: Lorient Mission Orders: Patrol grid BE86 Ship sunk!\|Grid BF 48\|Large Merchant, 12771 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 61\|Medium Cargo, 4254 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 61\|Large Merchant, 11026 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 61\|Auxiliary Cruiser, 13850 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 61\|Large Cargo, 11450 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 35\|Large Cargo, 10769 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 35\|Large Cargo, 10771 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 35\|Large Cargo, 10768 tons Ship sunk!\|Grid CF 35\|Large Cargo, 10770 tons Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 9 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 96429 tons Brag, the drinks are in Lorient as the officers and crew of the U-108 are celebrating another great patrol.

09-30-07, 06:32 PM	#1170
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Lorient is a good drinking place. Joining your mob for a bit of cognac slurping __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/