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[Zorrin]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

To: Kptlt Zorrin
From: BdU

Recieved your latest patrol report. Need we remind you that there is a reason it's called the ENGLISH Channel? Secondly, the gun we have issued to your boat is for sinking small ships, or for finishing off ships that are close to sinking anyway. Please try to refrain from wasting ammunition. The stuff doesn't grow on trees, you know. Don't make me take away your gun, or even your boat.

With love,

Onkel Karl




Oh, and WELCOME ABOARD!

Liebe Onkel Karl:

Please take it away from me! My first patrol I managed only to fire off a few rounds to finish off a wounded merchant, the rest of the time the weather didn't allow for it.

But as an aside: Surely shells are cheaper than torpedoes, ja?

Of course being English I forget that I can't just willy nilly sail through the English Channel. As the German's so lovingly call us Brits: Insel Afen. (Island Monkeys) one can sometimes forget that one is fighting on the "wrong" side so to speak.

gazpode: Thank you, noted and I will give it a try and see if it works.

I look forward to boring you all with wonderful escapades of my idiotic Captaincy errors (like damaging the hull substantially on my first patrol while waiting for the war to start to see just how deep she'll go...) and completely unblooded crew.

[Sailor Steve]

I often tell the story of how I died from being too close to a tanker I was shelling, and it exploded. This was in the Artillery class at the Academy.

[Hylander_1314]

Well, made it to Feb. 1941, and got pasted off Gibralter. 5 DDs taking turns on us, and the damage got to be too much.

So the crew of the Seawolf is no more. A woderful illustrious career, but in the end, they got us.

[VONHARRIS]

New career started because of CTD of unknown origin
In this career I will be posting the patrol reports of the game.

Patrol No1 Shakedown

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Patrol 3

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In this career my PC has decided to cooperate or that looks like so far.

[andwii]

hey von just a question, why do you shoot down air planes? Do you have it modded so your guys are better shots, or are you just a god at shooting them down? I woulda just crash dove like they did IRL, unless I detected them on the attack run, then I would shot at it, then as it made away I would dive (like they did IRL.)

[VONHARRIS]

Originally Posted by andwii

hey von just a question, why do you shoot down air planes? Do you have it modded so your guys are better shots, or are you just a god at shooting them down? I woulda just crash dove like they did IRL, unless I detected them on the attack run, then I would shot at it, then as it made away I would dive (like they did IRL.)

I shooted them down because they were of the Swordfish type.
It is the only type my flak gunners can shoot down.
Check the grid - AN14 - and the date , they couldn't be anything else.
In this patrol , those aircafts didn't appear all together but in pairs or one at a time, so it was tempting.
They move pretty slow.

Later in the war I crash dive as well.
I haven't modded anything concerning the flak gunners , standard GWX.

[andwii]

hum I actually haven't seen one of them before, I will try going there at the date.

[VONHARRIS]

Patrol 4

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The US battleship was sunk after direct Bdu order (roll a dice decision)



Upon return to Wilhelmshaven the KTB of U-64 was manipulated by the OKM. Pages were torn away , entries were removed and others were entered. No evidence was left showing that the battleship had been torpedoed. The men were sworn to secrecy and given special rewards as well.
On the other hand the US Navy announced the loss one of its battleships due to still unknown reason , probaly an internal explosion.

(My version of WW II )

[VONHARRIS]

Patrol 5

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[Obltn Strand]

Kapitänleutnant Horst Schimanski

U-Boat Commands:
U-2, type IIa (2 patrols)
U-139, type IId (2 patrols)

Career Tonnage:
7 877 tons

Patrol 1
U-2, 1st Flotilla
Left at: March 16, 1940, 13:18
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AF87

Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 0
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 0 tons

Patrol 2
U-2, 1st Flotilla
Left at: April 4, 1940, 03:14
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN36

Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 0
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 0 tons

Patrol 3
U-139, 1st Flotilla
Left at: October 4, 1940, 09:51
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM32

Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 0
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 0 tons

Patrol 4
U-139, 1st Flotilla
Left at: December 4, 1940, 02:13
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM53

11.12.1940
17:50 Ship sighted. Small fishing trawler. Changed course to avoid detection. Also sighted shadow of a larger ship. Propably fourstack destroyer. AM 3987
20:30 Arrived operations area. AM 5321
12.12.1940
13:28 Two destroyers sighted steering west. Dived to avoid detection. AM 5354
20:39 Warship sighted. Changed course to avoid detection. AM 5344
13.12.1940
14:11 Ship sighted. Merchant sailing straight towards the boat. AM 5356
14:56 Attacked large merchant from periscope depth with two G7e torpedoes. Range 900m, speed 4 kts, AoB red 90. Both hit and target sunk soon after. AM 5359
16:58 Ship sighted. Merchant. Steered to run parallel to it. AM 5359
18:32 Attacked merchant with G7a torpedo. Range 1000m, speed 5 kts, AoB green 90. Hit 15 sec later than estimated.
20:01 Second attack with G7a torpedo. Range 900m, speed 4 kts, AoB green 120. Hit.
20:53 Third attack with G7e torpedo. Range 600m, speed 3 kts, AoB green 90. Hit and target finally sunk. AM 5367
21:24 Out of torpedoes. Returning to Lorient. AM 5359

18.12.1940
12:39 Docked at Lorient.

Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 2
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 7877 tons

Ships sunk:
SS Empire Arnold (Empire-type Freighter), 5645 tons.
SS Lina Matkovic (Passenger/Cargo), 2232 tons.

Finally after three boring patrols, BdU decides to send me to an area with traffic.

[VONHARRIS]

Patrol 6
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Patrol 7
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[Obltn Strand]

Kapitänleutnant Horst Schimanski

U-Boat Commands:
U-2, type IIa (2 patrols)
U-139, type IId (3 patrols)

Career Tonnage:
9 829 tons

Patrol 5
U-139, 1st Flotilla
Left at: January 8, 1941, 02:07
From: Lorient

9.1.1941
14:13 Ship sighted. Small steamer steering between 205 and 245 degrees. BF 1372
14:57 Attacked from periscope depth with G7e. Range 1200m, speed 7 kts, AoB red 75. Miss as target turned away after launch. BF 1372
19:04 Second attack surfaced with G7e. Range 800m, speed 5 kts, AoB red 80. Hit. BF 1623
19:42 Target sunk with coup de grâce. BF 1623
20:41 Warship sighted. Destroyer. BF 1397
10.1.1941
02:49 Ship sighted. Freighter on ESE course. BF 1333
03:44 Attacked with G7e and G7a. Range 1000m, speed 4 kts, Aob green 90. One hit and G7a malfunctioned.
11.1.1940
09:05 Out of torpedoes. Returning Kiel.
16:18 Ship sighted. Large freighter. Have to let her go. AM 7663
20.1.1941
16:02 Docked at Kiel.

Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 1
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 1952 tons

Ships sunk:
HMS Kelantan (Small Freighter), 1952 tons.

It's time to leave U-139 and take command of U-80.