U-27 struggle

06-10-07, 06:29 PM

Patrol 1

Two Spitfires came out of nowhere!

Alarm!!!

Crash dive and we can only hear bullets rumbling the deck underwater... Ha! Can't hurt us now bastards!

Our first patrol, cruel but valuable lesson not to stick out to much.

East of British coast, Aberdeen
September 1939

Patrol 2

After so many hours underwater we all begged for a wisp of fresh air. I climbed slowly to the bridge.

"What a lovely day, Sir" Karl made a cheerful smile like a true Brit. We all laughed except Walter who seemed to be miles away. Probably he was still thinking about Scapa Flow...

"Walter go get some sleep, we don't want to be pulling you out of that cold water soon"

Karl as our watchman and ... photographer took a picture of him. Maybe that wasn't 100% according to the regulations but what the hell. He made us a lot of nice memories and after all, that kid had a great eye!

...... but I knew Walter want be able to sleep now, maybe I shouldn't even mention that crazy idea!?

BE61,
October 1939

Patrol 3

"What is wrong with those torpedoes? Another dud?" I was furious now...

"Fire tube two!!!"

20 seconds and a loud explosion followed by even louder cheers of our crew. It's no time to celebrate yet. The explosion must have flooded the engine room, she stopped and leaned a bit to the portside but nothing else happened. We stood there on periscope depth 500m away. As only 2000 tons she was, not worth third torpedo but we've had some time before the sunrise...

Heinz reported "No contacts, Her Kaleun."

"Surface, man the 88!"

The merchant promptly lowered its life rafts so we gave them few minutes and opened fire. Soon she was going down pretty fast. The rescue team is probably on their way, it's not that far from Hartlepool after all...

"Henry, better get us out of here, 25 meters ahead slow. Head north".

"Good that no one has seen our 88 fireworks..." I murmured.

The sun was just about to set...

East of British coast,
December 1939

I've just installed GWX 1.03 and still wondering what the hell was I doing with RuB for nearly a year? This photo story will be updated hopefully, if you only find it interesting somehow, with my progress as I've started a new campaign with GWX. Special thx to Laughing Swordfish for his U-46 stories which inspired me to "get more involved" into my career. Of course my writing is far behind his but with GWX and a little bit of imagination it really is quite an experience. Also big thx to GWX guys, this is awesome piece of work!!!

Best regards!

JU_88 · 06-10-07, 06:36 PM

Nice pics and quite an introduction youve given your self,

Possibly one of the best first posts ever

Welcome to sub sim mate.

Foghladh_mhara · 06-10-07, 07:03 PM

Welcome indeed

P.S. I'd also give your bridge crew a smack on the ear cos that Spitfire is a Hurricane. Next thing you know they'll be waving at Wellingtons thinking they're Condors

Webchessie · 06-10-07, 07:20 PM

Welcome! Great post and pics!

06-10-07, 07:25 PM

Patrol 3

We're stuck at 70 meters with only 10 below keel... this is how it ends if you want that 5000 tons cargo too much in the damned British rain with fog, dud torpedoes and stay too long on the surface. Corvette (?) jumped on our back just 300 meters behind with full fire... electrical engines and rudders damaged hard, going down with flooded tanks and engine rooms... hopefully Chief can perform another miracle!?

"Henry? Will the Atlantic Wolf make it home?"

Wow, thx for the warm welcome. As to that "Spirfire" - I was standing next to a real one and even had an opportunity to sit in it but I was more interested in German WWII airplane turbocharged engines... beauty!

Brag · 06-10-07, 07:35 PM

Hadrys, welcome aboard this nest of ruffians! Your writing is good, stay out of shallow water and keep writing.

Indiana_Jones · 06-10-07, 08:02 PM

Good God man! how does patrol 3 end!....the suspense is too much!

Well kinda, I'm just in the office being bored lol.

Welcome btw

I'm new myself to subsim and SH3

-Indy

06-10-07, 09:01 PM

Finally Henry came back from his kingdom, although he looked very tired he grinned:

"All flooding stopped, electrical engines functional, aft batteries require some wiring but we have 60% of power Herr Kaleun!"

"Ahead slow, let's try to get closer to that merchant..."

The merchant was struck by their own destroyer when the first salvo went above us. It took some time before we figured out what was happening but the direct hit on U-27 was enough proof to crash dive!

We managed to get closer to her. She was doing barely 2 knots but that was enough noise for a perfect hideout.

Heinz reported: "Destroyer heading north at high speed!!"

Probably it wasn't a proper ASW because they dropped only 8 bombs even not near us. Now it was payback time! We maneuvered for a clean shot...

Somehow Henry turned out to be a real wizard! He fixed both diesels and we even managed to sink another medium cargo! The hull vibration caused by the damaged screw, tired crew with not the best morale and Decembers stormy weather made my mind.

"Walter, take us home for X-mass."

"Ja wohl Herr Kaleun!" he grinned.

06-11-07, 09:05 PM

Patrol 5

U-27 was carelessly cutting cold waves of North Sea. We were going around the Shetland Islands, hoping for some action. Morale was dropping fast after wasting few days monitoring Norwegian coastal shipping - to be exact Norwegian Floating Theme Parks as we were calling those big merchants with just every possible light turned on...

"Insane..." whenever I recall that view.

The weather was not that bad, 15 m/s wind but the ocean was not trying its best to wipe us off the tower and God thank you, it wasn't raining again!!

"Chief, take us to 25 meters, make turns for 1 knot and see what our cook can prepare for us today..."

Hainz gave a signal with his hand to hold on. "Her Kaleun! Convoy report!"

The same grid as our last encounter, we glanced at each others faces.

"Not the best sector to be remembered Her Kaleun" noded Herman. His usual grin was already coming back "but now we can show them whose the real wolf!!".

"Plot new course Walter, we're gonna bite those little sheeps hard... Full ahead flank!"

Heavy overcast and heavy see state, perfect conditions for hiding U-27 but not that good for our torps. Walter placed us exactly in front of convoy. Actually he made it too good because we found ourselves between two columns but it was too late.

We fired all 5 eels, 2 merchants were sinking, about 2500BRT each. 2 DDs were coming closer so we put her on the bottom behind the convoy and reloaded. We found out that there were 3 DDs not 2 and on the surface there was a true hell. Ships scattered all over the place in panic.

Surface, full ahead flank, no need to charge the batteries. 16 knots and preparing for a second approach. Now we can hunt down that 5000BRT. She goes down with a spectacular 'bang' after 2 torp impacts. Another 2 small ships go down also. Again 3 DDs try their best but we're far away from the convoy now. They say you never enter the same river twice...

We're back with our wolf intact, not a scratch! A miracle or maybe this is called experience?

On the next day Donitz after congratulations, my full report and a glass of Scotch (!) introduced me the score board. I didn't know what to say, I was breathless...

"Listen up men, I've got some important news from the admiral. We are ordered to celebrate today till down!" My crew looked at me like I was a ghost or something.

"But Her Kaleun, can you be more specific about those orders?" Finally chif put together few words.

"Yes, I can. We are behind Herbert Schultze with 110 000BRT on his account. We are SECOND with 80 000BRT!"

TarJak · 06-11-07, 10:01 PM

Great stuff and Wilkommen Herr Kaleun!

Gute Jagd!

Kpt. Lehmann · 06-11-07, 10:11 PM

Very cool screenies mate!

Glad you are enjoying yourself.

Jimbuna · 06-12-07, 03:54 AM

A really cool read and even cooler screenies

06-12-07, 04:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

A really cool read and even cooler screenies

Just thinking about going deeper into my crew not just bare patrols but we'll see.

BTW aren't those screens too dark (like they're supposed to be dark)? They look damn cute on my widescreen but not that good on my portable thought...

06-12-07, 08:13 AM

Our Atlantic Wolf was peacefully resting in the docs, preparing for its next assignment.

Karl (our watchman/photographer) produced me his recent piece of work. I don't know how that kid does that, the tension in control room was so huge that I even didn't noticed him taking that photo...

Nuoz · 06-12-07, 04:30 AM

This is the best gamming community ever. Thanks for the post! and story.

06-10-07, 06:29 PM	#1
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	U-27 struggle Patrol 1 Two Spitfires came out of nowhere! Alarm!!! Crash dive and we can only hear bullets rumbling the deck underwater... Ha! Can't hurt us now bastards! Our first patrol, cruel but valuable lesson not to stick out to much. East of British coast, Aberdeen September 1939 Patrol 2 After so many hours underwater we all begged for a wisp of fresh air. I climbed slowly to the bridge. "What a lovely day, Sir" Karl made a cheerful smile like a true Brit. We all laughed except Walter who seemed to be miles away. Probably he was still thinking about Scapa Flow... "Walter go get some sleep, we don't want to be pulling you out of that cold water soon" Karl as our watchman and ... photographer took a picture of him. Maybe that wasn't 100% according to the regulations but what the hell. He made us a lot of nice memories and after all, that kid had a great eye! ...... but I knew Walter want be able to sleep now, maybe I shouldn't even mention that crazy idea!? BE61, October 1939 Patrol 3 "What is wrong with those torpedoes? Another dud?" I was furious now... "Fire tube two!!!" 20 seconds and a loud explosion followed by even louder cheers of our crew. It's no time to celebrate yet. The explosion must have flooded the engine room, she stopped and leaned a bit to the portside but nothing else happened. We stood there on periscope depth 500m away. As only 2000 tons she was, not worth third torpedo but we've had some time before the sunrise... Heinz reported "No contacts, Her Kaleun." "Surface, man the 88!" The merchant promptly lowered its life rafts so we gave them few minutes and opened fire. Soon she was going down pretty fast. The rescue team is probably on their way, it's not that far from Hartlepool after all... "Henry, better get us out of here, 25 meters ahead slow. Head north". "Good that no one has seen our 88 fireworks..." I murmured. The sun was just about to set... East of British coast, December 1939 I've just installed GWX 1.03 and still wondering what the hell was I doing with RuB for nearly a year? This photo story will be updated hopefully, if you only find it interesting somehow, with my progress as I've started a new campaign with GWX. Special thx to Laughing Swordfish for his U-46 stories which inspired me to "get more involved" into my career. Of course my writing is far behind his but with GWX and a little bit of imagination it really is quite an experience. Also big thx to GWX guys, this is awesome piece of work!!! Best regards!

06-10-07, 07:03 PM	#3
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Welcome indeed P.S. I'd also give your bridge crew a smack on the ear cos that Spitfire is a Hurricane. Next thing you know they'll be waving at Wellingtons thinking they're Condors __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

06-10-07, 07:20 PM	#4
Webchessie Helmsman Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Florida USA Posts: 102 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Welcome! Great post and pics! __________________

06-10-07, 07:35 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Hadrys, welcome aboard this nest of ruffians! Your writing is good, stay out of shallow water and keep writing. __________________ 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/

06-10-07, 09:01 PM	#8
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Finally Henry came back from his kingdom, although he looked very tired he grinned: "All flooding stopped, electrical engines functional, aft batteries require some wiring but we have 60% of power Herr Kaleun!" "Ahead slow, let's try to get closer to that merchant..." The merchant was struck by their own destroyer when the first salvo went above us. It took some time before we figured out what was happening but the direct hit on U-27 was enough proof to crash dive! We managed to get closer to her. She was doing barely 2 knots but that was enough noise for a perfect hideout. Heinz reported: "Destroyer heading north at high speed!!" Probably it wasn't a proper ASW because they dropped only 8 bombs even not near us. Now it was payback time! We maneuvered for a clean shot... Somehow Henry turned out to be a real wizard! He fixed both diesels and we even managed to sink another medium cargo! The hull vibration caused by the damaged screw, tired crew with not the best morale and Decembers stormy weather made my mind. "Walter, take us home for X-mass." "Ja wohl Herr Kaleun!" he grinned. Last edited by Hadrys; 06-19-07 at 04:18 AM.

06-10-07, 06:36 PM	#2
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Nice pics and quite an introduction youve given your self, Possibly one of the best first posts ever Welcome to sub sim mate.

06-10-07, 07:25 PM	#5
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Patrol 3 We're stuck at 70 meters with only 10 below keel... this is how it ends if you want that 5000 tons cargo too much in the damned British rain with fog, dud torpedoes and stay too long on the surface. Corvette (?) jumped on our back just 300 meters behind with full fire... electrical engines and rudders damaged hard, going down with flooded tanks and engine rooms... hopefully Chief can perform another miracle!? "Henry? Will the Atlantic Wolf make it home?" Wow, thx for the warm welcome. As to that "Spirfire" - I was standing next to a real one and even had an opportunity to sit in it but I was more interested in German WWII airplane turbocharged engines... beauty!

06-10-07, 08:02 PM	#7
Indiana_Jones Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 126 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Good God man! how does patrol 3 end!....the suspense is too much! Well kinda, I'm just in the office being bored lol. Welcome btw I'm new myself to subsim and SH3 -Indy

06-11-07, 09:05 PM	#9
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Patrol 5 U-27 was carelessly cutting cold waves of North Sea. We were going around the Shetland Islands, hoping for some action. Morale was dropping fast after wasting few days monitoring Norwegian coastal shipping - to be exact Norwegian Floating Theme Parks as we were calling those big merchants with just every possible light turned on... "Insane..." whenever I recall that view. The weather was not that bad, 15 m/s wind but the ocean was not trying its best to wipe us off the tower and God thank you, it wasn't raining again!! "Chief, take us to 25 meters, make turns for 1 knot and see what our cook can prepare for us today..." Hainz gave a signal with his hand to hold on. "Her Kaleun! Convoy report!" The same grid as our last encounter, we glanced at each others faces. "Not the best sector to be remembered Her Kaleun" noded Herman. His usual grin was already coming back "but now we can show them whose the real wolf!!". "Plot new course Walter, we're gonna bite those little sheeps hard... Full ahead flank!" Heavy overcast and heavy see state, perfect conditions for hiding U-27 but not that good for our torps. Walter placed us exactly in front of convoy. Actually he made it too good because we found ourselves between two columns but it was too late. We fired all 5 eels, 2 merchants were sinking, about 2500BRT each. 2 DDs were coming closer so we put her on the bottom behind the convoy and reloaded. We found out that there were 3 DDs not 2 and on the surface there was a true hell. Ships scattered all over the place in panic. Surface, full ahead flank, no need to charge the batteries. 16 knots and preparing for a second approach. Now we can hunt down that 5000BRT. She goes down with a spectacular 'bang' after 2 torp impacts. Another 2 small ships go down also. Again 3 DDs try their best but we're far away from the convoy now. They say you never enter the same river twice... We're back with our wolf intact, not a scratch! A miracle or maybe this is called experience? On the next day Donitz after congratulations, my full report and a glass of Scotch (!) introduced me the score board. I didn't know what to say, I was breathless... "Listen up men, I've got some important news from the admiral. We are ordered to celebrate today till down!" My crew looked at me like I was a ghost or something. "But Her Kaleun, can you be more specific about those orders?" Finally chif put together few words. "Yes, I can. We are behind Herbert Schultze with 110 000BRT on his account. We are SECOND with 80 000BRT!"

06-11-07, 10:01 PM	#10
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Great stuff and Wilkommen Herr Kaleun! Gute Jagd!

06-11-07, 10:11 PM	#11
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,994 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Very cool screenies mate! Glad you are enjoying yourself. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

06-12-07, 03:54 AM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,590 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A really cool read and even cooler screenies __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-12-07, 08:13 AM	#14
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Our Atlantic Wolf was peacefully resting in the docs, preparing for its next assignment. Karl (our watchman/photographer) produced me his recent piece of work. I don't know how that kid does that, the tension in control room was so huge that I even didn't noticed him taking that photo... Last edited by Hadrys; 06-19-07 at 04:19 AM.

06-12-07, 04:30 AM	#15
Nuoz Sparky Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Here Posts: 155 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This is the best gamming community ever. Thanks for the post! and story. __________________ "Listen, 'sir', it's real simple. Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch"