worst patrol of my life!!!

Kaptain Hans Wolf · 04-27-08, 12:18 PM

it started off all so well, 3rd patrol of a so far very good career, we headed north around scapa flow, heading for our patrol square of bf11, when we stumbled across a task force. 2 battleships, escorted by 7 destroyers! we had no time at all to even get off a torpedo, the destroyers were over us like a rash, two of them tag teamed us, 1 listening while the other tried to blow us to oblivion.

in all the confusion, 1 of the battleships managed to collide with the other one, causing it to sink. we of course got no credit for this, but i guess its good for the war effort

we dived to the bottom of about 100 metres of water, when both of the destroyers started depth charging. we sustained a lot of damage, with our front compartments starting to flood. we managed to repair the damage, but our bow plains were damaged beyond repair.

we came back up, and were depth charged again, this time sustaining heavy flooding in the engine room. finally a stroke of luck, the destroyers left, probably thinking we were dead, and by rights we should have been. when they were well out of ranged we surfaced, and discovered the full extent of the damage. our radio antenna was destroyed, cutting off our link to BDU. our flak gun and deck gun were destroyed, and both our periscopes were also gone. our bow plains were still jammed, and with the shape our hull was in it was a miracle we were still afloat!

with all the damage, we had no real hope of a succesfull mission, so we headed back to port for repairs.

a hellish mission by all means, but u-48 pulled us through.

04-27-08, 12:18 PM	#1
Kaptain Hans Wolf A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 75 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	worst patrol of my life!!! it started off all so well, 3rd patrol of a so far very good career, we headed north around scapa flow, heading for our patrol square of bf11, when we stumbled across a task force. 2 battleships, escorted by 7 destroyers! we had no time at all to even get off a torpedo, the destroyers were over us like a rash, two of them tag teamed us, 1 listening while the other tried to blow us to oblivion. in all the confusion, 1 of the battleships managed to collide with the other one, causing it to sink. we of course got no credit for this, but i guess its good for the war effort we dived to the bottom of about 100 metres of water, when both of the destroyers started depth charging. we sustained a lot of damage, with our front compartments starting to flood. we managed to repair the damage, but our bow plains were damaged beyond repair. we came back up, and were depth charged again, this time sustaining heavy flooding in the engine room. finally a stroke of luck, the destroyers left, probably thinking we were dead, and by rights we should have been. when they were well out of ranged we surfaced, and discovered the full extent of the damage. our radio antenna was destroyed, cutting off our link to BDU. our flak gun and deck gun were destroyed, and both our periscopes were also gone. our bow plains were still jammed, and with the shape our hull was in it was a miracle we were still afloat! with all the damage, we had no real hope of a succesfull mission, so we headed back to port for repairs. a hellish mission by all means, but u-48 pulled us through. __________________ Kaptain Hans Wolf U-48 Type VII B U Boot Flotilla Wegener 3 patrols 48.291 tonnes sunk "i do not know what weapons world war 3 will be fought with, but world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones"