T-II eel woes (Third patrol of U-3)

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Oberleutenat Z. S. Strelow reporting:

Was ordered to AN56 and patrol that area again. (What is BdU thinking).

So, on the way there, we ran into a small merchant. Lined her up and

fired my only T-1 eel I had on board. Just to mention that the seas were

heavy. Fired the torp from over 3000m and hits the merchant. Crew

cheers. I finally do get to my PA and do a standard search pattern and

another small merchant appears. Rough seas are still a problem. I open

tube 1 and launch the eel on the uproll. The eel falls into the water and

about two seconds later it explodes. GGGRRRRRR!!!!!! I launch a second

and this time it was on the downroll. About 15 seconds later, BOOM!! It

explodes prematurely. What the hell!!!. I nixed the idea to launching a

third. Few hours later Hurricanes appear and forced me to dive as a result

of not gettting that merchant.

Having two eels left, I head towards Hartlespool. Got in there and went

after the T-2 first. Lined up the target and launched my first eel and it

explodes under the keel. The tanker is now on fire. I launch my last eel

and it bounced off the side of the ship. Now I am really mad duds are

making me really frustrated.

By not getting those two ships cost me over 12000t of shipping. I am

starting to hate the T-II eels.