That was a close one

DerKaleun · 03-23-06, 06:47 PM

First Mission with snorkel...

Grid CG81 with a Type VIIC out of St.Nazaire down to my grid. No encounter. Then I decided to change Base to La Spezia and I went to the strait of Gibraltar.

Four DDÂ´s became victims of well aimed T1Â´s at night.

With the snorkel out towards the strait and then down to 150meters silent running towards the mediterranean. IÂ´ve send the sonarman to the bunks, because he was busting my time compression always with contact reports, and so we sneaked with 2 knots at 150m depth into the strait.

Suddenly exactly south of gibraltar... "Wir wurden entdeckt Herr Kaleun!!!" .... ehh what ?

"Der Feind hat uns in der Ortung, Herr Kaleun!" what the f....??

"Wirft Wasserbomben!!" ... damn

"Beide Maschinen AK, auf 50 meter hoch, schnell!!!" (Both Engines Flank, up to 50m, fast!)

close DC detonations. Damn 100% realism - I would really like to look up whats up there, since my sonarman is yelling one contact report after another, warships, freighters... according sonar there must be someting like 5 destroyers up there... this really SUCKZ. That was definitely NOT my plan!

Reached 50m again on silent running, now I wanted to know whats going on up there...

"Auf Sehrohrtiefe gehen!" (Periscope depth)

When the Spargel popped through the sruface I figured out in what kind of deep s.h.i.t. U-339 got in...

On exact the same course like ours a convoy was heading for the mediterranean. The seeking DD in front of it must have located us, since they where closing in with a speed of 3 knots on us, the convoy was doing about 5 knots, judging the bow wave of the freighters.

To make it short. IÂ´ve sunk one troop transport, two C2Â´s, one T2 and one small Merchant. Then I was out of eels, just the two in externals bow and aft left which where unusable. Four fish were wasted on 4 DDÂ´s before entering the straits.

We got DCÂ´d like hell... the hull was badly damaged so deep dive was no longer an option. LI and Crew were busy keeping the water out of the boat, and we made it back out of the strait to the atlantic after hours of cat and mouse play with half of the Royal Destroyer fleet.

Snorkel depth and all ahead Flank. Back home. Still just a few miles west of the Gibraltar strait, daylight coming on, and the sea very calm. U-339 speeding at 11m depth with yelling diesels at 15 knots back into the atlantic.

Suddenly depth charges detonating near the boat. What the hell, no ships here !! What was ist... DAMN SUNDERLAND SUCKER!!!

That nasty packer almost blasted our Kraut asses! Hull down like hell, half the boats status read, luck - no human causalties or injuries. Everybody is fine. Snorkel Down, and with electric Power outa here... LI could fix the heavy damages.

After a few days U-339 arrives at St. Nazaire wirth 9% hull integrity

Its now mid 1943 and I survived on 100% without reloading and saving... I hope it will stay so.

We will be back to sea soon... BdU gave me brand new U-571 and Gibraltar is still there...

03-23-06, 06:47 PM	#1
DerKaleun Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: DÃ¼sseldorf Posts: 124 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That was a close one First Mission with snorkel... Grid CG81 with a Type VIIC out of St.Nazaire down to my grid. No encounter. Then I decided to change Base to La Spezia and I went to the strait of Gibraltar. Four DDÂ´s became victims of well aimed T1Â´s at night. With the snorkel out towards the strait and then down to 150meters silent running towards the mediterranean. IÂ´ve send the sonarman to the bunks, because he was busting my time compression always with contact reports, and so we sneaked with 2 knots at 150m depth into the strait. Suddenly exactly south of gibraltar... "Wir wurden entdeckt Herr Kaleun!!!" .... ehh what ? "Der Feind hat uns in der Ortung, Herr Kaleun!" what the f....?? "Wirft Wasserbomben!!" ... damn "Beide Maschinen AK, auf 50 meter hoch, schnell!!!" (Both Engines Flank, up to 50m, fast!) close DC detonations. Damn 100% realism - I would really like to look up whats up there, since my sonarman is yelling one contact report after another, warships, freighters... according sonar there must be someting like 5 destroyers up there... this really SUCKZ. That was definitely NOT my plan! Reached 50m again on silent running, now I wanted to know whats going on up there... "Auf Sehrohrtiefe gehen!" (Periscope depth) When the Spargel popped through the sruface I figured out in what kind of deep s.h.i.t. U-339 got in... On exact the same course like ours a convoy was heading for the mediterranean. The seeking DD in front of it must have located us, since they where closing in with a speed of 3 knots on us, the convoy was doing about 5 knots, judging the bow wave of the freighters. To make it short. IÂ´ve sunk one troop transport, two C2Â´s, one T2 and one small Merchant. Then I was out of eels, just the two in externals bow and aft left which where unusable. Four fish were wasted on 4 DDÂ´s before entering the straits. We got DCÂ´d like hell... the hull was badly damaged so deep dive was no longer an option. LI and Crew were busy keeping the water out of the boat, and we made it back out of the strait to the atlantic after hours of cat and mouse play with half of the Royal Destroyer fleet. Snorkel depth and all ahead Flank. Back home. Still just a few miles west of the Gibraltar strait, daylight coming on, and the sea very calm. U-339 speeding at 11m depth with yelling diesels at 15 knots back into the atlantic. Suddenly depth charges detonating near the boat. What the hell, no ships here !! What was ist... DAMN SUNDERLAND SUCKER!!! That nasty packer almost blasted our Kraut asses! Hull down like hell, half the boats status read, luck - no human causalties or injuries. Everybody is fine. Snorkel Down, and with electric Power outa here... LI could fix the heavy damages. After a few days U-339 arrives at St. Nazaire wirth 9% hull integrity Its now mid 1943 and I survived on 100% without reloading and saving... I hope it will stay so. We will be back to sea soon... BdU gave me brand new U-571 and Gibraltar is still there... __________________ U-Boot Spezialcocktail :-)