U-122 IXB
 

Patrol No 5

01 August 1940
14:16 hours Start patrol from Wilhelmshaven

20 August 1940
Grid CG94
00:22 hours SS Willimantic (Medium Merchant 07), 5036 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 75. Crew lost: 66

21 August 1940
Grid CG95
08:28 hours PT-194 (Elco Torpedo Boat), 45 tons. Crew: 12. Crew lost: 6. Caught on the surface while loading external torpedoes

23 August 1940
Grid CG95
11:57 hours SS Royal Crown (Medium Merchant 25), 4347 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 8

26 August 1940
Grid CG95
23:34 hours SS Empire Breeze (Empire-type Freighter), 5195 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 77. Crew lost: 36
23:38 hours SS Elmdale (Medium Merchant 07), 5038 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 38. Crew lost: 28

27 August 1940
Grid CG95
02:06 hours SS Dalworth (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 38. Crew lost: 28
03:26 hours SS Aviemore (Medium Merchant 22), 4291 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 47
03:35 hours SS Therese Moller (Medium Merchant 22), 4290 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 37. Crew lost: 2
13:47 hours SS Chaser (Large Cargo type 1) , 8652 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 26

28 August 1940
Grid CG95
05:16 hours Q Ship USS Asterion (Medium merchant), 4043 tons. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 33
05:19 hours SS Ocean Rover (Medium Cargo), 5558 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 38. Crew lost: 1
12:46 hours Q Ship USS Atik (Medium merchant), 4044 tons. Crew: 63. Crew lost: 62

16:38 hours Docked at SS Thalia , Spain

28 days at sea
12 ships sunk
55712 tons
U-boat damaged (H.I. 89.16%)
No casualties

That's because nothing happens by magic. For SH3 Commander to give the ship a name someone would have to find out exactly what ship type it was in real life, do some research on the names that type of ship had, make a list of those names and add them to Commanders Ship Names list, and do it in the proper format to make it work.

With my Ship Names mod you get names for all the imported SH4 ships and IABL's MFM, but I haven't done any new ships since last April, and don't plan on starting any in the foreseeable future.

I already knew that stuff.
In fact I have added more names and other classes in your Ship Names.
Congartulations on your job done here for the original file!
In this case I have added the line : NFWS=NOTCW
so that the class will be named after the converted whale factory ship class , no result though.
The .cfg file of the data/Sea files is:

[Unit]
ClassName=NWFS
UnitType=102
MaxSpeed=11
Length=180
Width=17.8
Mast=41.5
Draft=7
Displacement=16625;GRT
DisplacementVariation=100
RenownAwarded=400

[2DCompartments]
UnitPos=56,8,403,20
NbOfComp=4
Name1=Propulsion
Area1=58,5,30,18
Name2=Keel
Area2=164,2,187,10
Name3=Engines Room
Area3=207,13,52,18
Name4=Fuel Bunkers
Area4=261,13,30,18

What am I doing wrong here?
The procedure described above has worked for other classes.

U-122 IXB
 

Patrol No 6
29 August 1940
05:50 hours Departed from SS Thalia

31 August 1940
Grid CG49
10:27 hours SS Ability (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 22. Crew lost: 20

03 September 1940
Grid BE95
05:37 hours SS Cerinthus (Intermediate Tanker), 3490 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 16. Crew lost: 4
05:42 hours MV Inverdargle (Large Tanker), 10137 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 52

15 September 1940
Grid AD83
12:07 hours SS Brynhild (Small Freighter), 2104 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 15
12:51 hours MV Polarsol (Tanker 16), 10679 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 42. Crew lost: 29
12:58 hours SS Tortuguero (Medium Merchant 08), 5281 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 5

20 September 1940
Grid BE26
06:53 hours SS Sixten (Small Freighter), 2105 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 19

23 September 1940
05:13 hours Docked at Lorient , France
26 days at sea
7 ships sunk
35665 tons
No damages or casualties

Patrol 3
U-32, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel
Left at: August 31, 1939, 04:57
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BF16

3.9.39. 1602 Grid BF 24 Ship sunk! S.S. Norness (Passenger/Cargo), 2226 tons

10.9.39. 0844 Grid AM 51 Ship sunk! S.S. Herald of the Morning (Granville-type Freighter), 4709 tons

14.9.39. 1257 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! S.S. San Felix (Large Merchant), 9765 tons

14.9.39. 1939 Grid AN 14 Ship sunk! S.S. Glenn's Ferry (Passenger/Cargo), 1974 tons

16.9.39. 1834 Returned: Wilhelmshaven

Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 4
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 18674 tons

Notes - Plagued by foul weather for the entire trip. Avoided enemy task force of 3 screening destroyers and 2 battleships operating near BF16.
All torpedoes operated by impact fuses - no incidents to report.
No enemy action directed toward the boat.

OBERLEUTNANT Z. S. Hans Kramer.
U-32

Have you checked to make sure the ClassName matches in the unit .cfg file in the '...Roster\xxxxx\Sea' folder? :hmmm:

Oberleutnant z. S. Ernst Klein commanding U-53.

What's there to say, winter in the North Atlantic. The weather absolutely sucked. But high seas and rain can't deter this crew from completing their mission. We actually cruised into a convoy with decks awash due to the rain and fog. Managed to send three of em to the bottom, but we were getting too close to land and too shallow for my taste, so we headed back to deep water, and found another convoy, escorted by a Revenge class. Oops, sorry there good buddy, kinda sunk your battleship.:arrgh!: Received the U-boat badge and Iron Cross, second class upon return to base.


17.10.39. 1827 Patrol 3
U-53, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel
Left at: October 17, 1939, 18:27
From: Wilhelmshaven
Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM19
Convoy Battle
6.11.39. 0200 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk! SS Sheaf Crown (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 74. Crew lost: 4
0329 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk! Vesuvius (Ammunition Ship), 7062 tons. Crew: 112. Crew lost: 84
0518 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk! SS Kolchis (Small Freighter), 2229 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 28. Crew lost: 20
12.11.39. 0539 Grid AM 51 Ship sunk! SS Kirnwood (Small Merchant), 2396 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 65. Crew lost: 26
0630 Grid AM 51 Ship sunk! SS Port Campbell (Ore Carrier), 8083 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 63. Crew lost: 50
Convoy Battle 2
13.11.39. 1222 Grid AM 29 Ship sunk! HMS Ramillies (Revenge class), 31000 tons. Crew: 1189. Crew lost: 142
1223 Grid AM 29 Ship sunk! SS Largo (Small Freighter), 2224 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 21. Crew lost: 10
20.11.39. 0133 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 7
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 57702 tons
All torpedoes expended
U-boat damaged (HI 95.17%)

Well, the first thing I see is that in the Ship Names list you have NFWS=NOTCW and in the [unit] listing you have NWFS. If you made the typo there then it won't recognize it. If you made the typo here then I don't know what the problem is.

Waiting around the waters around Scandanavia, I watched a friendly tramp steamer. I also saw the massive British task force steaming very quickly the same way. I think the shell from the Nelson was larger than the tramper was...

Now I feel like a complete idiot!
That was the mistake and I never saw it.
Thank you.

So now you feel like me, huh? Poor you! :O:

Oberleutnant z. S. Ernst Klein commanding U-53.

Transferred back to U-flotilla Wegener.

Boy, first convoy we found had some nice targets, and only 2 escorts. Hit a large merchant that went up instantly. One eel and the fireworks began. Must have been carrying ammo or explosives, or I hit her fuel tank. Oh, and who says playing chicken with destroyers is a bad idea?:o

Received Iron Cross first class and U-boat front clasp upon arrival at base.


9.12.39. 0756 Patrol 4
U-53, U-Flotilla Wegener
Left at: December 9, 1939, 07:56
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid BE33
26.12.39. 0828 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! SS Bassethound (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 11
Convoy Battle
1314 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! MV British Pride (Modern Tanker), 10762 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 64. Crew lost: 31
1326 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! HMS Ardent (A&B classes), 1350 tons. Crew: 157. Crew lost: 152
1328 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! SS Menelaus (Large Merchant), 10615 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 102. Crew lost: 66
1347 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! MV Lustrous (Modern Tanker), 10761 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 63. Crew lost: 1
1745 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! SS City of Cambridge (Large Merchant), 10616 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 109. Crew lost: 6
2044 Grid BE 39 Ship sunk! SS Kendal Fish (Medium Cargo), 5081 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 23
2.1.40. 1327 Patrol results
Crew losses: 0
Ships sunk: 7
Aircraft destroyed: 0
Patrol tonnage: 51054 tons
All torpedoes expended.
No damages.

In base now preparing for patrol 5. Flotilla command has supplied us with 2 of the TII electric torpedoes as a mandatory loadout. They said everyone has to try them once.:hmmm:

U-33, 28AUG1939, just nearly out of der kanal, waiting for the other shoe to drop.

U-122 IXB
 

Patrol 7
23 October 1940
13:30 hours Patrol start at Lorient , France

2 November 1940
Grid CG77
18:01 hours SS P. L. M. 21 (Medium Merchant 40), 5926 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 15

08 November 1940
Grid CG94
04:39 hours SS Accordance (Coastal Freighter), 1872 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 22

25 November 1940
Grid BF17
12:56 hours SS Eibergen (Medium Merchant 07), 5036 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 6

12 December 1940
Grid AM52
16:02 hours HMS Southampton (Southampton class), 10725 tons. Crew: 1005. Crew lost: 522

15 December 1940
Grid AM52
16:11 hours SS Hektoria (Whale Factory Ship), 17333 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 182. Crew lost: 161

16 December 1940
Grid AM52
21:10 hours SS Carsbreck (Medium Merchant 17), 4020 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 57

18 December 1940
Grid AM52
00:02 hours SS Tillie Lykes (Large Cargo type 1) , 9005 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 42. Crew lost: 24

31 December 1940
06:10 hours Docked at Lorient
70 days at sea
7 ships sunk
53917 tons
No damages or casualties

U-122 IXB
 

Patrol No 8

My IWO was transferred to an other Uboot.

30 January 1941
04:15 hours Start patrol from Lorient France. The diesels behave in an unorderly fashion. U-122 did only 3 Kts at ahead one third instead of the normal 8 kts at flat seas

20:48 hours Aborted to Lorient as the LI stated that the damage was unrepairable at sea.

1 day at sea
0 ships sunk
0 tons sunk