1939/October/26

U-48 is being refueled and rearmed. Will be leaving for patrol 5 shortly.

Since I cant shoot torps for crap (just installed the game for the first time recently) I decided to head to Portsmouth in August '39 and torp some stationary targets at night in the harbor. Well I managed to miss anyway...probably could have hit something if I hadnt set the spread so wide. Anyway, I think some patrol craft was following me on the way in that made me nervous (I dunno if he was just curious or what since the war doesnt start til September, right?)...after that I went to periscope depth and he took off somewhere. A little torpedo boat or something was around making himself useful zipping importantly back and forth. The wreckage of something was on the far right shore, smoking. <shrugs> Anyway, I took the shots at a number of ships relatively close together, managed to miss, as I said above. In fact, all I saw was a giant plume off to the left, nearer the shore batteries. The inhabitants apparently dont find giant salt water geysers that unusual.

I think it's more likely that they're just bloodthirsty.

I fired a deck gun shell off to the right somewhere. I must have hit something because the searchlights snapped on over there, looking around. I fired more in the center and then they found me, and I backed off some more, and dove.

Here's the funny thing. The shore batteries, ships, everything went nuts. I think they decided to go ballistic on each other due to some friendly fire issues. I dont think they realized they were shooting at each other. Anyway, when I did surface again there was a sinking ship right near me, and they were definitely not shooting at me or anywhere near me.

A patrol boat or the fast torp boat was closing in. I did manage to shoot out his searchlight, and he ended up losing me. I tried antagonizing him again, but he managed to overwhelm my damage control or my hull just gave out.

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After this patrol I got promoted to Kapitänleutnant & got the Oak Leaves :woot:

Its time to resurrect this old post I think,as I anticipate some action this week,on my part.I have been away from SH for about 3 months,and this is totally unacceptable! :down:
Right,if I remember I was playing my first GWX3 career with a fairly pleasant chap called Willie Werner,and as it has been so long since I last spoke with him it would be safe to assume that Willie and his green crew have met an untimely end,and so have been consigned to the 'lost at sea' section.
Which now brings me to my new career which I am just setting up right now,and we will start in Nov 1939,which is the month I left off with capt.Werner.
Will keep you posted as soon as we leave port.

So,get those old dusty log books out,and get to it! :up:

Kaleu Georg Eckhardt - U-122 - Aug. 30th. 1941 13:31 - patrol 16

Position South-West of Ireland, sea state 6, visibility 700 meters.

Left La Rochelle morning Aug. 28th, headed for the North-Western Approaches. Some hours ago we bumped into two Tribals in the bad visibility. Managed to get below but was graced in the extreme rear and had some proper sideways oscillations. Danced around a little at periscope depth. Fired a dud (T1 on magnetic) from the aft tube, in the meanwhile also being attacked by the second Tribal. Downed no. 1 with a lucky shot from a forward tube (T1 on magnetic). Received damage from no. 2 D/C's (both scopes) after having fired two torps at him - one missed, one dud. Went quickly down to 140 meters and started wriggling at lowest speed. Had various fixes done.

Much surface noise above so after a couple of hours he gave up and left. After having surfaced the observation scope could be fixed. The attack scope is out for the journey. Proceeding North at standard speed.

Kaleu Georg Eckhardt - U-122 - Sep 7th. 1941 19:01 - patrol 16

Been out a little more than a week now, most of the time hovering in the North-West Approaches. A lot of small fry. Here is the catch up till now:

Patrol 1: August 1 1939 - August 2 1939.
U47 - Type VIIB 7th/13th Flotilla
Base: Königsberg

(Worth mentioning is that this is my first REAL campaign [Realism 58%, using brain, no rushing, TC 1 - 32) , i just got the game and earlier i just messed around (: )

Outcome of first patrol:
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You are going to be in big trouble when you return to base.

Ayup - war ain't started yet! :damn:

Currently I'm headed towards the Southern coast of Ireland to try and hunt up some convoys on approach to England. Got one small merch at the expense of a convoy but I was behind the convoy so I probably couldn't have overhauled it anyway.

Last patrol was quite successful. Start of the war, I put the Nelson and a pair of tankers under the waves.

Not rly, i rather be awarded and get medals n sh*t.

**** Adolf! I take no orders from him. Thats how i roll :rock: :rotfl2:.

Seaman: Captain Flegmatica, there is a SS squad lined up at the quay...
Captain F: Yes, what about it..?
Seaman: They say they have come to take you away...
Captain F: Whatever do they want to do that for...?
Seaman: They say......Adolf said so.....:down:...

May 1940 - AM43
all is set up for a great victory!
right now I'm amidst a large convoy (travelling only 5knts) at PD.
the flower and J&W already sailed by, now I'll raise periscope and pick three of the bigger vessels. then better going down to 160m to evade the DD-attack. after it I'll try a second run (the Irish coast is still more than a grid away and then will be night) probably on the surface. shame I cannot use the 8,8cm-gun - sea is too rough ...... :sunny:

U 45, stalking convoy in N atlanic, off ireland.

We have picked up a warship in the convoy, some kind of cruiser we surspect. no clue yet. shadowing, will attack eventualy.

U-82 VIIB
Departed Wilhelmshaven for AM23, 1 September 1939.
Received orders to sink British shipping.
Patrol of AM23 uneventful. Radio contact of one merchant ship reported 240km SE of AM23.
British merchant intercepted in smooth seas. Two torpedoes fired, with one striking the stern and starting a fire.
Observed merchant's bow lifting. Some explosions noted and after 20 minutes, merchant sank stern-first at 12:58 for 5081 tons.
Radio contact reported NE of sunken merchant. Intercept course plotted.

U-33 VIIB
Departed St. Nazaire for AM34, 27 November 1940.
Entered Irish Sea.
Received message from U-101, convoy north of U-33, moving south. Moved to intercept and awaited convoy, listening on hydrophones.
Engaged convoy in smooth seas at 16:58, in 104m of water southeast of Dublin. Attacked from 45 degrees starboard. One merchantman sunk for 6000+ tons.
Destroyer escorts launched depth charges and stalked U-33 for 4 hours. U-33 sustained no damage.
Disengaged from destroyers about 20:30 hours, surfaced at 21:15 and continued north towards AM34, plotting course through Hebrides.

U 53 Type VIIB just returned to Kiel from her first war patrol with 28000 tons sunk in AL 36 and AM 53\52.
Preparing for 2nd patrol.

My current campaign

U-666 (VIIC. Had her since 1940. Love this boat.)
12.01.1945

Spottet a task force and.... well, they spottet me aswell. Several sub-killers, one aircraft carrier and a battleship. Went to 200m. Depth-charges all over the place. Things went well until a hedgehog hit the hull. Heavy flodding in forward compartments. Boat sank to 240m. Heavy pressure. Crew managed to get the flooding under control. Crew been at sea with me since 1940. Couldn't give up now.

A "few" hours later. Boat stable at 200m. Sonar contacts far away. Getting dark. Batteries had some juice left but oxygen reserve getting low. Surfaced. Destroyer wating on the surface. Captain of U-666 scared s***less. Crash dive. Fingers crossed. :shifty: