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Ever think of getting a IXB or IXC? Can't imagine how you pulled a Freetown grid with a VIIC, but good hunting. |
Definetely no flank speed chases now!
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We'll stop by Corrientes in Las Palmas, if need be, but we've been to Freetown before without refueling. I think we'll be able to make it. It's fuel saving RPM's all the way, though. No 150 km flank speed chases after convoys! I've been toying with the idea of getting an IXC, but I have trouble sneaking away from the escorts as it is, so it's probably safer to stay with the smaller boat for now. Thx for the good luck wishes, I think we'll need it! |
U-505 IXC update
Patrol No 10
May 4 1941 19:17 hours After a long repair period U-505 left Lorient for Grid DH41 May 10 1941 18:03 hours Small convoy spotted @stern torpedoes fired against medium cargo. Both hit but the ship survived. Disengaged with no problems May 12 1941 08:00 hours Aircraft spotted U-505 crash dived but took some damage by near miss bomb. May 23 1941 Grid CG97 19:30 hours Multiple hydrophone contacts of warships closing fast. 19:35 hours Periscope depth Enemy task force: HMS Glorious 2 Fiji class cruisers several destroyers. U-505 took attack position 19:50 hours All 4 bow tubes flooded and fired: 3 at the carrier 1 at a cruiser 20:00 hours Swung around and fired both stern tubes at the other cruiser 20:17 hours Fiji class light cruiser sunk 20:47 hours Fiji class light cruiser sunk The carrier escaped despited being hit 3 times May 26 1941 Grid CG95 15:26 hours Aircraft attack , minor damage to conning tower. The aircraft was driven away by AA fire June 4 1941 Grid BF15 13:05 hours Lone Flower class frigate engaged and sunk. June 11 1941 Grid AM52 02:15 hours Bdu radio message of enemy convoy 03:16 hours Large merchant sunk with torpedoes and gunfire. 04:20 hours U-122 Kaleun Snestorm updated the convoy position 06:11 hours Coastal freighter sunk 15:00 hours Convoy attack in bad weather , no other contact with U-122 made. 15:37 hours Ore carrier sunk 15:44 hours Medium merchant 15 sunk June 14 1941 Grid BF42 02:11 hours Small freighter sunk June 15 1941 14:56 hours Docked at Lorient Ships sunk :8 Tonnage: 51270 Men killed: 591 43 days at sea Hull intergity : 87% Transferred to 11th flotilla , Kiel Germany |
U-505 IXC update
Patrol No11
July 5 1941 10:10 hours U-505 left Kiel setting course for the North sea through the Kiel canal July 24 1941 Grid CF93 Small convoy encountered 12:35 hours Tramp steamer sunk by torpedoes 12:42 hours Medium merchant 38 sunk by torpedoes July 28 1941 Grid CG97 06:54 hours Aircraft attack FAA Kingfisher shot down 07:21 hours Aircraft attack FAA Kingfisher shot down 08:02 hours Aircraft attack RAF Hurricane driven off by AA fire. Flak gunner killed by strafing fire. Crash dive and escaped with minor damages August 3 1941 Grid BF17 Convoy attack with nice weather 06:35 hours Heavy merchant 01 sunk (exploded after secondary damages) 06:35 hours Motor tanker 02 sunk after direct hit 07:45 hours Whale factory ship sunk after being hit twice at 06:42 hours August 14 1941 Grid AM76 20:47 hours Coastal freighter sunk with torpedoes August 15 1941 Grid AM54 22:50 hours Crash dive to avoid incoming destroyer. Convoy spotted with hydrophones 23:06 hours Town class destroyer sunk The convoy kept the same course (strange?) 5 torpedoes fired 4 hits scored 23:26 hours Medium merchant 39 sunk 23:31 hours Medium merchant 30 sunk Spotted by the escorts , at least 7 warships 3 of them engaged , the rest followed the convoy DC dropped like rain for 3 hours but U-505 laid silent at 160m and took little damage and a lot of shaking August 16 1941 Grid AM54 03:56 hours Returned to periscope depth and found Empire-tyoe freighter dead in the water. Ship was finished off with 1 torpedo and gunfire U-505 set course for Kiel August 22 1941 16:18 hours Docked at Kiel 1 crew member killed Hull intergrity : 77% 10 ships sunk 55634 tons sent to the bottom 2 aircrafts shot down 49 days at sea 484 men killed Request for transfer back to Lorient : APPROVED |
U122 IXB. Patrol 4.
This boat is hot!
Departed Lorient on 29.jan.41 with orders to proceed toward grid AJ38 (S of Greenland). 2.feb.41 Grid BF41 During daylight hours, we got a sound contact, for a medium speed merchant. The whole attack went like clockwork. Daylight submerged attack. 3 torpedoes fired. 3 hits scored. 1 C2 Cargo sunk for 6.418 GRT . . . of neutral tonnage. Uh oh. Not such a great start after all. 13.feb.41 Grid AK54 (Neighborhood S of Greenland). At 0148, on a clear & calm night came "Ship spotted!". With 1 strike against me, I closed for a good flag check. By the time we could tell that he was a brit, our tracks were too close for a torpedo attack. At just under 2 knots, and almost in his path, I ordered the deck gun manned. My gunnersmate did a "smashing" job. We didn't get run over, and we did sink an ENEMY (this time) C2 for 6.446 GRT. At 1446, of the same day, while transiting AM46, we recieved a radio dispatch: "Convoy. AK43 (1 grid north). ENE. 7 knots." At 2012 we made contact. We later learned of 2 Destroyers & 4 Corvettes, as escorts. 13.feb.41 - 1852 - AK43 - T2 Tanker - 10.871 GRT 13.feb.41 - 2210 - AK43 - Surface after long hard Escape & Evasion. 14.feb.41 - 0142 - AK01 - Fast dive for a too close DD. Undetected. 14.feb.41 - 0210 - AK01 - Surface for a wider end-around. 14.feb.41 - 0217 - AK01 - Wind up from 0 m/s to 9 m/s. Clear & moonlit. 14.feb.41 - 0435 - AK01 - Submerge along convoy's expected track. 14.feb.41 - 0456 - AK01 - Destroyer & Corvette sighted in periscope. 14.feb.41 - 0458 - AK01 - Sound: 2 DDs in lead. 4+ Corvettes. 14.feb.41 - 0516 - AK01 - Fire 1, 3, 4. New depth 150m. 5 degrees right rudder. (T1 torps). 14.feb.41 - 0518 - AK01 - C2 Cargo, 6.453 GRT, sunk. (Was not targeted) (Romper)! 14.feb.41 - 0519 - AK01 - T2 Tanker, 10.872 GRT, sunk. (HE was targeted). P I N G ! 14.feb.41 - 0640 - AK01 - Surface. 1 bow & 4 stern torps remaining. 14.feb.41 - 0818 - AK01 - Corvette sighted. Evade on surface. 14.feb.41 - 0937 - AK01 - Diving on convoy's expected track. 14.feb.41 - 1030 - AK01 - Fire 5, 6, at C2 Cargo. 2 impacts followed. 14.feb.41 - 1232 - AK01 - Fire 2, at DIW C2 Cargo w/stern gun. Impact! 14.feb.41 - 1237 - AK01 - C2 Cargo finaly sinks for 6.448 GRT. 14.feb.41 - 1400 - AK01 - Surface for final attack. 14.feb.41 - 1730 - AK01?- Sound check reveals us to be behind. Surface. 14.feb.41 - 1907 - AK29 - Dive on convoys expected track. Nose to Noise. 14.feb.41 - 2208 - AK29 - Fire 5, 6, at first (and farthest) target. 14.feb.41 - 2210 - AK29 - 1 hit, sinking a Coastal Merchant for 2.042 GRT. 15.feb.41 - 0039 - AK29 (while submerged at TC x 64) "Enemy is pinging us , sir". What?! Kaleun VONHARRIS must have been conducting torpedo instruction, again. 3 sunk and/or sinking Corvettes surrounded us. So that's why they weren't heard from on our last attack. Thanks U505. Life is good. The last message recieved, regarding this convoy, was: "Warship. AK29. NNE. 7 knots". Kaleun VONHARRIS must have been very busy, 'cause it wasn't us. U122 docked at Lorient on 7.mar.41 in good condition. Patrol results: 7 ships sunk for 49.550 GRT. 14 of 14 torpedoes expended. U122's history to date: 4 war patrols between 31.maj.40 and 7.mar.41. 20 ships sunk for 147.800 GRT. Only once, have I had a boat that scored like this. Oddly enough, it was U48 VIIB. (Still my highest scorer, by a long shot). |
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I try to write down "the big stuff". This time was even worse, as I was testing my IXB speed mod at Silent Speed. (Now Slow Ahead = Silent Speed. Got tired of having to always manualy find the setting.) |
U-505 IXC update
From : U-505
To :BdU and every Uboot at grid AM51 URGENT --- URGENT 08:26 hours Both diesels destroyed. Periscopes destroyed. Flak gun heavily damaged. Attacked by Flower corvette with gunfire and DCs Battery down to 10% After that I gave my 3 years old daughter to roll a dice. If a 6 came up (chances 16%) then I would be saved , otherwise the war would end for U-505. Guess what : The dice rolled 6. Hurah I am saved. 09:00 hours Incoming message From : U-122 To : U-505 BdU vonHarris , I am coming at flank speed. Hold on. Will contact later. ETA: 3 hours 09:30 hours From : U-505 To : U-122 Message received. Please hurry. Injured crewmen 13:00 hours U-122 docks alongside U-505 in foggy weather. Spare parts for the diesels and periscopes were given. Kaleuns Snestorm and vonHarris had a discusion to decide further actions. It was decided that U-122 would take the wounded men and sail to Brest while U-505 would try to repair her engines and return to Lorient. Finally everything worked fine for both Ubooten. Since I am playing at 100% realism I can not teleport to base so I will continue this patrol from my last save point. What do you think? |
Patrol 3, back in port
December 24th 1941
Ob.Lt. z S. Erich Scheide U-451 ("die Elster"), VIIC, 7.th Flotilla, St.Nazaire Orders: Patrol ET54 / report weather Back in St.Nazaire after a long trip to Freetown and back. The crew is happy to get a leave just for Christmas and New Year. The patrol was a month of rotten weather, no escorts seen, 18000 GRT, 35 % fuel left. On the 5th of December at grid ET54 we met an escortless convoy with 2 American, one Mexican and one British ship. The only armed ship on the convoy was an American Liberty frachter with 2 heavy guns and 4 Flak Guns. One G7a shot against the British Alter Passagiersschiff and eventually sunk by gunfire. I was afraid that the American ship would fire at us when we surfaced just 3500 meters from them to finish the Alter Passagiersschiff, but they decided to follow their orders and stay neutral while we sunk the British ship. After a couple of days we got a radio message informing about war between us and the Americans. Next time we meet there'll be no hesitations - it's us or them. One airplane sighted near Freetown, we dived to 50 meters and there was a sound of bombs hitting water, nowhere close to us. |
U-505 IXC update
Patrol No 12
September 22 1941 09:01 hours Left Lorient to patrol Grid BE86 October 8 1941 Grid AM52 02:19 hours Medium merchant 30 sunk with 2 torpedoes October 9 1941 Grid AM1 convoy attack 10:30 hours Tanker 07 sunk direct hit and explosion 12:40 hours Tanker 07 sunk direct hit and explosion 14:12 hours Tanker CAM ship sunk with 4 torpedoes October 10 1941 Grid AM51 U-505 is badly damaged by a Flower corvette. Both engines destroyed , periscopes destroyed. Thanks to the assistance of U-122 (Kaleun Snestorm) U-505 managed to patch her engines and returned to Lorient. October 12 1941 16:24 hours Lorient U-505 was declared a total loss and scuttled. Kptltn vonHarris and all of his crew took the U-524 IXC Uboot. |
U122 IXB. Patrol 5.
Departed Lorient on 2.maj.41 for EJ84, and the Freetown - UK shipping lanes.
Returned to same on 6.jul.41. Patrol results: 1 ship sunk for 2.343 GRT. U122's history to date: 5 war patrols between 2.maj.40 and 6.jul.41. 21 ships sunk for 150.143 GRT. |
U-524 IXC update
Patrol No13 (contniue from U-505 same crew)
November 1 1941 00:40 hours U-524 lest Lorient with orders to patrol grid DU41 December 3 1941 Grid BF14 Convoy attack 6 torpedoes fired 2 hits scored 03:53 hours Empire type freighter sunk DCed for 1,5 hours. Light damages December 4 1941 Grid BF11 03:29 hours Unescorted and unarmed coastal freighter sunk by gunfire 11:46 hours Medium merchant 04 sunk by 3 torpedoes December 10 1941 Grid AM52 01:41 hours Empire-type freighter sunk by 2 torpedoes December 17 1941 Grid BE36 13:23 hours Medium cargo sunk by 2 torpedoes December 21 1941 Grid BE36 19:16 hours Large troop ship sunk by 4 torpedoes December 22 1941 Grid BE36 00:31 hours Engaged by enemy plane on the surface in bad weather. Direct bomb hit aft. Damages to engines and propellers. Possible hull breech. 02:16 hours Damages repaired and started return passage to Lorient on the surface. Unable to dive December 24 1941 05:25 hours Docked at Lorient 6 ships sunk 50474 tons 538 men killed 54 days at sea IX2 turm installed Alberich sonar coating installed December 25 1941 Lorient At a city bar Kaleuns Snestorm and vonHarris have a friendly talk over a couple of fine german beers It is now well known that the USA have joined the war. vonHarris has requested to take part in Operation Drumbeat and this request has been approved: Next patrol grid CA73. |
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Gave up on my career on a type II, not that great a shot, looking at 0 tons in patrol 10, (only normally got 4-10T in most missions), so did a suicide mission going into dundee on patrol 10 as I was sick of Keil and the type II and was going to go home empty handed for the second time.
Restarted in a VII, just finished first patrol and got 27000T, didn't get a chance to use the deck gun due to weather. Found a convoy in the irish sea and had a few good shots and a hell of a time getting out being depth charged the entire way, then used the last two eels from the aft torpedo tube on a tanker off aberdeen on the way home. Way more fun and opportunity in the VII, which is what I used last time I played SH3 four years ago. Still rusty, and now have an inexperienced crew with not much qualification. |
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