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Saw to that I was at the surface when shutting down for the evening, too. But, of course, there were a lot of enemy vessels close by when starting up. On the first occasion going in these strange things happened: The sunk destroyer in the West we did. Those other two on the Northern island steamed towards the island when we were proceeding Eastwards through the sound and were both suddenly marked as sunk - beached. Those grey sunk symbols in the bottom of the picture also occured when we were cruising East, submerged. What was going on. Some other subs there or an air raid...? |
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there was sort of success at the first run! sank two empire typs (no bigger vessels in this convoy) and a flower which was coming up (attacked in bright sunshine and had to raise periscope). shame that one fish was dud (the rear one) which was aimed at a small freighter. two black swans hunted me then (I ran through the convoy getting down to 160m), but it never was so easy to evade them! just half an hour and I escaped. nothing, compared to the other DD-hunts I already had at 60-80m. hurrah to 1000m below you! :rock: I then shaded the convoy and now after sunset I attack the second time. the leading flower has already passed by, so it's now again: raising to PD and picking three targets with 5eels. maybe I can start a third approach in the morning with the left 3fish. :salute: |
December 1940
U48, Type VIIB Now docked in Lorient, took on a few new crewmembers. On my previous patrol, I was ordered to patrol DT 26 and found almost nothing of value on the way there, just some neutral merchants...though I did sink a lone british schooner not far from Cadiz, Spain. Headed north to the South of the British Isles and ran into a convoy, tried to attack despite a horrid storm at 2300. One torpedo fired at a Black Swan, missed, disengaged attack on convoy. Headed further north to raid Swansea harbor in the night and in a storm, launched 5 fish. Sunk 1 Large Tanker, an RAF Sea Air Rescue boat moored directly alongside (which flew quite a distance from the explosion) and a Depot Ship, Damaged one troop ship. Withdrew and headed back to Lorient. U48 was not engaged by opponents during patrol. Sunk Roughly 15000 tons. |
Kaleu Georg Eckhardt - U-122 - Dec. 4th. 1941 - 09:34 - patrol 17
Nothing more to see inside the harbour. The Fiji has settled on the bottom. As has the troop transport. We shall return now to search the South-Western area. |
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got the knight's cross after returning to base in Wilhelmshaven. could sink 8ships out of 21 the convoy existed in the beginning. I now can understand (at least a little) the excitement real u-boot commanders felt when they spotted a convoy and had three runs against it. too bad 3of14 eels were duds and deck-gun wasn't available due to rough sea. it was my first convoy-attack and I loved every minute of it. :ping: |
Patrol 2
U-32, Type VIIB, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel Left at: August 29, 1939, 18:01 From: Wilhelmshaven Mission Orders: Patrol grid BF16 05.09.39. 0223 Grid BF 16 Ship sunk! SS A. M. Simpson (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 13 07.09.39. 0113 Grid BF 15 Ship sunk! SS Pampero (Medium Cargo), 4535 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 47. Crew lost: 26 07.09.39. 0928 Grid BF 16 Ship sunk! SS Kooyong (Passenger/Cargo), 2091 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 40. Crew lost: 27 08.09.39. 1304 Grid BF 16 Ship sunk! SS Elmbay (Coastal Freighter), 1870 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 9 13.09.39. 1123 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 4 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 10365 tons Patrol lasted 16 days, horrible weather for the entirety. Rough seas, rain and <400m visibility. Had to hunt by hydrophone the entire time. Kalen PAUL BÜCHEL earned UBoat Front Clasp, all 5 officers got War Badges and one got Machinery qualification. |
U-82 - VIIB
Following sinking of merchantman for 5081 tons, sailed south, 140km west of Irish coast. Sank small merchant vessel with one torpedo. Hydrophone contact of another merchantman, plotted to intercept and sank with one torpedo from a spread of two. Fuel running low, plotted return course to Wilhelmshaven between Shetland and Orkney Islands. Encountered task force north of Scotland – one battleship, two light cruisers, two destroyers. Ordered crash dive. U-82 undetected. Surfaced, encountered small coastal vessel but was not able to engage owing to rough seas and low torpedo count. Attacked by aircraft, ordered crash dive. Some flooding, repaired quickly. Boat in good working order. Passed between Orkney and Shetland Islands, 2:32 on September 18th. Encountered task force of three warships in North Sea. Dove, remained undetected. Surfaced and spotted a Polish large merchant. Sunk with deck gun. Docked at Wilhelmshaven at 6:00 on 21 September 1939. Total tonnage sunk in excess of 19,600 GRT. 2nd Patrol Departed Wilhelmshaven, 23 September 1939 en route to BE61. Hydrophone detection of merchantman, 250km north of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Plotted intercept course on surface. Intercepted merchant vessel, sank with deck gun. Continued northwest, plotting course between Scapa Flow and Shetland Islands. Passed Orkneys. Skies overcast. Detected an ore freighter. Sank with deck gun. Continuing east. |
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Jan 3, 1940
Kapitänleutnant Kruger (U-46) / Type VIIB / Fourth patrol Silent speed at 130m, on the eastern edge of AM 76. We have just sent a Southampton class cruiser to the bottom on our first pass at a convoy. Destroyers are trying to locate us but so far their depth charges have fallen far and wide. As of now, we've claimed about 40k tons of warship tonnage (two aux. cruisers and two southamptons) since we left Wilehmshaven on Dec 16 but not a single merchant. |
I shouldn't have done that!!
June 1940, near Gibraltar. found a freighter and a light tanker at night. shot one fish each, came up to finish them with the deck-gun. then I saw the flag: neutral! I quickly flanked away and could manage to be out of range when they (probably) sank. no symbols on the map, no entry in the diary. next time: first I will identify the nationality. :D |
I was getting myself into the inside of a nicely sized convoy on the west coast of Ireland. I started to make my way up to periscope depth, and feeling pretty smart, I cranked up my props to gain on my depth approach to start targeting.
Then, at about 60m, Wham! An escort must have sliced into the merchies, and caught me really nice with some ash cans draped right forward of my con tower. Immediate massive flooding there, I sent my D.C. in full emergency, blew ballast, shouted for full throttle reverse to try to save some elevation in my favor, yet going for a roller coaster nose-dive. Not fun there... until I held tight and figured I will at least see how tight my boat was maunfactured. In my last seconds, I held the camera steady for a final 256 meter photoshot. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...09-DeepIXB.jpg |
U 45... SUPER slow patrol... 1 troop ship so far still... woopdy doo...
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Oberleutnant z.S. Frank Zimmerman
U-104 Starting date patrol; June 12, 1941 Starting harbour; Lorient 04.45 - June 15 Soundcontact - grid BF71 - omrchant - slow - heading 045 05.27 - June 15 Ship spotted - submerging for attack at 06.14 07.35 - June 15 Ship identified as 'Passenger/Cargo' 2222t - 1 torpedo fired - observed 1 hit Vessel did not sink 08.03 - June 15 1 torpedo fired - observed 1 hit Vessel sunk at 08.21 05.40 - June 17 Soundcontact - grid CF38 - merchant - heading 065 Ship identified as American Large Tanker 11.335t - NEUTRAL 18.33 - June 17 Entered patrol grid CF59 19.12 - June 18 Completed 24h patrol - heading for BD58 07.56 - June 23 Convoy reported at BD15 - intercepting 12.32 - June 26 Soundcontact - BC36 - multiple merchants 19.33 - June 26 Regained contact with convoy after being forced down by escort 19.59 - June 26 Fired 3 torpedoes - observed 3 hits - 2 ships sunk - Fiji class light cruiser 10.725t - Large Merchant 10.320t 01.07 - June 27 2 torpedoes fired - observed 2 hits - forced down by escorts Medium Cargo 5081t sunk at 02.36 13.44 - June 27 Lost track of convoy - spotted lone merchant - engaged with deckgun Ship identified as 'Passenger/Cargo' 2245t - sunk at 13.44 23.22 - July 1 Sound contact - AL42 - intercepting 00.53 - July 2 2 torpedoes fired - observed 2 hits - vessel sunk at 01.23 Ship identified as Large Cargo 8576t 06.47 - July 9 Convoy reported - grid BE39 - intercepting 17.00 - July 9 5 torpedoes fired fore and aft - observed 3 hits - 1 ship sunk Ship identified as Large Merchant 10.620t 23.00 - July 9 In position for second attack 03.59 - July 10 6 torpedoes fired - observed 6 hits - 3 ships sunk - Whale factory ship 12.016t sunk 04.00 - Empire-type freighter 6.780t sunk 04.04 - Small tanker 2052t sunk 04.10 Returned to port July 12 Total tonnage; 48729 |
13th May 1943 ~ U-307
Sailed from Brest on the 5th intense air traffic around the Bay of Biscay and also Spanish coast. Currently patrolling CG85 just outside the approaches to Gibraltar. Constant aircraft harassment leading to low batteries. Two men dead. |
Thinking about How im going to get to America in a VIIB...:hmmm:
And that actual getting there is easy, returning... that's a different story...:shifty: |
15th May 1943 ~ BdU
U-307 sent incomplete report stating they had been intercepted by two Avenge planes and one Hunt II destroyer. Report stated diving to 145 metres, no contact after that. U-307, Commander Heinrich Ruhl and crew presumed lost on first patrol. R.I.P. |
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Lost at sea on january 13th, 1945. (At least I took the escort-carrier with me :arrgh!:. Homing torpedoes for the win.) |
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