Campaign 2
Recently U-124 (IXB) returned from patrolling grid CG-74 with success!
Encountered 4 airplanes within a few hours, 3 destroyed, 1 crippled.... Encountered 1 Tribal Destroyer and evaded.... Came across 1 C3 cargo and destroyed with 2 torpedoes.... Came across 2 C3 cargo ships and destroyed 1 with two torpedoes. The other one went down with only 1 torpedo! (The other missed) Patrol grid reached and searched with no activity.... On the way back a Coastal Merchant was obliterated with deck gun fire.... Catalina destroyed with AA but we took slight damage.... Damage repaired and returned to Lorient! Bought some more efficient diesels for 1500 renown :rock:! U-124 signing off and happy hunting:ping:! |
New Career
Leutnant z. S. Franz Trommler commanding U-96, type VIIC. I've got the Chief trying to find Bernard and kick him off my boat. If half of my eels hadn't missed or been set to the wrong pistol.....:damn: CAPTAIN'S LOG 7.12.40. 0740 Patrol 1 U-96, 7th/13th Flotilla Left at: December 7, 1940, 07:40 From: St. Nazaire Mission Orders: Patrol grid DH48 Convoy Battle, 1st attack 11.12.40. 1632 Grid CG 18 Ship sunk! SS Clan Urquhart (Large Merchant), 9537 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 79. Crew lost: 59 1646 Grid CG 18 Ship sunk! SS Cerinthus (Intermediate Tanker), 3490 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 21. Crew lost: 20 2nd attack 1855 Grid CG 18 Ship sunk! SS Long Island (Large Cargo), 8252 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 1 1857 Grid CG 18 Ship sunk! SS Aeneas (Large Merchant), 10278 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 0 14.12.40. 1120 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 4 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 31557 tons All torpedoes expended No damages. |
Leutnant z. S. Franz Tromller commanding U-96.
Sure thought this patrol was going to be a dud. Things can get interesting real fast when a large convoy shows up. First attack went as good as it possibly could. Second, not so much. Seems the escorts were still a little upset from the first attack. Also found a depth-keeping problem at 200m. Boat started sinking out of control. Told the Chief to make sure that's fixed before the next patrol. We don't need to alert the escorts to our position just to maintain depth. But, we do know the U-96 will stand up to the pressure at 248m. CAPTAIN'S LOG 14.1.41. 2142 Patrol 2 U-96, 7th/13th Flotilla Left at: January 14, 1941, 21:42 From: St. Nazaire Mission Orders: Patrol grid DH48 Convoy attack. 30.1.41. 0632 Grid DH 47 Ship sunk! SS Port Auckland (Ore Carrier), 8445 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 16 0632 Grid DH 47 Ship sunk! SS Glenorchy (Large Merchant), 11812 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 51. Crew lost: 44 0634 Grid DH 47 Ship sunk! SS Menelaus (Large Merchant), 11811 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 70. Crew lost: 21 0645 Grid DH 47 Ship sunk! MV Santa Elisa (Medium Cargo), 5214 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 39. Crew lost: 38 0646 Grid DH 47 Ship sunk! SS Mormacsaga (Large Cargo), 9792 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 36. Crew lost: 23 0658 Grid DH 47 Ship sunk! SS Sea Porpoise (Large Cargo), 9793 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 18 4.2.41. 1316 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 6 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 56867 tons All torpedoes expended U-boat damaged (HI 98.94%) Received a promotion to Oberleutnant z. S. upon arrival at St. Nazaire. |
my laptop keeps giving me the me gusta face and making me CTD. BLARG! lol
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Well done. Gute Jagd! |
U-107 IXB
Patrol No 4
08 June 1940 07:13 hours U-107 departed from Wilhelmshaven for grid CF95 12 June 1940 Grid AN14 15:09 hours MV Briar Rose (Coastal Tanker), 1060 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 22. Crew lost: 17 - sunk by 1 stern torpedo 13 June 1940 Grid AN13 04:02 hours MV No. 1032 (Pelagic Trawler), 888 tons. Crew: 27. Crew lost: 22 - sunk by 3 stern torpedoes (1 dud) 22 June 1940 Grid CG13 02:20 hours Good weather - moved externals inside Grid CG16 08:47 hours SS Sven Foyn (Whale Factory Ship), 17331 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 160. Crew lost: 62 - sunk by 32 105mm rounds 25 June 1940 Grid CF95 00:16 hours Reached patrol area 26 June 1940 Grid CF96 22:30 hours SS Crusader (Medium Merchant 11), 3130 tons. Cargo: Tobacco. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 10 - sunk by 4 105mm rounds 30 June 1940 11:57 hours New orders came in: Move to grid AD59 and engage enemy convoys 01 July 1940 Grid CG94 03:48 hours Intercepted Greek small merchant - no action taken 06 July 1940 Grid BE63 14:44 hours SS Adinda (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 10 - sunk by 1 torpedo 07 July 1940 Grid BE33 14:15 hours Spotted 2 enemy DDs 14:27 hours Fired 2 stern torpedoes at the last DD - diving to 100m 14:28 hours HMS Holderness (Hunt I class), 1000 tons. Crew: 158. Crew lost: 154 - sunk by 2 torpedoes - escaped undetected 14 July 1940 Grid AD59 01:25 hours Reached new patrol area 09:47 hours Spotted enemy DD - dived to PD - escaped undetected 18 July 1940 Grid AD83 - convoy attack 09:53 hours 4 bow torpedoes fired - 3 hits 09:54 hours SS Myriel (Intermediate Tanker), 3490 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 11 - sunk by 1 torpedo Damaged converted whale factory ship by 2 torpedoes Some DCs were dropped but way off U-107 position 14:39 hours Tubes reloaded - surfaced. 03 August 1940 Grid AE87 09:21 hours SS Norefjord (Medium Merchant 11), 3131 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 13 - sunk by 1 torpedo 08 August 1940 Grid AN14 11:55 hours MV Norfolk Coast (Coastal Tanker), 1061 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 15. Crew lost: 4 - sunk by 2 torpedoes (1 missed) 14:18 hours SS Porsanger (Medium Merchant 25), 4347 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 11 - sunk by 3 torpedoes 12 August 1940 15:20 hours Docked at port 66 days at sea 10 ships sunk 37307 tons No casualties or damages Installed a Zwillig 2 cm flak gun Map of operations http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9...operations.jpg |
Playing around trying to get ranks past Kapitanleutnant. I kinda hit one too many zeros when I set the renown multiplier. This patrol netted me 88400 renown.:o Strangely, I'm still Oberleutnant z. S.
Oberleutnant z. S. Franz Tromller commanding U-96. Interesting patrol. First we ran into a lone empire type freighter that engaged us. One eel sent him to the bottom. Next we happened upon the HMCS Uganda on patrol. Fortune favors the bold they say. Well, fortune favored us. We spotted her to our starboard, headed west, while we were northbound. A run at flank followed by a dive, and a quick fan shot with tubes 2 and 3 from 6km sent her to her grave. Then, we ran head on into a convoy. Breaking my normal protocol for double shots for anything over 7k, we tried single shots. Boy did it pay off. We did have to chase down 2 damaged large merchants to finish them with the deck gun. We know for sure we had 2 misses, both TIIs. So with one eel left in the stern tube, we pressed our luck. A storm rolled in, so we blew into the convoy on the surface. First thing we spotted was a tramp steamer down by the bow. Just as I was turning to put our last eel into her gut, a black swan appeared out of the fog, firing everything she had at us. A fast dive to periscope depth, and a snap shot with the stern tube at the black swan later, we were headed for 120m at flank. Silent running at 100m and a 45 degree turn to course 180 and we snuck away with heavy damage from the hail of shells the escort was sending our way before we got under. Too bad our luck didn't hold out. The black swan lived to fight another day, but so did we.:D CAPTAIN'S LOG 25.2.41. 2258 Patrol 3 U-96, 7th/13th Flotilla Left at: February 25, 1941, 22:58 From: St. Nazaire Mission Orders: Patrol grid AL63 1.3.41. 1154 Grid BE 36 Ship sunk! SS Empire Prairie (Empire-type Freighter), 6396 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 47. Crew lost: 44 6.3.41. 1726 Grid AL 63 Ship sunk! HMCS Uganda (Fiji class), 10725 tons. Crew: 821. Crew lost: 656 Convoy attack 8.3.41. 0258 Grid AL 39 Ship sunk! SS Hawaiian Shipper (Large Cargo), 8871 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 3 0314 Grid AL 39 Ship sunk! SS City of Chester (Large Merchant), 11548 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 49. Crew lost: 27 0329 Grid AL 39 Ship sunk! SS Exchequer (Large Cargo), 8872 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 57 0453 Grid AL 39 Ship sunk! SS Empire Standard (Empire-type Freighter), 6397 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 51. Crew lost: 23 0707 Grid AL 39 Ship sunk! SS City of Hull (Large Merchant), 11547 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 61 0722 Grid AL 39 Ship sunk! MV Siamese Prince (Large Merchant), 11546 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 33 12.3.41. 1830 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 8 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 75902 tons All torpedoes expended U-boat damaged (HI 61.91%) Received most of the medals due to the extra zero in the renown multiplier. Now I need to try and sort the promotion deal out. |
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In windows visva these are located in program files. Change PlayerRank=11 to 12 from files Careers and Careers_0. Only last patrols are needed to change from both files. Make sure you have 8000 renown to keep that rank. Same goes for Korvettenkapitän except it's rank number is 13 and renown requirement of 15 000. Reason you didn't get promoted was too much renown which results double promotion. |
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U-107 IXB
My 4 year old daughter decided to push the reset button of my desktop while I was on patrol.
The whole career was ruined New career is about to start |
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sorry someone had to do it lol |
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From:U-96 30MAR41 00:43 Grid BF17. Convoy sighted. Course 242 degrees. Speed 8 knots. 24 Freighters, 6 Escorts. Attacking unless ordered otherwise. |
achtung! I am in need of some major help NOW! NOW! NOW! NOW!!!
At 60% integrity, getting surrounded by 3 Destroyers, and hiding under the wreckage of an enemy ship I had sunk. I have no internal torpedos. I am in need of assistance! |
sorry my friend, U-96 is unable to respond being neck deep in our own DD troubles:arrgh!:
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Wife has forced me to break off an attack on a large convoy :damn:. She had to do an interview via chat and can't type with the lap top....:damn:
Will reload and hope that I can repeat the blind turn of luck. U-73 out. |
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To : U-174 (andwii) U-45 is unable to provide any assistance - refitting at port What is your location? Good luck. |
U-45 VIIB
Patrol No 1
Shakedown - trials - nothing to report Patrol No 2 Orders : Proceed to grid to BF16 - cross the English Channel and show the flag. Await new orders 23 August 1939 04:41 hours U-45 departed Wilhelmshaven to grid BF16. 03 September 1939 02:21 hours The war started. - New orders : Proceed to grid AM52 and attack at will. 07 September 1939 Grid AM52 15:39 hours SS Wisconsin (Large Merchant), 11050 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 109. Crew lost: 43 - sunk by 3 torpedoes 10 September 1939 Grid AM53 10:18 hours HMS Vanessa (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 101. Crew lost: 87 - sunk by 1 torpedo 11 September 1939 Grid AM37 03:30 hours ASW trawler missed by 1 torpedo - U-45 remained undetected Grid AM36 21:23 hours HMS Venomous (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 115. Crew lost: 52 - sunk by 1 torpedo 17 September 1939 Grid AM52 02:25 hours MV Margaret Christina (Tugboat), 1121 tons. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 21 - sunk by 1 torpedo 21 September 1939 Grid AM52 01:56 hours SS Crown Arun (Small Merchant), 1835 tons. Cargo: Phosphates. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 2 - sunk by 24 8,8 cm rounds 14:31 hours SS Adm. Courbet (Coastal Freighter), 1874 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 3 - sunk by 19 8,8 cm rounds 22 September 1939 Grid AM52 11:07 hours Q Ship HMS Chatsgrove (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 60 - sunk by 37 8,8 cm rounds. Luckily no damage was done in this gun duel 23 September 1939 Grid AM52 05:23 hours SS Lord Strathcona (Ore Carrier), 6071 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 82. Crew lost: 79 - sunk by 68 8,8 cm rounds 25 September 1939 Grid AM52 09:15 hours SS Peebles (Medium Merchant 24), 5093 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 57. Crew lost: 25 - sunk by 47 8,8 cm rounds 10:08 hours SS Akbar (Medium Merchant 40), 5926 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 64. Crew lost: 62 - crippled by 25 8,8 cm rounds - finished by 2 torpedoes 01 October 1939 20:57 hours U-45 returned at port. Unable to help U-174. 40 days at sea 10 ships sunk 37710 tons No damages or casualties All 8,8 cm rounds used - 3 torpedoes not used |
U-45 VIIB
Patrol No 3
It took only 10 days for U-45 to be ready for action (I am using the Randomise days in base option in this career) 11 October 1939 11:10 hours U-45 left port to patrol grid BE99 14 October 1939 Grid AN41 22:39 hours Spotted Swedish coastal tanker - no action taken 24 October 1939 Grid BE99 19:40 hours Reached patrol area 27 October 1939 10:03 hours New orders : Proceed to grid CG94 31 October 1939 Grid CG94 06:06 hours Reached new patrol area 09:16 hours SS Photinia (Medium Merchant 40), 5926 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 21 - sunk by 2 bow + 1 stern torpedoes 09:51 hours Still submerged we had a single sound contact bearing 030 and multiple contacts bearing 253 - 260 all closing at low speeds 09:54 hours Visual contact at bearing 030 - single merchant 10:07 hours SS Blairdevon (Medium Merchant 11), 3129 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 34 - sunk by 1 bow torpedo - multiple contacts now bearing 270 both merchant and warships indicate convoy closing. 10:15 hours Tube reloaded 11:14 hours 2 bow torpedoes fired at enemy convoy 11:16 hours 1 stern torpedo fired 11:16 hours SS Kosmos (Whale Factory Ship), 17330 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 186. Crew lost: 146 11:18 hours 1 bow torpedo fired 11:19 hours 1 bow torpedo fired - diving to 100m - undetected 11:42 hours SS Drakepool (Coal Freighter), 2571 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 12 Possible damage on a large merchant 16:32 hours Still submerged - tubes reloaded 3 bow torpedoes left - sound contact bearing 080 closing medium speed 16:42 hours Periscope depth. 17:24 hours Visual contact: French gunboat escorting single merchant 17:35 hours FR Arras (Gunboat), 480 tons. Crew: 51. Crew lost: 19 - sunk by 1 bow torpedo + 1 bow missed 17:43 hours MV Brageland (Small Merchant), 2080 tons. Cargo: Tobacco. Crew: 24. Crew lost: 1 - sunk by 1 bow torpedo - No internal torpedoes left 18:00 hours Surfaced - U-45 was submerged for 9 hours in battle conditions. The crew perfomed its duties in a perfect way. No Bernard on board this time! Started return trip. 03 November 1939 Grid CG21 00:13 hours Spotted Greek medium cargo - no action taken 06 October 1939 Grid AM54 00:23 hours Spotted large convoy - sent report to BdU and disengaged 11 November 1939 13:39 hours Docked at port 32 days at sea 6 ships sunk 31516 tons No damages or casualties 12 torpedoes used No 8,8cm rounds fired |
U-45 VIIB
After 17 days in port U-45 was ready to roam the seas again
Patrol No 4 28 November 1939 04:00 hours U-45 left port 09 December 1939 05:32 hours Reached patrol grid BF17 21:59 hours Spotted US small tanker - no action taken 11 December 1939 Grid BF17 03:52 hours Visual contact with merchant bearing 020 - contact lost in heavy fog and rain - disengaged 22 December 1939 Grid BF17 16:58 hours MV Aldington Court (Granville-type Freighter), 4707 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 55. Crew lost: 26 - sunk by 3 bow torpedoes (1 dud) 28 December 1939 Grid BE36 15:13 hours SS Jalayamuna (Medium Merchant 24), 5094 tons. Cargo: Bauxite. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 40 - sunk by 2 bow + a stern torpedoes 29 December 1939 Grid BF11 01:04 hours SS Kekarangu (Medium Merchant 11), 3130 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 41 - sunk by 1 stern torpedo 03 January 1940 Grid BF14 07:34 hours Fired 4 bow shots at enemy convoy - diving to 100m 07:36 hours 4 explosions heard 10:24 hours No sinkings - Damaged : Motor tanker + Fleet tender - Start return trip 04 January 1940 Grid AM76 02:51 hours Moved externals inside 05 January 1940 Grid AM52 15:59 hours Run into enemy convoy - chased off by escorts - disengaged 07 January 1940 Grid AM34 15:59 hours HMS Rajputana (AMC Armed Merchant Cruiser) , 14280 tons. Crew: 245. Crew lost: 80 - sunk by 1 bow torpedo Damaged Aux cruiser by 1 bow torpedo 09 January 1940 Grid AN14 14:28 hours MV Adherence (Tugboat), 1121 tons. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 3 - sunk by 1 stern torpedo 11 January 1940 Grid AN65 04:16 hours Spotted Norwegian medium cargo - no action taken 12 January 1940 02:33 hours Docked at port 46 days at sea 5 ships sunk 28332 tons No damages or casualties 14 torpedoes used Commisioned the U-107 IXB. |
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