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RW Time: 02:12 (Sat 10th Apr)
Game Time: 00:41 15/11/1940 Pos: Aprox Mid Irish Sea, SW of Hollyhead Ships Sunk: 3 ASW Trawler (2x Torps), FAST Torp Boat (Deck/Flak Gun), Small Tanker (1x Torp) Torps left: 19 GRT: 2,600 Aprox Am calling it a nyte now but may get chance to carry on if not out tomorrow(tonight) PS: Second patrol, but re-started as save became corrupt and game wldn't load, just CDT each time. |
I must have said something to anger BdU or another high-ranking military or political officer: U-48, the pride of the 7. Unterseebootsflottille, has been assigned to AN84, the eastern approach to the English Channel. Yeah, that's going to work out just fine in early July 1940.
Thankfully, I've now got the 2cm FK C/30 Flakzwiling, so maybe I can bloody Coastal Command's nose if I get jumped in the shallow water around here. :damn: |
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1943-10-19
U-292 (VIIC/41) 1st Flotilla, Brest on the way to the assigned grid FC76 a large convoy was radioed and U-292 went flank to intercept. in the afternoon 30merchants and 7DDs could be made out. as there were 9columns it was decided to infiltrate between the second and third column after it was confirmed that they sailed on a steady course of 13° at a speed of 6kn. after reaching the attack-location in grid DS9649 (where the convoy had to arrive at 9p.m. so the darkness was on our side) U-292 went to 20m silently. we awaited the first row to run over us and ascended to PD. sea was heayv with 15m/s winds so we tried to force our luck to spend just one aal per vessel and to go for the bow. out of 5aale just one missed, the AOB must have been calculated wrong. but the other four hit! http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4748/frsink.jpg 3of4 went down soon, just one ore-freighter struggled for life (without success) http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8885/oresink.jpg it was the most successful convoy-attack (~ 25k tons) that late in war for the Kaleu: http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5993/navmap43.jpg as soon as the first aal hit, we flanked to 200m and evaded without being detected! a very rare situation in the meanwhile ..... |
Midway through the third patrol of U-19 (Type IIA)
Two ships sunk. Granville Freighter Tramp Steamer Two torpedoes remaining. Grid AN44. When this patrol is over I should be renowned enough to trade up to a IID :DL |
BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...ies/pirate.gif
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OMG! Jeepers man, sombody got lucky! How did ur machine handle processing of all them ships!!! WOW! |
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you know, I got probably one of the oldest rigs here at the board. it was state-of-the-art 5-6years ago. but I get about 20-30fps in external view, that's acceptable. ;) |
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Doing better so far in this one! Patrol 1 U-45, 7 U-Flotilla Wegener LtzS Erich Riese, Commander August 1 1939, 18:25 Departed: Königsberg Mission Orders: Patrol grid AO98 August 4 1939, 23:34 Returned: Königsberg Crew losses: 0 Promotions: Leutnant z. See Erich Reise and Leutnant z. See Johann Zahn, to Oberleutnant z. See Notes: U-45 has been transferred to 2 U-Flotilla Saltzwedel and will proceed to Wilhelmshaven immediately to begin preparations for our next assignment. ObltzS Zahn will continue to serve as 1WO but will likely be given his own command after successful completion of a second patrol aboard U-45. Patrol 2 U-45, 2 U-Flotilla Saltzwedel ObltzS Erich Riese, Commander August 28 1939, 19:37 Departed: Wilhelmshaven Mission Orders: Patrol grid BF17 Notes: Funkmaat Karl-Heinz Pipal, Bootsmann, transferred to duty on another u-boat; Stabsbootsmann Horst Rowlin transferred to duty aboard U-45. September 5 1939, 16:56 Grid AM 53 Ship sunk: SS Glenfinlas (Large Merchant), 10403 tons Cargo: Scrap Metal Crew: 109 Crew lost: 29 September 5 1939, 18:02 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk: SS Lake Lucerne (Passenger/Cargo), 1970 tons Cargo: Passengers Crew: 200 Crew lost: 76 September 6 1939, 05:38 Grid AM 55 Ship sunk: SS Aurora (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons Cargo: Trucks Crew: 30 Crew lost: 10 September 8 1939, 08:03 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk: SS Agberi (Passenger/Cargo), 1963 tons Cargo: Passengers Crew: 60 Crew lost: 5 September 8 1939, 22:38 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk: SS Penthievre (Small Merchant), 2211 tons Cargo: Iron Ore Crew: 28 Crew lost: 22 September 8 1939, 23:53 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk: MV Thalia (Tanker 09), 8505 tons Cargo: Gasoline Crew: 61 Crew lost: 20 September 10 1939, 02:27 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk: SS Agapenor (Large Merchant), 8630 tons Cargo: Sulfur Crew: 83 Crew lost: 52 September 10 1939, 09:55 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk: SS Aaltje (Coastal Freighter), 1870 tons Cargo: Wine/Spirits Crew: 32 Crew lost: 27 September 13 1939, 22:10 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk: SS Adherity (Coastal Freighter), 1871 tons Cargo: Military Vehicles Crew: 35 Crew lost: 6 September 20 1939, 15:24 Returned: Wilhelmshaven Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 9 Patrol tonnage: 39292 tons Awards: ObltzS Erich Reise, Iron Cross 2nd Class Promotions: Stabsbootsmann Horst Rowlin, to Stabsoberbootsmann Notes: Oberleutnant z. See Johann Zahn has been given his own command and relieved of duty aboard U-45 to begin preparations for same. Leutnant z. See Ernst Grüneberg will take over as 1WO. Oberfähnrich z. See Helmut Happe has been assigned to U-45; this will be his first deployment aboard a combat vessel. |
Patrol 3 - U-123 - Dec. 3rd. 1943 08:00 - outside Lorient |
having played sh4 a little.. now back to the ol' sh3 gwx, ready to start a new career.
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Ahh,the BOLDness of it all
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- whats the general idea,deploy one and then change course for a short duration? - how long does the decoy last? - and lastly,are they effective against ALL pursuers?,what I mean is do the more experienced pursuers see beyond the decoy and not fall for the trick? Cheers mate :up: |
31/01/1942- Lorient
U-125 (Kptlt Konrad Tietz)docked today at 11:21 am after a 71 days patrol in the north atlantic. 7 ships sunk for 34368 tons. This was the 10th and last patrol for Konrad Tietz who received the knight cross with oak leaves, swords and diamonds for having sunken 383880 tons of ennemy shipping during his carreer. The former 1st wo Dieter Haguenau is now the new captain of U-125. |
CAPTAIN'S LOG
Patrol 12 U-52, 2nd Flotilla Left at: December 11, 1940, 20:11 From: Lorient Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM34 0647 Grid BF 17 Ship sunk! SS Zaandam (Troop Transport), 8279 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 209. Crew lost: 190 1430 Grid BF 42 Ship sunk! SS Victoria City (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons. Cargo: Machinery. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 43 15.12.40. 1610 Grid BF 15 Ship sunk! SS Kilissi (Small Merchant), 2396 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 41. Crew lost: 10 16.12.40. 0838 Grid AM 87 Ship sunk! SS African Sun (Medium Cargo), 5081 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 44. Crew lost: 6 18.12.40. 1520 Grid AM 2 Ship sunk! HMS Bryony (Flower class), 950 tons. Crew: 145. Crew lost: 82 1531 Grid AM 2 Ship sunk! SS Southern Empress (Whale Factory Ship), 12017 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 109. Crew lost: 82 1540 Grid AM 2 Ship sunk! HMS Revenge (Revenge class), 28000 tons. Crew: 1194. Crew lost: 131 1546 Grid AM 2 Ship sunk! SS Empire Heritage (Whale Factory Ship), 12016 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 90. Crew lost: 67 1856 Grid AM 2 Ship sunk! MV Teakwood (Large Tanker), 9677 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 36. Crew lost: 6 19.12.40. 1246 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 9 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 83124 tons BACK And I finaly got that promotion i wanted to KAPITÄNLEUTNANT There should have been another ore carrier but some 63 88mm shells and over 1000 20mm shells later she still was going strong. Never did end up hitting my patrol grid |
U-48 strikes again!
War diary of U-48
16th Dec 1939, 20th day at sea On our return home from a very successful 2nd patrol in BF11-BF14 I decided to submerge through the entire transit through AM51 as this area looks to cut right across the north west approach from N.Ireland.And as luck would have it we picked up a sound contact at 15:06. I brought the UBoat up and observed the ship for a good 30 mins at extreme range and confirmed it as a British/Canadian outbound medium merchant on course 281 doing 10kts.I raced ahead for a good hour trying to get into our attack position but this was not quite enough as her smoke was still visible in the far distance and our final interception track would be cutting it fine to say the least,so to put us well clear I extended the run another hour and set up for a stern shot at approx 700m from her track. At 16:51 the merchant came into view practically bang on time,then I brought the Uboat down to 12m.I waited until it passed the 200 bearing point then fired an impact torpedo from tube 5 set to a depth of 5m aimed at the foremast.Torpedo impacted slightly aft of the bridge probably due to it spotting the torpedo wake in the fading light and she tried to speed up at the last moment.Ideally the shot should have been performed closer but I decided 700m was still a good distance with the current lighting conditions. I surfaced and put approx 20rds of HE fire into her hull and she capsized to port after around 15mins for 4.765 GRT. We will make another dive as we round the top of Scotland just as we did in AM51 and then it will be plain sailing across the old North Sea,hopefully without incident. Patrol report has been sent in and no doubt Doenitz and his pals are having the biggest pillow fight EVER from our good news! We expect to join them in about 5 days if all goes well,just in time for a grand Christmas piss up with the boys,then I wil leave to spend the next two weeks with my dear old mother. Patrol total - 7 merchants sunk for 41.723 GRT Weather - optimal,not even a breeze or slight squall since we left port , wind speed - 0 Armament - 1 stern torpedo left , 125 rds HE shells Fuel - approx 4000 km moving at full speed ETA back to Wilhemshaven - 5 days or so Kpt. Kurt Neulinger |
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Anyway back onto the nitty gritty of hunting enemy shipping. My game resumed after i'd just sunk a small tanker. I proceeded north towards holyhead and after a couple of hours of motoring I submerged to have a listen. My suprise was quite evident when I detected another merchant, on roughly the same bearing where I had found my previous target. Another hr of motoring in the opposite direction found yet again my contact behind me when I next had a listen. So I turned towards the contact making sure I WAS bang on course and headed off on surface at flank speed, only using a max of 8x compression for a short time. Before long I had the cry "Merchant Spotted!" "There you ARE dear!!!" came the shout from the conning tower (my crew looking a little confused as to why I would be referring to such an animal at this stage) The Merchant was solitary medium cargo dead ahead, which seemed quite strange as I'm sure i'd heard at least three separate sets of screws through my headphones - Ok take what i'm given and have another listen when i'm done with her. 20 minutes later I let tube 2 go and she was hit right under the stern. With event camera off, I was unable to tell if it was an impact or magnetic detonation, I suspect it was an impact as my previous magnetic detonations had done alot of damage, albeit on smaller shipping.. I let her have another torpedo which did very little additional damage. By this time I was dead abeam of her on her port-side around 800m away. We manned the deck gun and put aprox 20 shells into her. Still going strong!! So begrudgingly I let her have a third torpedo and this seemed to be the killing factor and before long she was sliding below. by this time it was all I had time to play in reality so I logged off and went to bed. updated Summary below Last time of Save: 01:41 (Tues 13th Apr) Game Time: 05:41 16/11/1940 Pos: NW of Hollyhead Ships Sunk: 4 ASW Trawler (2x Torps), FAST Torp Boat (Deck/Flak Gun), Small Tanker (1x Torp), Medium Cargo (3x Torp, Deck Gun) Torps left: 16 GRT: 7,700 Aprox |
Tough bloody cow SHE was,3 torps to finish a med merchant,I bet you were considering ramming the bugger by that point! :stare::arrgh!: arghhhhhhhh!
Good hunting in the meantime. |
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http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2301/62725791.png http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1919/27504420.png She can take it, can't say the same about the type 34... |
Back to Kiel from my first time in Scapa Flow (september 39') I've sunk a troop ship and a modern tanker. No battleships inside :S
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