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Walter Koch, commander of U-53 had a fine start to the war. he was in place when the war broke out, with plenty of fuel and torps to wage war.
While on patrol in his grid BF 18, on calm waters at daytime came across the SS Bretwalda, a Granville-type, , and the boat was in place for a ideal shot. at 1000M he let go of a e-eel, which impacted, however the freighter was still still going strong, so two more eels (one miss, one hit) and it went down. After patrol, U-53 moved to BF13, hoping to find a few stragglers. A heavy storm came up, and suddenly a whale factory ship appears off the bow. a few eels later, and it going down, with a fine tonnage. The rest of the patrol was a cat and mouse in a heavy storm with a heavy freighter of a mid tanker, tracking down by hydrophones, the freighter was put in the bottom, and the tanker was burning and listing, but still moving, so U-53 followed, reporting in, and hoping for calm waters or storm damage, and the tanker succumbed to its wounds. 33160 tons is a fine tonnage for 1939. Even if it going to get a lot tougher as time goes on. |
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Patrol 14
U-995 23.October.1940 Leaving the Port St.Nazaire to patrol grid AM19 at 0414! Ocean....only Ocean no ship in range. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FF72.jpg 27.October.1940 1200 Diving to A-20 1210 going to A-40 1218 Attacking convoy at Grid AM19. 1223 Ship Sunk! Large Tanker 9677BRT 1249 Ship sunk! HMS Rodney 36000BRT http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FF73.jpg 1320 Surfacing to load Batteries 29.October.1940 0400 going to A-40 0420 KDB operator reports multiple screw sounds. 0448 screw sounds! Must be a Large Merchant Grid AM78 0500 Ship sunk! Large Freighter 10617BRT 0621 surfacing http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FF71.jpg 1.November.1940 0122 Returning to U-Boat Base St.Nazaire 1251 Reached St.Nazaire. Ending Patrol with 56294BRT http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FF74.jpg |
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U-65 IXB
Patrol No7
15 July 1940 13:49 hours Departed from Wilhemlshaven for grid BE87 20 July 1940 13:33 hours Grid AN11 SS Vagrant (Passenger/Cargo), 2253 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 28 27 July 1940 18:20 hours Grid BE64 Convoy attack HMS Garth (Hunt I class), 1000 tons. Crew: 169. Crew lost: 86 Salvo against Fiji class cruiser missed 28 July 1940 01:53 hours Grid BE64 SS Victoria City (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 33 29 July 1940 05:00 hours Grid BE82 SS Sea Venture (Small Merchant), 2399 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 28. Crew lost: 19 06 August 1940 00:05 hours Grid AM54 SS Khandalla (Troop Ship), 8338 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 158. Crew lost: 11 08 August 1940 16:37 hours Grid AM52 SS Rapid (Medium Cargo), 5081 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 17 21 August 1940 05:58 hours Grid AN14 HMS Teredo (T class), 1222 tons. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 15 22 August 1940 23:58 hours Grid AN47 HMS Lord Stamp (ASW Trawler), 1100 tons. Crew: 48. Crew lost: 10 23 August 1940 00:03 hours Grid AN47 MV La Cordillera (Medium Merchant 30), 6937 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 55 06:28 hours Grid AN52 HMS Mull of Kintyre F 86 (Convoy repair ship), 5216 tons. Crew: 199. Crew lost: 129 25 August 1940 02:29 hours Returned to port 42 days at sea 9 ships sunk 37497 tons No casualties 95% hull integrity |
Hey! I've been reading this thread for a while... time to put my oar in!
The ongoing adventures of U-53... http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/110.jpg http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/210.jpg http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/311.jpg http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/410.jpg http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/510.jpg http://i41.servimg.com/u/f41/13/31/91/46/610.jpg |
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U-65 IXB Patrol 9
Patrol 9
Happy times 27 December 1940 17:31 hours Departed from Lorient 30 December 1940 Grid BE93 18:41 hours SS Clan MacAlister (Medium Merchant 30), 6936 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 75. Crew lost: 67 05 January 1941 Grid CG86 Convoy attack 22:31 hours SS Triglav (Medium Merchant 30), 6937 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 76. Crew lost: 28 22:42 hours SS Inverbank (Medium Merchant 23), 5309 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 33 22:51 hours HMS Faithful F 177 (Convoy repair ship), 5215 tons. Crew: 179. Crew lost: 3 07 January 1941 Grid CG97 16:41 hours USS Chloris (Convoy repair ship), 5219 tons. Crew: 154. Crew lost: 83 She was flying British colors 09 January 1941 Grid CG95 17:24 hours SS Hedera (Small Merchant), 2215 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 16 19:40 hours SS Rio Dorado (Medium Merchant 22), 4291 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 43. Crew lost: 32 10 January 1941 Grid CG94 23:08 hours SS Oakbank (Medium Merchant 23), 5310 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 41 11 January 1941 Grid CG95 18:39 hours SS Santa Clara Valley (Medium Merchant 02), 4894 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 0 13 January 1941 Grid CG95 14:50 hours SS Campos (Granville-type Freighter), 4707 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 104. Crew lost: 83 17:48 hours MV Alcinous (Medium Merchant 30), 6941 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 61. Crew lost: 0 14 January 1941 Grid CG94 19:29 hours SS Ninghai (Small Freighter), 2091 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 25 18 January 1941 Grid CG94 07:53 hours SS Sitka (Large Cargo), 8520 tons. Cargo: Wine/Spirits. Crew: 65. Crew lost: 54 08:21 hours SS Dalarö (Medium Merchant 02), 4895 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 64. Crew lost: 51 10:54 hours SS Tynwald (Tramp Steamer), 2112 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 16 21 January 1941 23:41 hours Returned to Lorient 26 days at sea 15 ships sunk 75592 tons No damages or casualties |
Well, I'm playing with the Victory Mod enabled for a bit of variety. Due to the high renown value of warships and the sad fact that I don't use any realism mods and play at 0% I'm the coolest commander in the Kreigsmarine!
It was 1940 and I purchased a souped up IX-B and sailed from Kiel. Germany had taken everything up the eastern coast and I was to patrol AN--(somewhere off the cost between Hartlepool and Scapa Flow). I received a message from BdU informing me that the Royal Navy was relocating to Lock Ewe from Scapa Flow. I immediately sailed to Loch Ewe and snuck in, I sunk their moored Light Cruiser, their docked Fleet Carrier (their 2 largest ships) as well as 2 moored destroyers and 3 more that were steaming towards the wrecks to pick up survivors, I also sunk an Armed Trawler that was shadowing me. I ran out of torps and left, surfacing at a safe distance to resupply with my external reserves. The Brits had but 2 or 3 more destroyers left at Ewe so I decided to return to my partol on the other side of the isles. I was harrased by many swordfish and a few hurricanes. I downed 12 aircraft from my 2 dual flackwierzing(spelling). Sailed without a hitch, reached my new base of Lorient. Not bad for a maiden voyage in my new uboat! :arrgh!: Spent a week or so there at parties and receptions for my promotion and awarding of Knights Cross with Golden Oak Leaves Swords and Diamonds, as well as my uboat war badge and front clasp. (this was my 13th partol iirc, something between 13 and 15). I was promoted to Lieutenant (spelling) and dished out war badges to every member of the crew except for 1 new lowly sailor who I simply didn't have a medal for. I promoted around 4 men after that. Sailed up to Loch Ewe due to the capture of that base during one of my parties. I've missed Dunkirk, the allied evacuation and every other important event but catching what's left of the Home Fleet at Ewe. Looks like its just a matter of patrol off of Iceland for now on. I'll load up my other campaigns set in the other parts of the world once this becomes boring. |
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After my first attempt returning to the Atlantic after 1yr+ went awry due to a technical fault (:oops:forgot deleting a save deletes everything after:doh:) U-52 under it's Kaleun Willi Brandt set off for it's first war patrol. Quite a voyage, the crew were happy to be home after nearly 2months sailing, across to Danzig and then all the way around the British Isles to the Western Approaches with a good chunk of renown gathering SE of Iceland:arrgh!: .
(longest first patrol I've ever done) 20.8.39. 0432 Patrol 2 U-52, U-Flotilla Weddigen Left at: August 20, 1939, 04:32 From: Kiel Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN26 5.9.39. 2037 Grid AM 33 Ship sunk! HMS Hood (HMS Hood), 48360 tons. Crew: 1400. Crew lost: 70 11.9.39. 1214 Grid BF 19 Ship sunk! SS Yarra (Passenger/Cargo), 2599 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 81. Crew lost: 21 12.9.39. 0847 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Stal (Tramp Steamer), 1957 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 9 13.9.39. 1331 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! MV Comandante Alcidio (Small Cargo), 1737 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 15 14.9.39. 1804 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Knud (Small Composite Merchant), 1941 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 25. Crew lost: 19 16.9.39. 1311 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Blink (Bulk Freighter), 2866 tons. Cargo: Copper Ore. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 2 18.9.39. 0217 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Berhala (Express Freighter), 6239 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 53. Crew lost: 12 19.9.39. 1836 Grid BF 27 Ship sunk! SS Surville (Passenger/Cargo), 2551 tons. Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 140. Crew lost: 79 20.9.39. 0923 Grid BF 24 Ship sunk! MV Sir Huon (Express Freighter), 6240 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 45. Crew lost: 12 2332 Grid BF 24 Ship sunk! SS Afiena (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 15 21.9.39. 1959 Grid BF 25 Ship sunk! SS Adinda (Coastal Freighter), 1870 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 25 29.9.39. 2036 Grid BE 36 Ship sunk! SS Nils Gorthon (Large Freighter), 8604 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 27 3.10.39. 0338 Grid AM 52 Ship sunk! MV Skjelbred (Express Freighter), 6241 tons. Cargo: Sugar. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 25 10.10.39. 1433 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 13 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 93074 tons |
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Well, using the VMod my latest patrol (my last) had me off the coast of Newfoundland in the strait between NFLD and Labrador. I ran into a tug which was armed with 3 flaks an 88cm and 1 rack of charges. It stood still after shooting me so I gave it an eel (weather demanded it). While sailing on and repairing my damages I hit a subnet that ran between NFLD and Labrador (a large distance for a net) and was thus killed. That was just so preposterous I restarted that patrol.:har:
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