Just about to put out to sea for my 3rd patrol of this career. Going to try to go the entire war using only the Type II:D
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It seems Bernard managed to join the crew of U-2501 under a false identity.
After confirming that a passenger/cargo we'd attacked was on her way down, I instructed him to plot a course away from the area. Unfortunately he managed to take us directly into the path of ship, which came down on top of us. Down we went with four compartments flooding. Had a good mind to tie him up and stick him in one of said compartments. However, my crew heroically saved the ship, though the damage reads: Torpedo Tube 1 - Destroyed Torpedo Tube 2 - Destroyed Torpedo Tube 3 - Destroyed Torpedo Tube 4 - Destroyed Torpedo Tube 5 - Destroyed Torpedo Tube 6 - Destroyed Hydrophone Receivers - Destroyed Forward Batteries - Destroyed Hydrophone - Destroyed Radar - Destroyed Radio - Destroyed Sonar - Destroyed Attack Periscope - Destroyed Observation Periscope - Destroyed Radio Antenna - Destroyed Radar Antenna - Destroyed Snorkel - Destroyed Radar Warning Receiver - Not Working You have to laugh or you really would cry. :har: |
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I am still on my way back to Kiel on my shakedown patrol,almost in the Skagerrak where we will perform our 1st deep dive test,to see how this little duck performs,then we will make for Kiel.Had some great sightings though on the patrol,lots of activity around French,Dutch,Frisian waters.Shame none of them could be attacked,I had some perfect opportunities.All co-ords have been recorded :yeah: Had one or two hair raising moments around the NW tip of German coastline,water became dangerously shallow having dived due to the unnatural darkness at night,only to surface and risk a surface run in zero vis. Cheers. |
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Who is this Bernard, please - that is stirring up so much problems on various occasions....? |
U-66 - Jun 14th 1941 01:48 - AM5328 - Patrol 16 |
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I asked the same thing the other day.He is the nutjob that everyone takes the piss out of,for sailing into other ships when you plot a course,for grounding the Uboat in shallow water,for using the hydrophone without having his headset on,or firing a torpedo into thin air...the list is practically endless. Bernard is really...you,the captain,he's in charge after all.He is your alter ego,your black cloud hovering above your head :O: He also has a tendency to produce foul smelling farts when you have been underwater for about 24hrs :nope: yuk |
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Nicely put.:DL |
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Makes sense.....:smug:.... |
Still no word from U-176.
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U-66 - Jun 14th 1941 - 15:17 - AM5519 Back to base! Still problems with magnetic fuzes - this time on TII's! One premature at about 700 meters. Next one hit passenger/cargo with impact setting. Took long time sinking so had to give him one more after a few hours. Bumped into two Americans - one hit but didn't detonate. The other went just behind - on 400 meters range...! Out of torps... |
Off New York
Just came back from New York for my fourth time. Sank 9 ships and got 2 more to gun fire. Then the best was I got a Bogue south of St. Johns just in the deep water probably twenty miles from the shallow water on the shelf.
At New York it's easy to get a Ceramic Ocean liner running south along the coast with some good water they are an easy catch. On the way home for the first time since I got this game over a year ago, I seen my first Icebergs on way home. :()1: Grant |
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I couldnt think of any other way to describe him. |
U-196, a type IXD2, under the command of KptLt. Yngve Yung returned from patrol on May 11, 1944, after spending just 30 days at sea.
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7295/u196reporty.jpg KptLt. Yung thought it strange that BdU had ordered his boat, usually intended for long range missions, into the southern part of the Western Approaches. Being a good German officer, he did not question the unusual assignment but proceeded to the grid square to which he had been ordered. Within just a couple of days it was obvious to him that BdU had had very good reason for these orders. 40 hours after arriving in his patrol area, U-196 had sunk 8 ships for a total of more than 45,000 tons. Over the next five days he added 7 more victims. KptLt. Yung credits his success to the high quality of his crew (most of which has been together since the boat was commissioned 20 months ago) and to "perfectly awful weather". Yung made most of his outbound transit of Biscay, and the last half of his return transit, surfaced in heavy rain. The day before U-196 arrived in its patrol area, a medium fog rolled in, and stayed for the next four days. The fog was too heavy for aircraft to be able to operate, but still allowed Yung visibility of nearly 2km. During this period U-196 claimed all but three of its kills. The awful weather was perfect for u-boat operations. On the return trip from the patol area to the middle of the Bay of Biscay, the weather was unfortunately pleasant. During that time U-196 endured a dozen attacks by aircraft and four times was attacked within 10 minutes of surfacing. KptLt. Yung reports that U-196 was never attacked while snorkeling at night. The recently installed Tarnmatte seems to be effective. KptLt. Yung and U-196 previously gained attention by conducting a patrol that lasted 178 days. KptLt. Yung is a recipient of the Knight's Cross. His IWO received the Fried Egg, and the other watch officers and the LI got the EK1. |
Good going RL.
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Related to Leif....?.....:03:...... |
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As in my Norwegian name? My screen name is not my real name, but I do have Norwegian roots. My people were from Gudbrandsdalen and Oslofjorden, so I'm probably not related to Erik's family, who were from Rogaland, as I recall. |
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I wasn't referring to Eriksson - that would have been quite special. But, this one - is special, too: |
U-66 Aug. 29th 1941 05:43 - CG1392 - Patrol 18 |
After 6 months of shore leave, Kaleun meduza is reporting for duty!
I'm about to leave St. Nazaire harbor for my 9th patrol, aboard U-51. Wish me good hunting... |
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Good hunting, Kaleun..! |
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