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I'm changing my Roster date to 19420101, but that's just me being anal. What can I say? :D |
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Real navigation - very cool!! :salute: I think I might start experimenting with that myself. I have already modded all the contacts off the navigation map, including the sign of my u-boat, but I'm still using AI assistance. |
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In RL liners could make at least 29 - 30 kts making them virtually uninterceptable to uboats. I have seen this behaviour in GWX only once for Allied liners and many times for spanish large liners. |
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! And especially Sailor Steve for his links
Oberleutnant z.see Erich Berg Patrol 3 U-31, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel Left at: October 15, 1939, 02:35 From: Wilhelmshaven Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN15, west of Orkneys After having passed shetlands weather deteriorated with heavy seas and bad visibility Patrol zone in AN15 reached the 20oct. 25/10 AN1567 Try to attack a blackened ship in storm, 2 torpedoes shot, no impact. Unable to reach good conditions. 28/10 23h02 AN1516 Surface attack against supposed british ship, 2 torpedoes fired two solid impacts amidships and bow. Sank fast, around 4.000 BRT 30/10 16h35 AN1582 Surface attack against british medium cargo 4 torpedoes fired but avoided by ship. A 5th hit it and slowed it to 2kn. Due to proximity of land and supposed presence of enemy ship nearby a 'coup de grāce' is shot soon after. SS Gamaria 5.281 BRT 30/10 22h50 AN1545 While exiting the zone at full speed, encountered another british ship. Surface attack 1 torpedo shot, 1 impact. Another 'coup de grace' fired soon after. SS Clumberhall 5.173BRT 30/10 23h50 AN 1542 Only two torpedoes left and unable to load them because weather still awful. Decisions to reach Torshaven in the Faeroes which are neutral, to load our last torpedoes. 02/11 12h31 AN 2665 While on return trip british ship heading WSW spotted. Submerged attack as our last surface attack in daytime was quite unsuccessful. 1 torpedo with impact amidships, ship slowed down but not in sinking condition. Another 'coup de grace' did the job and then we resumed course to Wilhelmshaven. Patrol result: 21 days at sea 4 ships sunk for 17.850 BRT My 1st W.O Wolfgang Eisenholtz will make his last patrol with U-31 before being given his own commandship due to his excellent abilities. ** Oh i have a small problem, the first ship i sank is a M03X IABL's ship and commander didn't give him a name although i have activated SS ships list mod any idea?? All i have is : 'Ship sunk! M03X, 3494 tons' |
@ Steve -
My understanding of the "Empire" ships was that they were requisitioned by the British government and given names starting with Empire. The "Class" was mad up of all different types of ships from tugs and trawlers to tankers, bulk carriers, and specialty ships. Although I think your starting date issue is accurate |
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Patrol 10 of U-47
Was assigned to patrol grid DH71, near Casablanca...another long haul from Wilhelmshaven! En route we were pleasantly surprised to encounter a Large Merchant and an RMM (what does 'RMM' stand for, anyway, and what kind of ship is this thing?), both of which were quickly dispatched to the bottom for a nice start to our patrol. We reached our assigned grid without incident and patrolled it for 24 hours before heading back Northward, and was instructed to patrol off the Straits of Gibraltar until our torpedo supply was exhausted. KL Hossel took this to mean 'near the Straits', not 'IN the Straits', so we patrolled on the Atlantic side near the entrance, and managed to bag a Medium Cargo, a Coastal Freighter, and a Tramp Steamer. With only two fish left (one in the bow, one in the stern), we resumed our journey to Wilhelmshaven, hoping against hope to be redirected to one of the French coast bases, but to no avail. En route, we fired our last two torpedoes at an Intermediate Tanker, the second of which hit her in the stern. At first it looked like she was going to escape, but the heavy seas managed to claim her. Thus ended our 10th patrol, in which we sank six ships for a tidy 25,092 tons, bringing our total up to 209,351 tons. Upon return to port, the crew was cheered to find out KL Hossel's itchy neck was cured, as he was presented with his Knight's Cross when the boat docked. Ship #1: Large Merchant http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10B.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10C.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10D.jpg Ship #2: RMM http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10G.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10H.jpg Ship #3: Medium Cargo http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10J.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10K.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10L.jpg Ship #4: Coastal Freighter http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10M.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10O.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10P.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10Q.jpg Ship #5: Tramp Steamer http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10S.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10T.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10U.jpg Ship #6: Intermediate Tanker http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10W.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10X.jpg http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Patrol10Y.jpg |
U-109 IXB
02 September 1940
23:16 hours U-109 departed for grid AD86 06 September 1940 Grid AN14 22:37 hours Ship seen 22:38 hours Positive ID: Coastal freighter - engaged with deck gun 22:39 hours Ship sunk - MV Cathrine - 9 105mm rounds 16 September 1940 Grid AD86 01:13 hours Moving to intercept convoy 04:10 hours Sound contact - convoy moving away - abandon approach 18 September 1940 Grid AD83 19:08 hours Aircraft seen - crash dived 21 September 1940 Grid AD59 07:50 hours Sound contact because of rough weather - dived to PD 08:20 hours visual contact - positive ID: Granville type freighter 08:24 hours 1 TI (bow) fired 08:26 hours Sound contact - warship long range 08:27 hours Impact - ship sunk - SS Allende 25 September 1940 Grid AD86 12:12 hours Moving to intercept convoy 13:20 hours Sound contact with convoy 14;24 hours 4 TI (bow) fired at 3 targets 14:26 hours 4 impacts 14:36 hours 2 TI (stern) fired at 2 targets - diving to 100m 14:38 hours impacts 16:38 hours All quiet - no ships sunk - no pinging - surfaced 01 October 1940 Grid AD83 04:43 hours Moving to intercept convoy 10:26 hours Sound contact with convoy 12:03 hours Attack from within the columns - 1 TI (bow) fired 12:04 hours Impact - medium merchant 02 sunk - SS Dalarö 12:04 hours 2 TI (stern) fired 12:05 hours Impact - 1 TI (bow) fired - impact 12:06 hours Ship sunk - intermediate tanker - SS Aletta 12:12 hours 2 TI (bow) fired - impacts - ammunition ship sunk - Nitro 12:55 hours Depth 100m - no pinging 20:46 hours Surfaced - 1 bow torpedo internal remaining - winds 7m/s 14 October 1940 Grid AM52 Internals carried in 20:39 hours Moving to intercept convoy - failed 18 October 1940 Grid AM76 16:11 hours Ship seen 16:12 hours Positive ID: Repair ship - engaged with deck gun - returned fire 16:16 hours Outgunned by ship - fast dive to PD - 11 105mm rounds shot 16:20 hours Ship slowing down but still zigzagging 16:54 hours 2 TI (bow) fired 16:55 hours Impacts - ship sunk - HMS Holm Sound F 189 20 October 1940 Grid BF17 04:06 hours Ship seen 04:10 hours Dived to PD 04:13 hours visual contact with ships - navigation lights on - ship lights on 04:40 hours Surfaced and moved away 23 October 1940 18:16 hours U-109 docked at her new port in Lorient France 52 days at sea 6 ships sunk 27240 tons no damages or casualties vonHarris was awarded the Swords to his Knight's cross |
@ijnfleetadmiral
1 . Nice patrol 2. About RMM: By looking at the screenshots of the RMM , it is the old passenger ship. (there is a mod for that in the download section). http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...do=file&id=829 To set things straight add to the EnglishNames.cfg file of the C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Sea folder the following: RMM=Old passenger ship Gut Jadg Herr Kaleun |
U-331, patrol 1, report 6
Lt.z.s. Theodor Wald
U-331, VIIC 1. Flottille, Kiel 9.4.1941 CB2337 SSW 15, sea 7, very cloudy, vis. medium. 2110 Airplane sighted, 130 relative bearing. Dived to periscope depth. 11.4.1941 BB7546 ONO 10, sea 6, very cloudy, light rain, vis. bad. 0721 An armed trawler sighted on the port side of the boat at a range of 600 meters. Turned away, depth 7 meters, speed 8 knots. The trawler didn't notice us. http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/3...rayscale02.png 0735 Continuing towards the peninsular near Halifax at PD. The trawler heard in the hydrophone, medium speed, 224 rb, the sound getting more distant. 1031 Warship heard 52 rb, medium speed, long range, sound getting closer. 1131 BB7519 The three-man team on a weather/ship report reconnaissance mission landed near Halifax. Dressed in civilian clothes, they will be executed, if they get caught. The team's leader joked that he would rather face an execution squad than spend another minute inside the u-boat in these heavy seas. We are now returning to Kiel. 1231 Warship heard 114 rb, medium speed, long range, sound getting closer. 1313 Surfaced, speed HF, trying to get a bit faster away from the coastal patrol ships. 2313 BB7828 BdU reports a large convoy in BB78, SSO, 6 kn. We are still in air patrolled area and our orders do not allow attacking the convoy. 13.4.1941 CB3277 ONO 15, sea 7, clear, vis. medium. 1441 Airplane, long range, 201 rb. Crash dive. 2020 Continuing patrol. The radio man manages to hear the news report, which mentions that Hossel has been awarded with Ritterkreuz. |
U-331, patrol 1, report 7
Lt.z.s. Theodor Wald
U-331, VIIC 1. Flottille, Kiel 13.4.1941 BB9678 SO 15, sea 7, cloudy, vis. medium. 1200 Hydrophone check. A convoy heard, over 20 km away. 1337 BB9676 A two funneled destroyer sighted, long range. 1457 BB9681 In front of the convoy. Shadowing the convoy and preparing for a night long range surface attack. |
U-995 VIIC
Patrol 9 AM35 Nothing much happened, just a few coastal ships and some destroyers. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...Rat/th_PT1.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...Rat/th_PT2.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...Rat/th_PT3.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...Rat/th_PT4.jpg At the end of the Patrol U-995 returned to the Port Brest with a Tonnage of 24.000 BRT giving the Crew of U-995 a total sunk Tonnage of 356.000 BRT. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...Rat/th_PT5.jpg |
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Managed to attack the same Convoy twice, felt good :D
Especially sinking 2 Ore carriers and a C2. :yeah: Honestly expected to be spotted at least once , but that didn't happen, probably because of the weather. |
U-109 IXB
23 November 1940
18:32 hours U-109 left Lorient for grid AL67 09 December 1940 Grid AD83 14:48 hours ALARM - Aircraft seen - crash dived 13 December 1940 Grid AK23 12:57 hours Ship seen 13:19 hours Positive ID: Turbine tanker - dived to PD 13;50 hours 2 TI (stern) fired 13:51 hours 2 impacts - ship sunk - SS Nottingham 24 December 1940 Grid BB99 15:28 hours Ship seen 15:42 hours Positive ID: Coastal freighter - dived to PD 16:52 hours 1 TI (stern) fired 16:53 hours Impact 16:54 hours Ship sunk - SS Hastings 27 December 1940 Grid BB99 23:26 hours Moving to intercept convoy 28 December 1940 00:18 hours Sound contact with convoy 01:15 hours 2 TI (bow) fired 01:16 hours 2 impacts 01:18 hours 2 TI (bow) fired - impact 01:22 hours 1 TI (stern) fired - impact ship sunk - passenger/cargo - SS Northton 01:23 hours Diving to 100m - no pinging 02:11 hours Sinking sounds - medium merchant 30 - MV Corneville 02:58 hours Surfaced - 12m/s winds - rain 30 December 1940 Grid BB99 00:35 hours Moving to intercept convoy 02;13 hours Sound contact with convoy 03:14 hours 3 TI (bow) fired 03:15 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - diving to 100m - 3 impacts 03:58 hours Depth 100m - no pinging - no sinking sounds 07:19 hours Surfaced - 15m/s winds - rain - only 2 TI (bow) internal left. 16 January 1941 Externals reloaded im mid Atlantic Gird BF17 14:22 hours Ship seen 14:26 hours Positive ID: Small freighter 14:52 hours Opened fire with deck gun - ship returned fire by light AA gun - range 2500m 14:56 hours Ship sunk - SS Atos - 35 105mm rounds used 18:07 hours Ship seen 18:11 hours Positive ID: Tanker 04 18:37 hours Opend fire 18:40 hours Ship sunk - SS Norfjell - 34 105mm rounds used 18 January 1941 Grid BF17 03:48 hours Ship seen 03:56 hours Positive ID: Repair ship - dived to PD 04:11 hours 2 TI (bow) fired 04:14 hours 2 impacts - ship slowing down 04:19 hours 1 TI (bow) fired 04:20 hours Impact 04:22 hours Ship sunk - HMS Rame Head F 34 19 January 1940 Grid BF41 10:28 hours Ship seen - dived to PD 10;35 hours Multiple sound contacts - convoy 11:32 hours 4 TI (bow) fired 11:33 hours Impact 11:34 hours Impact 11:41 hours 1 TI (stern) fired - impact - 1 TI (stern) fired 11:42 hours Impact - diving to 100m - no pinging 11:46 hours Depth 18m - sinking sounds - Large tanker - MV Eidanger 11:58 hours Depth 84m - sinking sounds - medium merchant 30 - SS Clan MacPherson 12:05 hours Depth 100m - no pinging 14:08 hours Sound contact - merchant closing - loading stern tube 14:56 hours PD - Viusal contact - small freighter 15:14 hours 1 TI (stren) fired - all torpedoes used 15:15 hours Impact - ship sunk - SS Cap Tarifa 21 January 1941 12:00 hours U-109 returnrd to Lorient 60 days art sea 10 ships sunk 54840 tons No damages or casualties vonHarris was presented with the Diamonds for his Knights cross with swords Total career so far: U-46 VIIB - 3 patrols - 3 ships sunk - 26874 tons U-109 IXB - 5 patrols - 34 shpis sunk - 204212 tons Major success: Sinking of the RMS Empress of Britain - 24 July 1940 |
U-51
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9550/49659542.jpg Lastest Patrol: December 21, 1939, 16:53 AM 52 Coastal Freighter, 1869 tons December 24, 1939, 09:47 Large Merchant, 10616 tons Grid AM 52 Small Freighter, 2229 tons Grid AM 52 Granville-type Freighter, 4708 Grid AM 52 December 30, 1939, 08:50 Passenger/Cargo, 2253 tons AN 61 After 5 patrols, a total of 77.347 tonnes have been sunk. Starting to miss my deck gun. |
MOST SECRET CAPTAIN'S EYES ONLY
27 May 1944 From: Commander XI U-Boat Flotilla La Rochelle To: Commanding Officer U-992 Subject: Patrol Orders 1. Objective Square AM01. Authorized free deployment within four squares adjacent to Rockall Bank after minimum 24-hours in AM01. 2. Depart not before 1200Z 3 June 1944. 3. U-992 authorized to draw rations and fuel for 65-days at sea. 4. Ordnance: Torpedo load to consist of 6 x G7e TII electric, 4 x G7e FaT electrics, 2 x G7e Falke homing torpedoes. FLAK and small arms ammunition authorized as per Flotilla SOP's. 4. Communications Security: a. Radio silence authorized at Commander's discretion WEST of W5 degrees meridian and NORTH of N55 parallel. Outside of these limits, noon and midnight position and weather reports to BdU except when in contact with enemy forces. b. Report departing patrol area for return to base. 5. Operations in objective area are to be conducted submerged with the aim of developing effective tactical routines for submerged, high-seas patrols using snorkel. 6. Target priority: a. Major warships b. Troop ships c. Tankers d. Cargo ships e. Escorts f. Naval Auxiliaries 7. Expenditure of Falke homing torpedoes is authorized only for escort targets and only in self defence. 8. Report deficiencies not later than 48-hours before final departure. LI to brief Flotilla engineer on material condition of U-992 not later than 1200Z 1 June 1944. Final Captain's briefing 1400Z 2 Jun3 1944 at Flotilla Operations room. 9. Receipt of this order is to be entered in U-992 war diary. //Signed// 11 Flotilla Adjutant for Commander XI U-Flot U-992 sailed without incident at 1213Z and dropped her escorting sperrbrecker at 1525Z. She is now crossing the Bay of Biscay. |
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