U-77 First Patrol
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Days at sea: 20 Ships sunk: 7 Estimated tonnage sunk: 54,100GRT SH3 Commander tonnage: 54,117GRT Damage to boat: None Losses to crew: None Boat putting into shipyard for overhaul work. KRIEGSTAGEBUCH ROUTE: https://s20.postimg.org/n3eqqbn31/P1_Route.png SHIPS SUNK: https://s20.postimg.org/niq0jc90d/U_...Ships_Sunk.png |
Tuesday, April 23 1940
I am just resting with my crew in Kiel .This is last patrol report : U-1, 7th Flotilla Left at: April 18, 1940, 13:57|From: Kiel|Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN55 Ship sunk!|Grid AN 35|SS Kilissi (Small Merchant), 2411 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 9 Ship sunk!|Grid AN 81|SS Krasnoe Znamya (Coastal Merchant), 1992 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 22. Crew lost: 18 Carear Totals: 3 Merchant sunk 2 Destroyer sunk 1 Aircraft destroyed 1 Crewman Lost |
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I'm under the cargo ... and now surrounded by several destroyers ... What can I do ??? :k_confused: They are faster than me, I can imagine what is going to happen if I try to escape : :gulp: |
He,he nice shot, Kendras :03:
Btw, there have been such cases during the world wars |
Lol,i decided to do mission in 1943 because 1944 I saw a little hard, especially along US East coast.....:03:
It proved what :doh: http://www.prikachi.com/images/108/8967108o.jpg |
U-56 (TypeVIIB) "The Sea Dragon"
Kapitänleutnant Wolfhard Röthke Patrol 28 (grid AN52) May 30,1943 Distress call received from U-563 at 22:02 May 30, 1943 plotted corse to render aid. After hours of searching we where unable to find U-563. After several encounters with British aircraft decided to call of search. (June 5, 1943) 22:00 made hydrophone contact with 2 merchants moving slow NNE in AM57. Heavy storm, moderate waves, visibility poor. Made contact just inside AM54 at 00:37. Identified large merchant leading a medium cargo. Fired one torpedo at each, 2 hits. Large merchant dead in water, minimal damage to medium cargo. Pursued 6.5 km NE fired three remaining loaded torpedoes two misses, one premature detonation. Reloaded tubes eins and zwei. Fired tube eins, premature detonation. Fired tube zwei, hit mid ship. Both ships sunk. Unable to find life boats in weather, returned to corse. (June 6, 1943) Radio contact with large convoy at 06:19 in AM54 heading WSW at 13 KTS. Caught right in convoys path. Rigged for silent running but discovered by leading escort. Escort dropped depth charges. Failed to do any damage. Fired aft tube at escort as he maneuvered behind us. Torpedo failed to connect. Fired tubes eins and zwei at troop transport. Fired tube drei at lead escort. All three hit escort sunk at 07:43. Dove slowly to 100m and set corse 000. Herd the large transport sunk at 08:09. Remaining escorts failed to discover us after initial attack. Surfaced at 10:28. Four T I torpedoes remaining. Returning to corse. (June 7, 1943) Spotted Catalina boat plane at 03:37. Engaged at 03:41, minor damage to the bow on first pass, shot her down at 03:44 on her third pass. Zero parachutes spotted. Altered corse and dove. Attacked passing B17 at 09:11. Shot her down at 09:13. Beaufighter caught us off guard, hit us with rockets. Heavy damaged sustained, flooding in forward compartments. Dove to avoid further damage. Flooding under control, will be stoped shortly. Altered corse to try and shake further air attack. Stumbled under a large convoy and small task force at 15:42. Depth charged by multiple destroyers. Believed to be up to 10 up there. No damaged sustained. Finally surfaced at 19:10. Forced under again by aircraft at 19:21. Discovered by task force again. Depth charged multiple times. No damage sustained. Lost sound contact at 21:03 Picked up merchants on hydrophone at 23:30 heading our way. (June 8, 1943) Made visual contact at 00:35. Hit small merchant with aft tube. Engaged costal freighter with deck gun. Hit volatile cargo, ship exploded, no survivors. Provided provisions to life boats of the merchant. Attacked and shot down Wellington at 07:30 Plane went into a spiral, crew unable to bale out. Attacked by Beaufighter, busy loading external reserves forced to fight. Berthold Ketter was wounded on strafing run. Shot down at 08:37. Heavy damage sustained to command room and bridge. Flooding stoped during attack. Berthold Ketter's wounds where treated immediately and is expected to make a full recovery. All external reserves loaded. (June 12, 1943) Arrived at AN52 at 12:58. Beginning patrol. (June 13, 1943) Found destroyer task force at 12:29. Four ships spotted. Heard a fifth at 12:41. Unable to maneuver into optimal firing position, breaking away. Completed objective, returning to port. (June 16, 1943) 06:53 Entering English Chanel. Plan on sailing close to French coast to try and minimize hostile contacts. (June 17, 1943) 09:17 Passing Cherbourg. No Hostile contacts so far, plan seems to be working. Bombed by aircraft at 17:28, minor flooding in aft tube. Flooding stoped at 17:29. Remaining submerged till nightfall. 22:16 No hydrophone contacts, resurfacing and resuming corse. (June 18, 1943) 23:13 Passing Brest. Hope to be back in Lorient in 14 hours. (June 19, 1943) Pulling into Lorient at 17:10. {Tonnage Report} (5 Merchants sunk) Large Merchant Medium Cargo Ceramic-Type Ocean Liner Small Merchant Costal Freighter (1 Warship sunk) S&T Class (4 Aircraft downed) Catalina Fortress Wellington Beaufighter (Total Tonnage) 33424 Tons {Damage and Casualty Report} Berthold Ketter- lightly wounded during second Beaufighter attack, was able to provide sufficient medical attention. Heavy damage to ships hull due to direct rocket hits. Minimum damage from other sources. Will be in port till at least September. |
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If merchant is "dead" in water, wait them out. The AI is not smart enough to depth-charge alongside the "dead" merchant. But you're not out-running THAT hunting party. How deep you have below keel? |
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Kinda like waiting out a hail storm under an overpass. Run out too soon, and you're gonna get pelted! Viel Glück.:Kaleun_Salute: |
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Now you've got them right where you want them!
In all seriousness, surviving this, even "winning" is possible. Just have to remember, they must come to you. Not the other way around. Patience... Be calm, cool, and methodical. Barracuda |
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Did you make it? Barracuda |
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But the scuttling of my U-Boot has been made by a calm, cool, and methodical crew. :yep: The Enigma machine didn't fall into the Allies' hands. :up: |
I had simmiliar situation but The merchant ship sunk me guess how did it happened.
Hint I was underwater |
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October 1940, off of the west of Ireland.
Letting the crew take turns viewing our latest sinking. Timing told me it was going 11 knots. Refused to believe it for some reason. Set 1 torpedo for 10 knot assumed target speed. Hit near the aft end. Of course needed another for a coup de grâce. (link to image imgur.com) http://imgur.com/a/HGdnR |
U-452 has completed her sea trials at baltic and is ready for front line operations...
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