3 Attachment(s)
U-65 - IXB - Kaleu Hansen - Feb. 061031 1945 - AN14 - Patrol 30 |
7 Attachment(s)
U-65 - IXB - Kaleu Hansen - Mar. 310559 1945 - SE AL29 - Patrol 31 |
2 Attachment(s)
U-65 - IXB - Kaleu Hansen - Apr 012325 1945 - South AL26 - Patrol 31 |
2 Attachment(s)
U-65 - IXB - Kaleu Hansen - Apr 010839 1945 - Center AL35 - Patrol 31 |
2 Attachment(s)
U-65 - IXB - Kaleu Hansen - Apr 022045 1945 - North AL34 - Patrol 31 |
4 Attachment(s)
U-65 - IXB - Kaleu Hansen - Apr 10th 1945 - Trondheim - Patrol 31 |
U-2502 - XXI - Oberleu z.S. Müller - Sep. 16 1944 - Bergen Approaches - Patrol 5 |
October 24th, 1939
Commander, U-47 23OCT1939 19:30 hours Ship Sunk! Large Cargo 10175GRT Fired two torps, Fast speed, 4m Depth, Impact Pistol. Fixed wire method to obtain speed. Fired at 000 Gyro. Confirmed sunk. Continuing patrol. END MESSAGE |
U-2502 - XXI - Oberleu z.S. Müller - Sep 1944 - west of Scapa Flow - Patrol 5 |
Commmander U-47 to BdU
Date/Time: 5NOV1939 2100HRS Current position: AM3236 Came across a polish tramp steamer approx. 200km SW of Norwegian coast. Dove to periscope depth, obtained a position 90 degrees off port side of target's course. Obtained speed using fixed wire. Fired one torp at 000 gyro. 3m depth, fast speed, impact pistol. Ship sunk! 3000GRT Spotted a British Large Merchant in vicinity north of Lerwick. Obtained speed using fixed wire, fired two torps, 4m depth, fast, impact. Ship Sunk! 10175GRT Spotted British small merchant in Vicinity of AM3236. obtained speed with fixed wire. One torp, fast, impact, 3m. Ship Sunk! 3000GRT Damage: None Torps Expended: 4 type G7a steam driven Status: Continuing patrol as ordered END MESSAGE |
U-2502 - XXI - Oberleu z.S. Müller - Sep. 230630 1944 - north of the Shetlands - Patrol 5 |
U-2502 - XXI - Oberleu z.S. Müller - Sep. 241349 1944 - Bergen Approaches - Patrol 5 |
U-2502 - XXI - Oberleu z.S. Müller - Oct. 131948 1944 - AM34 - Patrol 6 |
Commander U-65
Type: IXB Patrol: From 04OCT1940-23NOV1940. Set out directly west toward the Hudson Strait for commerce raiding and anti-shipping operations. First trans-Atlantic patrol. Confirmed a total of 45000GRT for 17 torpedoes and 57 rounds of 88mm deck gun ammunition. Came under attack by tanker, maneuvered into position and sunk with rear tubes. Pictures confirm some of the kills, but there were more that I forgot to screenshot. Large Merchant in the Hudson Strait http://imageshack.com/a/img849/8381/7pcg.jpg Map of the Hudson Strait. Excellent hunting grounds! Uncharted territory! http://imageshack.com/a/img811/7943/vciv.jpg Sunk a Canadian tramp steamer in the Hudson Strait http://imageshack.com/a/img811/8641/c7le.jpg Confirmed kill on Tramp Steamer http://imageshack.com/a/img829/4806/ceg5.jpg Tonnage roster. There's a few more that aren't included in here http://imageshack.com/a/img543/7910/xovo.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img30/9771/hr62.jpg Debris after the sinking http://imageshack.com/a/img163/317/hna4.jpg One Large Tanker sighted! I ended up sinking him with my rear tubes http://imageshack.com/a/img51/9214/r7b7.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img15/3530/po9s.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img35/1390/d23c.jpg |
Parallel Universes and an Out-Of-Body Experience
So this was my fifth patrol.
Good hunting, all in all, a bunch of small and medium merchants, quite a few torpedo boats, lately, and two convoys. It was the night of the second convoy when I discovered the cat and all that weirdness started - or maybe it had started already when Schrödinger managed to bring the kitten aboard. Hid it well, too (and I am quite sure that other sailors helped in hiding her, too). Cat's name was Cassandra, I remember quite clearly. We lay there waiting for the convoy, one destroyer had already passed, a big fat juicy ammo ship right in front of us - whooosh, two eels, two hits ! Another big ship coming up, two eels - whoosh, two hits. But then I heard the crew mutter: "bad omen ... cat dead ... bad ... bad" Hey guys we are trying to survive here, forget about the stupid cat!. Two escorts above us, depth charges - go deep, go silent. 120m. Lay low. They took turns in attacking: one escort dropped the DCs, the other listened. Then - ping, ping. And another attack. And another. We died. I woke up in what must have been a parallel universe. Same patrol. Same boat. Even the cat was there! I asked Schrödinger about the cat's name. "Cat's Sandra, Sir!" he replied. Hm. But there were more pressing matters than a cat's name - the convoy! Same convoy - ammunition ship: two hits, large tanker - two hits. Sonar guy says there is only one escort coming after us, still 1000 m away, let's dive, fast! Trying to stay below the convoy, we must have come too close to our last kill: at 100m depth we are taking damage - but there were no depth charges in the water! Debris, maybe ? Anyway, damage is only minor, dive to 130 m. This time we keep moving: flank speed when we can hear the destroyer, slow when he's moving away. Only three DC runs and none of them really dangerous. Destroyer leaves. Cat is alive and well, so are we. Until ... that foul weather near Helgoland: wind at 28 knots, 4-5 m waves. Not too bad, actually, just no weather for the deck gun so we head straight for home. Time compression 256. Watch that circle move slowly SE. Suddenly: the "end patrol" screen. ???? took a while before I saw the message: "you are dead. career abandoned". Only clue SH3 gives me is this: " ... flooding ". I don't have the foggiest idea why we were suddenly dead. SH3 commander is set to drop to TC 1 or 0 when there are ships or airplanes nearby, there is 10-12m of water below keel. I guess it was just that we had to switch back from that other universe by way of dying again? Is it always like this when you start a patrol on Dec.24 ? regards, OLt. z.S. Helmut Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 10 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 69392 tons Complete Log here: CaptLogPatrol5 |
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