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back at base with over 50 patrols done. Why does BdU keep sending me out there!
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Because you're not using Commander, or at least not the 'Realistic Career Length' function. In real life no one ever did anywhere near that many patrols.
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Name: HEINZ SCHMIDT 2.10.39. 0720 Patrol 2Date of Birth: 07NOV11 Place of Birth: BERLIN Date of Intake: 01APR34 (CREW 34) Started another career will still work on my other career, but I felt like taking a break from being found so easy by the destroyers. CAPTAIN'S LOG U-53, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel Left at: October 2, 1939, 07:20 From: Wilhelmshaven Mission Orders: Patrol grid BE31 4.10.39. 1030 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! SS Montcalm (Large Troop Ship), 24421 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 800. Crew lost: 560 1046 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! HMS Lady Beryl (ASW Trawler), 1100 tons. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 34 1121 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! HMS Woolston (V&W classes), 1188 tons. Crew: 116. Crew lost: 82 1202 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! SS Highland Chieftan (Large Troop Ship), 24422 tons. Cargo: Mail/Packages. Crew: 566. Crew lost: 45 1245 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! SS Santa Ana (Medium Cargo), 4958 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 15 1254 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! MV Teakwood (Modern Tanker), 10821 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 52. Crew lost: 39 2210 Grid AN 79 Ship sunk! SS Agility (Coastal Freighter), 1870 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 35. Crew lost: 5 5.10.39. 1135 Grid AN 81 Ship sunk! SS Bretwalda (Granville-type Freighter), 4709 tons. Cargo: Scrap Metal. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 48 9.10.39. 0721 Grid AN 16 Ship sunk! SS Bradfyne (Granville-type Freighter), 4710 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 47. Crew lost: 8 11.10.39. 0651 Grid AN 26 Ship sunk! SS Abinger (Coastal Freighter), 1872 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 22. Crew lost: 6 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 10 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 80071 tons |
U-107 IXB
Patrol 7 (11)
01 May 1941 05:25 hours U-107 left Lorient 04 May 1941 Grid BF78 01:38 hours Spotted French small convoy bearing 012 heading NNE 03:14 hours Spotted destroyer - dived to PD 03:56 hours Attack against small convoy - 4b + 2st shots fired 03:57 hours SS Vanzetti (Small Merchant), 1834 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 32 03:59 hours SS Clumberhall (Medium Merchant 06), 5173 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 40. Crew lost: 36 09:17 hours Tubes reloaded - surfaced Grid CG21 19:46 hours Ship seen bearing 001 - dived to PD 20:46 hours SS Benmohr (Medium Merchant 06), 5174 tons. Cargo: Textiles. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 20 - sunk by 1 bow + 2 stern shots (1 dud) 05 May 1941 Grid CG16 02:27 hours Ship seen bearing 344 02:37 hours Torpedo impacts - star shell fired by enemy ship 02:39 hours 1 bow shot coup de grace 02:41 hours SS Helka (Medium Merchant 31), 3516 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 33. Crew lost: 6 - sunk by 3 bow torpedoes 06 May 1941 Grid CG43 02:06 hours Ship seen bearing 342 heading away - disengaged 06:46 hours Wind 1m/s no fog - moving externals inside 14:14 hours Procedure completed 14 May 1941 08:47 hours Reached patrol area DS26 16 May 1941 23:22 hours New orders: Proceed to grid ET62 and attack enemy shipping 23 May 1941 Grid EJ96 05:48 hours SS Brittanic II (Small Merchant), 1835 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 29. Crew lost: 11 - sunk by 5 105mm rounds 26 May 1941 Grid ET62 04:52 hours SS Newchang (Small Freighter), 1753 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 32. Crew lost: 13 - armed - sunk by 1 bow shot 05:06 hours SS Bechebille (Medium Merchant 25), 4347 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 67. Crew lost: 29 - armed - sunk by 1 bow + 2 stern shots 27 May 1941 Grid ET62 06:17 hours SS Jussi H. (Tramp Steamer), 1953 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 20. Crew lost: 7 - armed - sunk by 2 bow shots 31 May 1941 Grid DU78 19:34 hours Warship seen bearing 307 - dived to PD 01 June 1941 00:09 hours Still submerged - second warship sound contact bearing 213 06:03 hours No contacts - surfaced 08 June 1941 Grid CG57 10:29 hours SS Robert L. Holt (Small Merchant), 1837 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 30. Crew lost: 0 - unarmed - sunk by 1 bow shot 12 June 1941 11:09 hours Docked at Lorient 9 ships sunk 27422 tons 22 torpedoes fired 5 105mm rounds used No damages or casualties |
Operation Hartmut. Radio traffic and sailing. Only a lucky shot gave me destroyer tonnage.
Patrol 5 U-55, 7th Flotilla Left at: April 2, 1940, 09:35 From: Wilhelmshaven 3.4.1940 23:27 Ship spotted. AN 4623 4.4.1940 00:20 Fired tube II against large freighter. G7a, Range 900m, Speed 7 kts, AoB green 90. Definite detonation failure as torpedo exploded behind the target. 00:23 Fired tube III. G7a , Range 1200m, Speed 7 kts, AoB green 100. Likely detonation failure. 00.34 Large freighter sunk with gunfire. AN 4389 10.4.1940 00:30 Positioned front of Vestfjörden. AF 3798 21:09 Ship spotted. AF 3729 21:17 Small fishing trawler. Not worth attacking. 23:09 Task force of four destroyers spotted. AF 3761 23:17 Fired tubes III and IV against destroyer. G7a, Range 1300m, Speed 27 kts, AoB green 90. One hit which sunk a destroyer. 23:18 Detected. Crash dive. AF3761 11.4.1940 01:04 Sustained a depth charge attack. No damage. AF 3762 12.4.1940 03:00 Received new orders. Deploy to defend Harstad. AF 3735 13.4.1940 20:45 In position north of Harstad. 16.4.1940 16:47 Received new orders. Patrol grid AF 53 18.4.1940 17:00 Arrived operations area. 24.4.1940 01:11 Received new orders. Patrol grid AF 81 25.4.1940 21:50 Arrived operations area. AF 8133 26.4.1940 12:02 Ordered to withdraw from Norway. Returning to base. AF 8139 30.4.1940 08:10 Docked at Kiel. Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 2 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 11052 tons Ships sunk: SS Umtali (Large Merchant), 9677 tons. HMCS Restigouche (C&D classes), 1375 tons. Oberleutnant z. s. Siegfried Strand U-5 (3 patrols) U-55 (2 patrols) Career Tonnage: 36 482 tons |
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U-107 IXB
Patrol 8 (12)
01 August 1941 00:57 hours U-107 left port for grid DR23 18 August 1941 06:46 hours Reached patrol grid DR23 19 August 1941 23:11 hours New orders: Proceed to Port of Spain - Maintain radio silence 31 August 1941 12:04 hours Reached ES96 02 September 1941 Grid ED98 07:03 hours Spotted Colombian large tanker bearing 038 heading NW 10:12 hours Spotted US medium merchant bearing 049 heading N 10:28 hours Stern mounted gun observed on the merchant 21:14 hours Spotted US harbor tugboat bearing 003 heading S - armed 03 September 1941 Grid ED98 00:57 hours Spotted US large tanker bearing 158 heading NNE 14:00 hours Spotted Colombian small tanker bearing 307 heading NW 05 September 1941 Grid EE71 02:32 hours Fired 1 bow shot at ASW trawler - missed 02:54 hours Fired 1 bow shot at ASW trawler - missed 13:43 hours Surfaced - Leaving the area 25 September 1941 Grid DH18 05:01 hours Submerged torpedo attack against enemy convoy 05:02 hours SS Iron Prince (Medium Merchant 39), 3237 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 49. Crew lost: 26 05:17 hours SS Cantal (Medium Merchant 09), 3185 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 49. Crew lost: 44 - 4bow + 2stern shots fired - diving to 100m 05:34 hours SS Guelma (Medium Merchant 17), 4022 tons. Cargo: Military Vehicles. Crew: 51. Crew lost: 12 16:07 hours Surfaced after several DC attacks which caused no damages 26 September 1941 Grid DH24 10:39 hours SS Marie-Louise le Borgne (Coastal Freighter), 1872 tons. Cargo: Timber. Crew: 25. Crew lost: 16 - sunk by gunfire 10:42 hours SS Empire Citizen (Granville-type Freighter), 4710 tons. Cargo: Trucks. Crew: 54. Crew lost: 29 - sunk by gunfire - 66 105mm rounds used for both ships 05 October 1941 13:03 hours Docked at Lorient 66 days at sea 5 ships sunk 17026 tons 8 torpedoes fired 66 105mm rounds used No casualties or damages Took command of U-505 IXC (my goal is to finish the war with her) Installed 20mm twim flak gun , new batteries , new hydrophones and Alberich sonar coating. |
One reads all these reports of success and daring-do and then there is the latest from U-743 Lt z S Randomizer commanding...
Departed Trondheim 5 August 1944 on a fifty-day patrol to AM53. Late afternoon on the 6th, while running surfaced in poor weather spotted what I initially identified as a 1000 GRT Coastal Vessel. Remained unseen, plotted an intercept course and once in position dived and commenced attacking with what seemed to be a perfect set up. Range 2000m, Fired Tube II, electric G7e T3 set for 6m with magnetic exploder. Missed. Set up again range 1100, fired Tube I electric G7e T3 set for 6m with magnetic exploder. Missed again. Set up for the third time, re-checked the target ID and determined target was a 112 ton motor vessel not a much larger Coastal vessel... My ranges were way off so the shots all missed aft of the target I presume. Surfaced and shot it apart with the 37mm gun having wasted two torpedoes over 1000 km from the North Channel. Not my finest SH3 moment ever but my first ever gun kill with a Type VIIC. |
U-505 IXC
Patrol 1 (13)
17 November 1941 12:41 hours U-505 left for her first war patrol 21 November 1941 Grid CG51 09:11 hours SS Carolus (Tramp Steamer), 1722 tons. Cargo: Tobacco. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 7 - sunk by gunfire - 14 105mm rounds used 30 November 1941 Grid EK11 00:45 hours Warship seen bearing 288 - dived to PD 00:51 hours Warship sound contact bearing 290 11:22 hours Surfaced 01 December 1941 Grid EK14 21:48 hours Warship seen bearing 239 - dived to PD 21:56 hours Warship sound contact bearing 231 closing 21:58 hours Second warship contact bearing 244 closing 22:18 hours 1 stern torpedo fired 22:24 hours HMS Meteor (L class AA), 1690 tons. Crew: 227. Crew lost: 120 02 December 1941 Grid EK14 03:58 hours Surfaced wind 5m/s no fog 06:46 hours Merchant seen bearing 017 - dived to PD 06:48 hours Two merchant sound contacts bearing 017 closing 07:34 hours Visual contact : two armed ore carriers 07:44 hours Two torpedo hits on each ship 07:49 hours SS Port Hardy (Ore Carrier), 6381 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 15 - 2 bow torpedoes 07:57 hours SS Port Brisbane (Ore Carrier), 6380 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 91. Crew lost: 18 - sunk by 2 bow + 2 stern torpedoes 03 December 1941 Grid EK14 15:41 hours Ship seen bearing 000 closing - dived to PD 15:52 hours Visual contact : medium merchant 08 16:45 hours SS Aris (Medium Merchant 08), 5281 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 73. Crew lost: 67 - sunk by 2 bow + 1 stern torpedoes + 6 105mm rounds 05 December 1941 15:37 hours New orders: Patrol around Kapverden for as long as possible 09 December 1941 Grid EJ58 10:30 hours Noticed fuel levels dropping fast - start return trip Grid EJ64 11:17 hours Ship seen bearing 358 closing - dived to PD 11:20 hours Multiple sound contacts 12:46 hours Visual contact with convoy - 2 bow shots fired 12:51 hours 2 bow shots fired 14:51 hours Surfaced 25 December 1941 19:30 hours Docked at Lorient - Christmas and New Year at home 39 days at sea 5 ships sunk 21454 tons 14 torpedoes fired 20 105mm rounds used No casualties or damages |
Oberleutnant z.S Johann Anter, Type IIB U-15: Flotilla Weddigen, Kiel
1st Patrol: 23.9.39 0411 Departed Kiel docks. 0503 Transitted Holtenau locks. 0943 Passed Rendsberg 1539 Transitted Brunsbüttel locks, into Elbe. Opened orders - AN56. 24.9.39 0400 Report: AN9646, 270°, 8 knots, Clear, Wind 4, Sea 3, Waves .5. 1302 FdU: French ships are now targets. 1426: Time zone change - now 1326. 25.9.39 0300 Report: AN6943, 275°, 8 knots, Clear, Wind 4, Sea 3, Waves .5. 0615 FdU: Task force leaving Scapa Flow, course ESE. 1046 Sighted Den Helder lightship. 26.9.39 0300 Report: AN 6711, 275°, 7 knots, Clear, Wind 15, Sea 7, Waves 4. 0713 Sighted aircraft. Ordered periscope depth. 0800 Surfaced. 0858 Arrived AN5699. 1254 Sighted ship. 1255 Task force! Periscope depth. 1257 1 aircraft carrier, 1 large warship, several destroyers. Too far away to pursue. 1340 Surfaced, sent contact report. 2314 Sighted ship. 2318 Lost contact. 2346 Found him again. 27.9.39 0018 Close enough to make out shape - freighter. 0045 Small freighter - 2000 tons. 0046 Making surface attack run. 0050 Can make out flag - Danish. Breaking off attack. 0300 Report: AN5655, 295°, 3 knots, Clear, Wind 14, Sea 7, Waves 4. 28.9.39 0300 Report: AN5644, 180°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 15, Sea 7, Waves 4. 0843 Sighted aircraft. Periscope depth. 0941 Sound reports merchant contact. 0950 Surfaced. 1005 Trawler, 1000 tons. Letting him go. 1201 Radio: Warsaw under seige. 29.9.39 0300 Report: AN5688, 090°, 3 knots, Clear, Wind 20, Sea 8, Waves 6. 30.9.39 0300 Report: AN5639, 000°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 21, Sea 9, Waves 7. 1.10.39 0300 Report: AN5621, 270°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 1, Sea 1, Waves 0.1. 2.10.39 0300 Report: AN5659, 120°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 5, Sea 3, Waves 0.5. 3.10.39 0300 Report: AN5636, 000°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 5, Sea 3, Waves 0.5. 1538 Sighted ship. 1545 Passenger/Cargo, 2000 tons. 1602 Periscope depth. 1634 Danish. 1730 Surfaced. 4.10.39 0300 Report: AN5675, 240°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 0, Sea 0, Waves 0. 5.10.39 0300 Report: AN5611, 140°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 0, Sea 0, Waves 0. 0630 Storm front moving in. 2100 Radio: Poland has surrendered. 6.10.39 0300 Report: AN5685, 000°, 4 knots, Overcast, Wind 20, Sea 8, Waves 6. 1432 Sighted ship. 1435 Periscope Depth. 1500 Ore ship, 6000 tons. 1510 British! Perfect position. Immediate attack. 1510 Fired 2 torpedoes, 1 fast, 1 slow. 1511 Both hit! 1512 Surfaced. 1513 Radio: SSS! SSS! SS Talthybius! 54°51' N 0°54'E! Sinking! 1519 Target slowing. 1523 Target wallowing. Crew abandoning ship. 1527 Target sank, leaving 1 boat and 3 rafts. 1532 Talked to officers in boat. SS Talthybius, 6138 tons, carrying a cargo of coal. AN5673. 1545 On our way. 1550 Depth 40 metres to reload. 1615 Surfaced. 1752 Radio: Have rescued survivors of SS Talthybius - SS Marjory. 7.10.39 0300 Report: AN5664, 140°, 4 knots, Overcast, Wind 23, Sea 9, Waves 7. 8.10.39 0300 Report: AN5639, 000°, 4 knots, Overcast, Wind 24, Sea 9, Waves7. 9.10.39 0300 Report: AN5688, 220°, 3 knots, Overcast, Wind 23, Sea 9, Waves 7. 10.10.39 0300 Report: AN5611, 180°, 3 knots, Overcast, Wind 23, Sea 9, Waves 7. 11.10.39 0300 Report: AN5647, 040°, 4 knots, Overcast, Wind 21, Sea 9, Waves 7. 12.9.39 0300 Report: AN5667, 140°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 24, Sea 10, Waves 8. 13.10.39 0300 Report: AN5633, 270°, 3 knots, Clear, Wind 18, Sea 8, Waves 5. 14.10.39 0300 Report: AN5612, 270°, 4 knots, Clear, Wind 26, Sea 10, Waves 9. 15.10.39 0300 Report: AN5679, 090°, 3 knots, Partly Cloudy, Wind 24, Sea 9, Waves 8. 16.10.39 0300 Report: AN5695, 300°, 4 knots, Partly Cloudy, Wind 26, Sea 10, Waves 9. 17.10.39 0300 Report: AN5615, 300°, 4 knots, Partly Cloudy, Wind 24, Sea 9, Waves 8. 1707 Sightetd ship. 1720 Coaster, 2000 tons. 1735 Not sure if we can fire in this weather. Attempting submerged attack. 1743 Fired one torpedo, range 700. Hit! 1745 Target sank as U-15 surfaced. 1747 No wreckage, no boats, no survivors...nothing. No trace target was ever there. 18.10.39 0300 Report: AN5632, 090°, 4 knots, Partly Cloudy, Wind 26, Sea 10, Waves 9. 1653 Dove to avoid aircraft. 2000 Surfaced. 19.10.39 0300 Report: AN5657, 240° 4 knots, Clear, Wind 23, Sea 9, Waves 7. 20.10.39 0300 Report: AN5614, 000°, 3 knots, Clear, Wind 24, Sea 9, Waves 8. 1714 Lookouts report ship sighted. 1719 Another large ore ship. 1740 Diving for attack. 1807 Last two torpedoes fired. 1808 Two good hits! 1809 Surfaced. 1811 Radio: SOS! SS Fresno City! Have struck mine! 1824 Target proceeding as if unaffected. Radioing for instructions. 1848 Ordered to return home. 1851 Dove to avoid aircraft. 2000 Surfaced. 21.10.39 0300 Report: AN6471, 100°, 9 knots, Clear, Wind 21, Sea 9, Waves 7. 22.10.39 1706 Have crossed time zone, now 1806. 23.10.39 0347 Transitted Brunsbüttel locks, into Canal. 1538 Exited Holtenau locks into Kiel. 1623 Tied up at dock, patrol over. At sea 30 days. 2 ships cofirmed, 1 probable. 6.10.39 AN56 SS Talthybius, 6138 tons, Cargo Coal, Crew 74, 37 survivors. 17.10.39 AN53 unkown, no credit.* 28.10.39 AN56 MV Fresno City, 7881 tons, Cargo Coal, Crew 79, 72 Survivors. Ship reported hitting mine, but almost certainly victim of U-15. Total: 2 ships, 14019 tons. *SS David H. Atwater reported missing on 19.10.39. Comparison of British reports with Oblt.s.Z Anter's claim indicates this ship was likely victim of U-15. Added 4.11.41: SS David H. Atwater, 1869 tons, Cargo Coal, Crew 29, no survivors. Revised total, 4.11.41: 3 ships, 15,888 tons. |
Mission 8
Greetings to all. This is my first post, so apologies if I break protocol by posting blind. Big fan of Silent Hunter 2 and with my best friend spent hours terrorising convoys as he hurled depth charges into the murky abyss.
Playing Mission 8 of Silent Hunter 3, realism settings at max. Orders were to patrol AM53, so after reviewing the options we had decided to sail north of the Orkneys. The weather was rough and inclement throughout the entire voyage, with the waves lashing at the submarine and visibility scant. It was at dawn in the north east corner of grid AN 13 that the happy words "ship sighted" were bellowed by the watch. Rushing up, a ship was confirmed "J class destroyer". Quickly a salvo of torpedoes was lined up and fired at a range of 6000 meters. As the sub slid to periscope depth all that be heard was the incessant tick tick tick of the chronometer, not even a mouse dared to fart as we peeped through the murky brine and watched the destroyer plow idly through the waves. Minutes passed when bam, a resounding explosion ripped the sky. A hit, and a kill. The men cheered and then set about reloading the torpedoes, with the Captain giving the order to return to course. Hours passed when more good news came as this time a C2 cargo ship had been spotted. Range 4500 meters. Ruhr 1, los... tick tick tick the unending stomach churning wait and BAM again a hit. But the big beast lumbered on. The order to surface the ship was given, with the hope being to finish the cargo ship off with a few well placed shells, sadly the rough seas meant this was impossible and with the wounded pig manouvering for all its worth in the stormy sea and with each torpedo such a precious commodity the next torpedo would have to be exact. Full Ahead, and then a swivel to line the ship up dead centre. Ruhr 2, los... with a range of a mere 700 meters the wait was over before it began but clunk a dud. Verdammt! Inching a little closer Ruhr 3, los.... And this time a deafening blast as the ship split in two and collapsed into the sea. Things were going well and we were not even close to our patrol zone, though torpedoes were becoming scarce and in the rough seas the external reserve could not be touched. After scanning the map a daring little plan was hatched to go to the objective via the scenic harbour town of Loch Ewe... To be continued?:arrgh!: |
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