U-76, 3rd patrol
3rd Patrol
U-76, type VIIB 7th/13th Flotilla, Kiel Departed: 21JAN40 Returned: 04MAR40 Assigned Grid: BF11 5 Merchant ships sunk 2 Tankers sunk 37,860 tons One torpedo remaining No damage sustained Oblt. Gunter Klauth(Knight's Cross) |
An update to my second patrol: As I watched the neutral tanker sail by I started getting hydrophone reports of a merchant off my port beam. With no time to turn around I engaged emergency speed reverse and readied tube 5. The other merchant turned out to be a Granville type freighter flying a British flag. I hit her in the engine room, surfaced and finished her off with the deck gun. This brought my patrol tonnage to roughly 21,400 tons. I set a southwesterly course and less than an hour later my watch crew sighted another merchant. I turned toward her and sighted two more darkened ships, sailing one behind the other. It's a good thing I still have three torps in the bow tubes. Sometimes things just work out. This will be my first multi-ship attack so hopefully all will go well.
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U-94:s most successful patrol.
6.4.42. 1227 Patrol 9 U-94, 2nd Flotilla Left at: April 6, 1942, 12:27 From: Lorient Mission Orders: Patrol grid ED98 17.4.42. 1137 Grid ED 95 Ship sunk! MV Teakwood (Modern Tanker), 10761 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 48 18.4.42. 1723 Grid ED 98 Ship sunk! SS Scythia (Ceramic-type Ocean Liner), 14595 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 1420. Crew lost: 411 19.4.42. 0133 Grid ED 98 Ship sunk! USS Black (Fletcher class), 2325 tons. Crew: 360. Crew lost: 79 0212 Grid ED 98 Ship sunk! MV Inversuir (Large Tanker), 9944 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 45. Crew lost: 9 0219 Grid ED 98 Ship sunk! MV Rio Bravo (Small Tanker), 2014 tons. Cargo: Aviation Fuel. Crew: 24. Crew lost: 16 0255 Grid EN 32 Ship sunk! MV Athelprincess (Large Tanker), 9945 tons. Cargo: Gasoline. Crew: 66. Crew lost: 45 20.4.42. 0240 Grid ED 83 Ship sunk! SS Marie-Louise le Borgne (Coastal Freighter), 1869 tons. Cargo: Grain. Crew: 23. Crew lost: 3 1911 Grid ED 51 Ship sunk! MV Tarascon (Small Tanker), 2051 tons. Cargo: Crude Oil. Crew: 25. Crew lost: 19 2.5.42. 1312 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 8 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 53504 tons |
Patrol number: 25
Uboot: U-123 Year: 1940 Realism: 100% max TC used: 128 Tonnage: 50150 Aircrafts:0 Days at sea: 09 On way back from Gibralter attempted to stop the evacuation of dunkirk. http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/report25.png Patrol number: 26 Uboot: U-123 Year: 1940 Realism: 100% max TC used: 128 Tonnage: 72140 Aircrafts:0 Days at sea: 10 Proper intel and good luck favored me this patrol. Did the most daring thing a commander can do, snuck into the port of Gibraltar on the surface (all be it later in the day and during a storm) and waited for a clear shot. Snuck out undetected and docked at supply ship for fuel. http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/report26.png |
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How many torpedoes did you shoot at her before she sunk? |
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Down under eating rice with the locals and getting banged up on ever patrol. Last patrol mid July 1944 wiped out a small convoy at a cost, bridge crew and AA crew were all killed. I hear Hideki Tojo is going to pin medals on my crew.
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23.10.42.
1904 Patrol 12 U-94, 2nd Flotilla Left at: October 23, 1942, 19:04 From: Lorient Mission Orders: Patrol grid AK11 29.10.42. 1319 Grid AK 23 Ship sunk! HMS Striker (Bogue class), 15390 tons. Crew: 908. Crew lost: 708 30.10.42. 0151 Grid AK 23 Ship sunk! HMS Transylvania (Auxiliary Cruiser), 13850 tons. Crew: 147. Crew lost: 111 8.11.42. 1858 Grid AK 54 Ship sunk! SS Washington (Empire-type Freighter), 6782 tons. Cargo: Trucks. Crew: 65. Crew lost: 2 1859 Grid AK 54 Ship sunk! SS Bretwalda (Granville-type Freighter), 4708 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 64. Crew lost: 24 10.11.42. 1516 Patrol results Crew losses: 0 Ships sunk: 4 Aircraft destroyed: 0 Patrol tonnage: 40730 tons Sunk my first carrier on this mission :woot: |
Late July 1944
Hideki Tojo flew in to penang to pin medals on me and my crew and why? Bag my very first passenger ship NW of Australia. :woot: Sunk the Queen Mary. :yeah: First ever passenger ship I clapped eyes on down under all these years and wow get to sink it as well. :D The crew and I are going to get drunk tonight. :()1: :()1: |
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Congrats Kaleun. Already line(r'd) up on the bar :03: :()1: Best regards. Fubar2Niner |
9 January 1943
U-94 now on the bottom of the atlantic (all hands lost) TOTALS: 13 patrols (228 days) Merchants/warships SHIPS SUNK: 55 (45/10) Merchants/warships TONNAGE: 309671 (251086/58585) |
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You deserve every bottle of beer you can drink. |
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Your death will not be in vain! |
U126 Holds 2 mins of silence to rememer how U94 fought tot he very end. The next ship is in your memory!
Jonny:salute: |
We hit a large cargo ship with 2 fish, calm seas, magnetic fuses. Two loud explosions on target bearing and the ship foundered almost immeditaely. A short time later, my weapons officers claims she's a goner, then... ...nothing. She sat there, decks awash for almost 24 hours!!
Her crew abandoned her, and she bobbed about in over 1000 meters of open ocean! It wasn't until we picked up a couple of her crewmen that we found out she was filled to the rails with timber! No way she was going under without wasting a couple for eels on her. :yeah: |
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