Great orders :D Feels a lot like something that I could have read from Dönitz's war diaries (when there are orders to individual U-boats as appendixes)
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Capt. Scott Von Ainz (well at least captain of the boat still after accidentally sinking a Hipper class) about to head out on Patrol #18 (for the second time due to a CTD when i docked at Brest on last Patrol 18). Currectly with 30 merchants and 1 destroyer for a total of 144,000 tons. With the -3000 renown i got hit with for my "gross misjudgement of what is TC + and Enter buttons) I will be in this boat with same equipment for a longgggg time. Well at least im not on the Russian Front.
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Captain of a patrol boat dodging ice cubes on the Volga. :o :D |
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U-109 IXB
21 February 1941
00:54 hours U-109 left port for her 9th patrol in grid DH56 26 February 1941 Grid CG73 07:52 hours Ship seen 07:57 hours Positive ID: Japanese small merchant 27 February 1941 Grid DH35 21:20 hours Ship seen - dived to PD 21:25 hours Positive ID: Medium merchant 30 21:57 hours 1 TI (stern) fired 21:58 hours Impact - A stern mounted 4in gun was seen 21:59 hours 1 TI (stern) fired 22:09 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - impact 22:28 hours 1 TI (stern) fired - impact 22:30 hours Ship sunk - MV Siam II 11 March 1941 Grid ET24 14:13 hours Warship seen - dived to PD 14:37 hours Sound contact moving far away 16:11 hours Surfaced 14 March 1941 Grid ET29 04:37 hours Ship seen - dived to PD 04:42 hours Multiple contacts - convoy closing 05:19 hours 2 TI(stern) fired 05:20 hours Impacts - 1 Ti (bow) fired 05:21 hours Impact 05:22 hours Ship sunk - Tanker 16 MV Storanger 05:23 hours 1 TI (bow) fired 05:24 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - impact - 1 TI (bow) fired 05:25 hours Diving to 100m - impact 05:48 hours Depth 100m - no pinging 06:35 hours Sound contact - ship DIW - reloading tubes 06:56 hours PD - up scope - medium merchant 06 - tanker 04 07:00 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - 1 TI (bow) fired 07:01 hours Impact 07:02 hours Impact - Ship sunk tanker 04 MV Petter 07:12 hours 1 TI(stern) fired 07:13 hours Impact 07:14 hours 1 TI(stern) fired - ship sunk medium merchant 06 SS Victoria City 09:08 hours Surfaced in 11m/s winds and medium fog 15 March 1941 Grid ET16 16:05 hours Ship seen - contact lost in bad weather 19 March 1941 Grid EJ38 06:14 hours Warship seen - shadowing 07:08 hours Broke off contact 21 March 1941 Grid DU71 06:42 hours Ship seen 06:58 hours Positive ID: Coastal freighter - closing in 07:30 hours Ship persumed unarmed 07:44 hours Opened fire 07:47 hours Ship sunk - SS Agua - 15 105mm rounds used 28 March 1941 Grid CG43 23:29 hours Ship seen 23:34 hours Positive ID: Tramp steamer - gun turret aft - dived to PD 23:52 hours 1 TI (bow) fired 23:55 hours Impact - ship sunk - SS Helvig 31 March 1941 Grid BF48 11:15 hours Ship seen 11:19 hours Positive ID: medium merchant 02 - no guns visible 11:39 hours Opened fire 11:42 hours Ship sunk - SS Peterston 02 April 1941 05:19 hours U-109 docked at Lorient in awful weather 41 days at sea 7 ship sunk 40296 tons no damages or casualties |
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Gestapo is too small for such an incident. :D |
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SS couldn't done nothign to any member of wehrmacht ,and if one of this soldiers did something bad (crime,thief,sabotage) ,then in order to arrest and interogate him the police must get approve from OKW or from chief of military branch that you belong. So,in this case ,you probably will have been interogated by a kriesgmarine tribunal . |
U-331, patrol 1, report 8
Lt.z.s. Theodor Wald
U-331, VIIC 1. Flottille, Kiel 13.4.1941 BB9673 SO 15, sea 7, cloudy, vis. medium. 1515 spotted by the port escort of the convoy we've been shadowing. Had to dive. A submerged speed burst, then 1/3 ahead, then 70 RPM silent running towards the convoy's estimated direction. 1558 Followed an unknown contact in the hydrophone for a period of 2 minutes and 20 seconds until it's relative bearing had changed by three degrees and then for 2 minutes and 30 seconds until the relative bearing had changed by another 3 degrees. Estimated course 71. 1605 Turning to 341 true bearing for a long range submerged launch. 1608 Up periscope for 7 seconds. Quick glance at the convoy, distance should be ok and course estimation close. Preset TDC. 349 bearing, gyro angle 0, range 4000 meters, running time 4 minutes 6 seconds, speed 6 knots. The two destroyers that tried to find us have returned to the convoy. 1612 Up periscope for 5 seconds. A Tribal at 350. 1620 Up periscope for 8 seconds. A 1800 BRT merchant, range 2500 - 3000 meters. Preset TDC 3000 meters, 3 minutes 7 seconds. 1621 Two G7e's launched at a 14 second interval. 1622 Two G7e's lauched at an 18 second interval. Target 2000 BRT merchant, range not estimated in the heavy seas. LF away from the convoy's direction and diving. 1625 An explosion heard 4 minutes and 30 seconds after the launch of the first torpedo. KF ahead. 1629 An explosion heard after 8 minutes 50 seconds after the launch of the first torpedo. Possibly a sinking ship. 1630 A+20, 100 RPM, course 271. No destroyers heard getting closer. 1633 course 226, away from the closest escort. 1634 More explosions heard. Now certain that something was sunk in the attack. 1636 We are between the convoy and a destroyer. The destroyer probably is trying to locate us. 70 RPM. 1638 Judging by the hydrophone sounds, there might be two merchants that can't keep up with the convoy. 1655 To periscope depth. 1716 Two - three stragglers sighted. Warships still audible in hydrophone and unidentified ships still visible. Preparing for reloading and pursuit of the stragglers. 1758 Torpedoes reloaded. A merchant and a corvette visible. 1800 Surfaced. LF ahead. 1913 Three stragglers sighted. 1924 GF ahead. The sun has set. 1940 A Frigate sighted in front of the stragglers. PD. 1946 Surfaced. Heading for the last straggler. 2004 Two torpedoes launched, estimated range 1445 meters, speed 2 knots, AOB 90 stb. One miss, one hit. 2011 2000 BRT merchant sunk. 2014 A Frigate sighted. Speed AK away from the enemy. 2017 PD. 2022 A flare in the sky. 70 RPM, 1 knot, frigate 177 rb. 2045 A Black Swan 1800 meters, 190 rb. Uses flares and search lights. 2144 Surfaced. The Black Swan 6 - 8 km, rb 75. Saved and Exit. |
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rb = right bearing? |
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HELP!!!
I decided to start a career in Jan of 1942 in an IXC. I decided to go down to the carribean sea to find some targets. How do I maximize my fuel and when should i begin to head back, I got to the sea and had used 50% of my fuel. Also, if I see ships in port, does that mean I have the right campaign files loaded, thanks again! |
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I don't know the exact knots to specify in a IX, but generally the most economical setting for your diesels is one third ahead. Anything faster or slower than that as a general "cruising" speed and you will not be getting the maximum range out of the fuel you left base with. Save the faster/slower settings for times when they are tactically necessary. There should be a report you can request from your navigator, "maximum range at current speed" or something like that. Ask for that report and he will tell you how many kilometers you can go at your current speed on the fuel you have left. If you move from one setting to another on the engine room telegraph and request that info at each setting, you'll soon see which one will give you the maximum range for whatever fuel reserves you've got. Also, if you're playing GWX, you can see if there are any resupply vessels nearby where you can dock and refuel should that be necessary to get all the way back to your home base. |
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Link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1181 But remember even with this mod enabled, sprinting at flank speed to intercept convoys or sailing at the surface with 15m/s winds will cause more fuel to be consumed. |
Thanks for the pointers, patrol reports to come soon.
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Today U-995 left Brest and was ordered to patrol the Area CG63.
sinking two C2 Cargo ships with a Tonnage of 12000BRT. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_PT19.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_PT20.jpg Also a small Coast ship was in sight and engaged with the 8.8 gun. Suddenly the 1.WO just said "Airplane sighted!" so the crew searched and saw two Ju-88 Bombers stealing my tonnage. :x:stare: U-995 continues the Patrol and found a easy target. A small Freighter...but!! ...The Fighter proved himself as unsinkable. After 5 T1 Torpedos he was still on the surface firing with his guns. U-995 fired all round of HE , AP and even the Light Ammoniton at it. Nothing seem to happen. So U-995 runned out of Ammunition and had to return to its Port in Brest. I gave the ship the Name unsinkable Sam. :O: http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...inkableSam.jpg U-995 retuning to Brest http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_PT21.jpg |
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rb = relative bearing (I wrote these notes during the time I played in real time, so I used abbreviations to make them quicker to write. And I do like the style they wrote real U-boat war diaries:)) |
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and from U-853 Typ IX/C40 was sunk near Rhode Island Btw: Some wrote also 2A+ A+ were 80 meters. There were no orders how they have to write it. But sometimes they also wrote the real depth not these A+??? :) |
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