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U-10 (IIB, "die Elster"), patrol 9, report 2
Ob.Lt.z.s. Harry Wiebus
1. Flottille, Kiel Orders: Patrol AN41 Statusbericht 19.6.1940 Lost the warship contact we were trying to intercept in our last report. Patrol results so far - one 100 BRT trawler sunk in 1000 meter visibility, heavy rain and 9 m/s winds with 3 three G7e torpedoes of which one hit, two missed. The trawler was a hard target to hit because of it's small size and shallow keel. If the Flak gun of the boat would be in the conning tower we could have sunk the ship with it. Now the wind was too hard for the Flak gun on the deck to be used. I decided to shoot the torpedoes, since the supplies are getting low and we have to be getting back in a day or two and I wanted to know if we can hit a trawler with a torpedo - as armed trawlers have been reported frequently. Two G7e's left. Light clouds, visibility 9 km, wind 7 m/s from 235 degrees. No other enemy sightings. Continuing patrol. Wiebus |
U-161 IXC Patrol 17
Patrol No 17
17 June 1942 16:24 hours U-161 rushed out of Lorient to grid CA73. U-56 in a daring and bold action had crossed the Canal and broke into the Atlantic where she sank a 2000 tons freighter in a convoy battle. This is something U-161 will never ever do! A salute :salute: for U-56 and her crew. U-10 is on patrol having sunk a 1oo ton trawler with torpedoes , a strange desicion for Kaleun Wiebus. 13 July 1942 Grid CA73 17:54 hours ALARM Aircraft seen - engaged - depth under keel 23m 17:57 hours Diving to PD as aircraft flew away with one of its engines burning 21:41 hours Sound contact - warship closing 23:13 hours Nothing seen or heard - surfaced 17 July 1942 Grid DB68 14:01 hours Ship seen 14:03 hours Positive ID: US passenger/cargo + medium cargo both armed. 14:24 hours 4 TI(bow) fired 14:25 hours 2 impacts - medium cargo hit and set on fire 14:30 hours 2 TI(stern) fired - impacts - passenger/cargo sunk 14:52 hours Hunting submerged the medium cargo - merchant kept shooting at U-161's scope - abandoning chase and moving to the opposite direction 15:16 hours Range to target is some 5000m - surfaced turned around and engaged with the deck gun. 15:18 hours A lucky shot took out his stern mounted gun - moving closer to finish him off. 15:47 hours Ship sunk - 32 105mm rounds used 22 July 1942 Grid DN91 05:36 hours Shells started falling on and around U-161 - fast dive to PD 05:40 hours Extensive damages and flooding to almost all compartements - Positive ID: 2 x Somers class DDs 05:42 hours 2 TI(stern) fired at close range - impact - SOmers class DD sunk 05:43 hours 4 TI(bow) fired at the other DD 05:44 hours 2 impacts - ship sunk 05:50 hours Surfaced - Damages to hull beyond repair - we must return to Lorient avoiding any contact - safe to dive only to PD. The sonar operators on these DDs were not good enough , but the gunners did their job. It was a strange thing how did they locate us in the darkness. 11 August 1942 04:31 hours Docked at Lorient In the morning , when we saw the damages it was clear that Lady Luck was on our side this time. 56 days at sea 4 ships sunk 11034 tons no casualties Hull integrity : 12% Radar warning equipment on first priority to install. |
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Congratulations on escaping (and sinking) from the Somers DD's :salute: |
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It was a tough situation and I was lucky. I meant that I wouldn't have fired torpedoes against a such small target. The torpedo itself is more expensive than the target it sunk. I am not firing against such targets even in a IXC - even more in a IIC - I keep them for a juicer target. |
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I just looked at the trawler and thought "Do I want to see that trawler go Ka-Boom or do I let it pass and wait for something more worthy of a torpedo?" Then I went for the instant gratification :/\\x: |
U56 IIC. Patrol 9.
3.okt.40
BF61 2220: Underway from Lorient, bound for BF15. 5 (TII G7E) torpedoes, preset to 3 meters running depth, AZ (Impact). 7.okt.40 BF15 2350: On station. 8.okt.40 BF15 1100: "Sound contact! Medium speed merchant. 325 R. Closing." 1101: New course 325. Periscope depth. 1108: Preset TDC: AOB 90 Stb. 9 knots. 1109: Surface. Leading target by 60 degrees. Both Ahead Flank. 1129: Periscope depth. Contact. New course 242. 1130: Ahead Silent Speed. 1135: Target course estimated at 053, making 9 knots. 1140: New course 244. 1141: Target IDed as Coastal Merchant. 1150: New course 323. English flagged. Open tube 1. 1153: Fire 1! Estimated range 700 meters. 1154: Impact! 39 second run. 1155: New depth 47 meters. New course 053. Ahead One Third. 1157: Target moving Slow. 1203: Target moving less than 2 knots. 1205: Tatget heard to sink. 1927: To BDU From U56 BF15. 2.000 tonner sunk. 053-9k. 4 G7E torpedoes remaining. 2010: To U56 From BDU Report acknowledged. 11.okt.40 BF18 0823: "Ship spotted! 009. 7.500 meters." Destroyer! New depth 20 meters. 0825: "Warship 009. closing. Medium speed. - Warship. 331. Closing. Medium speed." 0826: Both warships at long range. Convoy closing!. 0828: "Warship. 011. Slow. Closing. Long range." 0847: Course estimated at 260, making 6 knots. New course 170. 0848: Preset TDC: AOB 90 Stb. 6 knots. 0854: Variouse Coursed, Silent Speed. Bow on to lead escort. 0858: Returning to course 170. 0859: Warships at 249, 331, 004. 0909: Open tubes 1, 2, and 3. 0910: 5 degree spread. Targeting 6.000 tonner for 1.000 meter shot. 0912: Detected!!! Fire all! (22 degrees early). New depth 102 meters. Ahead Flank! 0913: Impact x 3! Target sunk! Torpedo run 54 seconds. 0914: Variouse courses, Silent Speed. 0916: New course 124. (45 degrees angle off convoy's track, rearward.) 0919: "Warship lost at 203, short range." Depth Charges astern. 0923: Depth Charges. 0926: "Warship lost at 224, short range." 0937: New course 080. (Reciprical to convoy's course.) 0944: "Warship moving slow at 139. Short range." (Toward our stern). 0951: "Warship moving slow at 071. Short range." 0955: He crossed our bow, and contact was lost at 210. 1100: Surface. Report sent. In persuit. 1641: "Ship spotted! 317. Long range." Destroyer! New depth 20 meters. 1643: DD is Stb Escort. Convoy audible at a considerable range. 1651: Surface! DD at 6.800 meters. Both Ahead Flank! 1712: Dived for long range DD. Attempted to close with convoy submerged at high speed, as convoy had changed course southward. Battery down considerably. No further persuit possible. Last torpedo fired at long range, for a miss. Report sent to BDU, with new course and speed (228-6k). 14.okt.40 BF61 0705: Docked at Lorient. Patrol results: Crew & Hull Integrity 100%. 5 of 5 (TII G7E) torpedoes expended. 2 ships sunk, for 9.951 GRT. U56's history to date: 9 war patrols completed. 6 merchants sunk, for 30.396 GRT. U111 was last heard from on 2.okt.40, when she reported sinking 2 ships in the AN grids. The crew of U56 looks forward to the arrival of U10 & U23 in France. |
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Something is always better than nothing. And time was certainly running out. Good shot. Well done! |
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Thanks Snestorm :) I still have two torpedoes left and am hoping for the smoke from a nice convoy or task force to show up in the horizon :arrgh!: |
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I like the "splat" icon very much! |
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U-10 (IIB, "die Elster"), patrol 9, report 3
Ob.Lt.z.s. Harry Wiebus
1. Flottille, Kiel Orders: Patrol AN41 Statusbericht 23.6.1940 Our last two torpedoes were shot against a 800 BRT Pelagic type trawler, speed 8 knots, course 10 degrees on 19.6.1940 1932 hours, grid AN41. Pistol AZ, depth 3 meters, estimated impact time AOB 90 degrees, range 1200 meters, gyro angle 0. Both torpedoes missed, possibly because of depth keeping troubles. The results of the patrol: one 90 BRT trawler. It seems that after Norway's capitulation there's not much traffic in the North Sea and with our U-boats short range we are almost useless in the battle against the Brits now. I am hoping we'll get a transfer to the French ports and can take part on the battle on the Atlantic. On returning to base a communique was received: "Ob.lt.z.s. Harry Wiebus to report immediately to Kiel for reassignment to training duties. Relinquish command of U-10 to your exec. L. Buchheim Kapitän z.s. und Kommandant" Wiebus |
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Why not end a patrol there? 2. Flotilla treats guest boats very well. It gives them a chance to scope out new prospects for one of the big boats. I used Der Kanal, due to having to patrol a grid at the north entrance. Problem: There weren't enough hours of darkness, and we had to briefly surface during a quiet periods during the day, for oxygen. BF coastal grids hold some realy good oppertunities, especialy in finding and reporting outbound convoys, so the big guys can pick them up in deeper water. My last install had Brest opening sep/okt 40. Couldn't figure why SH3 tryed sending me back to Kiel, until I checked the files. In my newer install, Brest won't become a homeport until jun 41. So eventualy, during the dark months, it'll be back to Kiel for me. How did the Wiebus Career end? (How many patrols, merchants sunk, merchant tonnage?) |
U-161 IXC Patrol 18
Patrol 18
08 November 1942 After almost 3 months of repair time U-161 was ready for action. U-10 returned from her 9th patrol with 90 tons sunk. BdU ordered Kaluen Wiebus to report to Kiel to assume training duties for new captains. U-56 returned to Lorient from her 9th patrol with 10K tons bagged. A very good job indeed. A Meteox RWR was installed on U-161 for better protection Orders were to patrol grid EE74 20 November 1942 Grid DG78 07:26 hours Ship seen 07:30 hours Positive ID: Small merchant - armed - calm seas 07:34 hours dived to PD 07:57 hours 1 TI(bow) fired - impact - ship listing 08:16 hours Taken position for stern tube attack - TI(stern) fired 08:17 hours Impact - ship on fire - heavier listing 08:18 hours Ship seen sinking 01 December 1942 Grid EE74 21:57 hours Meteox warning - dived to PD 22:17 hours Warship sound contact 22:47 hours Two more warship contacts moving away 02 December 1942 01:14 hours Surfaced 03 December 1942 Grid EE74 20:28 hours Meteox warning - dived to PD 21:21 hours Surfaced 21:47 hours ALARM - Aircraft seen - no RWR - crash dived 21:48 hours DCs exploded - minor damages 22:51 hours Sound conatct - merchants closing fast 23:07 hours Positive ID: Neutral tankers 04 December 1942 Grid ED94 15:28 hours ALARM - Aircraft seen - no RWR - crash dived 16:05 hours Surfaced 09 December 1942 Grid EC92 11:48 hours Moving to intercept convoy 12:19 hours Meteox warning - dived to PD 12:22 hours Sound contact with convoy 12:47 hours 1 TI FaT I (bow) fired 12:48 hours 1 TI (bow) fired 14:58 hours Both torpedoes missed - surfaced Several crash dives because of Meteox warnings 17 December 1942 Grid ED94 10:45 hours Meteox warning - dived to PD 10:58 hours Sound contact with convoy - not very good approach 11:40 hours 1 TI (bow) fired 11:49 hours Torpedo missed 18 December 1942 Grid ED95 13:34 hours ALARM - Aircraft seen - no RWR - engaged. We have figured out that in that case the approaching plane was a slow Kingfisher scout plane 13:36 hours Kingfisher scout plane shot down 17:10 hours ALARM - Aircraft seen - no RWR - engaged. 17:12 hours Kingfisher scout plane shot down Several crash dives because of Meteox warnings. Unseccesful interceptions of two convoys Returning home 02 January 1943 Grid DG64 08:48 hours Meteox warning - dived to PD 09:01 hours Sound contact with convoy - 8 escorts + 5 warships at the port side of the convoy probably a Hunter-Killer group 09:31 hours 2 TI(bow) fired at whale ship 09:32 hours 1 TI(stern) fired at an Evarts class DE 09:33 hours Impacts - DE sunk - weather helped in being undetected so far 09:36 hours 1 TI(bow) fired at the whaler 09:37 hours Impact - 1 TI(bow) fired at same target 09:38 hours Impact - converted whale factory ship sunk after huge explosion 09:47 hours 1 TI(stern) fired at Tanker 16 - diving to 100m 09:49 hours Impact 09:51 hours Pinging - Bold launched 09:53 hours Pinging - changed course - bold launched 09:57 hours DCs exploding away 10:01 hours Depth 80m and diving - more DCs dropped inaccurately 10:06 hours More DCs 10:10 hours Depth 100m - leveled the boat 13:30 hours Convoy moved far away - no contacts - surfaced 14 January 1943 22:37 hours Returned to Lorient 68 days at sea 3 ships sunk 15604 tons 2 aircrafts shot down no casualties Hull intergrity: 98% |
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Wiebus’s career details I don’t have any more, since I deleted the files already. But I think it was like 9 war patrols, one shakedown patrol, 60000 – 70000 GRT of shipping, almost all small merchants about 2000 GRT each, except one large 8000 – 9000 GRT freighter and one C2. I chose U-103 as my new sub's number and I'm planning on trying to play following the orders they gave to the actual boat - there's some info in BdU's KTB in uboatarchive and also in uboat.net about what U-103 did historically. |
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If you like long ranging convoy battles, you'll love BC43. U103 IXB: First day, of her first patrol was 26.sep.40. (KTB's will prove hard to find before then). U124's first day on patrol was 19.aug.40, if that's helpful. Both boats did 11 patrols. Either way, I recommend 56 days in port. It should keep your number of patrols closer to reality. See you in the 2. Flotilla. I'll get there sooner or later. |
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I'll check what SH3Commander is giving me as port days and I'll change that closer to reality, if need be. I'll get the historical departure dates from uboat.net. We'll soon see in the second Flotilla, although I'm kind of hoping to be able to play in those Flotillas I haven't yet tried and might apply for a transfer at one point or another. I'm keeping a bigger boat, though. No more type II's - for a long, long time :arrgh!: |
U-161 IXC Patrol 19
14.2.43. 0651 Patrol 19
U-161, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel Left at: February 14, 1943, 06:51 From: Lorient Mission Orders: Patrol grid DH47 12:33 Grid BF 56 Aircraft destroyed! Catalina 18.2.43. 10:04 Grid CG 19 Aircraft destroyed! Sunderland 27.2.43. 19:31 Grid DS 29 Ship sunk! USS Long Island, 16300 tons 11.3.43 13:38 Grid EO 21 Ship sunk! USS Stephen Potter (Fletcher class), 2325 tons. Crew: 358. Crew lost: 243 13:46 Grid EO 21 Ship sunk! SS Abosso (Ceramic-type Ocean Liner), 14595 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 644. Crew lost: 437 14:20 Grid EO 21 Ship sunk! SS Pskov (Liberty Cargo), 7335 tons. Cargo: Aircraft. Crew: 57. Crew lost: 32 14:41Grid EO 21 Ship sunk! SS Joshua W. Alexander (Liberty Cargo), 7336 tons. Cargo: Trucks. Crew: 46. Crew lost: 12 14:55Grid EO 21 Ship sunk! SS Empire Kingfisher (Turbine Tanker), 10761 tons. Cargo: Aviation fuel. Crew: 45. Crew lost: 15 1.4.43. 03:06 Patrol results Crew losses: 1 dead Ships sunk: 6 Aircraft destroyed: 2 Patrol tonnage: 58652 tons USS LONG ISLAND http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3700/longisland1.jpg http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8259/patrolmap2.jpg |
U-103, Patrol 1, Report 1
Lt.z.s. Walter Harländer
U-103, IXB, "die Elster" 2. Flottille, Wilhelmshaven Orders: Patrol AL32 Statusbericht 17.7.1940 7.7.1940 A Norwegian 1800 BRT Küstenmotorschiff sunk in grid AN31 with one G7e, course 125, speed 7 knots. AZ pistol, depth 3 meters in 15 m/s winds. The range to the target was 700 meters, the AOB at impact time 90 degrees. 17.7.1940 At 0235 hours a Revenge class Schlachtschiff sailing in a convoy torpedoed in grid AM01 with two G7e's, course 45, speed 8 knots. AZ pistol, depth 2 meters in 2 m/s winds. The range to the target was 1600 meters, the AOB at impact time 90 degrees. Bow tubes couldn't be used as turning the boat would have been risky because the escorts were too close, so stern tubes were used shooting from inside the convoy. The shots were aimed at the bow and stern gun turrets. Both torpedoes hit were intended and secondary explosions on the stern turrets were observed on the periscope immediately after the torpedo hit. http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2720/sh3revenge.png Later explosions were heard in the Zentrale at 0237. The ship is assumed a sure sinking. Incredibly the ship was travelling inside a large convoy of 4 escorts and 4 columns of 4 ships each, making only 8 knots as were the merchants of the column. Such a slow speed for a capital ship must have meant that the battleship was somehow very badly damaged - or the Admiralty is insane. Escorts didn't notice us. Clear, visibility 9 km, wind 2 m/s from 323 degrees. We are now surfaced, reloading and trying to get into position for a second attack. 21 torpedoes left. Harländer |
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