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Once with a Battleship sinking would go well on the mantelpiece Here's what I found in Scapa Flow, there were loads of these on the water, these 2 however were filled with helium (may have been wrong about the guns though) maybe Jimbuna can shed some light on this: http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...204538_468.jpg This is what you must do to Nelson the next time you see her: http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...223724_406.jpg "yoo hoo, over here, no I'm over here, ha ha you'll never find me!" Entertaining the RN during Operation Wesserbung: http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...235648_734.jpg |
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U-64 IXB Patrol 10
Patrol 10
Orders : Patrol grid DH28 and engage any enemy traffic Secondary mission: Engage enemy convoys going in and out Giblartar. 03 March 1941 11:25 hours U-64 left Lorient for Grid DH28 26 March 1941 Grid CG95 - convoy attack 01:32 hours SS Trebartha (Medium Merchant 06), 5175 tons. Cargo: Iron Ore. Crew: 62. Crew lost: 21 01:36 hours SS Ocean Gypsy (Empire-type Freighter), 5896 tons. Cargo: Steel. Crew: 78. Crew lost: 21 01:41 hours Kapitänleutnant von Harris and U-64 were lost sometime on 26MAR41. Total career results: 10 patrols ( 3 with U-45 VIIB and 7 with U-64 IXB) 330 days at sea 54 ships sunk 235111 tons sunk Biggest warship sunk: HMS Cleopatra (Dido class), 5600 tons at 03 October 1940 |
Eschem Schnuz's Letters, 29th Flotilla
Dear Uncle Karl,
I must confess - i'm no good at convoys. Case in point: this patrol i bumped into the same convoy - twice. Fired off eight eels. Two took down a troop transport, one detonated early, the other five scored hits. The end result? Nothing. The convoy went on their merry way, leaving me trailing in their wake. The news is not all bad: after using the last of my eels and all of my ammo, i found myself submerged against a wounded but very functional merchant ship, and decided to surface and take off at full speed. Then the planes arrived. I ordered the Flak to take them on. Manning the AA was this kid i picked up to replace my lost crew. And he took them out. Eight in a row. :o U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 18. Realism @ 50%, original game specs. 3-day cruise. Some minor scratches. Promotions and medals all around (and I made sure that kid got most of them)! Over and out. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5036 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5037 |
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the crew of the U-142 is reading her to put to sea for her 6th patrol. we had a rather deplorable 5th patrol, it was going good until we happened upon a large tanker, we damaged her significantly until I caught site of her flag(the stars and stripes:damn:). We quickly beat a hasty retreat but Not before our sonarman confiremed she had sunk. None to say the least I had a rather upleasent talk with the flottila comand.
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U-73 VIIB
New career
U-73 VIIB Patrol No 1 : Shakedown and crew evaluation complete Patrol No 2 Orders: Patrol grid BF16. Secondary: If weather does not permit operations procced to grid AM52 31 August 1939 03:09 hours Departed from Wilhelmshaven 21 September 1939 Grid AM52 20:57 hours SS Garoufalia (Granville-type Freighter), 4709 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 16 27 September 1939 Grid AM52 - Convoy attack 05:08 hours HMS Liverpool (Southampton class), 10725 tons. Crew: 961. Crew lost: 192 10:06 hours SS Zarian (Granville-type Freighter), 4750 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 74. Crew lost: 39 28 September 1939 Grid AM52 02:33 hours SS Iddesleigh (Medium Merchant 06), 5175 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 60 30 September 1939 Grid AM52 11:53 hours SS Inger Toft (Small Freighter), 2073 tons. Cargo: Coffee. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 5 06 October 1939 Grid AM52 - Convoy attack 12:28 hours H. Gibbons (Ammunition Ship), 5529 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 101. Crew lost: 90 14:49 hours Q Ship HMS Maunder (Medium merchant Q) , 4044 tons. Crew: 69. Crew lost: 60 11 October 1939 15:10 hours Docked at port 42 days at sea 7 ships sunk 37005 tons sunk No casualties U-boat damaged (H.I. 98.13%) |
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9 February 1940: Scharnhorst Raiding Mission 4 (KL Hossel Patrol 9)
After finishing the required 24 hour patrol of our designated grid, we received a message that Ark Royal would be passing through the W English Channel entrance early on 13 February. Rather than go through the Channel itself where we would be endlessly harassed by the verdammt Elcos and MTBs, we headed NNW to go around the long way. It cost us dearly; even at flank speed, we missed our rendezvous by nearly 12 hours. A sour-faced KL Hossel ordered Scharnhorst to remain on station; Renown and Exeter were due through early the following morning and by God, he was going to either sink them both or go down fighting. Around 0345, everything changed when we blundered into the middle of a Channel convoy. Our first victim was an accident, a neutral Small Merchant, but the rest of the convoy flew the Union Jack. As with the convoy we encountered on our last patrol, we left NO SURVIVORS. Results: Returned to Wilhelmshaven 18 February 1940, having sunk 17 ships for 75, 310 tons. Upon return, KL Hossel reported the neutral's sinking to Onkel Karl, who discounted it because it had happened purely by chance and the ship had been sailing as part of a convoy of Germany's enemies. His reasoning: if it hadn't wanted to be sunk, it shouldn't have been sailing with the convoy. 1 Modern Tanker 1 Medium Tanker 2 Large Merchant ships 4 Medium Cargo ships 1 Small Merchant ship 1 Small Freighter 5 Coastal Freighters 2 A/B-class DDs And on our return home, we met up with a friend while nearing Wilhelmshaven. By chance, a Bf109 was passing overhead, and we later received this picture: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/a...1_3411_326.jpg |
Patrol 5
U-583, 1st Flotilla Left at: September 6, 1942, 12:18 From: Brest Mission Orders: Patrol grid AK11 8.9.1942 10.55 Ship spotted. BE 36 12.02 Sunk small freighter with gunfire. 10.9.1942 19.42 U-583 Report position and condition of the boat. 21.42 U-583 Contact base on the Alpha wavelenght. 22.42 U-538 has failed to make contact with BdU. Presumed lost. |
U-Boot: U-995 VII C
Patrol: 18 Date: 15.04.1941 Begin at: 2058 17.04.1941 1334 Ship sunk! Tanker with a BRT of 10761 at Grid BE39 http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FFa1.jpg 22.04.1941 0941 Ship sunk! Neutral military hospital ship with a BRT of 12040 at Grid AM51 (i swear it was an accident!) :O: 1849 Ship sunk! Medium steam cargo ship with a BRT of 4707 at Grid AM52 http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FFa2.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FFa3.jpg 24.04.1941 0633 Ship sunk! Empire Typ Freighter with a BRT of 6780 at Grid AM53 1939 Ship sunk! Large Freighter with a BRT of 8576 at Grid AM53 1947 Ship sunk! Small Freighter with a BRT of 2396 at Grid AM53 http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FFa4.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FFa5.jpg 26.04.1941 2035 Ship sunk! Small Freighter with a BRT of 2230 at Grid AM73 http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FFa6.jpg 30.04.1941 1348 End of Patrol 18 with a Tonnage of 47490 BRT and 7 ships sunk! No casualties. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...at/th_FFa7.jpg |
U-23, under the command of Hans Gruber. On preliminary shakedown cruise testing repairs from incident involving her previous commander, a bottle of russian vodka and a german wharf that he swears just jumped out at him.
August 3rd - The crew is in good spirits after two full days at sea and within reach of our assigned patrol grid. Crew scheduling is rigidly enforced in four hour shifts to limit prolonged inactivity of the men not needed at station. Duties are, however, light the moment. With no action imminent, our weapons officer and torpedo crews are free to fill other positions, keeping fatigue at a minimum. http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...233849_475.jpg We passed a British ore freighter in the middle of the night, heading North at medium range. Took the opportunity for a training run for the newer crew members in the torpedo room and to test out the new optics installed after an incident with the previous commander, a bottle of russian vodka and a particularly amorous goat. All systems performed adequately and the crews time in preparing the torpedo for launch, while in need of improvement, was within acceptable expectations. Calculations made, we let the freighter on her way unaware of our presence. http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q..._165357_51.jpg We reached our assigned patrol grid early the next morning. Plans to fully test the new valves installed after an incident with the previous commander, a bottle of russian vodka and a polish bordello owner to whom he owed a sum of money were waylaid by a lack of adequate water depth in the assigned grid. Ordered the boat to 20 meters to fully test the electric engines. We remained submerged for an hour before surfacing, the tests complete. http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q..._20357_679.jpg All systems normal. We are awaiting further orders from BDU. |
One Strand down, other appears like south park's Kenny.
Patrol 1 U-2, 1st Flotilla Left at: April 5, 1940, 08:33 From: Brest Mission Orders: Patrol grid AN28 8.4.1940 21.37 Arrived patrol area. AN28 19.4.1940 16.52 Docked at Kiel. No ships sunk. Tonnage: 0 Norwegian campaign with type II :nope: Nothing to shoot and only torrent of radio messages to read. Oberleutnant z. S. Sigmund Strand U-2 (1 patrol) Career Tonnage: 0 |
Paulie76: Sounds like U-23's previous CO had an affinity for Russian vodka and dubious naughty situations. After ramming a wharf and giving an excuse like, "It just jumped out at me", I'm willing to bet he's going to feel right at home once August 1941 rolls around and he's reassigned. :haha:
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Good news is, (if you're running GWX), you can cut the chatter down to the bare essentials with this little mod: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1385 Comes in handy when you get tired of all the constant interruptions! :sunny: |
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