Eschem Schnuz's Letters, 33rd Flotilla
Ballet Conservatory
82 Treuestrasse Spandau, Germany 10 Jun 1945 Dear Onkel Karl, I hope this letter finds you in good health and good spirits. First off, may I offer my congratulations on your appointment as President of Germany. Secondly, may I also offer my eternal gratitude to you for having the courage to end the madness. I wish I could provide you with details concerning myself these last few months, but I'm afraid I don't have my papers with me. Suffice to say, I did all that I could only really do. I brought my boys home. And it is only because of them, that I can write these words to you: Ich lebe. Who knows, we might even live long enough to cross each other's paths again. Best Wishes, Eschem Realism @ 70%, original game specs. Docked at Wilhelmshaven after 6 days. For further details regarding this "person of interest", please visit your local Allied Authorities and submit a formal request to the Archives. |
U-505 IXC
Patrol 2 (14)
04 January 1942 04:22 hours U-505 left Lorient for grid EV86 05:00 hours It was discovered that the attack scope was off centered. 30 January 1942 Grid EV91 07:40 hours SS Bundaleer (Medium Merchant 17), 4020 tons. Cargo: Coal. Crew: 34. Crew lost: 1 - sunk by 3 bow torpedoes 03 February 1942 Came close to the harbor of Lagos , heavy ASW patrols aborted 12 February 1942 Grid ET62 00:44 hours SS Ixion (Ore Carrier), 6788 tons. Cargo: Military Stores. Crew: 74. Crew lost: 74 - sunk by 2 bow torpedoes 14 February 1942 Grid ET62 - convoy attack First approach 12:43 hours Damaged Ceramic type liner , Liberty cargo ship and Turbine tanker T2 Second approach 14:22 hours SS Devonshire (Ceramic-type Ocean Liner), 15668 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 750. Crew lost: 172 All internal torpedoes expended - Start return trip 20 February 1942 Grid DU46 14:58 hours Wind 0m/s no fog - moving externals inside 19:35 hours Procedure completed 05 March 1942 09:56 hours Docked at Lorient 61 days at sea 3 ships sunk 26476 tons No damages or casualties Removed the 3,7cm heavy flak gun Installed Bold decoys |
6 March 1940:
Scharnhorst departs Wilhelmshaven on another raiding mission. Results: Returned to port 9 March 1940 having sunk 27 ships for an impressive 85,117 tons. We were assigned to patrol practically at the entrance to the Channel, and battled the verdammt MTBs for the first 36 hours, having sighted a lone merchant every now and again. However fortune smiled on us when we caught a CONVOY that had just departed Southend and obliterated it - it had one DD as escort, nothing else - and successfully escaped. Upon return to port, Scharnhorst was taken into dockyard and rearmed with three twin 15-inch turrets. :yeah: 2 Large Merchants 1 Large Cargo Ship 1 Empire-type Freighter 4 Medium Cargo Ships 1 Granville-type Freighter 1 Passenger/Cargo Ship 3 Small Merchants 1 Tramp Steamer 1 A/B-class DD 2 J/K-class DDs 1 Tribal-class DD 2 Armed Trawlers 4 ASW Trawlers 3 MTBs |
10 March 1940:
Scharnhorst - newly fitted with twin 15-inch turrets - departs Wilhelmshaven on another raiding mission. Results: Returned to port 14 March 1940, having sunk 10 ships for 28,309 tons. The area N of Scapa Flow was swarming with aircraft, and we managed to bag eight of them before turning for home. My one regret is that there were very few awards to bestow upon our flak gun crews once we got back, but I assured them that they would be first in line to receive the next batch of medals allocated to our boat. 3 Medium Cargo Ships 1 Granville-type Freighter 1 Coastal Tanker 1 Coastal Freighter 7 Swordfish Torpedo Bombers 1 Avro Anson Coastal Patrol Aircraft 3 A/B-class DDs 1 V/W-class DD |
Almost sunk on return approach when we were suprised by 2 freighters and 4 escourts. DDed, fell to 170 meters, emergency surface, on the way up leak was repaired, uncontrolable surfacing, broke water surface, crash dove to 150 meters, repaired damage, and sulked away. All periscopes destroyed as well as radio and the flak guns.
One Large cargo sunk for 12,000 tons. |
U-505 IXC
26 March 1942
07:22 hours All systems check Ok - U-505 left Lorient for grid CA-28 08 April 1942 Grid CD21 07:35 hours Ship seen bearing 022 heading East - dived to PD 07:52 hours Visual contact : Passenger/cargo 08:04 hours 1 bow shot 08:05 hours Impact - surfacing 08:09 hours Target finished off by gunfire 08:09 hours SS Vital de Oliveira (Passenger/Cargo), 2581 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 92. Crew lost: 33 - 15 105mm rounds used 19 April 1942 Grid CA51 17:09 hours Attacked by destroyer in heavy fog - damaged by gunfire - crash dive 17:12 hours DC attack - more damages 17:13 hours Diving to 100m 17:17 hours DCs 17:23 hours Pinging - more DCs 17:25 hours Depth 100m - Noch tiefer tauchen 130m 17:27 hours DCs - no damages 17:32 hours DCs - no damages 17:37 hours Depth 131m - DCs drop every 5 minutes 17:58 hours No more DCs 21:00 hours Surfaced (I forgot I had Bold decoys on board) 20 April 1942 Grid CA28 11:21 hours Reached patrol grid 23 April 1942 Grid CA87 13:21 hours Ship seen bearing 344 heading North - dived to PD 13:27 hours Visual contact: Liberty cargo 13:50 hours SS Joseph Warren (Liberty Cargo), 7976 tons. Cargo: Sulfur. Crew: 56. Crew lost: 9 - 3 bow + 2 stern torpedoes Grid DC12 21:53 hours Ship seen bearing 349 heading ENE - dived to PD 22:00 hours Visual contact: Attack cargo ship 22:28 hours 4 bow + 2 stern torpedoes fired - ship stil on the surface 22:38 hours Tube 1 reloaded 22:39 hours Fired tube 1 22:40 hours Warship sound contact bearing 255 long range 22:50 hours Tube 2 reloaded 22:51 hours Fired tube 2 22:52 hours Impact followed by huge explosion amidships 23:00 hours Tube 3 reloaded and fired 23:01 hours Impact - no effect - no internals left - leaving area 24 April 1942 Grid DC12 00:40 hours USS Brookings APA - 140 (Attack cargo ship 1), 7690 tons. Cargo: Trucks. Crew: 229. Crew lost: 219. Sunk after 9 torpedo hits 05:41 hours Surfaced in 15m/s winds Grid CA85 22:06 hours Ship seen bearing 043 heading West - dived to avoid detection 23:42 hours Surfaced 26 April 1942 Grid CA67 08:30 hours Ship seen bearing 337 heading NNW - dived to PD 16:03 hours Surfaced 28 April 1942 Grid CB19 19:16 hours Winds 0 - 1m/s Moved externals inside 03 May 1942 Grid CA51 09:57 hours Warship seen bearing 321 heading NNE - dived to PD 10:14 hours Visual contact : Armed tugboat 10:32 hours J.T.A. 6 (Armed Tugboat), 1275 tons. Crew: 8. Crew lost: 4 - sunk by 1 bow shot 10:34 Surfaced 10:44 hours Aircraft spotted - dived to PD at flank speed - shallow waters 23:15 hours Ship seen bearing 345 heading South - dived to PD 23:35 hours Visual contact : Ceramic type liner 23:40 hours 4 bow shots fired 23:41 hours Impacts 23:51 hours SS Chenoneaux (Ceramic-type Ocean Liner), 13917 tons. Cargo: Troops. Crew: 616. Crew lost: 197 5 May 1942 Grid CA61 16:17 hours Warship seen bearing 144 heading NE - dived to PD 16:32 hours Fired 2 stern shots at destroyer - diving to 100m 23:00 hours Surfaced 08 May 1942 Grid CB27 13:18 hours Spotted Colombian small tankers bearing 125 heading North - no action 30 May 1942 03:13 hours Docked at Lorient 66 days at sea 5 ships sunk 33439 tons 22 torpedoes fired 15 105mm rounds U-boat damaged (H.I. 92.94%) No casualties |
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After a 4 year break, by cirumstance, ran through all the exams first time through. sank both the escorts first in the sub-school, and finished up by knockin' out all the merchant ships, but the last 2 needed some coaxing from the deckgun.
Started a new patrol, with GWX so did the "5 Day Shakedown" as per the GWX suggestion. Getting ready for my first patrol in Type VIIB, in the "real SHIII world" and we'll soon see if I am still as cunning, and elusive as I was before. *****Note***** I'll probably get my _ _ _ waxed by the escorts the first trip out though. |
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U-505 IXC
20 June 1942
16:51 hours U-505 left Lorient for grid CA28 , US East Coast 20:59 hours Spotted VIIC uboot bearing 062 heading ESE 24 June 1942 Grid BE95 21:25 hours Warship seen bearing 338 - dived to PD 21:30 hours Multiple sound contacts - convoy closing 21:50 hours Up scope : useless on both attack and odservation scopes surfacing BERNAAAARD did you check the scopes before leaving? 22:05 hours 4 bow shot fired from the surface - diving to 100m 22:09 hours 1 impact 22:38 hours Depth 100m - disengaging 25 June 1942 08:20 hours Surfaced - aborting to Lorient. Someone is to be transferred to the Eastern Front Grid BF71 22:38 hours Ship seen bearing 346 22:41 hours Keeping range to 2000m for deck gun attack 22:46 hours SS Thornlea (Medium Merchant 22), 4290 tons. Cargo: Paper Products. Crew: 64. Crew lost: 3 - sunk by 53 105mm rounds - minor damages 27 June 1942 10:23 hours Docked at Lorient 8 days at sea 1 ship sunk 4290 tons No casualties U-boat damaged (H.I. 99.96%) |
U-505 IXC
30 August 1942
Grid ED96 U-505 was lost with all hands during a daring attack at a heavily escorted troop transport convoy. A large troop transport (24580 tons) and a fast passenger ship (6500 tons) were also lost. |
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15 March 1940:
Scharnhorst departs Wilhelmshaven for another raiding mission off the coast of Britain. Results: Returned to port 19 March 1940 having sunk 27 ships for a total of 55,794 tons. Harrassed by the verdammt Elcos and MTBs again, but managed to persevere. Also managed to intercept and slaughter TWO coastal convoys. The CO and crew of Scharnhorst want to thank Herr Churchill for being nice enough to include a Small Tanker in the first convoy and a Large Tanker in the second convoy for us to practice our gunnery on.:D As promised on last patrol, handed more awards and promotions out to the flak gun crews upon return home. 1 Large Tanker 2 Medium Cargo Ships 1 Small Tanker 3 Passenger/Cargo Ships 3 Small Freighters 3 Tramp Steamers 4 Coastal Freighters 2 Black Swan-class Frigates 4 ASW Trawlers 1 Elco-type Torpedo Boat 3 Motor Torpedo Boats |
Back from the 6. patrol! Sunk with the "little fish" IIA U-Boat (1. flotilla, Jan 1940) two british cargos (11861 BRT):
1) SS Robin Tuxford 5081 BRT. Cargo: Aircrafts - 2 aals 2) SS Ango (Empire Typ) 6780 BRT. Cargo: military vehicles - 2 aals 1 x dud torpedo on this patrol. After 6 patrols with my "little red devil boat" - my current emblem - http://s9.postimage.org/elx9lgtrv/sm...r_Page_053.jpg (Sunk 57.357 BRThttp://s12.postimage.org/atnroujxl/obrazek.jpg) received: 24OKT39 EISERNES KREUZ ZWEITER KLASSE 28DEZ39 DEUTSCHES KREUZ 27JAN40 EISERNES KREUZ ERSTER KLASSE and 14SEP39 U-BOOT-FRONTSPANGE 24OKT39 U-BOOTABZEICHEN http://s7.postimage.org/6doo7kstz/Sepp.jpg I hope, I have after next patrol enough renown points for a transfer to the 7th flotilla and my lovely VIIC "red devil" U-Boat U-552! My PC: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 3,00 GHz chipset P35, socket 775 nVIDIA GEForce 9800GT, 512 MB, Arctic-Cooling Accelero Audio HD Realtek ALC888 2 x DIMM DDR2 2048 MB 800MHz 640GB SATAII/300 Windows Vista Home Premium My SHIII: GWX + SH3 Commander + 59 mods (JSGME), incl. h.sie´s V16A4 patch. |
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