Patrol 37 Kaleu Eckhardt - U-68 - Dec 16th 1944 14:33 |
1st Patrol
U-36, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel LtzS Hans Witte, commanding officer 1 Aug 1939 1809: Departed Wilhelmshaven with orders to proceed to grid BF19 and back for a short shakedown cruise with new boat and crew. Skies clear, visibility moderate, winds negligible. 2 Aug 1939 1817: Grid AN84. Skies clear, visibility moderate, winds 14 m/s. Proceeding SW toward Dover Straits en route to grid BF19. 2111: Grid AN84. Seas increasingly rough; submerged to 25 m. All equipment functioning normally. 3 Aug 1939 0500: Grid AN79. Hydrophone report of ship bearing 357 and closing. Maintained course and depth and allowed ship to pass by very near off our port side. Observed some trepidation on the part of greener crew members at the sound of her passing overhead in fairly close proximity and almost regretted my decision not to alter course; however if my misgivings regarding the current political situation at home and abroad prove well-founded, it may be a sound they are better off getting used to sooner rather than later and under the most innocuous circumstances possible. Ordered periscope depth; sweep revealed Hansa freighter heading away on a northeasterly course. Surfaced 150 m astern of freighter to the apparent delight of her morning watch; much waving and signalling of good wishes from both sides. Skies clear, visibility moderate, winds 6 m/s. 1946: Grid BF32. Continued good weather; proceeding SW through Channel. 4 Aug 1939 0040: Grid BF35. Watch reported ship spotted at long range heading SE, possibly en route to Cherbourg or Le Havre. First ship sighting since passing Hansa freighter yesterday A.M. 0230: Grid BF35. Ship spotted, another Hansa freighter heading NE through Channel. 0628: Grid BF26. Ship spotted, British light cargo heading toward southern English coast. Skies partly cloudy, visibility moderate, no wind; seas exceedingly calm. 5 Aug 1939 0716: Grid BF19. Patrolling assigned grid as ordered; skies clear, visibility moderate, winds negligible. Sounded alarm for crash dive and ordered maximum depth of 120 m; emergency surface ordered after 2 hrs submerged. Performance of crew and boat satisfactory throughout. 7 Aug 1939 0700: Grid BF11. Proceeding NW around southern Irish coast; will return to Wilhelmshaven via northerly route between Iceland and British Isles. Crew and boat still performing to expected standards. Per message received from flotilla HQ I am to be promoted Oberleutnant z. See upon successful return to base and retain command of U-36 for the foreseeable future. |
Patrol 38 Kaleu Eckhardt - U-68 - Feb. 23rd 1945 09:10 |
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Patrol 40 Kaleu Eckhardt - U-68 - May 8th 1945 09:00 |
glad you survived! :up:
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Thank you - I was - untill after october '43 when I had technical problems 6 times in row - till Sept. '44. Lost all my goodwill because I used it to load up with expensive self-seeking torpedoes each time. Which I lost when returning to base. Even got degraded. |
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Thank you! On it again.... |
Eighth war patrol U 564 VIIC heading to BE 94.
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New to the game...
1st patrol, Sept 1 1939. We've invaded Poland. Or they have invaded us, depends on who you listen to. The talk is the Tommies and the French will just back down again. I'm not so sure. Time will tell... Big brass band on the dock, lots of cheering and the crew in high spirits as we pull out. Ahead slow in our new VIIB, we make for the Kiel canal locks. Damnedest thing happens. A small tanker with Esso colors steams into the closed lock gates and explodes! What a mess. Long way round for us it seems. Some of the crew speak of sabotage. I shut that down straightaway but I can see the lads are shaken. It isn't the best way to start our first outing. Looking forward to deep water. Some emergency drills and mock target runs to set the routine and get their minds on what may come... |
Amazing luck...
U-52 continuing patrol, 2 Sept 39. The trip out to the North Sea was uneventful. The Chief playing the 'What is that and what does it do.' game with some of the greener kids, alarm drills and what not. Giving the boat a good going over, it's only a few months old.
At about 2230hrs one of the lookouts spots a ship about 11,000m out approaching at medium speed. Good time for a targeting drill. Quick figuring and damned if we aren't in a perfect spot. We drop to ahead slow and she'll cross our T at about 1500m. Letting a couple of the pups do the numbers while the WO checks their work we run through the drill, set up a two torp spread, get a good ID... it's a Polish Collier!! I verify the setup and LOS!!! The shot is perfect, one fish hits just after the bow, the other right on the engine room. She goes down in minutes. We've broken in the boat. Perhaps our start hasn't jinxed us... |
U-110 (Kaleu Artur Stein)
21st, December 1941 still patrols out in the Atlantic, making her way down from Rockall's to the coast of Portugal, looking for less fog and calmer seas. got a contact report of a large convoy in which we would have liked to spend our remaining 12eels. in our silent run at 90°AOB to the first corner on starboard suddenly the whole convoy turned from sailing north to now north-east. what a terrible surprise! the leading escort soon pinged us and we only could crash-dive and escape at 160m. some other boats must have attacked earlier, there were two burning freighters. anyway the escorts were really aggressive!: http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8031/hunterga.jpg |
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U37 IX(A) 2. Flotilla
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Grid: BE61 D. 1.sep.39 til 10.okt.39 D. 3.sep.39. 13.51. Radio Message. Commense hostilities against England. D. 17.sep.39. Grid AM78. Ship spotted. 14.39. Little Merchant (2.343 GRT) sunk. Daylight submerged attack. 1 x T1 Torpedo. D. 18.sep.39. Arrive at Patrol Grid BE61. No contacts. D. 22.sep.39. Grid BE39. Ship spotted. 10.08. Little Merchant (2.336 GRT) sunk. Daylight submerged attack. 1 x T1 Torpedo. D 25.sep.39. 14.41 Radio report. Enemy Large Convoy. AM01. East. 6 knots. Contact made with convoy. Course 097. Speed 6+ knots. D 26.sep.39. Weather clear. Moon full. Night submerged attack. 3 x T1 Torpedoes. 00.35. AM29. Coastal Merchant (2.045 GRT) sunk. C2 Cargo struck by 2 torpedoes, and damaged. (Fires would made perfect beacon to convoy). Escort consisted of 1 Flower Class Corvette. Escaped undetected. 04.30. AM29. Damaged C2 Cargo (6.448 GRT) sunk. Night submerged attack. 1 x T1 Torpedo. Daylight submerged attack. 3 x T1 Torpedoes. 3 torpedo impacts heard. Corvette made numeriouse depth charge drops. Went from 100 meters til 110, then 120. No damage to U37. Disengaged convoy. Surfaced to trail convoy in search of damaged ships. 16.21. AM51. Damaged T2 Tanker (10.871 GRT) sunk. No sign of the other struck vessel. U37 returning to base. 3 encounters with enemy carrier based aircraft enrout. (Mellem Island og Færøerne). Patrol Total = 5 ships. 24.043 GRT. (No external torpedoes carried. 2 external stern tubes without reloads. 12 Torpedoes total.) |
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