Yo Karl! :salute:

You made me MISS the New Year's Eve party? :wah:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 11.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
11-day cruise. Was throwing up from stem to stern.
Damn right my crew gets medals and promotions!... And a new mop.
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=4895

PS: Oh yes, took down a troop transport this patrol. Funny story, that...

Yo Karl! :salute:

Did I ever tell you I really, REALLY love the Sicilian/Maltese crossing? :yeah:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 12.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
10-day cruise. A few nicks. Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself!
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=4896http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=4897

Eschem Schnuz's Letters, 29th Flotilla
 

Yo Karl! :salute:

All right, that's it... no more German lessons! :timeout:
You know you've hit a brick wall when you can't even understand your own patrol logs! :damn:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 13.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
5-day cruise. Just the usual nicks. Not one of my best.
Still, medals and promotions to go around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=4898

Eschem Schnuz's Letters, 29th Flotilla
 

Dear Onkel Karl, :salute:

Something you should know: their warships spotted us from 8km... in the dark.
Bumped into a convoy, but had to hide instead. Couldn't catch up.
How come our radars suck? :down:

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 14.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
14-day cruise. Unusually good hunting down the Ionian Sea for a change.
Medals and promotions all around!
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=4908

Eschem Schnuz's Letters, 29th Flotilla
 

Dear Onkel Karl, :salute:

Thank you for the War Badge. This one has diamonds too, right?
Bloody plane nearly blew us to kingdom come. Dive planes kaput.
Docking at Toulon for repairs.

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 15.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
2-day cruise. Could very well have been my last 2 days, period.
Over and out.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=4909

Eschem Schnuz's Letters, 29th Flotilla
 

Dear Onkel Karl, :salute:

I'm still confused by your most recent instructions, and even more baffled by your assessment of my last patrol. :06:
For Patrol 16, instructions read NULL Patrol Area. It also said to return to La Spezia.
Since i did not have authority to fully refit at Toulon, that's just what i did: return to La Spezia.
Now that i'm here, i get word that we've relocated our home base to Toulon. WTH? :-?

U-87 Type VIIB, 29th Flotilla reporting from Patrol 16.
Realism @ 50%, original game specs.
1-day jaunt. Nothing to report.

Over and out.

I've bein asinged to the IXB U-142, and my first patrol with her was a blood bath for the Tommies. A total of 69194 tons of british shiping lies on the bottom of the atlantic.

Sounds like a very good start! :up:

When starting from a base that isn't your home base you get a NULL patrol grid. You can sink anything you find and return to your base any time you want. The NULL patrol grid can be fixed with the SH3GEN programm.
For the base change you are just unlucky. It was supposed to happen at that time.
Gute Jadg Herr Kaleun

Way to go!
A great victory for the Fatherland.:salute:

U-64 IXB Patrol 5
 

After a great patrol U-64 was assigned to grid DT85 with instructions to go even souther until grids ET37 - 38 to test the endurance of the IXB type.

Patrol No5
19 February 1940
19:35 hours U-64 left port

06 March 1940
Grid CG74
11:18 hours SS James O'Hara (Large Cargo), 7681 tons. Cargo: Foodstuffs. Crew: 60. Crew lost: 58

23 March 1940
Grid ET38
23:15 hours HMS Ruby (ASW Trawler), 1100 tons. Crew: 50. Crew lost: 1. A very close escape here in shallow waters , never to be repeated!

02 April 1940
Grid EK45
12:18 hours Q Ship HMS Chatsgrove (Medium Coastal Freighter), 2364 tons. Crew: 66. Crew lost: 37

28 April 1940
Grid AN76
13:57 hours Turkian (Schooner), 17 tons. Crew: 12. Crew lost:

01 May 1940
03:27 hours Retunred to base
73 days at sea. Endurance tested.
4 ships sunk
11162 tons - an unsatisfactory tonnage
No damages or casualties

U-64 IXB Patrol 6
 

Orders for patrol 6 : Patrol Grid AN12 and report any capital ship sightings. Engage at will. If unsuccesful move to grid AM52 to attack merchant shiping.

31 May 1940
08:17 hours U-64 departed from Wilhelmshaven

12 June 1940
Grid AM52
12:52 hours SS Newchang (Small Freighter), 1843 tons. Cargo: Explosives. Crew: 31. Crew lost: 26
16:54 hours HMS Nasturtium (Flower class), 950 tons. Crew: 117. Crew lost: 70

14 June 1940
Grid AM52
21:47 hours SS Woodbury (Granville-type Freighter), 4750 tons. Cargo: General Cargo. Crew: 92. Crew lost: 49
22:00 hours Q Ship USS Asterion (Medium merchant Q) , 4046 tons. Crew: 68. Crew lost: 48 Took severe damages by gunfire from the the Q-ship. She was a new type never seen before (I haven't noticed that there is a Q-ship in the MFM ,Q01B. She is heavily armed with 6 4in guns hidden behind wooden crates. No visible armament).

21 June 1940
01:24 hours Returned to port
No capital ships sighted
4 ships sunk
11589 tons
No casualties - only minor injuries
Hull integrity: 59% - Uboot unable to dive

31 December 1939:
Schlachtkreuzer Scharnhorst departs Wilhelmshaven on another raiding mission.

Results:
Returned to port 20 January 1940 having sunk 13 ships for 47,011 tons. KL Hossel received the Diamonds and the Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, & Diamonds to his Knight's Cross upon return to port.

1 Large Merchant
1 Ore Carrier
2 Medium Cargo ships
2 Granville-type Freighters
1 Small Freighter
1 Tramp Steamer
1 Large Trawler
1 A/B-class DD
1 C/D-class DD
1 V/W-class DD
1 Elco-type Torpedo Boat

Mucho danke, Herr Grauewolf. :salute:

For the record, I'm just having a bit of fun with my "war diaries". So with the little idiosyncrasies in the game, I'm not too bothered by them. Except the part when I die, of course. :O:

You are welcome!
And surviving in the Med in 1943 is to congratulate.
Play the game in the way you like!