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Patrol 4

U-97, type VIIC
7th/13th Flotilla, St. Nazaire
Assigned Grid: AM27
Departed: 13FEB41
Returned: 24MAR41

4 Merchant ships sunk
2 Tankers sunk

53,769 tons

1 torpedo remaining
No damage sustained

Oblt. Ernst Walzer

k2r	01-20-12 04:40 AM

Second patrol of Johann Mohr with the U-124. In cause of some Diesel engines troubles during the first patrol, the U-124 remained docked in Lorient for revisions until August 1941. Hited by some Spitfire balls in the Gibraltar area, the hull needed some reparations too.

For his second patrol, Mohr was assigned to patrol the grid CG87. The radio communications :

30 August 1941
09:31 / TO BDU / SITREP / OPENING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL / LEAVING LORIENT AND FOLLOWING ESCORT / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / RADIO SILENCE UNTIL PZ UNLESS SITUATION DEMANDS IT / U124

31 August 1941
21:03 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH MERCHANT SS KWAI SANG IN GRID BF42 X 2253 GRT / FIRED THREE TORPEDOES / FOLLOWING ROUTE TO PATROL ZONE / U124

3 September 1941
12:55 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH MERCHANT SS CAP TARIFA IN GRID CG51 X 2230 GRT / FIRED THREE TORPEDOES X TWO DULLS / FOLLOWING ROUTE TO PATROL ZONE / U124

4 September 1941
22:52 / TO BDU / SITREP / PATROL ZONE REACHED / BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS / U124

6 September 1941
10:04 / TO BDU / SITREP /NO TRAFFIC IN PATROL ZONE / GOOD WEATHER / U124
16:34 / TO BDU / CONTACT / PORTUGUESE MERCHANT SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE X HEADING SW / U124

7 September 1941
07:55/ TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH CARGO SS GUDVOR IN PATROL ZONE X 1969 GRT/ ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / U124

9 September 1941
20:30 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN PATROL ZONE / BAD WEATHER / REQUESTING NEW ORDERS / U124

12 Septembre 1941
20:18 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH CARGO SS ORKLA IN BF42 X 2228 GRT / FIRED THREE TORPEDOES / U124

13 September 1941
19:39 / TO BDU / SITREP / GRID BE61 REACHED / GOOD WEATHER / U124

15 September 1941
20:50 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED LARGE CONVOY IN BE63 X SANK BRITISH WARSHIP HMS WILD GOOSE X 1250 GRT / FIRED TWO TORPEDOES / REQUEST PERMISSION TO CHASE CONVOY / GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS / U124

16 September 1941
14:48 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED LARGE CONVOY IN BE63 X SANK BRITISH CARGO SS SEA DOLPHIN X 8621 GRT / FIRED THREE TORPEDOES / EVADING CONVOY WITHOUT DAMAGES / U124
17 September 1941
21:17 / TO BDU / CONTACT / BRITISH WARSHIP SPOTTED IN BE63 / CRASH DIVE / GOOD WEATHER / U124

18 September 1941
05:58 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH CARGO SS ROBIN DONCASTER IN BE63 X 5078 GRT / FIRED ONE TORPEDO X COUP DE GRACE WITH DECKGUN / U124

20 September 1941
05:37 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH CARGO SS BELGIAN SOLDIER IN BE63 X 6782 GRT / FIRED TWO TORPEDOES / U124

22 September 1941
13:22 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN BE63 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / RETURNING TO BASE X ESTIMED TIME 70H / U124

25 September 1941
00:20 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENTERING LORIENT X REQUESTING ESCORT IN / U124

GRT : 30411
Days at sea : 27
Career GRT : 60972
Total days at sea : 57

VONHARRIS

01-20-12 05:02 AM

U-538 IXC/40

Patrol 17

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Obltn Strand

01-20-12 06:52 AM

Kapitänleutnant Sigmund Strand

U-6 type IIa (1 patrol)
U-72 type VIIc (2 patrols)

Career tonnage: 24 940 tons

Patrol 3
U-72, 7th Flotilla
Left at: April 6, 1940, 10:43
From: Kiel
Mission Orders: Patrol grid DH28

18.7.1941
13:20 Arrived patrol area
29.7.1941
22:37 Ship sighted. DH5122. Small steamer on NNE course.
23:29 Fired tube I. G7e, range 900m, speed 5 kts, Aob red 80, depth 3m. Hit
30.7.1941
00:15 Target sunk with gunfire. Despite using heavy firepower target replied with accurate but short lived flak fire. Sustained minor damage. DH 2797
31.7.1941
12:23 /From BdU: Patrol grid CF95/
1.8.1941
06:00 Arrived patrol area. CF 9577
2.8.1941
08:30 Took external forward torpedo on board.
16.8.1941
10:04 /From BdU: Patrol grid CG76/
17.8.1941
20:10 Arrived patrol area. CG7611
20.8.1941
05:56 A/c, crashdive. CG 7668
22.8.1941
17:08 Convoy sighted. CG 7685
18:22 Convoy at CG 7684, heading W at 7 kts.
21:00 /From BdU: U-72 report location of the boat and convoy/
23:00 /From BdU: U-72 report status of the boat/
23.8.1941
03:00 /From BdU: U-72 has failed to reply communications. Presumed lost/

Nooooooooooo! Thrice cursed be that evil radar.

Leandros

01-20-12 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leandros (Post 1823772)

U47 - Lt.z.S. Willi Hartmann - 3rd patrol - Oct. 1939 190636 - in the English Channel

Heading back home through the Channel now with one aft tube torp for self-defense left. We have seen a lot of small coastal vessels, most of them sunk using the deck gun. Also snuk up on an ASW trawler in the dark and finished him. Finally hit upon a large westbound convoy South of Exmouth escorted only by a J&K destroyer. Tried to nail him while he passed us in front of the convoy, he was saved by the zigzagging, did not discover the bubble track of the torpedo. We let him go and concentrated on the merchants. Then we experienced a multitude of torpedo failures, mostly when firing on magnetic fuze. Lost 2 "Medium Cargos" on that. The end result was two Intermediate Tankers and the J&K which returned to the convoy.

Just as he started hunting us we lost power on the electric engines and started slowly descending. However, the J&K missed us marginally on his first run-in. I switched a dedicated engineer officer to the engine room, that seemed to help. Ordered full reverse when he had passed behind us and lined him up for bow shot as he started to turn around in front of us. Gave him a nice full angle on impact almost exactly at 400 meters distance. He stopped still in the water, burning, but not sinking. After having wasted a couple of more torps on the merchants I gave him the decisive blow as we were leaving the field.

Hope we get safely home now.

U47 - Lt.z.S. Willi Hartmann - 4th patrol - Nov. 1939 260000 - Wilhelmshafen

Ready to depart on Patrol 4 now. The last part of Patrol 3 was not without incidents. W were discovered by an MTB in daylight half way through the Channel, approaching us straight from the fore. Decided to stay above not to be caught up by any destroyers called in by the MTB. Gun crew started fire at 4.000 meters distance. At 1.000 meters there was finally a good hit. Lucky, as we only had 20 rounds when the skirmish started. I had forgot. In the meantime we had received some damage but no casualties. The Flak crew finished it off. Later in the day we were jumped by an ASW trawler suddenly approaching out of the mist on our starboard side. With only the spare aft torpedo left and all the deck gun ammo wasted I turned tail, heading AK straight north to get away from it. In this we succeeded as it did only 8 knots but only after having received some more damage.

As we approached the narrowest part of the Straits we went down and waited for the dark. We then crossed over on the surface without any incidents. HI when in Wilhelmshafen 64%.

We have now been given a mission area in North Atlantic and I decided to postpone my application for transfer to Type IX. We are departing shortly. Hopefully we find some fat convoys. Till now there has been too much small frey.

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Leandros

01-20-12 07:24 PM

U47 - Lt.z.S. Willi Hartmann - 4th patrol - Dec. 1939 061902 - approaching the Orkney/Shetland gap homebound

Another disappointing patrol with much small frey. Finally bumped into a large convoy in the North-West Approaches but the largest ship was a medium cargo. Wasted two torps on it, the third did it. In the meantime the 2 Black Swan escorts made themselves felt. Both were sunk with fast G7's on magnetic fuze. Very short distance. The magnetic fuzes have a nasty habit of going off on long distances. Particularly in heavy seas.

The weather has been quite bad the last few days. Too bad since I planned to use up some deck gun ammo in the gap. We shall see how it turns out. I am not gong to sit here for very long to wait for better weather. Only have two aft torps left. Need to keep them for self-defense.

wildfire

01-21-12 04:36 AM

After a long break got back to playing SH3, was busy with SH5 but can't seem to really get into it even with mods added.

lol man I've had the VIIC a long time :cry: just got the IXB after my last mission now feel a bit better now. :D

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k2r	01-21-12 05:30 AM

Sad news about the U-124. During his third patrol, Johann Mohr and his crew were spotted by an American warship near Newport. Heavily deaphtcharged in shallow waters, the U-124 sank with all hands in January 1942.
After a unsucessfull patrol in south of Cape Vede (bad weather), Mohr received the order to ressuply at the Corrientes and to join a new patrol zone in the US east coast.
Here are the radio communications before the incident :

5 November 1941
23:56 / TO BDU / SITREP / OPENING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL / LEAVING LORIENT AND FOLLOWING ESCORT / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / RADIO SILENCE UNTIL PZ UNLESS SITUATION DEMANDS IT / U124

12 November 1941
15:48 / TO BDU / CONTACT / BRASILIAN MERCHANT SPOTTED IN DH63 X HEADING NE / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / U 124

18 November 1941
15:10 / TO BDU / SITREP / PATROL ZONE REACHED / BAD WEATHER / U124

20 November 1941
11:07 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN PATROL ZONE / BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS / U124

27 November 1941
17:25 / TO BDU / CONTACT / BRITISH MERCHANT SPOTTED IN EK12 / WEATHER CONDITIONS REALLY UNFAVOURABLES TO ENGAGED / U124

1 December 1941
17:09 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DU18 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X HEAVY RAIN / U124

3 December 1941
13:12 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DU18 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U124

6 December 1941
06:56 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DH84 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U124

7 December 1941
15:53 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN DH84 / BAD WEATHER / RETURNING TO BASE / U124

9 December 1941
08:05 / TO BDU / SITREP / NEW ORDERS RECEIVED AND UNDERSTANDED / HEADING TO RESSUPLY AS FAST AS WE CAN / U124

11 December 1941
00:21 / TO BDU / SITREP / RESSUPLY AT THE CORRIENTES DONE / HEADING FOR NEW PATROL ZONE / RADIO SILENCE UNTIL PZ UNLESS SITUATION DEMANDS IT / U124

25 December 1941
07:40 / TO BDU / SITREP / NEW PATROL ZONE REACHED / GOOD WEATHER / MERRY CHRISTMAS / U124
09:30 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN MERCHANT IN PATROL ZONE X 2345 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / U124
15:03 / TO BDU / SITREP / AMERICAN PLANE SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124

27 December 1941
09:01 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN CARGO IN PATROL ZONE X 5079 GRT/ FIRED FOUR TORPEDOES X TWO DULLS X COUP DE GRACE WITH DECKGUN / U124
09:17 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN MERCHANT IN PATROL ZONE X 2396 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / U124
13:33 / TO BDU / SITREP / AMERICAN PLANE SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124

28 December 1941
10:08 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN TRAWLER IN PATROL ZONE X 926 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / U124
13:50 / TO BDU / SITREP / AMERICAN PLANE SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124

29 December 1941
06:16 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN CARGO IN PATROL ZONE X 8083 GRT / FIRED THREE TORPEDOES / U124
07:00 / TO BDU / CONTACT / AMERICAN WARSHIP SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE / CRASH DIVE / U124

30 December 1941 (last message received from the U-124)

15:43 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK AMERICAN CARGO IN PATROL ZONE X 8620 GRT / FIRED ONE TORPEDO X COUP DE GRACE WITH DECKGUN / U124

Fregattenkapitän

01-21-12 05:48 AM

3 patrols done,

First one in Polen, sunk 3 ships(intro mission) 1 september 1939

Second one on the Eastern coast of Engeland, suck 8 ships, 10 oktober 1939

Third one and current on.
At the moment right in the middle of a convoy in the canal of Dover between Engeland and France

about 15 Freighters with 1 Escort, 3 Freighters are sinking
while the Escort is hunting me :cool: 27 oktober 1939.

k2r	01-21-12 10:11 AM

In October 1940, Leutenant Fritz Lemp taking command of the IXB submarine U-110 (docked at the "Saltzwedel" Flotlille in Lorient). For his first war patrol as Kaleun, Lemp is sent to grid BE86.

1 October 1940
21:16 / TO BDU / SITREP / OPENING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL / LEAVING LORIENT AND FOLLOWING ESCORT / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / RADIO SILENCE UNTIL PZ UNLESS SITUATION DEMANDS IT / U110

3 October 1940
17:25 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH MERCHANT SS STIG GORTHON IN BF41 X 1964 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / U110

6 October 1940
03:46 / TO BDU / SITREP / PATROL ZONE REACHED / BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS / U110

8 October 1940
06:18 / TO BDU / CONTACT / ITALIAN MERCHANT SPOTTED IN PATROL ZONE X HEADING W / U110

10 October 1940
01:01 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN PATROL ZONE / BAD WEATHER / REQUESTING NEW ORDERS / U110

16 October 1940
02:36 / TO BDU / SITREP / GRID AM54 REACHED / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U110

18 October 1940
10:30 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN AM54 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U110

20 October 1940
00:07 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN AM54 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U110

22 October 1940
20:20 / TO BDU / SITREP / GRID BF17 REACHED / BAD WEATHER / U110

25 October 1940
07:29 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED LARGE CONVOY IN BF17 X SANK BRITISH CARGO SS GORTHON X 8578 GRT / FIRED FOUR TORPEDOES / EVADING WITHOUT DAMAGES / REQUES PERMISSION TO CHASE CONVOY / U110

26 Octobre 1940
04:48 / TO BDU / SITREP / LOST CONTACT WITH LARGE CONVOY X WEATHER CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLES / U110

28 October 1940
03:49 / TO BDU / CONTACT / BRITISH WARSHIP SPOTTED IN BF17 / CRASH DIVE / U110

30 October 1940
21:35 / TO BDU / CONTACT / ITALIAN TANKER SPOTTED IN BE63 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X HEAVY RAIN / U110

3 Novemver 1940
12:03 / TO BDU / SITREP / HUNTING IN BF17 AGAIN / 50 FUEL / BAD WEATHER / U110

6 November 1940
08:37 / TO BDU / SITREP / GRID BF44 REACHED / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X HEAVY RAIN / U110

8 November 1940
02:55 / TO BDU / SITREP / HEADING TO INTERCEPT CONVOY IN BF11 / BAD WEATHER X NO VISIBILITY X RAIN / U110

10 November 1940
12:00 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN BF11 X LOST CONVOY TRACKS / BAD WEATHER / U110

15 November 1940
15:51 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENTERING LORIENT X REQUESTING ESCORT IN / U110

Patrol GRT : 10542
Days at sea : 46

In three words : bad weather, bad weather and bad weather ! The conditions were catastrophic : heavy rain, high waves, strong wind and no visibility during the major part of the patrol. Chasing convoys was impossible.

ijnfleetadmiral

01-21-12 01:44 PM

27 May 194o:
Goeben departed Wilhelmshaven on another raiding mission. Weather was excellent throughout patrol.

Results:
Returned to port on 29 May 1940, having sunk 11 warships for 13,606 tons in an attack on Dunkirk. Also shot down a single Hurricane...my boys' first fighter kill! The only reason we returned to port was to replenish our ammunition; the ammo for the port secondary guns had been completely expended.

1 Hawker Hurricane Fighter

1 Tribal-class DD
1 Bourrasque-class DD (our first French DD!)
2 C/D-class DDs
6 V/W-class DDs
1 Armed Trawler

diluvian

01-21-12 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildfire (Post 1825081)

After a long break got back to playing SH3, was busy with SH5 but can't seem to really get into it even with mods added.

The only thing i want from sh5 is translucent water , but i dont think its possible in sh3:wah:

Sailor Steve

01-21-12 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diluvian (Post 1825460)

The only thing i want from sh5 is translucent water , but i dont think its possible in sh3:wah:

Which is why SH4 is better. It's basically SH3 with transparent water. :sunny:

Kongo Otto

01-21-12 08:20 PM

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k2r	01-22-12 04:20 AM

Second patrol of Fritz Lemp and the U-110 (grid AM78) :

5 December 1940
20:18 / TO BDU / SITREP / OPENING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL / LEAVING LORIENT AND FOLLOWING ESCORT / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / RADIO SILENCE UNTIL PZ UNLESS SITUATION DEMANDS IT / U110

7 December 1940
23:47 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH CARGO SS MIRONYCH IN BF41 X 1869 GRT / FIRED ONE TORPEDO / HEADING FOR PATROL ZONE / U110

9 December 1940
12:51 / TO BDU / SITREP / PATROL ZONE REACHED / GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS / U110

11 December 1940
10:12 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN PATROL ZONE / GOOD WEATHER / U110

13 December 1940
01:15 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN PATROL ZONE / GOOD WEATHER / REQUESTING NEW ORDERD / U110

14 December 1940
12:23 / TO BDU / GRID AM19 REACHED / BAD WEATHER / U110

16 December 1940
06:06 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN AM19 / BAD WEATHER/ HEADING N TO INTERCEPT CONVOY / U110

17 December 1940
16:47 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED LARGE CONVOY IN AM29 X SANK BRITISH WARSHIP HMS BUTTERCUP X 950 GRT / FIRED THREE TORPEDOES / EVADING WITHOUT DAMAGES U110

18 December 1940
15:46 / TO BDU / SITREP / BRITISH PLANE SPOTTED IN AM53 / CRASH DIVE / FOLLOWING CONVOY / U110

19 December 1940
08:20 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED LARGE CONVYO IN AM35 X SANK BRITISH CARGO SS TALTHYBIUS X 8084 GRT X BRITISH WARSHIP HMS KELT X 1100 GRT / FIRED FOUR TORPEDOES / DEPHTCHARGED DURING 1H X BATTERY AND HULL DAMAGED / U110
09:58 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH MERCHANT SS BORGFRED IN AM35 X 2229 GRT / ENGAGED WITH DECKGUN / BATTERY REPAIRED / U110
12:25 / TO BDU / CONTACT / BRITISH WARSHIP IN AM35 / CRASH DIVE / U110

20 December 1940
01:01 / TO BDU / CONTACT / HOSPITAL SHIP SPOTTED IN AM52 X HEADING W / U110

22 December 1940
15:37 / TO BDU / SITREP/ GRID BE63 REACHED / GOOD WEATHER / U110

23 December 1940
08:47 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENGAGED AND SUNK BRITISH CARGO SS RATTLER IN BE63 X 5081 GRT / FIRED TWO TORPEDOES X COUP DE GRACE WITH DECKGUN / U110

25 December 1940
04:53 / TO BDU / SITREP / NO TRAFFIC IN BE63 / GOOD WEATHER / MERRY XMAS / U110

27 December 1940
15:44 / TO BDU / SITREP / TROUBLES WITH BATTERY X UNABLE TO RUN SUBMERGED / REQUEST PERMISSION TO RETURN TO BASE / U110
16:01 / TO BDU / SITREP / RETURNING TO BASE AS FAST AS WE CAN X ESTIMED TIME 34H / U110

28 December 1940
15:51 / TO BDU / SITREP / ENTERING LORIENT X REQUESTING ESCORT IN / U110

Patrol GRT : 19319
Patrol days at sea : 23

Career GRT : 29855
Total days at sea : 69

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:52 AM.

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