[bert8for3]

Oct. 23, 1941. 200 miles WNW of Gibraltar. Shadowed the convoy all day, doing end-run at dusk and setting up in attack position at 2200 hrs ahead and slightly outboard of convoy portside column. Mis-timed turn on to attack course due faulty action of helmsman Bernard, resulted in targets closer than expected and off anticipated bearing. Quick re-setting of firing solution by Captain resulted in three targets hit; two sank fairly quickly; the third dead in the water. Dived to 180 m. to avoid escorts, depth-charged by 3 DD's for two hours without damage. DD's finally went off. U-843 circled and came to periscope depth; finished off remaining target.
[note: this game remains awesome. After a short time off for no particular reason, I'm back into it and last night's 4-hour (RL) session was like watching a movie but being in the middle of it. I don't think I've ever had so much action going on at the same time ... had to watch it on F12 ... escorts barely avoiding merchants as I dove under the convoy, a couple of hit targets blowing up, meanwhile being depth-charged by other escorts ... fabulous. Unfortunately the screenies are in the dark, hope they show up ok]