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Old 02-26-20, 05:11 PM   #5444
UKönig
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Feb 19, 1945...
U230 engages moderately sized tanker convoy, heavily guarded by American and Canadian escorts. 12 tankers and a destroyer for each.
Somewhere near the coast of Nova Scotia, convoy en route to the British isles.
Slipped past the outer ring, began the attack.
Hit and sank the least capable escort with the first homing torpedo...
Hit and damaged a t3 tanker with another homer which was intended for a JC Butler DE
Hit and sank a third escort, before sinking both a light tanker, and another heavy.
Ducked and dodged for a bit, and finished off the first tanker we hit.
Damaged another escort with a homing torpedo, but it stayed afloat.
Pounced on and pounded by the remaining escorts, until so much damage rendered us incapable of further action.
U230 was ultimately destroyed by HK action, with only the captain as survivor. We were at periscope depth when the last round of hedgehogs came down. Blown free of the wreckage and forced to the surface, the captain was taken prisoner by victorious American forces.
Time to start a new career...
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