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Old 05-01-24, 03:31 PM   #2249
Silentmauri89
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Default Gibraltar crossing

Hi, FIFI.
U-84 reporting from inside the Mediterranean: The crossing was successful. I'm currently heading to La spezia base, and I should reach it in a few days.
What to say? Remarkable job, FIFI!
No CTD, and the number of units you put in there...well, I was lucky that is was raining heavily, and I could sneak through, undetected.
I was spotted and flared, just outside the port of Tanger, but thanks to the horrible weather, it was almost impossible for the surfaced units to find me.
Once they called down the search, I proceeded eastward, and endured an impressive 19 hours of periscope depth immersion. I was inspecting the surface from time to time - checking the weather, and to be sure nobody was too close to my position.
After Ceuta, I surfaced - Just to find out that another frigate was heading south to my direction.
I was able to avoid contact, and I kept periscope depth for a few hours more.
The number of units on the surface...that was great, FIFI.
Once they spotted me, they called all the available units on the place. At a point, I think, there were 11/12 units looking for me. Thank you for the amazing Job you did, really.
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Well,men...all set?

- All set, Sir!
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