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KL-alfman · 03-20-10, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Leandros

Lieber Fräulein, Ich habe viele Gaste an bord....warum fragen sie, bitte....?.....

Frau Kaleun refers to the "Kriegsberichterstatter" aka Herbert Grönemeyer in "Das Boot".
(hopefully I haven't misinterpreted ......)

frau kaleun · 03-20-10, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leandros

Lieber Fräulein, Ich habe viele Gaste an bord....warum fragen sie, bitte....?.....

KL-alfman is correct, and oops, sorry, I meant that question for Grim Nigel.

Grim Nigel · 03-20-10, 11:58 AM

B&W photos capture so much more atmosphere than colour photo's

I have always loved B&W pictures. We have also been "asked" to take various photo's of successes and high points of patrols for propaganda purposes

frau kaleun · 03-20-10, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grim Nigel

B&W photos capture so much more atmosphere than colour photo's

I have always loved B&W pictures. We have also been "asked" to take various photo's of successes and high points of patrols for propaganda purposes

I like them, I think maybe I will try to "snap some pics" on a future patrol.

Leandros · 03-20-10, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

KL-alfman is correct, and oops, sorry, I meant that question for Grim Nigel.

Verstehe Ich...........

Grim Nigel · 03-20-10, 01:57 PM

Heres one I took from the about same position (If I remember rightly) the chap in Das Boot took one of his first few photo's from, right before he was told to wait till they were on the return journey, they would have grown beards.

frau kaleun · 03-20-10, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grim Nigel

Heres one I took from the about same position (If I remember rightly) the chap in Das Boot took one of his first few photo's from, right before he was told to wait till they were on the return journey, they would have grown beards.

frau kaleun · 03-20-10, 02:21 PM

I knew I didn't want to patrol AN16.

Made visual contact with a RN task force, three Tribal class and one V&W. Went immediately to periscope depth but their quick-on-the-draw course change told me I'd been spotted as well. Dropped as deep as I could go and went to silent running, but only had about 70m of water to creep away in and couldn't get deep enough fast enough to lose the stinky pickles hot on my trail. Hello depth charges, goodbye career.

Oh well, now I can play with some new mods.

martin1004 · 03-20-10, 02:41 PM

Just experienced the first major drawback in my carreer. Nineteen of my crew KIA in AN81 shallow-water (just 23 meters) depth charging. After taking a heavy beating the situation looked hopeless for me. But then the destroyer just left...weird but lucky for me, maybe it ran out of fireworks.
My boat was shattered. From the outside it looked like it came straight out from a toaster - burning marks all over it. But I managed to limp back to St. Nazaire ( Had no option but to go across the channel as close to the coast as possible.). Think that was the closest near death moment in SH3 for me.
HI 18% and a huge disaster for my crew as 19 of them died. No ships sunk to make matters worse.

03-20-10, 02:45 PM

Left Lorient on 26.mar.41 bound for DH28.
Returned on 26.apr.41.

O ships sunk for 0 GRT.

Crashed dived for aircraft 4 times.
No ships seen or heard.

U37's history:
9 patrols.
29 ships sunk for 166.147 GRT.

03-20-10, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I knew I didn't want to patrol AN16.

Made visual contact with a RN task force, three Tribal class and one V&W. Went immediately to periscope depth but their quick-on-the-draw course change told me I'd been spotted as well. Dropped as deep as I could go and went to silent running, but only had about 70m of water to creep away in and couldn't get deep enough fast enough to lose the stinky pickles hot on my trail. Hello depth charges, goodbye career.

Oh well, now I can play with some new mods.

Sorry you lost your boat.
How did you manage to ID all those ships, in so short a time?
Just the word Destroyer is usualy good enough for me.
(I hide.)

frau kaleun · 03-20-10, 03:14 PM

By doing a periscope sweep to see all four. Which is probably what got me spotted, if they hadn't spotted me before I submerged.

Grim Nigel · 03-20-10, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Dropped as deep as I could go and went to silent running, but only had about 70m of water to creep away in and couldn't get deep enough fast enough to lose the stinky pickles hot on my trail. Hello depth charges, goodbye career.

Ouch, R.I.P. your Boat & crew.

Paul Riley · 03-20-10, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snestorm

Left Lorient on 26.mar.41 bound for DH28.
Returned on 26.apr.41.

O ships sunk for 0 GRT.

Crashed dived for aircraft 4 times.
No ships seen or heard.

U37's history:
9 patrols.
29 ships sunk for 166.147 GRT.

Odd,that you had no contacts at all

Paul Riley · 03-20-10, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I knew I didn't want to patrol AN16.

Hello depth charges, goodbye career.

oops

03-20-10, 11:58 AM	#1023
Grim Nigel Sailor man Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 46 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	B&W photos capture so much more atmosphere than colour photo's I have always loved B&W pictures. We have also been "asked" to take various photo's of successes and high points of patrols for propaganda purposes __________________ Formerly of U-13, 1st Flot. Back in the days of the WPL and SH2. Current career : OberLeutnant z. S. Werner Faust of U-707 (Type VIIC) 13th Flot. St. Nazaire. U-707 Patrol Logs at http://grimnigel.blogspot.com/

03-20-10, 01:57 PM	#1026
Grim Nigel Sailor man Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 46 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Heres one I took from the about same position (If I remember rightly) the chap in Das Boot took one of his first few photo's from, right before he was told to wait till they were on the return journey, they would have grown beards. __________________ Formerly of U-13, 1st Flot. Back in the days of the WPL and SH2. Current career : OberLeutnant z. S. Werner Faust of U-707 (Type VIIC) 13th Flot. St. Nazaire. U-707 Patrol Logs at http://grimnigel.blogspot.com/

03-20-10, 02:21 PM	#1028
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	RIP, U-35 I knew I didn't want to patrol AN16. Made visual contact with a RN task force, three Tribal class and one V&W. Went immediately to periscope depth but their quick-on-the-draw course change told me I'd been spotted as well. Dropped as deep as I could go and went to silent running, but only had about 70m of water to creep away in and couldn't get deep enough fast enough to lose the stinky pickles hot on my trail. Hello depth charges, goodbye career. Oh well, now I can play with some new mods.

03-20-10, 02:45 PM	#1030
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	U37 IX(A). 2. Flotilla. Patrol 9. Left Lorient on 26.mar.41 bound for DH28. Returned on 26.apr.41. O ships sunk for 0 GRT. Crashed dived for aircraft 4 times. No ships seen or heard. U37's history: 9 patrols. 29 ships sunk for 166.147 GRT.

03-20-10, 02:41 PM	#1029
martin1004 Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 50 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Just experienced the first major drawback in my carreer. Nineteen of my crew KIA in AN81 shallow-water (just 23 meters) depth charging. After taking a heavy beating the situation looked hopeless for me. But then the destroyer just left...weird but lucky for me, maybe it ran out of fireworks. My boat was shattered. From the outside it looked like it came straight out from a toaster - burning marks all over it. But I managed to limp back to St. Nazaire ( Had no option but to go across the channel as close to the coast as possible.). Think that was the closest near death moment in SH3 for me. HI 18% and a huge disaster for my crew as 19 of them died. No ships sunk to make matters worse.

03-20-10, 03:14 PM	#1032
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	By doing a periscope sweep to see all four. Which is probably what got me spotted, if they hadn't spotted me before I submerged.