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Arnold · 06-01-13, 02:27 AM

6 OCT 40
Patrol 10
U-94
14:09 Sound contact, merchant, medium speed, closing, bearing 002, long range. I plot a mark on the map 34 kilometers away, bearing 002. Come to depth 23 meters, maintain course and speed.
14:29 Contact bearing 021 degrees. I plot a mark on the map 34 kilometers away, bearing 021. I connect the plotted marks to obtain the aprox. course of the merchant. Battle stations, surface, full speed ahead, course due North.
14:33 New course 340 degrees, make your depth 36 meters, ahead slow.
15:02 Merchant identified as a British C-2.
15:21 Tube one, fire. tube two, fire.
15:22 Torpedo impact. Enemy unit destroyed. Make your depth 50 meters, speed 1 knot, return to course.
15:37 Both tubes, 1 & 2 reloaded.
18:00 I ask the radio man to put a record on the platter, "When you're smiling", by Billie Holiday. As the crew rotates the watch, I retire to my bunk. I have nightmares of men drowning. I wonder what terror awaits me, should I suffer the same fate of the men I killed.
Rudi Kruska, Lt. Sr.

Nerazzurri · 06-01-13, 05:56 AM

Just returned from my first patrol. 11 ships for 54,000 tonnes. It won't last.......

maurice076 · 06-01-13, 09:50 PM

I finally installed GWX3.0 and started a new career.First move....over the sub net at gibralter

this should be fun!

edit:That was fun,little crowded though.Found a large convoy too.1st patrol 70,000+ tons.

cuthy2k · 06-07-13, 07:28 AM

From last night:

I have a little spot that I like to sit in off the coast of Northern Ireland, east of LondonDerry opposite the Scottish Island of Kintyre which has a pot of deep water.

I'm sitting there, using GWX 3 Gold picking off lone merchies early 1940 with the deck gun and larger ones using carefully aimed torps for 1 hit kills (hit the front mast, ship takes on water as it sails and goes down about 1-2 hours later).

Bored off the many ore carriers that pass through when all of a sudden sonar goes mental with many contacts approaching fast from the West heading into the safety of the British Isles.

I get into position, up scope... HMS Hood and a Revenge class battleship with 7 (yes SEVEN!) escorts. I consider chickening out and breaking off the attach, but then again, this opportunity dosent come along that often!

All 4 tubes flooded... 2 at each battleship. 4 hits!

The escorts then go mental! I fired from 4000m and as soon as the last torp left the tube I dived to 70m and headed in the opposite direction. A couple minutes later, an escort finds me and calls his brothers and sisters to the party.

3 hours RL they hunted me, depth now 150m. I tried every trick I could but there were 2 escorts sitting 1000 and 1300m away from the rest listening and coordinating the attacks for the others. The escorts were clambering over me like bank holiday traffic at the beach with lots of reversing and course changes.

I was only hit once, causing minor damage to the flak gun. 3 hours later, I somehow escaped! My tactic: sitting a few meters above the bottom on silent running and zero movement. The escorts must have gotten spooked by a false reading as they started DC'ing a contact a couple hundred meters away and kept at it. After 30 minutes of no sonar my way, I crawled off.

After all that, I didnt get one of the battleships who limped off with the decks almost awash

Arnold · 06-22-13, 10:50 PM

8 OCT 40
Patrol 10
U-94
Noon. Daily position report sent to Bdu.
1400 hrs. Changing of the watch. I order a dive to 40 meters.
1800 hrs. I hand a phonograph record, "Ain't misbehavin'", by Fats Waller, to the radioman. As the record begins to play, smiles break-out in the control room. The soundman, Hartwig Eckerman, frowns and shakes his head in disapproval. As we head towards the North Channel, the boat settles down to a monotonous routine. Between watches, the crew listen to the radio, sleep or play cards. My secret stash of American jazz phonograph records helps with morale. A recent inspection of the forward torpedo room bilge, by the Bosun, revealed an attempt to ferment a small supply of apple jack, using apples, bread and sugar.
So, we have an alcoholic on board.
Rudi Kruska, Lt. sr.

KptLtHansDampf · 07-17-13, 09:41 PM

After Karl Bukowksi, who managed to sink 9 freighters and 1 V&W-Class for 23666 tons in total from 01AUG39 to 27JAN40, the Type IIA named U-3 was handed over to Werner Koch.

Here's a summary of his first patrol (01FEB40 - 15FEB40):

Departing from Kiel and heading to AN46, the journey through Kiel Canal and the North Sea was kinda boring, and no viable targets shown up at AN46. After extending the patrol area, a Schoner was sighted at AN44, and quickly sunk with the Flak.

Shortly after that, at AN51 East of Firth of Forth, he stumbled upon a large convoy leaving the Forth heading east. U-3 shadowed the convoy for a few hours, and at around midnight the boat managed to slip through the escorts. Thanks to the calm sea and the clear weather a lot of juicy targets were on display. Werner Koch picked the two juiciest and fired three well calculated shots at excellent angles ... 20 seconds later the first torpedo exploded prematurely, 5 seconds after that the second torp did that too, and just 10 seconds later, yes, you guessed it, the last torpedo hit a mackerel or something.
Luckily the escorts looked at the wrong spots for U-3, so the boat slipped out of the convoy on the other side.
Werner Koch decided not to make a second attempt on the convoy and headed further south.

At AN72 east of Hull another Convoy heading north-east was spotted, but with only two remaining torpedos the risk was not worth the possible outcome. But within the convoy a single ship was heading south, and it turned out an Empire Type a few hours later. U-3 shadowed the Empire Type for a few hours, to ensure that no warships were in range. At 9 o'clock in the morning U-3 overtake the freighter, got into attack position, 90°, 800 meters, and fired two well calculated shots. Both torps hit as intended, the Empire Typ slowed down to 1 knots immediately, showed signs of smoke from the impact areas and tilted 45° to the port side. And then ... nothing.

U-3 stayed for three whole days and nights 200 meters next to the tattered Empire Type, but this stubborn ship refused to sink. The use of the flak-cannon was not possible because the weather changed to extremly ****ty in the meantime. Werner Koch was thinking about ramming that rigid freighter, but a Task Force showed up, passing almost exactly through the position of the not-so-sinking ship, so the plan was given up and U-3 headed home.

So this first 15 day-patrol of Werner Koch netted incredible 17 BRT. *three thumbs up*

sublynx · 07-27-13, 01:05 PM

Kalach · 07-28-13, 06:52 AM

Completed 16 patrols from the start of the war.
On the 24th of December 1941 whilst about to attack a convoy we were detected by a destroyer that seemingly came out of nowhere. The first attack caused damage to the propellers, trying to limp deeper, the second attack damaged the electric engines now leaving us with a max speed of 2 knots. They attacked again causing flooding throughout the boat and killing a petty officer.
Unable to escape and facing more attacks the decision was made for an emergency surface and surrender.
Well off the start a new career

Decided to play with the surface WarShipMod, completed 5 patrols in a 1934 Class Destroyer so far (they're so quick when you only have about 3500km of fuel haha). So far I've only encountered and sunk small merchants and patrol craft, will be interesting to see how I go 1 on 1 with an enemy destroyer, or trying to escape from a big threat

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sublynx · 07-31-13, 03:44 PM

From BdU's war diary on the 15th of November, 1940:

U 29 reported starting a low visibility surface attack against a slow moving convoy and has not reported since. The boat is considered lost.

LemonA · 07-31-13, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sublynx

From BdU's war diary on the 15th of November, 1940:

U 29 reported starting a low visibility surface attack against a slow moving convoy and has not reported since. The boat is considered lost.

Here in St. Nazaire HQ, we are all reeling from the shock of the rumors that u29 must be considered as lost - a total loss.
We from the navy headquators all know a convoy attack itsself is among the most difficult choices an u-boat captain can make. And under low visibility you need an expert on the hydrophones who is expierenced in the interpretation of multilayer sounds.

Once these facts of his last known position have been transmited we will start a reconnaissance flight.

I myself can imagine that the tragic loss of u29 could be in connection with Ebler's "pushy" personality and his excellent results last month. Maybe the very short vacation didn't do him to good.

Paul Riley · 08-02-13, 09:54 AM

I'm impressed. My thread seems to have taken on god-like qualities here with over 300.000 views

I will be sure to make some new additions again over the coming days during my new career.

Keep posted...

Fubar2Niner · 08-02-13, 10:09 AM

Patrolling off SE Iceland trying to find the Mighty Hood

Warren Peace · 08-02-13, 10:30 PM

7 Sept. 1939.

U-117 (VIIB), 2nd Flotilla out of Wilhelmshaven.

On-station at the south of Ireland, patrolling areas BF11, 12, 14 and 15. Recently received orders to engage all Polish vessels and British merchant traffic, in accordance with international prize regulations. So far, negative contacts for British of Polish vessels, although numerous vessels of neutral countries have passed through the area. Hopeful that the heavy shipping traffic will soon offer targets, the men are getting...sloppy.

U505995 · 08-02-13, 11:44 PM

9 Jan. 1942

U-109 (IXB), 2nd Flotilla out of Lorient.

One of the first boats to participate in Operation Paukenschlag, I set out of Lorient on the 18th of December and reached the US east coast by January 1st. I generally patrol within 44-60km off the coast line starting near New York in grid CA28. From there I sail southwards toward Beaufort then go back North again. So far a bagged one large tanker, two coastal freighters, and one pesky armed tugboat that raked me with a hail of machine gun fire. I'm about to make an attack on a large Merchant in grid CA52.

Fubar2Niner · 08-04-13, 07:15 AM

December 10 '39

U-49 Flotilla Saltzedel. Home port Wilhelmshaven.

Cast off November 5 at 03:43 hrs.

Weather for the most part horrendous.
9 November
Torpedoed and sunk an M13B cargo for 3473 tons. Grid AN 14

24 November.
Decided to head off the SE Iceland, hoping to spot the Hood patrolled for 10 days with no luck. Altered course to 320 degrees toward the Firth of Clyde, still cannot find my target.

December 10 06:35
Sunk a L01B for 9092 tons, grid AM 65 using deck gun. Weather still atrocious!

December 10 11:37.

Crawling my way into Firth of Clyde inlet.

06-01-13, 02:27 AM	#4381
Arnold Gunner Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: 44.26'N 83.20'W Posts: 100 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	6 OCT 40 Patrol 10 U-94 14:09 Sound contact, merchant, medium speed, closing, bearing 002, long range. I plot a mark on the map 34 kilometers away, bearing 002. Come to depth 23 meters, maintain course and speed. 14:29 Contact bearing 021 degrees. I plot a mark on the map 34 kilometers away, bearing 021. I connect the plotted marks to obtain the aprox. course of the merchant. Battle stations, surface, full speed ahead, course due North. 14:33 New course 340 degrees, make your depth 36 meters, ahead slow. 15:02 Merchant identified as a British C-2. 15:21 Tube one, fire. tube two, fire. 15:22 Torpedo impact. Enemy unit destroyed. Make your depth 50 meters, speed 1 knot, return to course. 15:37 Both tubes, 1 & 2 reloaded. 18:00 I ask the radio man to put a record on the platter, "When you're smiling", by Billie Holiday. As the crew rotates the watch, I retire to my bunk. I have nightmares of men drowning. I wonder what terror awaits me, should I suffer the same fate of the men I killed. Rudi Kruska, Lt. Sr. __________________ "We shall pass this way on Earth but once, if there any kindness we can show, or good act we can do, let us do it now, for we will never pass this way again." - Stephen Grellet

06-01-13, 05:56 AM	#4382
Nerazzurri Sonar Guy Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 392 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Just returned from my first patrol. 11 ships for 54,000 tonnes. It won't last....... __________________ GWX v3.0 Gold, Commander v3.2. WINDOWS 10, G3258 @ 3.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, GTX 960 2Gb.

06-01-13, 09:50 PM	#4383
maurice076 Sailor man Join Date: May 2013 Location: Michigan,USA Posts: 44 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	I finally installed GWX3.0 and started a new career.First move....over the sub net at gibralter this should be fun! edit:That was fun,little crowded though.Found a large convoy too.1st patrol 70,000+ tons. Last edited by maurice076; 06-04-13 at 10:56 PM.

06-22-13, 10:50 PM	#4385
Arnold Gunner Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: 44.26'N 83.20'W Posts: 100 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	8 OCT 40 Patrol 10 U-94 Noon. Daily position report sent to Bdu. 1400 hrs. Changing of the watch. I order a dive to 40 meters. 1800 hrs. I hand a phonograph record, "Ain't misbehavin'", by Fats Waller, to the radioman. As the record begins to play, smiles break-out in the control room. The soundman, Hartwig Eckerman, frowns and shakes his head in disapproval. As we head towards the North Channel, the boat settles down to a monotonous routine. Between watches, the crew listen to the radio, sleep or play cards. My secret stash of American jazz phonograph records helps with morale. A recent inspection of the forward torpedo room bilge, by the Bosun, revealed an attempt to ferment a small supply of apple jack, using apples, bread and sugar. So, we have an alcoholic on board. Rudi Kruska, Lt. sr. __________________ "We shall pass this way on Earth but once, if there any kindness we can show, or good act we can do, let us do it now, for we will never pass this way again." - Stephen Grellet

07-17-13, 09:41 PM	#4386
KptLtHansDampf Watch Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Aachen, Germany Posts: 20 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	After Karl Bukowksi, who managed to sink 9 freighters and 1 V&W-Class for 23666 tons in total from 01AUG39 to 27JAN40, the Type IIA named U-3 was handed over to Werner Koch. Here's a summary of his first patrol (01FEB40 - 15FEB40): Departing from Kiel and heading to AN46, the journey through Kiel Canal and the North Sea was kinda boring, and no viable targets shown up at AN46. After extending the patrol area, a Schoner was sighted at AN44, and quickly sunk with the Flak. Shortly after that, at AN51 East of Firth of Forth, he stumbled upon a large convoy leaving the Forth heading east. U-3 shadowed the convoy for a few hours, and at around midnight the boat managed to slip through the escorts. Thanks to the calm sea and the clear weather a lot of juicy targets were on display. Werner Koch picked the two juiciest and fired three well calculated shots at excellent angles ... 20 seconds later the first torpedo exploded prematurely, 5 seconds after that the second torp did that too, and just 10 seconds later, yes, you guessed it, the last torpedo hit a mackerel or something. Luckily the escorts looked at the wrong spots for U-3, so the boat slipped out of the convoy on the other side. Werner Koch decided not to make a second attempt on the convoy and headed further south. At AN72 east of Hull another Convoy heading north-east was spotted, but with only two remaining torpedos the risk was not worth the possible outcome. But within the convoy a single ship was heading south, and it turned out an Empire Type a few hours later. U-3 shadowed the Empire Type for a few hours, to ensure that no warships were in range. At 9 o'clock in the morning U-3 overtake the freighter, got into attack position, 90°, 800 meters, and fired two well calculated shots. Both torps hit as intended, the Empire Typ slowed down to 1 knots immediately, showed signs of smoke from the impact areas and tilted 45° to the port side. And then ... nothing. U-3 stayed for three whole days and nights 200 meters next to the tattered Empire Type, but this stubborn ship refused to sink. The use of the flak-cannon was not possible because the weather changed to extremly ***ty in the meantime. Werner Koch was thinking about ramming that rigid freighter, but a Task Force showed up, passing almost exactly through the position of the not-so-sinking ship, so the plan was given up and U-3 headed home. So this first 15 day-patrol of Werner Koch netted incredible 17 BRT. three thumbs up* __________________ ______ KptLt Hans Dampf - Jack of all trades, master of none

06-07-13, 07:28 AM	#4384
cuthy2k Watch Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 25 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	From last night: I have a little spot that I like to sit in off the coast of Northern Ireland, east of LondonDerry opposite the Scottish Island of Kintyre which has a pot of deep water. I'm sitting there, using GWX 3 Gold picking off lone merchies early 1940 with the deck gun and larger ones using carefully aimed torps for 1 hit kills (hit the front mast, ship takes on water as it sails and goes down about 1-2 hours later). Bored off the many ore carriers that pass through when all of a sudden sonar goes mental with many contacts approaching fast from the West heading into the safety of the British Isles. I get into position, up scope... HMS Hood and a Revenge class battleship with 7 (yes SEVEN!) escorts. I consider chickening out and breaking off the attach, but then again, this opportunity dosent come along that often! All 4 tubes flooded... 2 at each battleship. 4 hits! The escorts then go mental! I fired from 4000m and as soon as the last torp left the tube I dived to 70m and headed in the opposite direction. A couple minutes later, an escort finds me and calls his brothers and sisters to the party. 3 hours RL they hunted me, depth now 150m. I tried every trick I could but there were 2 escorts sitting 1000 and 1300m away from the rest listening and coordinating the attacks for the others. The escorts were clambering over me like bank holiday traffic at the beach with lots of reversing and course changes. I was only hit once, causing minor damage to the flak gun. 3 hours later, I somehow escaped! My tactic: sitting a few meters above the bottom on silent running and zero movement. The escorts must have gotten spooked by a false reading as they started DC'ing a contact a couple hundred meters away and kept at it. After 30 minutes of no sonar my way, I crawled off. After all that, I didnt get one of the battleships who limped off with the decks almost awash

07-27-13, 01:05 PM	#4387
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	u-29 ktb __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

07-28-13, 06:52 AM	#4388
Kalach Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 366 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Completed 16 patrols from the start of the war. On the 24th of December 1941 whilst about to attack a convoy we were detected by a destroyer that seemingly came out of nowhere. The first attack caused damage to the propellers, trying to limp deeper, the second attack damaged the electric engines now leaving us with a max speed of 2 knots. They attacked again causing flooding throughout the boat and killing a petty officer. Unable to escape and facing more attacks the decision was made for an emergency surface and surrender. Well off the start a new career Decided to play with the surface WarShipMod, completed 5 patrols in a 1934 Class Destroyer so far (they're so quick when you only have about 3500km of fuel haha). So far I've only encountered and sunk small merchants and patrol craft, will be interesting to see how I go 1 on 1 with an enemy destroyer, or trying to escape from a big threat . __________________

07-31-13, 03:44 PM	#4389
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	u 29 lost From BdU's war diary on the 15th of November, 1940: U 29 reported starting a low visibility surface attack against a slow moving convoy and has not reported since. The boat is considered lost. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

08-02-13, 09:54 AM	#4391
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,676 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	I'm impressed. My thread seems to have taken on god-like qualities here with over 300.000 views I will be sure to make some new additions again over the coming days during my new career. Keep posted... __________________ Played With: GWX3 + Commander 3.2 Realism: 85% Ironman Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

08-02-13, 10:09 AM	#4392
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,139 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	Patrolling off SE Iceland trying to find the Mighty Hood

08-02-13, 10:30 PM	#4393
Warren Peace Loader Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 89 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	7 Sept. 1939. U-117 (VIIB), 2nd Flotilla out of Wilhelmshaven. On-station at the south of Ireland, patrolling areas BF11, 12, 14 and 15. Recently received orders to engage all Polish vessels and British merchant traffic, in accordance with international prize regulations. So far, negative contacts for British of Polish vessels, although numerous vessels of neutral countries have passed through the area. Hopeful that the heavy shipping traffic will soon offer targets, the men are getting...sloppy.

08-02-13, 11:44 PM	#4394
U505995 Planesman Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wisconsin, the best state in the union. Posts: 187 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	9 Jan. 1942 U-109 (IXB), 2nd Flotilla out of Lorient. One of the first boats to participate in Operation Paukenschlag, I set out of Lorient on the 18th of December and reached the US east coast by January 1st. I generally patrol within 44-60km off the coast line starting near New York in grid CA28. From there I sail southwards toward Beaufort then go back North again. So far a bagged one large tanker, two coastal freighters, and one pesky armed tugboat that raked me with a hail of machine gun fire. I'm about to make an attack on a large Merchant in grid CA52.

08-04-13, 07:15 AM	#4395
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,139 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	December 10 '39 U-49 Flotilla Saltzedel. Home port Wilhelmshaven. Cast off November 5 at 03:43 hrs. Weather for the most part horrendous. 9 November Torpedoed and sunk an M13B cargo for 3473 tons. Grid AN 14 24 November. Decided to head off the SE Iceland, hoping to spot the Hood patrolled for 10 days with no luck. Altered course to 320 degrees toward the Firth of Clyde, still cannot find my target. December 10 06:35 Sunk a L01B for 9092 tons, grid AM 65 using deck gun. Weather still atrocious! December 10 11:37. Crawling my way into Firth of Clyde inlet.