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Post by keyboy on Jan 22, 2017 12:38:05 GMT
Patrol Results are due no later than: January 29th 2017 at Midnight your time. If you would like to request a patrol for September 1942, Please have it requested no later than January 29th 2017 at Midnight your time. 1900 July 30th 1942
On Patrol U-159 Tümmler (IXC) - andy254 U-83 Schildkröte (VIIB) - silentwolf U-242 Überraschungsparty (VIIC) - silentwolf U-41 Das Gespenst (IXA) - silentwolf U-86 R'an (VIIB) - crushedhat U-842 Lohengrin (IXC) - grendel U-1101 Savage Seas (VIIC) - cdnwolf33 At Sea
Refit U-999 Sea Blume (VIIC) - Blaird - September 1942 U-73 Werwolf (VIIB) - jcook119 - October 1942 U-74 Stachelrochen (VIIB) - keyboy - October 1942
Late Presumed Lost Please feel free to shoot me a pm, and I will get you on the next patrol.
U-90 Gewittersturm (VIIC) U-85 Seehexe (VIIB) U-75 Rashke U-100 Eisbar U-102 Gelber Vogel U-49 Fallender Stern
Good evening Gentleman, I understand that there will be a party held in the honor of the brave crews. The Party in all of its wisdom has decided to honor our small group..
Special Instructions: Everyone is now in La Rochelle, so please remember Bay of Biscay on both ends of transit. Gentlemen, I won't take up much of your time, as I know that you are preparing to get underway. All the difficulties with the torpedoes have been overcome. (G7a and G7e dud rate is now 1 on D6). Also, 15th Flotilla will no longer be undertaking mine laying operations, further orders to follow.
Historic Notes August 1942
Atlantic
3rd - On anti-U-boat patrol between the Shetlands and Norway, submarine "Saracen" torpedoed "U-335" on passage out.
Attacks on Halifax/UK convoy SC94 - In the space of five days slow Halifax/UK convoy SC94 (33 ships) was attacked by a total of 17 U-boats and lost 11 merchantmen. Southeast of Greenland two U-boats were sunk by ships of the Canadian C1 group. On the 6th, Canadian destroyer "Assiniboine" shelled and rammed "U-210". Two days later on the 8th, British corvette "Dianthus" also with C1 group, depth charged and rammed "U-379" to destruction. Four more U-boats were damaged in defence of the convoy.
Brazil - The sinking of five Brazilian ships by U-boats off their own coast in the middle of the month finally drove Brazil to declare war on Germany and Italy on the 22nd August. Bases in the country extended Allied control over the South Atlantic.
28th - "U-94" attacked Trinidad/Cuba convoy TAG15 off Jamaica. Damaged by a US Navy Catalina, she was finished off by Canadian corvette "Oakville".
Battle of the Atlantic - For some time now aircraft of RAF Coastal Command had used the Leigh light searchlight in conjunction with ASV radar to illuminate and attack U-boats at night on the surface. The Germans now introduced the Metox detector which enabled U-boats to pick up the 1.5m wavelength transmissions of the existing ASV sets in time for them to submerge. They thus moved one step ahead of the Allies in the scientific war. The RAF's important Bay of Biscay patrols lost effectiveness accordingly.
Monthly Loss Summary - 106 British, Allied and neutral ships of 544,000 tons in the Atlantic from all causes, 1 US destroyer by collision off Nova Scotia - 9 U-boats including 1 by RAF Bay of Biscay patrols; 3 by US aircraft in Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and off Iceland; 1 Italian by unknown causes, possibly by RAF Bay of Biscay patrols.
Assignments 1942 Jul - Dec
North America U-842 Lohengrin (IXC) - grendel U-86 R'an (VIIB) - crushedhat
British Isles U-41 Das Gespenst (IXA) - silentwolf
Atlantic U-159 Tümmler (IXC) - andy254
Atlantic (W) U-242 Überraschungsparty (VIIC) - silentwolf U-1101 Savage Seas (VIIC) - cdnwolf33 U-83 Schildkröte (VIIB) - silentwolf
West African Coast (Not VII Boats, except VIID) None
NOTE SO THAT WE DO NOT LOSE U-BOAT'S TO THE MEDITERRANEAN OR THE ARCTIC, I AM RE-ROLLING ANY MEDITERRANEAN AND ARCTIC RESULTS!
Important Information U-Boat Name and ID Number Successful Patrol – Number of Freighters Sank Number of Tankers Sank Number of Capital Ships Sank Total Tonnage Destroyed
Refit Time Standard
Award Request
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Post by grendel on Jan 22, 2017 23:58:00 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-842 ‘Lohengrin’ Patrol: #1 Patrol Assignment: North America Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sunk: 3 Number of Tankers Sunk: 3 Number of Capital Ships Sunk: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 37,600 GRT Ships Damaged: None Ships Destroyed: American Steam Merchant of 8,300 tons, British Steam Merchant of 2,600 tons, Dutch Motor Tanker of 6,200 tons, American Steam Merchant of 1,000 tons, American Motor Tanker of 8,000 tons, British Motor Tanker of 11, 400 tons. Refit Time: Standard (Ready for next patrol November, 1942)
Award Requests OltzS Reinhard Geist, Iron Cross, 2nd Class
Officers and Division Chiefs OltzS Reinhard Geist 1WO LtzS Tomas Marsch 2WO LtzS Wilhelm Klausner LI (Eng) LtzS Rudolph Ulrich Doctor Matrosenobergefreiter Hans Meier
Crew Status: Trained
U-842 ‘Lohengrin’ enters La Rochelle on 30th September with six victory pennants flying from her conning tower.
30 July, 1942, 0900 hours (La Rochelle) – U-842 puts to sea, heading for her first patrol off the North American coast. Matrosengefreiter Loeb, our cook, prepared a special meal for the crew to honor the occasion. Morale is high, despite increased danger in the Bay of Biscay and Atlantic.
1 August, 1942, 0220 hours (Bay of Biscay) – Alarm! The watch reports aircraft engines to the north. Crash dive successful.
16 August, 1942, 1035 hours (Mid-Atlantic) – Alarm! Four-engine bomber spotted to the west. Crash dive successful.
21 August, 1942, 0100 hours (North America) – Large merchant ship of 8,300 tons sighted off Long Island. Conducted a surface torpedo attack at close range with two G7a steam torpedoes. Both eels ran true and exploded, one by the bow and one amidships. The ship lost headway immediately and began a sharp list to port, sinking quickly.
25 August, 1942, 2120 hours (North America) – Small merchant ship of 2,600 tons and small tanker of 6,200 tons sighted emerging from New York harbor. Conducted a surface torpedo attack at close range with four G7a steam torpedoes. All four torpedoes ran true, with three hits on the tanker and one hit on the merchant. All torpedoes exploded. Tanker blew up in a massive fireball that lit up the coast for miles. The merchant, struck amidships, broke in two and sank within minutes. Few survivors. We submerged and moved quickly off to the south, expecting enemy ships and aircraft.
30 August, 1942, 0100 hours (North America) – Small merchant ship of 1,000 tons sighted running without lights exiting Hampton Roads. Maneuvered in close and attempted to conduct a surface attack with the deck gun, but no hits were scored due to rolling seas. Launched one G7a steam torpedo at close range, which hit and exploded aft of the ship’s funnel. The small ship sank almost immediately. No lifeboats were sighted.
2 September, 1942, 2300 hours (North America) – Tanker of 8,000 tons sighted approaching Hampton Roads. Conducted surface torpedo attack with two G7a steam torpedoes at close range. Both eels ran true, but one failed to explode. The tanker was struck by the bow, taking on water and losing headway. Moved in closer and attacked with the deck gun, scoring several hits below the waterline and starting a large fire amidships. The crew was valiantly trying to put out the flames and control the flooding as we moved off, but it was clearly a lost cause. The ship finally sank almost two hours later.
9 September, 1942, 0900 hours (North America) – Large tanker of 11,400 tons sighted off the coast of North Carolina. Conducted a surface torpedo attack with four G7e electric torpedoes at close range. Three hits were recorded, but only two exploded, one amidships and one aft, just below the funnel. The tanker lost headway immediately and began to settle in the water, oil pouring from the hole forward. Moved in close and attacked with the deck gun. Crew abandoned ship immediately, perhaps afraid the shelling would set the oil afire. The vessel sank within minutes of the first shell hits.
17 September, 1942, 1523 hours (Mid-Atlantic) – Alarm! Enemy four-engine bomber sighted to the west. Crash dive successful.
29 September, 1942, 0245 hours (Bay Of Biscay) – Alarm! Aircraft engines to the northwest, approaching fast. Crash dive successful.
30 September, 1942, 0800 hours (La Rochelle) – U-842 arrives safely back at port.
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Post by cdnwolf33 on Jan 23, 2017 15:53:33 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-1101 ‘Savage Seas’
Patrol: #1 Patrol Assignment: Atlantic (Wolfpack) Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sunk: 1 Number of Tankers Sunk: 3 Number of Capital Ships Sunk: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 33,900 Ships Damaged: 1 Ships Destroyed: 4 Refit Time: 1 month
Award Requests War Medal Cross Flak-Mechaniker Horst Schrieber (KIA)
Officers and Division Chiefs Kommandant KpLt Maximilain Schrauth
1WO Goetz Laebe 2WO Joachim Faasch LI (Eng) Sigmund Tonne Doctor Gunther Sann
Crew Status: Trained
30 July, 1942, 0900 hours (La Rochelle) – U-1101 puts to sea, heading for her first patrol in a wolfpack in the Atlantic. Rumor has it a big convoy is leaving Halifax soon.
1 August, 1942, 1035 hours (Bay of Biscay) – Alarm! The watch reports aircraft engines to the north. Crash dive successful. (6,6 rolled - random event of superior torpedoes) 1WO informed me his contacts in the supply yard paid off and we were fitted with superior torpedoes for this trip.
3 August, 1942, 2324 hours (46.84 N, 10.14 W - Transit) Where that bomber came from we don't know but suddenly the clouds parted and there it was. The radio antenna and the flak gun were damaged in the attack and the loader for the flank gun was killed in action. Recommend Iron Cross for his bravery. Flak gun unable to repair but we got the radio fixed.
10 August, 1942, 1035 hours (Mid-Atlantic) – Convoy SC 95 spotted. Radio signal sent to rest of wolfpack and we dived to attack. We spotted three small freighters (4900, 5000, 4000 GRW) and a tanker (7000 GRW) with escorts. The escorts were busy with the other U-boats attacking the rest of the convoy so we snuck into close range and fired two torpedos at the tanker and 1 each at the two biggest freighters. Both torpedos ran straight and true and the tanker blew up lighting sky and announcing to the world the Savage Sea is on the hunt. The 5000 ton freighter soon followed the tanker to the bottom but our last torpedo did light damage to the second freighter. The German gods must have been watching over us as we managed to slip pass the escorts and escape from their hunting of the wolfpack. Not wanting to press our luck we knew more ships would be out there and rumors had it an American Fleet was roaming the waters too.
15 August, 1942, 0230 hours (Mid-Atlantic) HQ has warned us that a big convoy is heading our way and while on route to its position we encountered a smaller convoy scurrying from reports of other U-boats in the area. The convoy consisted of two tankers (13,900 and 8000 GRW), a larger freighter (5500 GRW) and a small freighter (4400 GRW). Once again the escorts went after the other boats first so we snuck in and fired two torpedoes each at the tankers and soon the sea was full of burning fuel and two more ships lying at the bottom of the Atlantic.
21 August, 1942, (Atlantic) – The large convoy turned north from us and unfortunately all we saw was the sea for miles and miles.
25 August, 1942, 1500 hours (Atlantic) - A catalina flying boat was spotted off in the distance but we managed to crash dive to avoid it. We are heading back due to low fuel.
28 August, 1942, 1320 hours (Transit) - Air traffic is very heavy but our eagle eyed look-outs are doing their job and we are diving in time to avoid any damage.
30 August, 1942, 0900 hours (Bay of Biscay) ROMMEL has started his attacks at a place called Alamein. We celebrated by flying our biggest German flag and go lucky that no enemy aircraft was encountered. We are looking forward to pulling into LaRochelle for some much needed rest.
31 August, 1942 (La Rochelle) U 1101 returned safely to Port and its one month refit. I will be visiting the parents of Flak-Mechaniker Horst Schrieber and informed them of his bravery and hopefully the War Medal Cross comes through for him.
SPECIAL NOTE: All convoy information is from www.warsailors.com/convoys/onconvoys.html and www.uboat.net/ops/convoys
Only ships sunk have been changed.
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Post by crushedhat on Jan 24, 2017 3:17:27 GMT
19 September 1942, La Rochelle, early eveningAlmost two weeks late, U-86 enters the Harbor at La Rochelle. Three pennants fly from the periscope and, as has been the pattern of late, the pressure hull shows damage. U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-86, Ra’n Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 2 Number of Tankers Sank: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 19,600 Refit Time: 2 months, ready for patrol Dec 1942 Award Requests: Wound Badge in Gold for 1WO LtzS Leon Schmidt Wound Badge in Gold for Sanitatsmaat Alfred Toll Wound Badge in Black for ObLt (Ing) Jordan Volke ObfzS Peer Jolitz promoted to LtzS and reassigned as 1WO Assignment of new 2WO and Doctor Narrative: As U-86 prepared to depart for our 15th war patrol 1WO LtzS Leon Schmidt turned to me and, referring to his injury on our last patrol joked, “Back to America? I guess we’ll keep going there until it kills me.” Little did he realize how prophetic his words would prove to be. I admit that I had my own reservations as to just how profitable this patrol would be, spending far more time in transit than on station, my thoughts undoubtedly colored by our last patrol to the Americas. Other than hearing the news about the Wehrmacht’s offensive at Leningrad and the Allies’ beating in the Pacific at Guadalcanal, the passage across the Atlantic was uneventful. That is until the gyro compass failed as we neared the North American coast on the 15th. Once again ObLt (Ing) Jordan Volke proved his worth, quickly locating and fixing the problem. The last thing I wanted was to turn around and go home this close to the patrol grounds. Had I known what was in store, perhaps I would have felt differently. We arrived off the coast of Newfoundland the morning of the 17th. The evening of the 18th we encountered two ships escorted by a Flower class corvette of the RCN leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ships were a freighter of 7,000 tons and an 8,300 ton tanker. I decided on a surface attack to bring the maximum number of torpedoes to bear, firing the bow tubes at the tanker and the stern tube at the freighter. All four of the bow eels hit the tanker and it was torn apart by the multiple explosions. Quick reaction on the part of the freighter’s captain saved her from a similar fate, the target executing a change of course just as the stern torpedo left the tube. I ordered the dive even as the corvette bore down on us. The Canadians subjected us to a short but accurate depth-charging, knocking out both the #1 diesel and #1 electric motors and, as we learned upon surfacing afterward, the 8.8cm gun. The LI quickly brought all damaged systems back on line, but the remaining freighter and escort must have returned to Halifax as they were nowhere to be found. This apparently wasn’t the Canadians’ day, as on the 19th we heard about the fiasco at Dieppe. As we continued to work our way down the American Eastern Seaboard we heard about the assault on Stalingrad. It appears that the Communists don’t have much time left. The morning of the 24th, the lookouts spotted smoke. It proved to be two freighters exiting Chesapeake Bay under escort from an American Sims class DD. It being daylight, I conducted a submerged attack, firing three eels at the larger vessel (7,900 tons) and one at the smaller freighter (3,400 tons). All four eels ran true, three explosions ripping open the side of the larger freighter and she quickly rolled over and sank. The smaller ship must have been carrying munitions as the single eel fired at her resulted in the target’s complete disintegration! The Ami DD attacked, subjecting U-86 to an extensive depth-charging (4 rounds of depth charge attacks). The #1 diesel and 8.8cm were again damaged, thought the bigger problem was damage to the hull causing flooding in multiple locations. These in turn led to casualties among the crew. 1WO LtzS Leon Schmidt, trying to staunch some of the flooding was briefly trapped in one compartment. By the time we were able to rescue him he was unconscious. Sanitatsmaat Alfred Toll slipped, hitting his head on some protruding equipment and splitting it open. LI Oblt (Ing) Jordan Volke suffered a gash on his arm as he too slipped while fighting the flooding. We eventually escaped the dogged Americans. While the boat was pumped out, ObLt (Ing) Volke oversaw repair of the 8.8cm, his injury being non-life threatening. Unfortunately, he was unable to remount diesel #1. Both Toll and Schmidt were unconscious. With the Sanitatsmaat out, their prospects did not look good, especially as running on only one diesel the trip home would take longer. On the 26th, Sanitatsmaat Alfred Toll succumbed to his wounds. His body was committed to the deep that evening. 1WO LtzS Leon Schmidt followed four days later on the 30th. These losses, combined with the short rations necessitated by the slow trip home, cast a somber pall over the crew as we headed back to La Rochelle. Added to our previous experience off North America it is little wonder I heard many whisperings about the cursed American Coast. U-86 entered La Rochelle harbor on September 19th. Because of the hull damage she will require two month’s repair. ObfzS Peer Jolitz has been with us for all 15 patrols and I request he be promoted to LtzS and assigned as 1WO, with a new 2WO and Sanitatsmaat to be assigned before going out on patrol in December. I also request a patrol station other than North America. Respectfully submitted, FKpt Viktor Radel, Kommandant U-86
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Post by silentwolf on Jan 28, 2017 13:17:53 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: Das Gespenst U-41 Patrol Assignment: British Isles (10th Patrol) Patrol Date: August - September 1942 Successful Patrol: Yes
Number of Freighters Sank: 3 Number of Tankers Sank: Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 15,900 (165,500)
Ships Sank: August 26th, 1942 - Auditor 5400t September 1st, 1942 - Stancliffe 4500t September 6th, 1942 - Empire Heron 6000t
Refit Time: 2 months, ready for patrol December 1942
Award Requests: Promotion for FKpt Horst Beckmann Wound Badge in Black (2) for 2WO Gunter Vogel
Notes:
We shot down a Sunderland over the Bay of Biscay, Gunter Vogel was wounded in the battle.
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Post by silentwolf on Jan 28, 2017 13:29:28 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: Überraschungsparty U-242 Patrol Assignment: Atlantic (W) (2nd Patrol) Patrol Date: August 1942 Successful Patrol: Yes
Number of Freighters Sank: 1 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 3,300 (39,000)
Ships Sank: August 19th, 1942 - Aguila
Refit Time: Standard, ready for patrol October 1942
Award Requests: Crew Advancement
Notes: An extremely uneventful patrol. Not once did we enage a convoy. In fact, we encountered a sister ship halfway through the mission. It was on our return home when the lookouts spotted the lone freighter Aguila on the horizon.
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Post by silentwolf on Jan 28, 2017 13:53:57 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: Schildkröte U-83 Patrol Assignment: Atlantic (W) (14th Patrol) Patrol Date: August 1942 Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 2 Number of Tankers Sank: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 25,400 (233,300)
Ships Sank: August 10th, 1942 - British Resource 7,200t August 11th, 1942 - Wellington Star 13,200t August 14th, 1942 - John Holt 5000t
Refit Time: 2 months, ready for patrol November 1942
Award Requests: KCO&S for FKpt Wolfgang Ackerman Promotion for FKpt Wolfgang Ackerman
Notes: We terrorized the convoy for several days and sank a few juicy targets. The Wolfpack tactic is quite effective.
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Post by keyboy on Jan 30, 2017 11:10:01 GMT
September 1, 1942, Gentleman, from my quick glances at the reports you did well this month, sinking 134,700 tons of shipping, and 20 hulls. The first round tonight is on me, while the second round will be on the crew of the Überraschungsparty U-242. The third round will be provided by FKpt Wolfgang Ackerman, who has been awarded the KCO&S. AwardsKnight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and DiamondsNone Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and SwordsFKpt Wolfgang Ackerman - Schildkröte U-83 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesNone Knight's CrossNone Iron Cross 2nd ClassNone Iron Cross 1st Class None U-Boat War Badge To the Crew of: NonePromotions U-242 Überraschungsparty silentwolf 1WO - EXPERTE
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