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Post by keyboy on May 30, 2017 9:52:26 GMT
ObLtzS Gerold Rotsmann U-847 Ghul Total Tonnage Sunk: 46,500 Total Successful Patrols: 2U-Boat Type: IXD-2 - Deck Gun fitted for Indian Ocean Patrol NAXOS and Schnorchel systems installed (see rules as can't be used together) Balkon-Gerät - Improved Hydrophone fitted (switch from day to night or continue following convoy [-1drm])
Kommandant: ObLtzS Gerold Rotsmann U-Boat Name: Ghul Crew Names: Crew Status: Trained•1WO: LtzS Kurd Schuncke •2WO: ObFhzS Dietrich Daske •LI (Eng): Lt (Ing) Wolfhart Wahl •Doctor: Lt Joerg Schirlitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May to August 1944 - 3 Unidentified Freighters and 3 Unidentified Tankers (41,200t) December 1944 to March 1945 - 1 Unidentified Freighter (5,300t)
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Post by keyboy on May 30, 2017 10:54:49 GMT
May 1944 Before PatrolBalkon-Gerät - Possible Installation
Balkon-Gerät - Improved Hydrophone has now been fitted
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Post by keyboy on Jun 9, 2017 8:25:20 GMT
May through to August 1944
U-847 enters Penang on 21 August, six victory pennants flying, obvious hull damage, and the crew on the deck breaking normal Germanic stoicism to rubberneck at their exotic surroundings.
Standard Report Format U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-847, Ghul Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 3 Number of Tankers Sank: 3 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 41,200 Refit Time: 3 months, ready Dec 1944 from Penang Award Requests: Iron Cross 2nd Class for ObLtzS Gerold Rotsmann
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Post by keyboy on Jun 9, 2017 8:26:28 GMT
September to November 1944 (Due to limited supplies and dockyard facilities) refit Torpedo supply low, therefore start with (6) fewer torpedoes than the maximum load.
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Post by keyboy on Aug 7, 2017 9:48:21 GMT
December 1944 to March 1945
22 Mar 1945 After leaving almost a year earlier, U-847 enters the harbor at Bergen, one pennant flying from the periscope.
Standard Report Format
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-847, Ghul Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 1 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 5,300 Refit Time: 1 month, ready May 1945 (not that it matters) Award Requests: Iron Cross 1st Class for ObLtzS Gerold Rotsmann Wound Badge for Lt (Ing) Walfort Wahl
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Post by keyboy on Aug 7, 2017 9:49:27 GMT
April 1945
refit
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Post by keyboy on Aug 7, 2017 9:51:39 GMT
9th May 1945
Germany surrenders and the entire crew of the U-847 make it back home to Germany.
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