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Post by keyboy on Nov 30, 2017 18:29:59 GMT
KptLt Josua Tanzer U-65 Dreizack Total Tonnage Sunk: 40,500 Total Successful Patrols: 2U-Boat Type: IXB Kommandant: KptLt Josua Tanzer U-Boat Name: Dreizack Crew Names: Crew Status: Trained•1WO: LtzS Kaleb Ahle •2WO: ObFhzS Eckart Schaffler •LI (Eng): Lt (Ing) Wolfram Dummler •Doctor: Sanitatsmaat Roland Geller ================================================================================================================================ June / July 1940 - 2100t Merisaar and 2700t Tweed ---------------------------------------------------------------- October / November 1940 - CA Belfast 10,000t, Yorkshire 10,000t, Duffield 8500t, King Malcolm 5100t and Spind 2100k ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January / February 1941 -
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Post by keyboy on Dec 15, 2017 17:09:38 GMT
June and July 1940
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-65 'Dreizack' Patrol: #1
Patrol Assignment: Norway Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sunk: 2 Number of Tankers Sunk: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sunk: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 4,800 GRT Ships Damaged: None Ships Destroyed: 2100t Merisaar and 2700t Tweed Refit Time: +1 month, 4 Hull damage
KptLt Josua Tanzer
Crew Status: Trained
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Post by keyboy on Dec 15, 2017 17:10:14 GMT
August and September 1940
Refit
Awarded: IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS
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Post by keyboy on Feb 3, 2018 20:01:55 GMT
October and November 1940
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-65 'Dreizack' (40,500t sunk) Patrol: #2 Patrol Assignment: British Isles Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sunk: 3 Number of Tankers Sunk: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sunk: 1 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 35,700 GRT Ships Damaged: Norfolk 11000t Ships Destroyed: CA Belfast 10,000t, Yorkshire 10,000t, Duffield 8500t, King Malcolm 5100t and Spind 2100k Refit Time: 3 hull damage, standard refit
KptLt Josua Tanzer
Crew Status: Trained
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Post by keyboy on Feb 3, 2018 20:02:51 GMT
December 1940
Refit
Awarded: IRON CROSS 1st CLASS and U-BOAT WAR BADGE
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Post by keyboy on Feb 26, 2018 10:49:19 GMT
January and February 1941
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-65 'Dreizack' (40,500t sunk)
Patrol: #3 Patrol Assignment: Atlantic
Successful Patrol: No
Number of Freighters Sunk: 0
Number of Tankers Sunk: 0
Number of Capital Ships Sunk: 0
Total Tonnage Destroyed: 0 GRT
Ships Damaged: CVE Audacity Ships Destroyed: None Refit Time: na, boat scuttled, crew captured
2nd January 1941 (La Rochelle 09:00)
A new year and we set out on patrol in dry but cold weather from La Rochelle. The crew are buoyant from our last patrol in October and eager for more action. We are destined for mid Atlantic patrol and hopefully will have a large tonnage haul.
3rd January 1941 (Bay of Biscay transit, 0800 hours)
A narrow escape as the watch spot an RAF bomber in time and we manage to crash dive to avoid attack. British planes are becoming more active in hunting our boats, we need to remain vigilant.
6th January 1941 (Atlantic, 1445 hours)
The escort was spotted first and very soon we realised the silhouette was the escort carrier Audacity. There was discussion with the Kapitan as to whether we should approach or silently move up undetected. To the crews delight the decision was made to make ready for attack. To minimise detection two G7e's were fired from aft tubes at the carrier, one hit and one hit detonating but doing minor damage. Escorts actively started hunting us but we dived deep and avoided. A second attack was ordered with all forward G7a's fired, two missed, one hit seemingly doing minor damage and was thought the last hit but failed to detonate. We again managed to narrowly avoid detection, a third attack was ordered. We again launched all forward tubes at the capital ship, two more hits and damage - the escort carrier was now clearly in trouble. Our luck however had run out, destroyer escorts pinpointed our position and depth charges began raining down around the boat.
U-65 underwent 9 barrages beneath the waves as the allied destroyers concentrated as much ordinance on us. Two crew were killed in the attacks and a third seriously wounded. The hull came under extreme stress and flooding resulted in the boat being forced to surface. The Kapitan ordered scuttling charges to be set and the crew to be evacuated off the boat. Scuttling charges detonated before British destroyers could get to there and the remaining crew watched as U-65 slipped beneath the waves for the last time. Remaining crew including officers were taken as prisoners of war.
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