Post by keyboy on Jan 12, 2018 10:10:50 GMT
Patrol Results are due no later than: January 14th 2018 at Midnight your time.
1900 July 3rd 1940
On Patrol
U-101 Zitteraal (VIIB) - keyboy
Still At Sea
U-37 Walküre (IXA) - grendel
U-65 Dreizack (IXB) - irishshylock
In Refit
U-44 Hohenlohe - (IXA) - andy - August 1940
U-86 Meer Sprite (VIIB) - crushedhat - August 1940
U-74 Beowulf (VIIB) - wsmithjr - August 1940
U-42 Ægir - (IXA) - silentwolf - September 1940
Late Presumed Lost
U-49 Seevergnugen - (VIIB) - ubertreiber
U-99 Sauerkraut (VIIB) - dwillem
===================================================================================================================================
Good evening Gentleman, I won't take much of your time, as I know that you have to prepare for tomorrow morning.
Special Instructions: About halfway into the patrol, you will receive a radio transmission saying that you will be docking in La Rochelle France following your patrol. When you are returning to port you will start rolling on the Bay of Biscay charts. Those still at Sea will follow the same instructions. All those in refit will transit to La Rochelle during July. Patrols from August 1940 will start and finish from La Rochelle and use Bay of Biscay table for first and last transit boxes of each patrol.
If you have been allocated a Special Mission (Mine Laying, Wolfpack Patrol or Abwehr Agent Delivery) please receive instructions from the Executive Officer as early as you can, because you will not be leaving Port until you do.
Ensure that your torpedo load has been checked before departure and that the G7a's have been loaded into the tubes where possible.:
With the changes ordered by the Vizeadmiral , this should now ensure that your G7a and G7e torpedoes have similar success and so the electric eels will me more reliable. (G7a and G7e dud rate is now 1-2 on D6).
===================================================================================================================================
Historic Notes : July 1940
Atlantic
1st - Corvette Gladiolus claimed the first success for the 'Flower' class when with the support of an RAF Sunderland, she sank “U-26” southwest of Ireland.
5th - Detached from a UK outward-bound OB convoy to search for a reported U-boat, destroyer “WHIRLWIND” was torpedoed by “U-34” and lost to the west of Land's End.
Battle of the Atlantic - Convoys were now being re-routed through the North Western Approaches to the British Isles instead of the south of Ireland and through the Irish Sea. North Channel and the sea lanes leading to it became a focal point for all shipping leaving or arriving in British waters. The following convoys continued: Liverpool out - OB, UK/Gibraltar- OG, Fast Halifax/UK - HX, Gibraltar/UK - HG, Sierra Leone/UK - SL. Thames-out OA convoys were now joining FN East Coast coastal convoys and passing around the north of Scotland before going out through the North Western Approaches. They stopped altogether in October 1940. Slow Sydney, Cape Breton, Canada to UK convoys started in August 1940 with SC1. The limits of the few escorts available were only now pushed out from 15'W to 17'W where they stayed until October 1940. U-boats were patrolling well beyond this range and so many sinkings took place in unescorted convoys or when the ships had dispersed.
Monthly Loss Summary
- 34 British, Allied and neutral ships of 173,000 tons in the Atlantic from all causes; 1 destroyer
- 1 German U-boat.
Europe
Merchant Shipping War - With the Germans now so close to British shores, new coastal convoy routes had to be established and integrated with overseas convoys. The Thames/Forth FN/FS convoys between south east England and Scotland continued along the East Coast. Two additional routes were instituted: Forth/Clyde, EN/WN, around the north of Scotland between the east and west coasts. Thames/English Channel, CW/CE, through the Strait of Dover to south and south west England. Channel losses were so heavy that CW/CE convoys were stopped for a while. On the 25th/26th, CW8 lost eight of its 21 ships to attacks by Stukas and E-boats. Four more merchantmen and two destroyers were damaged. Thereafter, U-boats would not appear in British coastal waters until early 1944.
Monthly Loss Summary
67 British, Allied and neutral ships of 192,000 tons in UK waters.
===================================================================================================================================
Assignments
[P1] Jul 1940 - Dec 1940
Spanish Coast
None
Atlantic
None
British Isles
U-101 Zitteraal (VIIB) - keyboy
British Isles (Mine Laying)
None
British Isles (Abwehr Agent Delivery)
None
West African Coast
None
===================================================================================================================================
NOTE SO THAT WE DO NOT LOSE U-BOAT'S TO THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ARCTIC, I AM RE-ROLLING ANY MEDITERRANEAN AND ARCTIC RESULTS!
Important Information for Patrol Reports
U-Boat Name and ID Number:
Patrol: #
Patrol Assignment:
Successful Patrol:
Number of Freighters Sank:
Number of Tankers Sank:
Number of Capital Ships Sank:
Total Tonnage Destroyed:
Refit Time Standard:
Award Request:
On Patrol
U-101 Zitteraal (VIIB) - keyboy
Still At Sea
U-37 Walküre (IXA) - grendel
U-65 Dreizack (IXB) - irishshylock
In Refit
U-44 Hohenlohe - (IXA) - andy - August 1940
U-86 Meer Sprite (VIIB) - crushedhat - August 1940
U-74 Beowulf (VIIB) - wsmithjr - August 1940
U-42 Ægir - (IXA) - silentwolf - September 1940
Late Presumed Lost
U-49 Seevergnugen - (VIIB) - ubertreiber
U-99 Sauerkraut (VIIB) - dwillem
===================================================================================================================================
Good evening Gentleman, I won't take much of your time, as I know that you have to prepare for tomorrow morning.
Special Instructions: About halfway into the patrol, you will receive a radio transmission saying that you will be docking in La Rochelle France following your patrol. When you are returning to port you will start rolling on the Bay of Biscay charts. Those still at Sea will follow the same instructions. All those in refit will transit to La Rochelle during July. Patrols from August 1940 will start and finish from La Rochelle and use Bay of Biscay table for first and last transit boxes of each patrol.
If you have been allocated a Special Mission (Mine Laying, Wolfpack Patrol or Abwehr Agent Delivery) please receive instructions from the Executive Officer as early as you can, because you will not be leaving Port until you do.
Ensure that your torpedo load has been checked before departure and that the G7a's have been loaded into the tubes where possible.:
U-Boat Type | Torpedo Starting Mix | Can Alter Mix By | e.g. Max G7a mix | e.g. Max G7e mix |
VIIB | 8 x G7a and 6 x G7e | Maximum of 4 | 12xG7a, 2xG7e | 4xG7a, 10xG7e |
IXA, IXB | 8 x G7a and 6 x G7e | Maximum of 4 | 12xG7a, 2xG7e | 4xG7a, 10xG7e |
With the changes ordered by the Vizeadmiral , this should now ensure that your G7a and G7e torpedoes have similar success and so the electric eels will me more reliable. (G7a and G7e dud rate is now 1-2 on D6).
===================================================================================================================================
Historic Notes : July 1940
Atlantic
1st - Corvette Gladiolus claimed the first success for the 'Flower' class when with the support of an RAF Sunderland, she sank “U-26” southwest of Ireland.
5th - Detached from a UK outward-bound OB convoy to search for a reported U-boat, destroyer “WHIRLWIND” was torpedoed by “U-34” and lost to the west of Land's End.
Battle of the Atlantic - Convoys were now being re-routed through the North Western Approaches to the British Isles instead of the south of Ireland and through the Irish Sea. North Channel and the sea lanes leading to it became a focal point for all shipping leaving or arriving in British waters. The following convoys continued: Liverpool out - OB, UK/Gibraltar- OG, Fast Halifax/UK - HX, Gibraltar/UK - HG, Sierra Leone/UK - SL. Thames-out OA convoys were now joining FN East Coast coastal convoys and passing around the north of Scotland before going out through the North Western Approaches. They stopped altogether in October 1940. Slow Sydney, Cape Breton, Canada to UK convoys started in August 1940 with SC1. The limits of the few escorts available were only now pushed out from 15'W to 17'W where they stayed until October 1940. U-boats were patrolling well beyond this range and so many sinkings took place in unescorted convoys or when the ships had dispersed.
Monthly Loss Summary
- 34 British, Allied and neutral ships of 173,000 tons in the Atlantic from all causes; 1 destroyer
- 1 German U-boat.
Europe
Merchant Shipping War - With the Germans now so close to British shores, new coastal convoy routes had to be established and integrated with overseas convoys. The Thames/Forth FN/FS convoys between south east England and Scotland continued along the East Coast. Two additional routes were instituted: Forth/Clyde, EN/WN, around the north of Scotland between the east and west coasts. Thames/English Channel, CW/CE, through the Strait of Dover to south and south west England. Channel losses were so heavy that CW/CE convoys were stopped for a while. On the 25th/26th, CW8 lost eight of its 21 ships to attacks by Stukas and E-boats. Four more merchantmen and two destroyers were damaged. Thereafter, U-boats would not appear in British coastal waters until early 1944.
Monthly Loss Summary
67 British, Allied and neutral ships of 192,000 tons in UK waters.
===================================================================================================================================
Assignments
[P1] Jul 1940 - Dec 1940
Spanish Coast
None
Atlantic
None
British Isles
U-101 Zitteraal (VIIB) - keyboy
British Isles (Mine Laying)
None
British Isles (Abwehr Agent Delivery)
None
West African Coast
None
===================================================================================================================================
NOTE SO THAT WE DO NOT LOSE U-BOAT'S TO THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ARCTIC, I AM RE-ROLLING ANY MEDITERRANEAN AND ARCTIC RESULTS!
Important Information for Patrol Reports
U-Boat Name and ID Number:
Patrol: #
Patrol Assignment:
Successful Patrol:
Number of Freighters Sank:
Number of Tankers Sank:
Number of Capital Ships Sank:
Total Tonnage Destroyed:
Refit Time Standard:
Award Request: