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Post by blaird on Jul 26, 2020 2:26:09 GMT
Patrol Results are due no later than: August 1st, 2020 at Midnight your time.1900 September 3rd 1939On PatrolU-45 Seehexe - blaird U- Seepferdchen - xgamerms999 U- Delphin - silentwolf U- Lorelei - crushedhat U- Sturmkreig - andy Still At SeaNone In RefitNone Late Presumed LostNone ===================================================================================================================================Good evening Gentleman, I won't take much of your time, as I know that you have to prepare for tomorrow morning.Special Instructions: 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 | 8 x G7a and 6 x G7e | Maximum of 4 | 12xG7a, 2xG7e
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==================================================================================================================================== Historic Notes : September 1939Declarations of War
3rd - After Germany invaded Poland on the 1st, Britain and France demanded the withdrawal of German forces. The ultimatum expired and at 11.15am on the 3rd, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcast to announce that Britain was at war with Germany. He formed a War Cabinet with Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty. France, Australia, New Zealand and India (through the Viceroy) declared war the same day. Atlantic
Battle of the Atlantic - The six-year long Battle started on the 3rd with the sinking of liner "Athenia" by "U-30" (Lt Lemp) northwest of Ireland. She was mistaken for an armed merchant cruiser, and her destruction led the Admiralty to believe unrestricted submarine warfare had been launched. Full convoy plans were put into operation, but in fact Hitler had ordered the U-boats to adhere to international law and after the "Athenia" incident, tightened controls for a while. Liverpool-out convoy OB4 was the first group of ships to be attacked, with "U-31" sinking one ship on the 16th September. Convoys actually suffered little harm over the next seven months, and most of the losses due to U-boats were among the independently-routed and neutral merchantmen. In the period to March 1940 they sank 222 British, Allied and neutral ships in the Western Approaches to the British Isles, the North Sea and around the coasts of Britain. In the same time they lost 18 of their number, a third of all in commission in September 1939 and more than the number of new boats entering service. 14th - After an unsuccessful attack on carrier "Ark Royal" off the Hebrides, NW Scotland, German "U-39" was depth-charged and sunk by screening destroyers "Faulknor", "Firedrake" and "Foxhound". 17th - Three days after the sinking of "U-39", fleet carrier "COURAGEOUS" was sent to the bottom to the southwest of Ireland by "U-29" with heavy loss of life. Carriers were withdrawn from anti-U-boat patrols as it became accepted that the best chance of sinking U-boats was to attract them to well-defended convoys where the escorts could hunt them down. 20th - After sinking trawlers off the northern Hebrides, German "U-27" was located and sunk by destroyers "Fortune" and "Forester". Monthly Loss Summary - 20 British, Allied and neutral ships of 110,000 tons in the Atlantic from all causes; 1 fleet carrier. - 2 German U-boats. Europe German Codes - The British Code & Cipher School moved to Bletchley Park, England, the site of its magnificent successes breaking the German Enigma codes through the 'Ultra' programme . The school built on the work of Polish and later French code-breakers. By April 1940 the first low level Luftwaffe codes were being deciphered. Many months followed before comparable progress was made with Naval codes. Monthly Loss Summary 33 British, Allied and neutral ships of 85,000 tons in UK waters. ===================================================================================================================================Assignments[P1] Sep 1939 - Mar 1940Spanish CoastNone British IslesU-45 Seehexe - blaird U- Delphin - silentwolf U- Lorelei - crushedhat U- Sturmkreig - andy British Isles (Mine Laying)U- Seepferdchen - xgamerms999 West African CoastNone ===================================================================================================================================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 ReportsU-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:
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Post by blaird on Jul 26, 2020 3:28:51 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-45 Seehexe Patrol: # 1 Patrol Assignment: British Isles Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 2 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 7500
Refit Time Standard: Standard
Award Request:
September 12th 1939 - Day We encountered a small freighter, with escort. We loosed tubes 1-4, two steam and 2 electric, we hit with 1 of the steams and both electrics, but there was only 1 explosion the rest was of the hits must have been duds. a 3800 ton freighter, the Scoresby was sent to the bottom of the sea. Then it was time to try and evade the destroyer. We were able to escape undetected by the destroyer escort.
September 20th 1939 - Night We ran into a ship with escort. It was a small 3700 ton freighter. We fired off tubes 1-4 all of which missed the freighter. The escort failed to find us and we were able to sneak back in close and fire again. This time one out of four of our torpedoes struck, and the Baron Blywd was sent to the bottom, and once again we evaded detection.
September 27th 1939 - We had a fighter dive on us. We made a crash dive, and successfully escaped the guns of the Hurricane barreling down on us.
September 29th 1939 - We arrived back at the harbor, with our first successful patrol.
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Post by andy on Jul 26, 2020 8:15:58 GMT
Have you something in place for working out dates on patrol. I like the fact that you know what date an attack occurred and how long you patrolled for etc. It adds to the narrative. So my question other than your own imagination how are you coming up with date intervals between events on patrols. I think there was an app on the US sub game, is there something similar for this game?
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Post by blaird on Jul 26, 2020 13:16:21 GMT
Have you something in place for working out dates on patrol. I like the fact that you know what date an attack occurred and how long you patrolled for etc. It adds to the narrative. So my question other than your own imagination how are you coming up with date intervals between events on patrols. I think there was an app on the US sub game, is there something similar for this game? At one time I had calculated that for the Type VII if you allot 3 days/box on the Patrol Track you get a cruise lasting from 24 - 30 days depending upon the model. This matches up with the 1 month/patrol in the rules pretty well. For a Type IX, I kept it at 3 days/Transit Box but upped it to 6 days/Patrol Box which comes close to the 2 months/patrol. When I have an incident in a Patrol Track Box I roll the appropriate die to determine on which of the days covered the event occurs. Just something to add a little more flavor to reports.
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Post by silentwolf on Jul 27, 2020 15:06:31 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-47 Delphin Patrol: # 1 Patrol Assignment: British Isles Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 3 Number of Tankers Sank: 0 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 8900t (8900t)
Ships Sank: 12.9.39 SF44 "Kinross" 5000t 27.9.39 SF76 "City of Oxford" 2600t 30.9.39 SF46 "Erato" 1300t
Refit Time: Standard + 1 month for extended patrol, ready December 1939
Award Request:Iron Cross 2nd Class for KptLt Tobias Hopf
Notes:
4.9.39 07.00 - Sailed from Wilhelmshaven
6.9.39 15.00 - Diving Drill Performed
9.9.39 16.00 - arrived at theater of operations
12.9.39 07.00 - Shortly after dawn, lookouts spot unescorted SF44 "Kinross" on the horizon. We quickly move into close range and attack with the deck gun. High seas make our attack extremely difficult, no hits are scored.
12.9.39 08.00 - Fired two G7a eels from the surface and sank SF44 "Kinross" 5000t
15.9.39 17.00 - an uneventful day, no contacts to report
18.9.39 08.00 - no contacts. Fuel Supply is running low, requesting a resupply at sea.
18.9.39 - 18.00 - U-47 has successfully been resupplied with fuel and two G7a steam torpedoes. We'll continue to hunt.
21.9.39 17.00 - no contacts to report
24.9.39 17.30 - no sign of enemy shipping in our vicinity
27.9.39 08.15 - Hydrophone contact with a freighter.
27.9.39 10.00 - we now have visual contact with the unescorted freighter, identified as SF76 "City of Oxford" 2600t
27.9.39 11.00 - Moved into close range and attacked the unescorted freighter with the 8.8 cm deck gun, damaging her significantly.
27.9.39 11.15 - fired one G7a from aft, the eel is a dud!
27.9.39 12.00 - the freighters radio room has been taken out, so no one comes to defend "City of Oxford" while our aft torpedo tube is reloaded.
27.9.39 12.30 - fired one G7e electric torpedo, stern shot, at the damaged freighter, it is a dud, also!
27.9.39 12.45 - Sank SF76 "City of Oxford" with a volley of shells fired from the deck gun.
30.9.39 14.00 - We've made contact with an escorted freighter. Will shadow until night fall.
30.9.39 21.00 - fired four G7a, surfaced and from medium range. 2 eels hit and SF46 "Erato" 1300t burst into flames, sinking only moments later.
30.9.39 23.50 - The enemy escort has been unsuccessful in locating our position. Not a bad way to end the month of September!
4.10.39 19.30 - Sailing for Wilhelmshaven, No Contacts.
7.10.39 18.00 - Smooth Transit home.
9.10.39 14.00 - Unscathed U-47 "Delphin" sails into port with 3 victory pennants hanging from the periscope.
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Post by crushedhat on Jul 31, 2020 19:01:44 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-99, Lorelei
Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 1 Number of Tankers Sank: 1 Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 18,800 Refit Time: 1 month, ready in Dec 1939 Award Requests: Iron Cross 2nd Class for crew completing 1st successful Combat Patrol Wound badge for wounded crew
Narrative:
31 Aug 1939: I had barely given my 1WO, LtzS Harald Fleige, leave to visit his fiancé in Bremen when I had to recall him, as well as other absent crewmen, due to the receipt of orders to put to sea as soon as possible. Despite the urgency of our leaving, we were instructed to wait until after dark. There was a different feeling in the air, leaving our slip without the usual presence and well wishes of family and loved ones; made even more ominous by the presence of sealed orders, “Not to be opened until out of sight of land.”
My premonition proved true. Opening the packet, the first line read, “By the time you read this, the Wehrmacht will have invaded Poland. Britain and France are expected to declare war.” I was instructed to proceed to a position off the English coast where I could intercept shipping bound to and from Britain. To my astonishment, the orders also included an admonition to abide by the Prize Rules!
3 Sep 1939 off the north coast of Scotland. The Tommies didn’t waste any time prosecuting the war. Unfortunately, the reality hadn’t yet sunk in for the crew of U-99, that is until the belated cry of, “ALARM!” and Matrosengefeiter Karl Kraemer pointing at a Sunderland which was already well into its bomb run. We dove, but not soon enough to avoid suffering damage to the hull, as well as Machanikergrfreiter Karl Schoen suffering a broken arm when the concussion knocked him off his feet.
11 Sep 1939, British Isles, Atlantic coast. After nearly a week without any prey smoke columns are sighted to the west in the late afternoon. After sufficient observation to determine the ships’ likely path we move to an intercept position. The contact proves to be a steam merchant of 8,300 tons escorted by a Flower class corvette. Silently, I am thankful for the escort as it means we don’t need to bother with the Prize Rule convention.
I order all four forward tubes made ready and approach to within medium range before firing. To our utter consternation, all four eels miss! On the other hand, the enemy remains blissfully unaware of our presence and we move to a new intercept.
By now night has fallen and so I decide to make a surface approach, again firing all our forward tubes from medium range. Unlike earlier, this time at least three eels find the mark and the unlucky merchantman is soon on its way to the bottom. The escort was too preoccupied with rescuing survivors to bother us and we slipped away into the darkness, it having helped to position ourselves between the target and the land so as to hide our silhouette.
13 Sep 1939, British Isles, Atlantic coast. The gods of war smile upon us, offering us a large unescorted tanker. Since the target is unescorted I surface and order the crew to abandon ship. Once they are off, I provide the deck gun crew some practice. While they score a hit, it requires our last two G7as to send the tanker to the bottom. By now the crew is in much better spirits than they were after our initially getting caught by surprise by that Tommie bomber. Even Machanikergrfreiter Schoen is feeling better.
23 Sep 1939, Wilhelmshaven. With two pennants flying from the periscope it felt like we deserved the heroes’ welcome waiting for us on the dock. I had to suppress a smile as the delegation of school children wrinkled their noses when they came aboard to present me with a lovely bouquet that undoubtedly smelled much better than 44 men who hadn’t seen a shower in nearly a month. Still, my eyes and thoughts were on a particular occupant of the pier, as I am sure were a number of the others, including LtzS Fleige and ObfnzS Pilcher. With the damage sustained to the hull due to the British bomber, we will not be putting to see again until December, so the men should all have time to spend with their loved ones.
Respectfully submitted, Erhardt Schmitzer, KptLt, Kommandant, U-99, Lorelei
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Post by andy on Aug 1, 2020 9:54:17 GMT
Borrowing from Silentwolf's report format here is Sturmkreig's first patrol log:
U-Boat Name and ID Number: U-75 Sturmkreig Patrol: # 1 Patrol Assignment: British Isles Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sunk: 2 Number of Tankers Sunk: 2 Number of Capital Ships Sunk: 0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 34,000t (34,000t)
Ships Sunk: 11.9.39 TA92 "Inverlee" 9,200t 24.9.39 TA95 "British Mariner" 7,000t 27.9.39 LF20 "Tajandoen" 8,200t 1.10.39 LF23 "Protesilaus" 9,600t
Refit Time: Standard, + 1 month repairs, + 1 month for extended patrol: ready for next patrol January 1940
Award Request: None.
Notes:
5.9.39: Sailed from Wilhelmshaven
7. 9.39: No contacts made.
9. 9.39: No contacts made.
11. 9.39: Off North-East Coast of Britain. Sighted a lone tanker TA92 "Inverlee". No escort present. Engaged close in using deck gun. Tanker took some punishment and repeated engagement but eventually sank.
12.9.39: No contacts made.
16.9.39: No contacts made.
18.9.39: No contacts made.
19.9.39: Requested resupply as provisions and fuel unexpectedly low. Deck gun out of usable ammunition.
22.9.39: U-75 resupplied at sea. Fuel and deck gun ammunition taken onboard. No events otherwise.
24.9.39: Finally another encounter. Again a tanker TA95 "British Mariner" this time with an escort in the vicinity. Night attack at medium range, submerged. Salvo of 4 G7a torpedoes. All made contact with the tanker. Three explosions heard. "British Mariner" sank quickly following a ferocious fire and fuel explosion. Escort closed quickly and started manoeuvres against U-75. Inflicted minor damage to vessel with loss of deck gun, some minor flooding and damage to our batteries. Evasive action freed us from pursuit by the escort.
25.9.39: Attempted repairs at sea but to no avail, Deck gun inoperable, Batteries sub par. Flooding resolved and remedied. 27.9.39: Lone freighter LF20 "Tajandoen" encountered at dusk. No escort detected. Closed range and attacked from close range, submerged. Again salvo of 4 G7a torpedoes. Contact registered from three of the torps and explosions heard from the three contacts. Again a quick sinking for this large freighter.
1.10. 39: Another large freighter LF23 "Protesilaus" encountered. Day time attack. Escort in the vicinity supporting the freighter. Medium range attack, submerged. Fired a salvo of 4 G7a torpedoes. Contact heard from only one of them. No explosion noted. Very frustrating. Escort closed on our position but U-75 was able to avoid any response from the escort ship. Followed on at a safe distance and were able to re-engage the freighter later that same day. Followed a similar attack pattern. Again firing 4 G7a torpedoes, with at least two explosions registered and the gradual sinking of the "Protesilaus". Again able to avoid the escort and made away.
5.10.39: First time encountering a significant convoy of tankers and large and small freighters with escorts. Spotted during the early afternoon. Picked out a likely target a large tanker TA36 "Languedoc". Decided to wait out and seek darkness for our approach. Medium ranged, surfaced attack. Fired four G7e torps, with three confirmed contacts but just one explosion. Once again managed to avoid detection and put some distance between us and the convoy. Re-Aquired the tanker after a search and realised that she was no longer protected. Fired 2 aft G7e torps from close in surfaced. Two contacts and one explosion. Observed the tanker but, although obviously heavily damaged, she still was under her own power and making progress.
Followed her for a while longer but having no available deck gun and having expended all torpedoes we were powerless to intervene. We closed range with the tanker, gave here a flashlight salute, submerged and sailed for home.
6.10.39: Re-sighted the convoy first seen yesterday. Given our situation decided to flag it's co-ordinates and sailed on without interrupting the progress of the convoy or giving our position away.
7.10.39: No contacts made.
9.10.39: No contacts made.
11.10.39: Sailed into home port with victory pennants aloft.
Post Mission DAMAGE REPORT: 105mm Deck gun inoperable. Batteries damaged and performing sub-par. Hull damage sustained through attack and extended depth manoeuvres.
AMMUNITION USAGE REPORT
G7 Steam Torpedoes: Carried: 16 Fired: 16 Hit Rate: 11/16 Effective on Target: 69% Failed to detonate: 3/11 Dud Rate: 27%
G7 Electric Torpedoes: Carried: 6 Fired: 6 Hit Rate: 5/6 Effective on Target: 83% Failed to detonate: 3/5 Dud Rate: 60%
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Post by xgamerms999 on Aug 2, 2020 19:33:58 GMT
U-Boat Name and ID Number: IXA U-40 Seepferdchen Patrol: #1 Patrol Assignment: British Isles (M) Successful Patrol: Yes Number of Freighters Sank: 0/0 Number of Tankers Sank: 1/1 8900/8900 tons Number of Capital Ships Sank: 0/0 Total Tonnage Destroyed: 8900 Refit Time: Standard (Ready in December)
Award Request: Iron Cross 2nd Class
We set off in the dead of night, none of our loved ones could be there to see us off. Once we were underway I opened my orders, lay a minefield in the shipping lanes of the British Isles, we were going to war. The trip was uneventful, and luckily so was the laying of our mines. A week later we ran into our only sighting, an escorted tanker, the Oilfield (est 8900t). We ended up firing 9 torpedoes at the target, only 2 hit and 1 was a dud. after a day or so of following and attacking, the escort perhaps running low on fuel after multiple fruitless attempts to find us left our pray to fate. We fired our deck gun into her, finally, she began to list as she went down by the bow. As we transited back to base the lookouts spotted an aircraft, but due to their diligence we managed to dive to safety with all hands accounted for. We pulled into port flying a Victory Pennant high. The men are hopeful that we won't have to lay another minefield for Christmas.
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Post by blaird on Aug 7, 2020 22:15:48 GMT
October 1, 1939, (November for the type IX Boats) Gentleman, From my quick glances at the reports you did well this month, sinking 69,200 tons of shipping, and 11 hulls. The first round tonight is on, while the second round will be on the crew of the Seehexe. . Still at Sea (Type 9 boats) Seepferdchen PromotionsNone
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