Post by crushedhat on Jun 12, 2022 15:46:06 GMT
May 1941 Patrol Status
NOTE: With the fall of France, BdU will be moving operations into French ports. The 15th Flotilla will be based out of St. Nazaire. Any Boats currently in Wilhelmshaven, as well as any new Boats entering the game, will begin their patrol in Wilhelmshaven but end their patrol in St. Nazaire (Last patrol box will be ‘Bay of Biscay’). Once a Boat is in St. Nazaire, future patrols will begin and end there (First and last patrol box will be ‘Bay of Biscay’).
May Events:
1-7th, bombing of Liverpool
12th, RAF bomb Emden, Hamburg, Berlin
14th, First mass roundup of Jews in occupied France
20th, German paratroopers land on Crete
21st, American merchantman SS Robin Moore sunk by U-69
21st, Italian viceroy in Ethiopia surrenders
24th, HMS Hood sunk by Bismarck
26-27th, Bismarck sunk
28th, British begin evacuation of Crete
31st, Luftwaffe bombs Dublin in neutral Ireland
U-Boat Status for month
(Type IX patrols are two months long, Reports due the end of the second month)
U# Type Rank Kommandant Player Patrol Assignment
30 VIIA ObLt Peter von Agstein Nenva Apr* British Isles
37 IXA KKpt Siegmund von Margur siegmund Refit
41 IXA KKpt Wilhelm Schultze ChefEd Refit
46 VIIB KptLt Willi Gering Donitz Refit
50 VIIB KKpt Joachim Helmert crushedhat Refit
66 IXC ObLt Vincenz von Meyer silentwolf May-Jun West African Coast
97 VIIC ObLt Otto Wladner silentwolf May British Isles
98 VIIC ObLt Patrick Pedersen ChefEd Refit
(M) is a mining mission.
(A) is agent insertion mission.
*Overdue, will be declared ‘Lost’ if not reporting in by the end of May.
Lost Boats:
U-39, did not return from Dec 39- Jan 40 patrol (British Isles (M))
U-45, did not return from May 40 patrol (British Isles (M))
U-48 sunk on Jan 41 patrol (Atlantic)
U-99 did not return from Feb 41 patrol (British Isles)
Required information for end of Patrol Report:
U-Boat #
Patrol Month(s)
Patrol Location
Patrol # for this Kommandant
Successful Patrol (Y/N)
Number of freighters sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Number of Tankers sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Number of Capital Ships sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Tonnage sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Refit Time
Award Requests
Optional information for End of Patrol Report: Patrol narrative
End of Patrol Reports for May 41 due no later than Midnight, 18 Jun 2022 your time.
NOTE: With the fall of France, BdU will be moving operations into French ports. The 15th Flotilla will be based out of St. Nazaire. Any Boats currently in Wilhelmshaven, as well as any new Boats entering the game, will begin their patrol in Wilhelmshaven but end their patrol in St. Nazaire (Last patrol box will be ‘Bay of Biscay’). Once a Boat is in St. Nazaire, future patrols will begin and end there (First and last patrol box will be ‘Bay of Biscay’).
May Events:
1-7th, bombing of Liverpool
12th, RAF bomb Emden, Hamburg, Berlin
14th, First mass roundup of Jews in occupied France
20th, German paratroopers land on Crete
21st, American merchantman SS Robin Moore sunk by U-69
21st, Italian viceroy in Ethiopia surrenders
24th, HMS Hood sunk by Bismarck
26-27th, Bismarck sunk
28th, British begin evacuation of Crete
31st, Luftwaffe bombs Dublin in neutral Ireland
U-Boat Status for month
(Type IX patrols are two months long, Reports due the end of the second month)
U# Type Rank Kommandant Player Patrol Assignment
30 VIIA ObLt Peter von Agstein Nenva Apr* British Isles
37 IXA KKpt Siegmund von Margur siegmund Refit
41 IXA KKpt Wilhelm Schultze ChefEd Refit
46 VIIB KptLt Willi Gering Donitz Refit
50 VIIB KKpt Joachim Helmert crushedhat Refit
66 IXC ObLt Vincenz von Meyer silentwolf May-Jun West African Coast
97 VIIC ObLt Otto Wladner silentwolf May British Isles
98 VIIC ObLt Patrick Pedersen ChefEd Refit
(M) is a mining mission.
(A) is agent insertion mission.
*Overdue, will be declared ‘Lost’ if not reporting in by the end of May.
Lost Boats:
U-39, did not return from Dec 39- Jan 40 patrol (British Isles (M))
U-45, did not return from May 40 patrol (British Isles (M))
U-48 sunk on Jan 41 patrol (Atlantic)
U-99 did not return from Feb 41 patrol (British Isles)
Required information for end of Patrol Report:
U-Boat #
Patrol Month(s)
Patrol Location
Patrol # for this Kommandant
Successful Patrol (Y/N)
Number of freighters sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Number of Tankers sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Number of Capital Ships sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Tonnage sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant)
Refit Time
Award Requests
Optional information for End of Patrol Report: Patrol narrative
End of Patrol Reports for May 41 due no later than Midnight, 18 Jun 2022 your time.