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Post by silentwolf on Dec 9, 2023 7:59:55 GMT
1 July 1941
Our flotillas are currently based out of La Rochelle and La Spezia. We have destroyed 529,300 tons of enemy shipping.
We will target the shipping lanes and strangle the enemy into submission!
God speed and good hunting!
NOTE: Any new Boats entering the game will begin their patrol in Wilhelmshaven but end their patrol in La Rochelle.
Patrol Assignments:
U-39 (IXA) KKpt Borchers - Atlantic
U-45 (VIIB) KKpt Shroeder - Mediterranean
U-46 (VIIB) KKpt Hess - Atlantic
At Sea:
Active U-Boat Status:
U-39 (IXA) KKpt Borchers - On Patrol
U-45 (VIIB) KKpt Shroeder - On Patrol
U-46 (VIIB) KKpt Hess - On Patrol
U-96 (VIIC) KKpt Bonhoeffer - Refit, ready Aug 1941
Lost U-boats:
U-28 (VIIA) KKpt Bonhoeffer - Replaced by U-96 (VIIC), Mar 1941
U-37 (IXA) KptLt List - Sunk, Nov 1939
U-38 (IXA) KptLt von Margur - Presumed lost, did not return from Apr-May 1940 patrol
U-52 (VIIB) KptLt Engel - Presumed lost, did not return from May 1940 patrol
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
* Boats overdue for 2 consecutive months will be presumed lost.
End of Patrol Reports for July 1941 due no later than Midnight, December 16th.
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Post by crushedhat on Dec 13, 2023 21:33:13 GMT
30 Jul 1941, La Spezia, U-45 enters the port with one pennant flying from a damaged periscope. While some of the men on deck wear bandages, their attention seems more focused on the new port than on their injuries.
U-Boat #: U-45 Patrol Month(s): Jul 41 Patrol Location: Mediterranean Patrol # for this Kommandant: 10 Successful Patrol (Y/N): Y Number of freighters sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant): 0/11 Number of Tankers sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant): 1/3 Number of Capital Ships sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant): 0/0 Tonnage sunk (This Patrol/Cumulative for this Kommandant): 9,800/91,700 Refit Time: 1 Month standard, ready Sep 1941 Award Requests: WBB for injured crew
Narrative:
2 Jul 1941, La Rochelle, France There are many long faces, both onboard U-45 and among the women watching form the pier. With news that U-45 will be reassigned to the Mediterranean Flotilla at the conclusion o f her current mission, many of the hands are already missing the relationships they’ve established I La Rochelle. The local French women who have taken up with them don’t relish the thought of what will befall them without their German protectors at the hands of the Resistance.
Other members of the crew are less morose, looking forward to sunny Italy and being in a country that is actually an Ally of the Reich. The rumored beauty of Italian women also fuels their anticipation. For KKpt Albert Shroeder, his thoughts are focused on the requirements of U-45’s upcoming mission.
Noting the sullen expression on the Face of his 2WO, LtzS Klaus Lister, Shroeder offers, “Cheer up, Klaus. There are plenty of young women in La Spezia. Now, take her out.” The last is meant both to distract Lister from his dark thoughts, and to recognize his growing experience. Across the conning tower, LtzS Rudolf Hinztman smiles.
6 Jul 1941, Strait of Gibraltar, night The lookouts anxiously scan the shore to left and right. Though both are held by supposedly neutral Spain, there is always the danger of spies noting U-45’s passage and reporting it to the Royal Navy forces at Gibraltar. As it turns out, U-45 makes the passage without incident.
8 Jul 1941, North African Coast, night “ALARM!” The lookout’s shout sends men diving for the hatch below even as U-45 starts to dive into the waters of the Mediterranean. Fortunately, the warning came soon enough and there are no following explosions.
KKpt Albert Shroeder steps out of the control room. A moment later he returns with a bottle and a shot glass. Filling the latter, he hands it Matrosengefreiter Gerhard Soehlke, the lookout who spotted the approaching patrol plane. “For a job well done,” Shroeder explains. Shoelke smiles as he accepts the drink.
“Given the geography of the Mediterranean,” Shroeder explains, “There will be plenty of opportunity for others to earn a shot of the Kapitan’s schnaps.” The resulting laughter breaks the tension present since the initial alarm.
18 Jul 1941, near Malta, night Another patrol aircraft. Another sharp-eyed lookout. And another shot of the Kapitan’s schnaps. “A small price to pay to keep the crew on their toes without being stressed out,” Shroeder tells himself as he looks at the dwindling contents of the bottle.
23 Jul 1941, Near Malta, day After nearly three weeks patrolling the Mediterranean, the last week in the likely approach of any British relief convoys, smoke is sighted on the horizon. This near Malta, KKpt Albert Shroeder decides not to risk waiting for dark and possibly letting the convoy reach the beleaguered British garrison.
A short while late the near column of the convoy is in sight. While he has a few of the less detectable electric eels on board, Shroeder decides to go with the more accurate seam torpedoes. Choosing the largest target, a 9,800 ton tanker, Shroeder fires all four eels. Validating his decision to us the 7as, all four torpedoes hit, thought one is a dud. The other three prove more than enough to split the tanker in half, the nearby ocean alight with burning oil.
Then comes the retribution. By the time U-45 slips away from the veteran escort, her aft torpedo door is jammed, and her periscope knocked out, and several of the crew laid up. While there is other damage as well, most notably the #2 diesel and the batteries, Lt (Ing) Max Gotha soon has them back on line.
With the periscope out there is little point in trying to again intercept the convoy. Still, with the prospect of catching a lone ship, Shroeder decides to complete his patrol; making for La Spezia a few days later.
30 Jul 1941, La Spezia U-45 enters the harbor at La Spezia with one pennant flying form the damaged periscope. They pass by the Italian submarine docks. KKpt Albert Shroeder and his officers note the Italian boats as they try to recall what they’ve heard of them. On the deck below, the men of U-45 focus their attention on the part town, thought of new amorous conquests filling their heads.
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arianus
Submarine Commander
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Post by arianus on Dec 14, 2023 5:41:15 GMT
U-Boat U-39 Patrol Month(s): July '41 Patrol Location: Atlantic Patrol # for this Kommandant: 7 patrol Successful Patrol (Y/N) NO
Number of freighters sunk: 0/15 Number of Tankers sunk: 0/4 Number of Capital Ships sunk: 0/0 Tonnage sunk: 0 / 125,500
Refit Time: 1 Month Award Requests:
From the kommandant diary: Sometimes there are no words, no clever quotes to neatly sum up what's happened that day. Sometimes you do everything right, everything exactly right, and still you feel like you failed. Did it need to end that way? Could something have been done to prevent the tragedy in the first place? Where was Luftwaffe? We were attacked in the Bay! In our own base! Eighteen sailors was murdered during that air assault, have no chance to survive. Submarine is critically damaged. And what about my team? How many more times will they be able to look into the abyss? How many more times before they won't ever recover the pieces of themselves that this job takes? Like I said, sometimes there are no words or clever quotes to neatly sum up what's happened that day.
(sometimes you roll 2 and 10 on the first transfer)
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Post by silentwolf on Dec 28, 2023 16:44:51 GMT
U-46
Patrol 9 for Kommandant KKpt Niko Hess Patrol Assignment: Atlantic Successful Patrol: Yes Freighters sunk: 1/11 Tankers sunk: 1/5 Capital Ships sunk: 0/1 Tonnage sunk: 15,700/140,500 Awards Requested: None
Crew Advances to ELITE status
Refit Time: 2 months, ready October 1941
" We sailed on the second and were immediately greeted by an enemy aircraft in the Bay of Biscay. A successful crash dive saved us from an attack...
A week later, a convoy was intercepted in the daylight hours...
I waited until sunset to attack the first target, an 8500 ton tanker...
One hit was scored but it was enough to send the tanker under...
I continued to stalk the convoy...
The next target was a large freighter, weighing in at 7200 tons..
I scored a hit, heavily damaging the ship, but she remained afloat...
We were detected by her escort. Evasive maneuvers were effective, but my boat still suffered damage. Electric Motor #2 was damaged heavily...
I took my boat deep, well below test depth...
The escort soon ended its search for my boat and hastifully steamed away towards the convoy, abandoning the distressed freighter...
I quickly surfaced and took advantage of the opportunity...
We attacked the burning freighter with the deck gun to send her down...."
- KKpt Niko Hess, KMDT U-46
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