Heres my training AAR:
Kriegstagebuch
U-17
Kapitan Name : Ralph Münnich
Date : Sept 1 1939 (Nov 6 2005)
Tonnage Sunk: 6395
Merchant Shipping : 6395
Enemy Warships : 0
Neutral Shipping : 0
Occurrences:
Sept 1st
07:50 Depart Kiel on Ahead Slow, Clear Weather.
07:57 Ahead 1/3
09:31 Cleared Kiel Harbor
12:34 Friendly Ship Spotted, Type 34 Destroyer.
Sept 2nd
01:52 Turned in for Night.
05:52 Awoke to Great Weather, U-17 will enter the Skag around Midnight.
12:48 Winds Pick Up, Break for Lunch.
16:41 Tug of unknown origin spotted, Dive to 25M. Ahead Slow.
18:03 Periscope Depth. Tug Gone. Sea gets rougher, but were staying pretty dry.
Sept 3rd
04:46 Delay puts us in Skag about 3 hours late.
Sept 4th
18:07 Skies become heavy Overcast, Seas Rough, Exiting Skag.
Sept 7th
08:11 Reached AN47 (Assigned Patrol Grid) Seas still Rough, Heavy Clouds.
20:04 Periscope Depth, Ahead 1/3.
Sept 8th
02:28 50% Battery. Surface.
04:16 Ship Spotted! Periscope Depth.
04:19 Enemy C Class Destroyer Spotted! Closing! 2000M.
04:47 Contact Fades.
06:25 Surface Ahead 1/3, Skies clear although Seas still Rough.
08:11 AN47 Patrolled for 24 Hours.
11:30 Ship Spotted! Periscope Depth.
11:37 Enemy C Class Destroyer Spotted! Closing! 2800M. Silent Run!
12:18 Contact Faded.
12:20 Surface!
21:10 Periscope Depth For Sound Check.
21:12 Sound Contact, Merchant, Medium Speed, Closing!, Bearing 237.
21:15 Turn to Contact, Ahead Slow.
21:31 Contact Faded.
21:47 Sound Contact, Merchant, Medium Speed, Closing!, Bearing 012. Up Scope!
21:48 Ship Spotted! British C2 Cargo!, 9Kts!
21:53 AOB:327, Ahead Standard, Can't keep boat Trimmed, Sea to Rough!
21:54 Ahead Flank, Range 2400M.
21:58 Ahead 1/3, Range 1025M, AOB:355.
21:59 Tube 1 & 2 Fire! Running time 53 Seconds.
22:00 Torpedo Impact!, hard Right rudder, Ahead Flank!
22:01 Crew reloading!, Lining up for Tube 3.
22:07 Tube 3 Fire! Running time 23 Seconds. Fireball engulfs Merchant! Shes going down!
22:08 Return to course, Ahead Slow.
22:16 Tube 1 Reloaded.
22:27 Tube 2 Reloaded.
22:30 Surface, Ahead 1/3.
22:48 Tube 3 Reloaded.
Sept 9th
06:23 Seas still Rough, Starting Zig-Zag Course, 200KM North of Aberdeen.
17:48 Ship Spotted! British C3 Cargo! Ahead Flank!
18:25 Ran Parallel, overtaking her slowly. Lost sight for a while, but with our course she
came back into view.
18:32 Periscope Depth, Remain Flank. AOB:32 2800M, Can't keep boat trimmed.
18:33 Ordered 15M, To avoid being spotted.
18:34 Ahead slow.
18:36 Ordered Periscope Depth.
18:38 Torps set to Impact, Tube 1 & 2 Fire! Running time 47 Seconds.
18:39 Two Hits Aft! Ahead Slow, C3 appears to be Dead in Water.
18:43 C3 Appears to be sinking from the Aft. Back Slow.
19:36 Surface!, Return to Course. C3 Did not go down. Set course back to Kiel.
Sept 16th
11:31 Dock at Kiel, Mild Seas.
Respectfully submitted,
Ralph Münnich
U-17
Sept 16th 1939 (Nov 13th 2005)