Historical amount of patrols?

[BobbySopor]

so i couldnt find anything but i know there are alot of people here in this community who have alot of knowledge so i think its best to ask here:

usually a patrol takes me 4-6 days and i only stay at port to refill for 1 day. after 5 patrols i let the crew have a vacation. so in 3-4 months i get like 15 patrols. how many ships i sink? sometimes 4, other times 0. i prefer having my crew save back in the harbour than sinking ships, so sometimes i let ships go even if i could sink them, i am not a good soldier but a great kaleun.
but back to patrols, i think i once read that a uboat usually had like 15 patrols total but i have no clue. so what is historically accurate because i have the feeling even the tonnage goals in campaign is way too much for a single uboat?

[Micullus]

I think there is a misunderstanding. U-Boats did not go on Patrouille (patrol). This was something the S-Boats did for example. A U-Boat went on a "Feind Fahrt". It was outfitted, assigned to an Area and there they stayed til they ran out of ammo or fuel or needed intensive repairs. This could take several months. Some U-boats went all the way down to Aruba.
At the end of the war U-Boats even went on missions to Argentina and Japan. Most of the time submerged.

In game it's just how it is. Yes in some cases 250.000 tons sound maybe much. But with every solved campaign come great benefits. With the crew it's not a huge impact. Just keep them well fed and you can stay offshore till their degeneration reaches -20 morale.
When you come back and send them into vacation that's the best time for research and development because it goes up to 85% faster.

If a campaign annoys you just do something different like the Atlantic missions.
But keep in mind whem a campaign runs out it's impossible to get the benefit.

[Noctover]

I stay out til im out of fish, usually takes 2 weeks or so

[CyberTrapper]

U-48 was a mid-size German Type VIIB submarine from World War II. From August 1939 to June 1941, the boat made twelve military campaigns, spending 325 days at sea. During this time, she sank fifty-one ships with a total tonnage of 306,875 GRT, sank one warship with a displacement of 1,060 tons, and damaged three ships with a total tonnage of 20,480 GRT. U-48 became the most successful submarine in World War II, and each of her three successive officers was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

[SpaceBikerV]

Originally posted by Micullus:

A U-Boat went on a "Feind Fahrt".

Find Fart? No wonder submariners are smelly!

[[XIII]Opsec]

Most patrols averaged around 28 days, some were longer if in a remote area, and some shorter if very successful or the Uboat needed repairs.

[-=[Sesa]=-Graf Zahl]

Originally posted by SpaceBikerV:

Originally posted by Micullus:

A U-Boat went on a "Feind Fahrt".

Find Fart? No wonder submariners are smelly!

Feindfahrt = Enemy or hostile journey/trip

That about sums it up. An operation (journey) to search for the enemy and carry out predefined actions.

[BobbySopor]

Originally posted by CyberTrapper:

U-48 was a mid-size German Type VIIB submarine from World War II. From August 1939 to June 1941, the boat made twelve military campaigns, spending 325 days at sea. During this time, she sank fifty-one ships with a total tonnage of 306,875 GRT, sank one warship with a displacement of 1,060 tons, and damaged three ships with a total tonnage of 20,480 GRT. U-48 became the most successful submarine in World War II, and each of her three successive officers was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

interesting. thanks guys. so this particular uboat sank over 4 ships and an average of 28 days per patrol. these are some solid numbers!

[ждун]

Originally posted by SpaceBikerV:

Originally posted by Micullus:

A U-Boat went on a "Feind Fahrt".

Find Fart? No wonder submariners are smelly!

its Feindfahrt - one combined word

Feind = enemy
Fahrt = run / trip / tour

a "run for enemies" would be a good translation I guess.

[Micullus]

Originally posted by ждун:

Originally posted by SpaceBikerV:

Find Fart? No wonder submariners are smelly!

its Feindfahrt - one combined word

Feind = enemy
Fahrt = run / trip / tour

a "run for enemies" would be a good translation I guess.

YESS... i always try not to use words like Rhabarberbarbarbarenbartbarbier or Rindfleischettiketierungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
In an international setting you have to keep it simple.

[SpaceBikerV]

Originally posted by Micullus:

YESS... i always try not to use words like Rhabarberbarbarbarenbartbarbier or Rindfleischettiketierungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
In an international setting you have to keep it simple.

Is this the fabled engima?

[Micullus]

Originally posted by SpaceBikerV:

Originally posted by Micullus:

YESS... i always try not to use words like Rhabarberbarbarbarenbartbarbier or Rindfleischettiketierungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz.
In an international setting you have to keep it simple.

Is this the fabled engima?

Nope.... thats how to use the toilet on a submarine
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_1206_(Kriegsmarine)

[SpaceBikerV]

Originally posted by Micullus:

Nope.... thats how to use the toilet on a submarine
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_1206_(Kriegsmarine)

Now that’s a “Find” they couldn’t “Fart” from

[CyberTrapper]

Originally posted by BobbySopor:

interesting. thanks guys. so this particular uboat sank over 4 ships and an average of 28 days per patrol. these are some solid numbers!

Probably longer than 28 days on average, but may depend on the individual submarine. The U-96 had 11 trips from 2 weeks to 40-50 days.

[host249]

Have a look at wikipedia, for example U96. Every patrol is listed. The 4. patrol lastet 41 days, the 2. only 14 days.

[CyberTrapper]

Originally posted by host249:

Have a look at wikipedia,

What in my post contradicts yours?
Eighth patrol 52 days.