[TEC] Reworking Marine-/U-Bootversorger, Milchkuehe, Suppliers

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Thesis:
 
In my efforts to help an old friend with his mod I stumbled across irritating facts that have apparently never been thoroughly revised in SH3's existence.
 
I then programmed a tool that brought overview into this, because I felt the need to update "Doenitz Elite Flotilla - [S3O] - Operation Spinnennetz (auto-updated WORLD-MAPS)" as well. There we continued on the basis of Canovaro's data which currently shows this overview:
 

 
Besides the unmodded vanillla-version (="Stock 1.4b") this thread covers the major mega-mods of SH3 (use the provided quick-links!):

• GWX3 (=GWX 3.0 GOLD) - INGAME DATA - HELP
• WAC4 (=WAC 4.1) - INGAME DATA - HELP
• GWX4 (=GWX RUS REWORKED) - INGAME DATA - HELP
• NYGM (=NYGM 3.7F/2017) - INGAME - HELP
• LSH3V6 (=LSH3 Edition 2015) - INGAME DATA - HELP
• CCoM (=CCoM 11.1) - INGAME - HELP

The goal is to have HISTORICALLY ACCURATE data in the GUI and the game-data. The output of my tool does not only show the ingame-LON/LAT-values, it includes for the first time a converted data of the KMPQ (="KriegsMarine PlanQuadrat", which matches S3O) in the syntax.PQ= PQ1234, i.e. not only four but 6 (!) digits, for instance BF7961.


I have begun with the details and will walk all the way through my list of Mega-Mods.
 
Collected conclusions:
 
The sorting is important. It must NOT (!) be sorted by date. Always "place before time"...Because: How do you play?
 
You first look WHERE you now are, then you look WHAT DATE it is and then you look where you can go.
Everything else might look good or be historical accurate - but just not usable for players

It is a big pity that Susi's administration has never considered an area to discuss topics that apply for all games simulating GERMAN U-Boote, otherwise modders could have much more cooperated.
 
And the following posts by gap would not have gone missed - I took his texts and added:
 

• Pictures (some were missing and we use them on S3O, too) - DONE.
• KMPQ from the LON/LAT coordinates - coming

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This is how "Stock 1.4b" (i.e. the unmodified game) handles it:
 
 [ ] Marine-Versorger available.
  [ ] Milchkuh-U-Boote available.
  [ ] Dock to them to replenish fuel and ammo

-output:

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This is standard GWX:

- output:




The following mega-mods show no difference:


The help file contents of GWX for comparison

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WAC 4.1 -AND!- WAC 5b1 show identical results, I thought the release-version 5.0 would be different, because it should be fully compatible with OPERATION SPINNENNETZ (S3O), but well...
 
 LND!

and SCR:



This list makes not much sense since it is too vague - where would be "Nord-West Atlantik"? That tells you nothing as to WHERE ACTUALLY to go to. You cannot just go to "Nord-West-Atlantik" because you will never find the boat with such poor destination-data.
 
 

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let's see...

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[X] Marine-Versorger available.
  [X] Milchkuh-U-Boote available.
  [X] You can dock to them to replenish fuel and ammo.
 
 
 This is the more complex data of LSH3V6


good tga as dragsheet, BUT
 sorted per date
 only KMPQ/4dg
 sometimes KMPQ missing, then useless because way too vague
 
 

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When I find time...

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has only slight changes compared to GWX3:

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U-Boot refitting at sea
 Part I: German tankers interned in Spanish ports

 
 
 
 Even though neutrality regulations prohibited merchant ships interned in neutral ports to refit war ships or U-Boote, with connivance of the Spanish authorities some ships secretly refuelled and provided U-Boot with provisions. These refittings usually took place at night, when the risk of being caught was smaller, and they were abondoned by late 41- early 42, when the commissioning of the new type XIV Milchkuh U-Boote rendered the use of surface vessels for U-Boot refitting needless.
 
 The list of the interned German tankers and U-Boot that refuelled from  them follows below.
 
 
 
 
 
 Ship name: MV Max Albrecht
 Location: Ferrol (Galicia)
 Documented refits from this unit (3):

• U-30 (type VIIa), 6th patrol: outbound Wilhelmshaven, 08/06/1940, inbound Lorient, 07/07/1940; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Western Approaches; refitted from MV Max Albrecht on 18/06/1940;
• U-68 (type IXc), 4th patrol: outbound Lorient, 14/05/1942, inbound Lorient, 10/07/1942; patrol duties carried out: patrolling Caribbean; refitted from MV Max Albrecht on 17/05/1942;
• U-66 (type IXc), 6th patrol: outbound Lorient, 23/06/1942, inbound Lorient, 29/09/1942; patrol duties carried out: patrolling the Atlantic coast of South America, between Venezuela and Dutch Guiana (modern Suriname); refitted from MV Max Albrecht on 23/09/1942.

 
 
 Ship name: MV Bessel
 Location: Vigo (Galicia)
 Documented refits from this unit (:

• U-43 (type IX), 4th patrol: outbound Wilhelmshaven, 13/05/1940, inbound Wilhelmshaven, 22/07/1940; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Western Approaches and Portuguese coastal waters; refitted from MV Bessel on 18/06/1940;
• U-29 (type VIIa), 5th patrol: outbound Wilhelmshaven, 27/05/1940, inbound Wilhelmshaven, 11/07/1940; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Western Approaches off Bay of Biscay; refitted from MV Bessel between 20 and 21/06/1940;
• U-52 (type VIIb), 4th patrol: outbound Kiel, 08/06/1940, inbound Lorient, 21/07/1940; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Western Approaches and Bay of Biscay; refitted from MV Bessel on 01/07/1040;
• U-77 (type VIIc), 3rd patrol: outbound St. Nazaire, 11/10/1941, inbound Lorient, 13/11/1941; patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations in Mid Atlantic and Western Approaches; refitted from MV Bessel on 08/11/1941;
• U-96 (type VIIc), 7th patrol: outbound St. Nazaire, 27/10/1941, inbound Mediterranean sea (back to St. Nazaire on 06/12/1941 after being bombed by a British aircraft near Gibraltar); patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations in Mid Atlantic and Western Approaches; refitted from MV Bessel between 27 and 28/11/1941;
• U-574 (type VIIc), 1st patrol: outbound Kiel, 08/11/1941, sunk on 19/12/1941 in North Atlantic near Punta Delgada, by ramming and depth charges from HMS Stork; patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations in Mid Atlantic and then Gibraltar area; refitted from MV Bessel between 11 and 12/12/1941;
• U-575 (type VIIc), 2nd patrol: outbound St. Nazaire, 09/11/1941, inbound Mediterranean sea (back to St. Nazaire on 17/12/1941 after detecting ASW activity on approaching Gibraltar); patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations in Mid Atlantic; refitted from MV Bessel between 12 and 13/12/1941;
• U-434 (type VIIc), 1st patrol: outbound Kristiansand, sunk 18/12/1941 north of Madeira, Portugal, by depth charges from HMS Blankney and HMS Stanley; patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations in mid Atlantic; refitted from MV Bessel between 14 and 15/12/1941.

 
 Ship name: MV Thalia
 Location: Cadiz (Andalusia), KMPQ=CG9521
 Documented refits from this unit (6):

• U-25 (type Ia), 2nd patrol: outbound Wilhelmshaven, 13/01/1940, inbound Wilhelmshaven 19/02/1940; patrol duties carried out: patrolling Portuguese coastal waters and Gibraltar area; refitted from MV Thalia on 30/01/1940;
• U-109 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 28/01/1941, inbound Lorient 17/08/1941; patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations off Atlantic coast of Morocco, Gibraltar, Azores Islands; refitted from MV Thalia on 21/07/1941;
• U-331 (type VIIc), 1st patrol: outbound Kiel, 02/07/1941, inbound Lorient 19/08/1941; patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations in mid Atlantic south of Greenland, and  between Gibraltar and Azores Islands; refitted from MV Thalia between 1 and 02/08/1941;
• U-564 (type VIIc), 3rd patrol: outbound Brest, 19/09/1941, inbound Lorient 01/11/1941; patrol duties carried out: wolfpack operations in North Atlantic off Cape Farewell (Greenland) and west of Gibraltar; refitted from MV Thalia between 14 and 15/10/1941, and transfered to her a medical case;
• U-204 (type VIIc), 3rd patrol: outbound Brest 20/09/1941, sunk 19/10/1941 off Tangiers by depth charges from HMS Mallow and HMS Rochester; patrol duties carried out: escorting the German blockade runner MV Rio Grande (heading to Japan) off Bay of Biscay, wolfpack operations west of Gibraltar and off Atlantic coast of Morocco; refitted from MV Thalia between 15 and 16/10/1941;
• U-652 (type VIIc), 3rd patrol: outbound Lorient, 01/11/1941, inbound Messina (Sicily, Italy), 12/12/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling mid Atlantic between Greenland, US Atlantic coast and Azores, then escorting the German merchant auxiliary cruiser KM Komet to Bay of Biscay, then patrolling Mediterranean sea east of Gibraltar and off Baleares islands; refitted from MV Thalia between 27 and 27/11/1941.

 
 
 Ship name: MV Corrientes
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 Ship Name: MV Charlotte Schliemann
 Location: Las Palmas (Canary Islands), KMPQ= DH9461
 Documented refits from these two units (6):

• U-124 (type IXb), 4th patrol: outbound Lorient, 23/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 01/05/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic and West African coast; refitted from MV Corrientes or MV Charlotte Schliemann on 03/03/1941;
• U-105 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 22/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 13/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic, off Cape Verde and West African coast, then escorting the German blockade runner MV Lech; refitted from MV Corrientes or MV Charlotte Schliemann on 04/03/1941;
• U-106 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 26/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 17/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic, off Cape Verde and West African coast, then escorting the German blockade runner MV Lech; refitted from MV Corrientes or MV Charlotte Schliemann on 05/03/1941;
• U-123 (type IXb), 5th patrol: outbound Lorient, 15/06/1941, inbound Lorient, 23/08/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic and West African coast; refitted from MV Corrientes or MV Charlotte Schliemann on 25/06/1941;
• U-69 (type VIIc), 3rd patrol: outbound Lorient, 05/05/1941, inbound St. Nazaire, 08/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic and West African coast down to Gulf of Guinea, and mine lying Lagos (Nigeria) and Takoradi (Ghana); refitted from MV Corrientes or MV Charlotte Schliemann on 30/06/1941;
• U-103 (type IXb), 4th patrol: outbound Lorient, 01/04/1941, inbound Lorient 12/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic and West African coast; refitted from MV Corrientes or MV Charlotte Schliemann on 05/07/1941.

 

U-Boot refitting at sea
 Part II: Surface units in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean

 
 
 
 
 Ship Name: Pinguin (Ehrenfels class auxiliary cruiser HSK-5 / Schiff 33)
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (1):
 

• U-A (type UA), 2nd patrol: outbound Kiel, 6/06/1940, inbound Kiel, 30/08/1940; patrol duties carried out: patrolling North Atlantic off Southern coast of Iceland, and then Central and Southern Atlantic, along West African coast; refitted from Pinguin on 19/07/1940, ca. 650 nmi NW of St. Paul Rocks, KMPQ= EQ3571

 
 
 
 Ship Name: Nordmark (Dixie) (Dithmarschen class)
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (4):
 

• U-65 (type IXb), 5th patrol: outbound Lorient, 15/10/1940, inbound Lorient, 10/01/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic along West African coast;  refitted from Nordmark on 10/11/1940, ca. 360 nmi NNW of St. Peter and  Paul Rocks [pos: 06°27'N, 31°09'W, KMPQ= ER5655], and again on 29/11/1940, in the same  position, and on 7/12/1940, ca. 330 nmi WNW of St. Peter and Paul [pos:  01°57'N, 34°45'W, KMPQ= FC1255].
• U-106 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 26/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 17/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic, off Cape Verde and West African coast, then escorting the German blockade runner MV Lech;  refuelled from Nordmark on 29/03/1941, ca. 130 nmi NNW of St. Peter and  Paul Rocks Archipelago [pos: 02°51'N, 30°15'W, KMPQ= ER9755], and again on 8/04/1941,  ca. 160 nmi NE of the same location [pos: 02°51'N, 27°33'W, KMPQ= ES7755].
• U-105 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 22/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 13/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic, off Cape Verde and West African coast, then escorting the German blockade runner MV Lech;  refuelled from Nordmark on 29/3/1941, ca. 200 nmi NW of St. Peter and  Paul Rocks Archipelago [pos: 02°51'N, 31°09'W, KMPQ= ER8955], and again on 8/04/1941,  ca. 170 nmi N of St. Peter and Paul Rock [pos: 03°45'N, 31°09'W, KMPQ= ER8655], and on  3/05/1941, ca. 400 nmi NNW of the same location [pos: 07°21'N,  31°09'W, KMPQ= ER5355];
• U-107 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 29/03/1941, inbound Lorient, 2/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic along West African coast; refitted from Nordmark on 3/05/1941, NW of St. Peter and Paul Archipelago. Distance unknown, thus no KMPQ.

 
 
 
 Ship Name: Kormoran (HSK-8 / Schiff 41)
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (2):
 

• U-124 (type IXb), 4th patrol: outbound Lorient, 23/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 01/05/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic and West African coast; met with Kormoran for refitting and equipment transfer on 15/03/1941, ca. 400 nmi N of St. Peter and Paul Rocks Archipelago [07°21'N, 30°15'W, KMPQ= ER6155]  though, due to bad weather, the refitting took actually place 3 days  later [pos: 02°51'N, 33°51'W, KMPQ= ER7955];
• U-105 (type IXb) 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 22/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 13/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic, off Cape Verde and West African coast, then escorting the German blockade runner Lech; refitted of torpedoes from Kormoran (that, on turn, received spare parts from the U-Boot) on 29/03/1941, ca. 200 nmi NW of St. Peter and Paul Rocks Archipelago [pos: 02°51'N, 31°09'W, KMPQ= ER8955].

 
 
 
 Ship Name: Egerland
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (7):
 

• U-107 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 29/03/1941, inbound Lorient, 2/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic along West African coast; refitted from Egerland on 10/05/1941, ca. 330 nmi N of St. Peter and Paul Archipelago [pos: 06°27'N, 29°21'W, KMPQ= ER6555].
• U-38 (type IX), 9th patrol: outbound Lorient, 9/04/1941, inbound Lorient, 29/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic, along and off West African coast; refitted from Egerland on 16/05/1941, ca. 320 nmi NNW of St. Peter and Paul Rock [pos: 05°33'N, 32°03'W, KMPQ= ER5855];
• U-103 (type IXb), 4th patrol: outbound Lorient, 01/04/1941, inbound Lorient 12/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic and West African coast; refitted from Egerland on 17/05/1941, ca. 280 nmi N of St. Peter and Paul Rock [pos: 05°33'N, 28°27'W, KMPQ= ER6955];
• U-106 (type IXb), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 26/02/1941, inbound Lorient, 17/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic, off Cape Verde and West African coast, then escorting the German blockade runner MV Lech; refitted from Egerland on 17/05/1941, ca. 400 nmi NNW of St. Peter and Paul Rock [pos: 07°21'N, 31°09'W, KMPQ= ER5355];
• U-69 (type VIIc), 3rd patrol: outbound Lorient, 05/05/1941, inbound St. Nazaire, 08/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling central Atlantic and West African coast down to Gulf of Guinea, and mine lying Lagos (Nigeria) and Takoradi (Ghana); refitted from Egerland on 19/05/1941, ca. 390 nmi N of St. Peter and Paul Rock [pos: 07°21'N, 30°15'W, KMPQ= ER6155];
• U-A (type UA), 5th patrol: outbound Lorient, 03/05/1941, inbound Lorient, 20/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling Central and South Atlantic, along and off West African coast; refitted from Egerland on 28/05/1941;
• Sunk  on 5/06/1941 before she could rendezvous with U-38 and U-69, that  should have refuelled from here around 7/06/1941, ca. 330 nmi N of St.  Peter and Paul Rock [pos: 06°27'N, 29°21'W, KMPQ= ER6555].

 
 
 
 Ship Name: Belchen (ex Sysla)
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (3):
 

• U-111 (type IXb), 1st patrol: outbound Wilhelmshaven, 5/05/1941, inbound Lorient, 7/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling North Atlantic, up to Southern coats of Greenland and off St. Lawrence Gulf; refitted from Belchen on 25/05/1941, ca. 130 nmi SSW of Cape Farewell, Greenland [pos: 57°45'N, 45°24'W, KMPQ= AJ2555];
• U-557 (type VIIc), 1st patrol: outbound Kiel, 13/05/1941, inbound Lorient, 10/07/1941; patrol duties carried out: North Atlantic, up to Southern coast of Greenland; refitted from Belchen between 1-2/06/1941, ca. 120 nmi WSW of Cape Farewell [pos: 58°39'N, 47°12'W, KMPQ= AJ2155];
• U-93 (type VIIc), 4th patrol: outbound Lorient, 3/05/1941, inbound St. Nazaire, 10/06/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling North Atlantic, up to South-eastern coast of Greenland;  refitted from Belchen on 3/06/1941, ca. 120 nmi WSW of Cape Farewell   [pos: 58°39'N, 47°12'W, KMPQ= AJ2155]; during this refitting, Belchen was intercepted  and sunk by the British Cruisers HMS Aurora and HMS Kenya.

 
 
 
 Ship Name: Lothringen (ex-Papendrecht!)
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (1):
 

• Sunk 15/06/1941 in South Atlantic by the British cruiser HMS Dunedin,  before she could rendezvous with U-A, U-69, U-103, and U-107, that  should have refuelled from here between 18 and 19/06/1941, ca. 630 nmi  NNW of St. Peter and Paul, and 720 nmi WSW of Santiago, Cape Verde [pos:  10°03'N, 34°45'W, KMPQ= ER1255].

   
 
 
 
 Ship Name: Python
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (4):
 

• U-124 (type IXb), 7th patrol: outbound Lorient, 30/10/1941, inbound Lorient 29/12/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic; U-124 left from Lorient together with the supply ship Python, that had to be escorted off West Africa by U-124 and U-129, and to refit them before they  proceeded with  their southward passage; the refitting of U-124 took place on 20/11/1941, ca. 670 nmi WSW of Santiago, Cape Verde [pos: 10°03'N, 33°51'W, KMPQ= ER1355];
• U-129 (type IXc), 3rd patrol: outbound Lorient, 21/10/1941, inbound Lorient 28/12/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic; U-129 travelled together   with the supply ship Python, that had to be escorted off West Africa  by U-124 and U-129, and to refit them before they  proceeded with their  southward passage; the refitting of U-129 took place on 20/11/1941, ca. 650 nmi WSW of Santiago, Cape Verde [pos: 09°09'N, 32°57'W, KMPQ= ER2455].
• U-A (type UA), 7th patrol: outbound Lorient 21/10/1941, inbound Lorient, 25/12/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling Central and South Atlantic; refitted from Python between 30/11-1/12/1941, ca. 710 nmi S of St. Helena [pos: 27°45'S, 04°09'W, KMPQ= GF9355].
• U-68 (type IXc), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 11/09/1941, inbound Lorient, 25/12/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic, along West and South African coasts; refitted from Python between 30/11-1/12/1941, ca. 710 nmi S of St. Helena [pos: 27°45'S, 04°09'W, KMPQ= GF9355]. While refitting U-A and U-68, on 01/12/1941, Python was intercepted and sunk by HMS Dorsetshire.

 
 
 
 
 Ship Name: Atlantis (HSK-2 / Schiff 16) (Ehrenfels class auxiliary cruiser)
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (2):
 

• U-68 (type IXc), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 11/09/1941, inbound Lorient, 25/12/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic, along West and South African coasts; refitted from Atlantis on 13/11/1941, ca. 500 nmi S of St. Helena [pos: 24°09'S, 06°51'W, KMPQ= GF2955];
• U-126 (type IXc), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 24/09/1941, inbound Lorient, 13/12/1941; patrol duties carried out: patrolling South Atlantic, along West Africa and Gulf of Guinea;  met with Atlantis on 22/11/1941, ca. 330 nmi NW of Ascension, [pos:  04°21'S, 18°33'W, KMPQ= FE7555]. The OKM signal instruction sent to U-126 ordering  this rendezvous was intercepted and deciphered by the Allied Enigma code  breakers at Bletchley Park and was passed on to the Admiralty: the  refitting had to be interrupted when the British cruiser HMS Devonshire  appeared on the horizon. U-126 was eventually able to dive and escape  the attack, but Atlantis was sunk later the same day.

 
 
 
 Ship Name: Charlotte Schliemann
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (9):
 

• U-198 (type IXd2), 1st patrol: outbound Kiel, 09/03/1943, inbound Bordeaux, 29/09/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling off South African coast; refitted from  Charlotte Schliemann on 22/06/1943, ca. 550 nmi S of Mauritius [pos: 29°39'S, 58°24'E, KMPQ= KR9655];
• U-196 (type IXd2), 1st patrol: outbound Kiel, 13/03/1943, inbound Bordeaux, 23/10/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling off South and East Africa along Mozambique Channel; refitted from  Charlotte Schliemann on 22/06/1943, ca. 550 nmi S of Mauritius [pos: 29°39'S, 58°24'E, KMPQ= KR9655];
• U-181 (type IXd2), 2nd patrol: outbound Bordeaux, 23/03/1943, inbound Bordeaux, 14/10/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling off South Africa and eastern coast of Madagascar; refitted from  Charlotte Schliemann on 23/06/1943, ca. 550 nmi S of Mauritius [pos: 29°39'S, 58°24'E, KMPQ= KR9655];
• U-178 (type IXd2), 2nd patrol: outbound Bordeaux, 28/03/1943, inbound Penang, 27/08/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling off South and East Africa; refitted from  Charlotte Schliemann on 23/06/1943, ca. 550 nmi S of Mauritius [pos: 29°39'S, 58°24'E, KMPQ= KR9655];
• U-197 (type IXd2), 1st patrol: outbound Kiel, 03/04/1943, Sunk 20 Aug, 1943 south of Madagascar by depth charges from 2 British Catalina aircraft; patrol duties carried out: patrolling off South African coast; refitted from  Charlotte Schliemann on 23/06/1943, ca. 550 nmi S of Mauritius [pos: 29°39'S, 58°24'E, KMPQ= KR9655];
• U-177 (type IXd2), 2nd patrol: outbound Kiel, 01/04/1943, inbound Bordeaux, 01/10/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling off South Africa and south-eastern coast of Madagascar; refitted from  Charlotte Schliemann on 24/06/1943, ca. 550 nmi S of Mauritius [pos: 29°39'S, 58°24'E, KMPQ= KR9655];
• U-510 (type IXc), 5th patrol: outbound Lorient, 03/11/1943, inbound Penang, 05/04/1944; patrol duties carried out: patrolling south-eastern African coast, Gulf of Aden and Laccadive Sea; refitted from Charlotte Schliemann on 27/01/1944, ca. 550 nmi ESE of Mauritius [pos: 24°15’S, 68°00’E, KMPQ= KS3555];
• U-178 (type IXd2), 3rd patrol: outbound Penang, 27/11/1943, inbound Bordeaux, 25/05/1944; patrol duties carried out: patrolling Bay of Bengal, Laccadive sea and Indian Ocean off Mauritius; refitted from Charlotte Schliemann on 27/01/1944, ca. 550 nmi WSW of Mauritius [pos: 24°15’S, 68°00’E, KMPQ= KS3555];
• U-532 (type IXc/40), 3rd patrol: outbound Penang,  04/01/1944, inbound Europe, then back to Penang after  failing to refit from Charlotte Schlieman on 11/02/1944, when the tanker was forced to stop the refuelling and to scuttle in order to avoid an Allied attack, ca. 900 nm  E of Mauritius.

 
 
 
 Ship Name: Brake
 Locations: below
 Documented refits from this unit (6):
 

• U-168 (type IXc/40), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 3/07/1943, inbound Penang, 11/11/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling the Arabian Sea, from Gulf of Aden to Gulf of Oman and Laccadive; refitted from Brake on 11/09/1943, ca. 450 nmi SSE of Mauritius [pos: 27°51'S, 59°36'E, KMPQ= KS4755];
• U-183 (type IXc/40), 3rd patrol: outbound Lorient, 3/07/1943, inbound Penang, 30/10/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling the Indian Ocean, from East African coast to Laccadive; refitted from Brake on 11/09/1943, ca. 450 nmi SSE of Mauritius [pos: 27°51'S, 59°36'E, KMPQ= KS4755];
• U-188 (type IXc/40), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 30/06/1943, inbound Penang, 30/10/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling the Arabian Sea, from Gulf of Aden to Gulf of Oman and Laccadive; refitted from Brake on 11/09/1943, ca. 450 nmi SSE of Mauritius [pos: 27°51'S, 59°36'E, KMPQ= KS4755];
• U-532 (type IXc/40), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 3/07/1943, inbound Penang, 30/10/1943; patrol duties carried out: patrolling the Laccadive sea; refitted from Brake on 11/09/1943, ca. 450 nmi SSE of Mauritius [pos: 27°51'S, 59°36'E, KMPQ= KS4755];
• U-533 (type IXc/40), 2nd patrol: outbound Lorient, 5/07/1943, sunk 16/10/1943 in the Gulf of Oman by depth charges from a British Bisley (Blenheim) aircraft; patrol duties carried out: patrolling the Arabian Sea, from Gulf of Aden to Gulf of Oman; refitted from Brake on 11/09/1943, ca. 450 nmi SSE of Mauritius [pos: 27°51'S, 59°36'E, KMPQ= KS4755];
• On 11/03/1945, U-168, U-188 and U-532 met  up 1,000 nm SE of Mauritius  [pos: 32°21'S, 72°48'E, KMPQ= JD1643] for refitting from Brake, before heading back from  Indian Ocean to Europe. Due to bad weather, the refuelling took longer  than expected. On the morning of the day after, only U-188 and U-532 had  successfully refuelled. U-168 was attempting to do the same when the  group was spotted by several planes from the British escort carrier HMS  Battler. The U-Boote managed to avoid the Allied attack by diving  promptly, but the tanker was forced to scuttle before capture by the  destroyer HMS Roebuck, who had been called as reinforcement.

I have also found data about these:
 
 CHARLOTTE SCHLIEMANN:
 21.08.39 Aruba aus
 02.09.39 Las Palmas ein
 23.02.42 Las Palmas aus
 20.10.42 Yokohama ein
 25.05.43 Kobe aus
 28.08.43 Yokohama ein
 12.01.44 Singapur aus
 12.02.44 +
 
 BRAKE
 19.08.39 Rotterdam aus nach Aruba
 29.08.39 Vigo ein
 02.03.41 Vigo aus
 08.03.41 St. Nazaire ein
 26.09.42 La Pallice aus
 23.12.42 Yokohama ein
 26.08.43 Penang aus
 26.09.43 Penang ein
 26.02.44 Penang aus
 12.03.44 +
 
 Quelle:
 Cai BOJE, Bernd OESTERLE, ISBN 3-931129-22-5
 Die deutsche Handelsschiffahrt bei Kriegsausbruch 1939


Always remember:
 

LONgitude = distance from MERIDIAN
 - is WEST
 + is EAST
 
 LATitude = distance from Equator
 - is SOUTH
 + is NORTH
 
 Ingame values in

[m].
 And Heinrich's converter has rounding errors.


Updated as far as I could. In fact 'we' from The Doenitz Elite Flotilla:
 Thanks to nocken/|DEF| for help with the images (as always).
 Thanks to lederhosen/|DEF| for reporting the PQPOS that I calculated.
 I then compiled the rest on the server.
 
 More links: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...3&postcount=11
 Other German supply ships:
 

• Alstertor - PiC
• Altmark (Uckermark) - PiC
• Dithmarschen
• Ermland
• Esso - PiC
•   Franken
• Friedrich Breme - PiC
• Gedania
• Gonzenheim - PiC
• Klara ex Kota Pinang - PiC
• Spichern
• Westerwald
• Wuri ex Albireo       

[REV_BL!TZKR!EG]

Found some old data compiled in a .txt file. Unforfunately it does not show WHEN the ships were at the listed positions.


Ship Name: Pinguin

U-65 pos: 06°27'N, 31°09'W = ER5655 and 01°57'N, 34°45'W = FC1255
U-106 pos: 02°51'N, 30°15'W = ER9755 and 02°51'N, 27°33'W = ES7755
U-105 pos: 02°51'N, 31°09'W = ER8955 and 03°45'N, 31°09'W = ER8655 and 07°21'N, 31°09'W = ER5355


Ship Name: Kormoran

U-124 pos: 07°21'N, 30°15'W = ER6155 and 02°51'N, 33°51'W = ER7955
U-105 pos: 02°51'N, 31°09'W = ER8955


Ship Name: Egerland

U-107 pos: 06°27'N, 29°21'W = ER6555
U-38 pos: 05°33'N, 32°03'W = ER5855
U-103 pos: 05°33'N, 28°27'W = ER6955
U-106 pos: 07°21'N, 31°09'W = ER5355
U-69 pos: 07°21'N, 30°15'W = ER6155

Sunk ... pos: 06°27'N, 29°21'W = ER6555



Ship Name: Belchen

U-111 / U-557 / U-93 pos: 58°39'N, 47°12'W = AJ2155


Ship name: Lothringen
Sunk ... pos: 10°03'N, 34°45'W = ER1255



Ship Name: Python

U-124  pos: 10°03'N, 33°51'W = ER1355
U-129  pos: 09°09'N, 32°57'W = ER2455
UA     pos: 27°45'S, 04°09'W = GF9355
U-68   pos: 27°45'S, 04°09'W = GF9355


Ship Name: Atlantis

U-68 pos: 24°09'S, 06°51'W = GF2955
U-126  pos: 04°21'S, 18°33'W = FE7555



Ship Name: Charlotte Schliemann

U-198 / U-196 / U-181 / U-178 / U-197 / U-177  pos: 29°39'S, 58°24'E = KR9655
U-510 / U-178  pos: 24°15’S, 68°00’E = KS3555


Ship Name: Brake

U-168 / 183 / 188 / 532 / 533 pos: 27°51'S, 59°36'E = KS4755

sunk: pos: 32.21S, 72.48E = JD1643