Well would you believe it!
Just 24 hrs after talking to Rwearjr (Rolf) about the QM, i got her!
1 am, June 22nd 1940, i'd had some success at the deep hole in AM 5364 the previous day, and so i started heading SW to move down the west coast of Ireland and hunt the south western approaches before my base was moved to Lorient.
At approx 8am we dived to have one last listen before heading into the Atlantic,
a few hours passed and then....Neuer Kontakt! Frachter, näher kommen! and
Neuer Kontakt! kriegsschiff näher kommen!
She was escorted by a lone V&W Class destroyer, and they were hauling ass at 30kts! AM 5381, on an easterly course of 94 degrees.
She would of passed me to my north at about 8km, so i moved closer at peri depth and waited.
First glimpse and perfect conditions too!
I fired 3 torps from 3km, 2 at her, and one at the destroyer.....the destroyer evaded, and the QM also began to turn to port, but she was to late.....one hit her bow, and the other amidships
She went down in 10mins.
A shot of the damage amidships.
And confirmation, jackpot!
I honestly thought i'd never see her, but i'm also a little gutted because, that's it, she's gone, never to be seen again in my game.
Unless that class of ship is just super rare and there are others?
Anyway, now it's off to Lorient at the end of the month to find 'French girls and haylofts'
'Happy Times' indeed!
John (Hugo Stiglitz U-49)
