Where is the Home Fleet ?

[Chisum]

Well...
In this patrol I went to see at Lock Ewe October 20, 1939.
I arrived on the back and I watched with the camera.




There is nothing, absolutly nothing...



I don't know if I will meet the Home Fleet one day...

Oct 15 to 22 Hood is out with Furious/Nelson/Rodney along 2 cruiser and 9 destroyer
Home fleet always out not like KM sat in port

08–11 October: On patrol in the Norwegian Sea with H.M.S.'s Repulse, Aurora, Sheffield and four destroyers (Force E). Attempting to intercept Gneisenau, Köln and nine destroyers reported steering north off Obrestad Light, Norway.
10 October: En route to Loch Ewe with H.M.S. Nelson and six destroyers.
11–15 October: At Loch Ewe.
15–22 October: On patrol between Scotland and Iceland.

16–17 October: Covers armed merchant cruisers of Northern Patrol with H.M.S.'s Nelson, Rodney, Furious, Aurora, Belfast and nine destroyers

22–23 October: At Loch Ewe

http://www.hmshood.com/history/timeline4.htm

Wait 100km north Loch Ewe before 22 Oct
They will be going back to port

[Chisum]

GIANT !!
You are my BdU !!

Thank you mate.

[Chisum]

October 24, 1939.

I'm waitting at 80 km of Lock Ewe.
Normally HMS Hood must coming soon to go in the Norvegian sea.
Very impatient !

Note time will leave - 0700 am 23rd Oct
and date
and course



The group start as pic
Already out port so you must at least 50km from spawn point
ok

Now sink and take pics

[Chisum]

I've missed the meeting at Lock Ewe...


Desperate, I am back to the North and arrived in AN11, october 29 in the night, I was lucky: right ahead and coming right on me, HMS Hood, HMS Rodney, HMS Nelson and a lot of secondary battleships !!!

They was at 17 km but not so fast: 15 kts.
At 15km they are changing their road and I do the same, full ahead(8 kts lol) at -13 meters.
Afraid missing again....

At a distance of 7 500 meters, I fired a salvo of 4 torpedoes, three T1 and one T2.
Then I dived very low(160m) making a half-turn at 1 knot.
And now, just wait...

I could not believe that I would perhaps have her.
My heart beat fast and I was very impatient, three days I was waiting for !

And finally impact Herr Kaleun !
Wonderfull, 3 fatal impacts on 4 torpedos from 7 500 meters !!!


What joy !!! I was crazy at home and repeat often: "I sank the Hood !" really like a child.

You know, it was probably the greatest moment of my subsimer live !

OK, pics now.
Sadelly it was by night and you must probably increase very much the brightness to watch something.

Before attack

[Chisum]

Preparing Attack


Fired at 7500 m, now just wait and hope...


Tic-tac tic-tac tic-tac...

The first impact




The second impact


Now, fantastic pics in the destroyers's light












That's all.
I'll make a video but...I was so busy that I started the camera too late !

[Chisum]

There is the video.
Sorry, it's not a beautifull work and you must pump on the light to watch.


Sink the Hood !

[sharkbit]

Congrats on the sinking of the Hood.
My only battleship has been the Nelson at Narvik and I paid for it with my boat and crew.

Cool screen shots. I'll have to take alook at the video later when I have a little time.

[sharkbit]

Did you manage to slip away from the escorts without any problem?

[Chisum]

Originally Posted by sharkbit

Did you manage to slip away from the escorts without any problem?

Yes, absolutly no problem.
No one depth charge, nothing, only the light rocket lol.
As you can see on the video I was far when the Hood sunk.
You know, make fire at 7500 m let you many time to escape.
And also an other thing very important: DD's can NOT still long time too far of the other battleships !
HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson continued their way and was very far quickly.
The DD's followed them and let me alone.

Originally Posted by sharkbit

Congrats on the sinking of the Hood.

Thank you.
Be sure: it was GREAT !

[Buczek]

Hi, don't You find it a little of cheating? I don't suspect that originally Uboat captains were aware of "home fleet" movements. Well, it's nice to sink Nelson or Rodney, but....

Of course, it may happen that You will meet some battleship during your patrols, but it will be more like an accident than a planned meeting. Unless we assume that german Inteliigence official is hiding under Churchil desk

[Chisum]

What must I do if I meet the Hood or some other battleships ??
Escape ?
That was not cheat, I meet her by pure luck, I try a difficult attack, fire from very long range(never thought that it was possible 'cause sometime I miss a ship at 2000m !) and finally I have succes.
Where is the cheat ?
I can tell you: I don't play in 100% realism, "only" 74% and I use F12.
That's "cheat" ok.
If the rest is cheat too, I don't play never more.

[Buczek]

OK, i got Your point, but You misunderstood me - please see this whole thread - it was opened to help find Home Fleet warships during SH3 gameplay. In my opinion, refering to historical data to "ambush" battleships is cheat, because actually You have no right to know where those ships might be (well, in general, maybe yes, but it's not precise data). Unless You find by them by pure luck - as You described - and that's obvioulsy ok.

[Chisum]

Originally Posted by Buczek

OK, i got Your point, but You misunderstood me - please see this whole thread - it was opened to help find Home Fleet warships during SH3 gameplay. In my opinion, refering to historical data to "ambush" battleships is cheat, because actually You have no right to know where those ships might be (well, in general, maybe yes, but it's not precise data). Unless You find by them by pure luck - as You described - and that's obvioulsy ok.

Ok copy 5/5.

And you right: if I know the story and the approximated location of the Home Fleet it will be cheat a little.
In this case, we are all cheating. Right ?
Everybody knows where was Royal Oak, Bismarck battle, etc...
But precisely, I have start this thread because I had never meet battleship before although I knew a little part of the History...