Save Bismarck ??

doksas · 12-30-18, 03:23 PM

On return from patrol 27. may 1941. received radio message : all u boats in area go to help Bismarck NE from BE53 !
Without torpedoes i go to find Bismarck just too see what happens in game

After some times my sonar registered 5 warship signal . Weather is very bad, heavy rain, wind 15 m/s and i have 0 torpedoes!
But i decided to try some tactics...With full throttle and much noises i go direct on first English battleship on 50m depth. After few minutes, deep changes in water and hunt begin, hunt on my VIIb u-48 with 4 enemy ships.
Next 5 hours playing game cat and mouse , zig-zag, depth changes, speed changes , all time my tactics is go on south away from Bismarck..
Then i decided go on depth 160m and running silent just 1-2 knots
speed and slowly turn on north to see Bismarck.
Sonar contacts is now weaker , my speed is bigger, when contacts lost go surfaced with full throttle and after some time i heard: Visual contact!! All stop command!
This is Bismarck i think,,, OMG NOOO, this is Dorshetire class , but this ship fire on another side, not on my sub, after one second i command full throttle direct in the Dorshetire middle !! Heavy impact, much noises, my sub have heavy damage, heavy flooding and depth is bigger and bigger 100m, 150m this is the end i think, but my damage control team is simple the best and after some time the holes are screwed and depth slowly decrease.
Just one sonar contacts now and one destroyed ship on map,periscope depth i command,,but my attack periscope is destroyed...observation periscope damaged but work ...then great surprise...this is Bismarck, square cca 5-6km on 15 knots! Go surface!
I stayed for 2 days with him until my submarine was repaired completely, then 29. may before midnight my command is: go home !

In this awesome patrol for me, i lost 2 men, my sonarman and radioman, RIP guys

, but we saved Bismarck...for now...

PS
sorry for my bad english, this is great story IMHO, but, you will understand the basis.

My U-48 in base, still heavy damaged but live !

12-30-18, 03:23 PM	#1
doksas Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 51 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Save Bismarck ?? On return from patrol 27. may 1941. received radio message : all u boats in area go to help Bismarck NE from BE53 ! Without torpedoes i go to find Bismarck just too see what happens in game After some times my sonar registered 5 warship signal . Weather is very bad, heavy rain, wind 15 m/s and i have 0 torpedoes! But i decided to try some tactics...With full throttle and much noises i go direct on first English battleship on 50m depth. After few minutes, deep changes in water and hunt begin, hunt on my VIIb u-48 with 4 enemy ships. Next 5 hours playing game cat and mouse , zig-zag, depth changes, speed changes , all time my tactics is go on south away from Bismarck.. Then i decided go on depth 160m and running silent just 1-2 knots speed and slowly turn on north to see Bismarck. Sonar contacts is now weaker , my speed is bigger, when contacts lost go surfaced with full throttle and after some time i heard: Visual contact!! All stop command! This is Bismarck i think,,, OMG NOOO, this is Dorshetire class , but this ship fire on another side, not on my sub, after one second i command full throttle direct in the Dorshetire middle !! Heavy impact, much noises, my sub have heavy damage, heavy flooding and depth is bigger and bigger 100m, 150m this is the end i think, but my damage control team is simple the best and after some time the holes are screwed and depth slowly decrease. Just one sonar contacts now and one destroyed ship on map,periscope depth i command,,but my attack periscope is destroyed...observation periscope damaged but work ...then great surprise...this is Bismarck, square cca 5-6km on 15 knots! Go surface! I stayed for 2 days with him until my submarine was repaired completely, then 29. may before midnight my command is: go home ! In this awesome patrol for me, i lost 2 men, my sonarman and radioman, RIP guys , but we saved Bismarck...for now... PS sorry for my bad english, this is great story IMHO, but, you will understand the basis. My U-48 in base, still heavy damaged but live ! Last edited by doksas; 12-30-18 at 05:24 PM.