Your biggest succes in SH 3 - Page 2

Chisum · 01-07-19, 07:29 PM

A few years ago, around Scapa Flow, I hunted at night for several hours, a large convoy of English warships. I was too far away and in desperation I fired three air torpedoes at 7000 meters. I did not believe it but they hit all three on the HMS Hood! My day of glory! I made a video that I posted here, but I lost it ...
Glory is ephemeral.

Aktungbby · 01-07-19, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chisum

I made a video that I posted here, but I lost it ...
Glory is ephemeral.

WHA!!!!.... NO VIDEO

THEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!

Chisum · 01-08-19, 06:49 AM

LOL, I understand!
It's impossible to invent something like that.
I looked on my own forum, it dates from 2008. I posted it in the subject videos and if I remember correctly, there had been some comments "amazing". We must search.
But you know what it is, you spend hours editing a video, you upload it to a host and you save it on your external hard drive. Then one day you get angry with the host who is too slow and you delete your account by telling you that anyway, it is saved. And this is where your external hard drive crashes and you lose everything ...

jotabe1984 · 01-14-19, 02:20 AM

A couple of years ago i was sailing in my Type IID during april 1940, so i went up to Narvik... I spent 4 days sailing around for the chance of engaging a QE/Revenge class (only Revenges exists in GWX3 so i assume QE are replaced with these).
With a big surprise i Saw HMS Nelson sailing away form the Narvik Fyord escorted with 6 DDs. Shoot all 3 torps, 2 of which hit the Target... Lucky for me the Battleship went down.
The 6 DDs chased me but they never really find me which was Indeed very lucky

That was my biggest hit so far, the only one thing i regret is that in that time i was still using weapons officer assistance, along with external view and event campera

Now i started to play 97% a brand new campaigns, only event camera is activated... So looking forward to repeat my greatest hit with manual solution

Secretan · 01-17-19, 04:06 PM

I'm a novice at SH3. I don't have patience to learn manual targeting, so I let the TDC compute my torpedo solutions. I also use Free View to gain 3D awareness of where I am, since I have poor 3D spatial awareness. I have Grey Wolves GWX 3.0 installed.

That being said, the Happy Times single mission was my biggest thrill so far.
Approaching the convoy, my spotter called out the sighting. There was another U-boat between me and the convoy. I dove immediately. The other U-boat did not and showed a short time later as sunk. Got close enough to convoy as it was coming across in front of me to sink the lead destroyer. I moved forward and got inside the first column before letting off some torpedos. A couple hits on targets in middle columns. Rear shot at a small merchant behind me in the first column. Periscope check, oh no! A corvette was coming up fast from the back of the convoy. No time to turn and set up a torpedo shot or surface to duke it out. Dove deep and turned towards the small merchant that I had just hit. Before I got to the merchant's location, the corvette was on top of me and dropped some DCs. No hits. I was around 50 meters depth, circling around the merchant which had settled in the water and appeared to be sinking very slowly. Corvette would not DC so close to the merchant. I came up to periscope depth with the idea of making a run. Then I noticed that the reinforcement escorts had arrived. Scratch the idea of bolting. Only way to get away would be a slow creep at depth. So, down to 150 meters on Slow, SIlent Routine. I noticed that I couldn't maintain depth at that speed at that depth, so I had to periodically increase revs to keep above critical depth. The new escorts cruised around the merchant with the corvette. No way out? Did this for half an hour, then I thought I can't just sit here and wait to die. So, I pointed the uboat south and started to creep away. Amazingly, I was not followed. The escorts just sat next to the merchant which was still afloat. Crept away for a mile or two, brought it up to the surfact and then full speed to the East while recharging.
I found the convoy to be lacking escorts and in total disarray. Three or four instances of ships were seemingly locked together. Ships were going in every direction. So, I cruised around and used torpedoes and deck gun to sink ships. Withdrew for a time to move torpedoes from deck storage to inside. In all this time only one escort was detected at the far Western edge of the convoy. I ran out of torpedoes before targets. Lots of deck gun use, being mindful of an armed merchant in the convoy. Must have sunk close to 80,000 tonnes. Don't expect that to happen again any time soon.

01-19-19, 09:14 AM

Kaleun's private diary - summer 1941

I was assigned to patrol the coasts around Freetown. Little success was achieved there but as weeks went by I felt that I should relocate closer to home base. On the way back I looked at the charts and saw that many shipping routes closed up on the area west of Gibraltar. So there I went!

The west passage had lots of merchants but also ASW ships and planes so I didn't feel like the best place to hunt. I saw that the port of Gibraltar was actually very close to where I was and loving raiding ports I start planning an attack there. I timed my journey so that I would be on the passage to port on night time, so having the best change to be unspotted and time to creep into the port to be in best position at the break of dawn.

I positioned myself at around 1,5 km from the shore next to the port at periscope depth and waited until it was lit enough to see around. Little by little I started to see the ships in the port. I looked around and marked some interesting targets to my map when I suddenly saw something huge sitting in the bay, far away from other ships moored in: it was the HMS Nelson!

I understood that this is my primary and perhaps only target now. I prepared to spend all my torpedoes to this baby and planned a hasty retreat. I set my torpedoes to run at different depths: some to strike the hull with impact pistol and some with magnetic fuse running beneath the keel to crack the mighty spine of her.

"Tubes 1 to 4, LOS!"
Right away I started to turn the boat around for silent retreat and of course bring the lone aft tube towards Nelson in case it is needed. It wasn't; all four torpedoes struck the Nelson causing massive explosion. She went under in a matter of minutes. I targeted one lone ship in anchor and released the last aft torpedo. It also found it's mark. I engaged silent running as the port came to alive and soon all the ASWs in 10 km started the search. It was all in vain since they could not get a fix on me and so I slipped away from the bay and straight out to Atlantic.

Back in home base Kptlt. Zahn was more than happy to buy me and my boys a round!

01-07-19, 07:29 PM	#16
Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	A few years ago, around Scapa Flow, I hunted at night for several hours, a large convoy of English warships. I was too far away and in desperation I fired three air torpedoes at 7000 meters. I did not believe it but they hit all three on the HMS Hood! My day of glory! I made a video that I posted here, but I lost it ... Glory is ephemeral. __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/

01-08-19, 06:49 AM	#18
Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	LOL, I understand! It's impossible to invent something like that. I looked on my own forum, it dates from 2008. I posted it in the subject videos and if I remember correctly, there had been some comments "amazing". We must search. But you know what it is, you spend hours editing a video, you upload it to a host and you save it on your external hard drive. Then one day you get angry with the host who is too slow and you delete your account by telling you that anyway, it is saved. And this is where your external hard drive crashes and you lose everything ... __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/

01-17-19, 04:06 PM	#20
Secretan Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 1 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Happy Times Madness! I'm a novice at SH3. I don't have patience to learn manual targeting, so I let the TDC compute my torpedo solutions. I also use Free View to gain 3D awareness of where I am, since I have poor 3D spatial awareness. I have Grey Wolves GWX 3.0 installed. That being said, the Happy Times single mission was my biggest thrill so far. Approaching the convoy, my spotter called out the sighting. There was another U-boat between me and the convoy. I dove immediately. The other U-boat did not and showed a short time later as sunk. Got close enough to convoy as it was coming across in front of me to sink the lead destroyer. I moved forward and got inside the first column before letting off some torpedos. A couple hits on targets in middle columns. Rear shot at a small merchant behind me in the first column. Periscope check, oh no! A corvette was coming up fast from the back of the convoy. No time to turn and set up a torpedo shot or surface to duke it out. Dove deep and turned towards the small merchant that I had just hit. Before I got to the merchant's location, the corvette was on top of me and dropped some DCs. No hits. I was around 50 meters depth, circling around the merchant which had settled in the water and appeared to be sinking very slowly. Corvette would not DC so close to the merchant. I came up to periscope depth with the idea of making a run. Then I noticed that the reinforcement escorts had arrived. Scratch the idea of bolting. Only way to get away would be a slow creep at depth. So, down to 150 meters on Slow, SIlent Routine. I noticed that I couldn't maintain depth at that speed at that depth, so I had to periodically increase revs to keep above critical depth. The new escorts cruised around the merchant with the corvette. No way out? Did this for half an hour, then I thought I can't just sit here and wait to die. So, I pointed the uboat south and started to creep away. Amazingly, I was not followed. The escorts just sat next to the merchant which was still afloat. Crept away for a mile or two, brought it up to the surfact and then full speed to the East while recharging. I found the convoy to be lacking escorts and in total disarray. Three or four instances of ships were seemingly locked together. Ships were going in every direction. So, I cruised around and used torpedoes and deck gun to sink ships. Withdrew for a time to move torpedoes from deck storage to inside. In all this time only one escort was detected at the far Western edge of the convoy. I ran out of torpedoes before targets. Lots of deck gun use, being mindful of an armed merchant in the convoy. Must have sunk close to 80,000 tonnes. Don't expect that to happen again any time soon.

01-14-19, 02:20 AM	#19
jotabe1984 Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 5 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	A couple of years ago i was sailing in my Type IID during april 1940, so i went up to Narvik... I spent 4 days sailing around for the chance of engaging a QE/Revenge class (only Revenges exists in GWX3 so i assume QE are replaced with these). With a big surprise i Saw HMS Nelson sailing away form the Narvik Fyord escorted with 6 DDs. Shoot all 3 torps, 2 of which hit the Target... Lucky for me the Battleship went down. The 6 DDs chased me but they never really find me which was Indeed very lucky That was my biggest hit so far, the only one thing i regret is that in that time i was still using weapons officer assistance, along with external view and event campera Now i started to play 97% a brand new campaigns, only event camera is activated... So looking forward to repeat my greatest hit with manual solution

01-19-19, 09:14 AM	#21
Mussalo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Kaleun's private diary - summer 1941 I was assigned to patrol the coasts around Freetown. Little success was achieved there but as weeks went by I felt that I should relocate closer to home base. On the way back I looked at the charts and saw that many shipping routes closed up on the area west of Gibraltar. So there I went! The west passage had lots of merchants but also ASW ships and planes so I didn't feel like the best place to hunt. I saw that the port of Gibraltar was actually very close to where I was and loving raiding ports I start planning an attack there. I timed my journey so that I would be on the passage to port on night time, so having the best change to be unspotted and time to creep into the port to be in best position at the break of dawn. I positioned myself at around 1,5 km from the shore next to the port at periscope depth and waited until it was lit enough to see around. Little by little I started to see the ships in the port. I looked around and marked some interesting targets to my map when I suddenly saw something huge sitting in the bay, far away from other ships moored in: it was the HMS Nelson! I understood that this is my primary and perhaps only target now. I prepared to spend all my torpedoes to this baby and planned a hasty retreat. I set my torpedoes to run at different depths: some to strike the hull with impact pistol and some with magnetic fuse running beneath the keel to crack the mighty spine of her. "Tubes 1 to 4, LOS!" Right away I started to turn the boat around for silent retreat and of course bring the lone aft tube towards Nelson in case it is needed. It wasn't; all four torpedoes struck the Nelson causing massive explosion. She went under in a matter of minutes. I targeted one lone ship in anchor and released the last aft torpedo. It also found it's mark. I engaged silent running as the port came to alive and soon all the ASWs in 10 km started the search. It was all in vain since they could not get a fix on me and so I slipped away from the bay and straight out to Atlantic. Back in home base Kptlt. Zahn was more than happy to buy me and my boys a round!