Most outragous moment - Page 2

jobezark · 06-07-09, 05:32 PM

Fall of 1942 and I was heading home at the end of a patrol only having 6 torpedoes left. Came upon a convoy out in the North Atlantic at 0200 in stormy weather. Got to within 800 m of the first row and fired off all 4 of my front tubes at 4 separate ships-- 2 Liberty Cargo and 2 C2 cargo.. dived down to 100m and got messages for 4 hits. Waited about an hour for the DDs to clear, at which time I surfaced..

One C2 sunk, one ablaze moving at 0-1 knots, and both Liberties dead in the water. Now the problem was I only had 2 fish left and after waiting a few hours none of these ships showed any signs of sinking. I fired my last fore torpedo into a liberty and it blew up, and fired my aft torpedo into the C2 which just made another fire on its foredeck. Now I was stuck with a Liberty and a C2 with no fish left, and unable to use my deck guns because of the waves.

I waited out there for an entire week (game time) for the weather to settle down, and it never did. Frustrated and impatient I saved my game and rammed the remaining Liberty ship. Took her down before I sank from flooding a few seconds later!

I would love the option of using my deck gun in seas that aren't too stormy!

Captain Birdseye · 06-07-09, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jobezark

Fall of 1942 and I was heading home at the end of a patrol only having 6 torpedoes left. Came upon a convoy out in the North Atlantic at 0200 in stormy weather. Got to within 800 m of the first row and fired off all 4 of my front tubes at 4 separate ships-- 2 Liberty Cargo and 2 C2 cargo.. dived down to 100m and got messages for 4 hits. Waited about an hour for the DDs to clear, at which time I surfaced..

One C2 sunk, one ablaze moving at 0-1 knots, and both Liberties dead in the water. Now the problem was I only had 2 fish left and after waiting a few hours none of these ships showed any signs of sinking. I fired my last fore torpedo into a liberty and it blew up, and fired my aft torpedo into the C2 which just made another fire on its foredeck. Now I was stuck with a Liberty and a C2 with no fish left, and unable to use my deck guns because of the waves.

I waited out there for an entire week (game time) for the weather to settle down, and it never did. Frustrated and impatient I saved my game and rammed the remaining Liberty ship. Took her down before I sank from flooding a few seconds later!

I would love the option of using my deck gun in seas that aren't too stormy!

jimbuna has a mod on his FF page which allows you to use AA and the DG in all weather.

Sledgehammer427 · 06-07-09, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

i had my rudders and one propellor blown off inside the firth of forth (in type II) while facing in towards Edinburgh. I had to reverse all the way to Denmark, using only up and down to perform evasions!

that happened to me once!
except, strangley, I managed to back into heligoland

Synthfg · 06-07-09, 05:40 PM

Remember something similar when returning home from patrol with 1 eel left in the for tube I came across a Passenger Cargo alone,

Put the fish into her but she wouldn't go down,
rammed her, she wouldn't go down,
Jumped onto her deck, and tried to submerge, she wouldn't go down

ended up giving up in disgust

bookworm_020 · 06-07-09, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jobezark

Fall of 1942 and I was heading home at the end of a patrol only having 6 torpedoes left. Came upon a convoy out in the North Atlantic at 0200 in stormy weather. Got to within 800 m of the first row and fired off all 4 of my front tubes at 4 separate ships-- 2 Liberty Cargo and 2 C2 cargo.. dived down to 100m and got messages for 4 hits. Waited about an hour for the DDs to clear, at which time I surfaced..

One C2 sunk, one ablaze moving at 0-1 knots, and both Liberties dead in the water. Now the problem was I only had 2 fish left and after waiting a few hours none of these ships showed any signs of sinking. I fired my last fore torpedo into a liberty and it blew up, and fired my aft torpedo into the C2 which just made another fire on its foredeck. Now I was stuck with a Liberty and a C2 with no fish left, and unable to use my deck guns because of the waves.

I waited out there for an entire week (game time) for the weather to settle down, and it never did. Frustrated and impatient I saved my game and rammed the remaining Liberty ship. Took her down before I sank from flooding a few seconds later!

I would love the option of using my deck gun in seas that aren't too stormy!

I found that if part of the ship is submerged, you park your sub over it and dive, that helps it sink!

BTW Welcome Aboard!

Jimbuna · 06-08-09, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jobezark

I would love the option of using my deck gun in seas that aren't too stormy!

Try this:

http://files.filefront.com/GWX30+All.../fileinfo.html

TigerShark808 · 06-08-09, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

And the time I fell asleep while patroling and crashed into Canada

:rotfl:

Sgtmonkeynads · 06-08-09, 04:26 AM

I put a torpedo into a DD that was heading straight towards me while on the surface. Then I crash dove but had too much damage so I went right to the bottom. I settled on the bottom about 100 meters down and began to repair everything.

Next thing I know the event camera came up showing the sinking DD I had got before. I watched it go down and then thought...OH GOD what are the odds of it landing on me. Yup, It landed right on top of me, killing us all like a bug being stepped on. The death scene that came up showed me at the bottom of the ocean with a ship parked on top of me. I wish I could have taken a picture.

Leandros · 06-08-09, 05:09 AM

A couple of times the sail/bridge has been so damaged by D/C'ing that when surfacing it is not possible to get out of the boat - none of the scopes working, neither. Repairs can not be executed. What to do then...? Except exiting the mission or returning to base by map navigation.........

Sgtmonkeynads · 06-08-09, 05:27 AM

OUCH!!!! That's gonna leave a mark!!!

TarJak · 06-08-09, 06:44 AM

Parking in the bay north of Scapa Flow and using the deck gun to shell the ships parked in the harbour. Worked for a while until the DD's there congregated and started lobbing shells back at me. Stupid thing was they either beached themseleves or got stuck in that close to shore loop where they keep engaging forward and reverse rapidly.

I managed to knock out the guns on one DD but had to bug out when things got too hot.

Vipper · 06-09-09, 05:07 AM

getting save game bug after long hard and good patrol

Captain Birdseye · 06-09-09, 04:51 PM

Does this count:

I had a convoy of King George V and Nelson on a gyroangle of 000.

King George V was coming dead on towards me, I was at PD engines off, and hadn't been spotted.

He got to 1500m and I shot off two torps, one impact, one magnetic. This apeth decided to hit crash dive and then realised my engines would go to flank speed.

I was detected, King George V turned starboard rapidly, both torps missed

BasilY · 06-09-09, 11:55 PM

GWX2.1 100% realism, 1941.

Go through Suez Canal in a IXB, sunk 3 destroyers in Great Bitter Lake.

And then come back a few months later.

06-08-09, 04:26 AM	#23
Sgtmonkeynads Ships Secretary Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MilesCity Montana Posts: 583 Downloads: 614 Uploads: 0	I put a torpedo into a DD that was heading straight towards me while on the surface. Then I crash dove but had too much damage so I went right to the bottom. I settled on the bottom about 100 meters down and began to repair everything. Next thing I know the event camera came up showing the sinking DD I had got before. I watched it go down and then thought...OH GOD what are the odds of it landing on me. Yup, It landed right on top of me, killing us all like a bug being stepped on. The death scene that came up showed me at the bottom of the ocean with a ship parked on top of me. I wish I could have taken a picture. __________________ Just help someone.....it makes a difference

06-08-09, 05:27 AM	#25
Sgtmonkeynads Ships Secretary Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MilesCity Montana Posts: 583 Downloads: 614 Uploads: 0	OUCH!!!! That's gonna leave a mark!!! __________________ Just help someone.....it makes a difference

06-09-09, 11:55 PM	#29
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Battle of Great Bitter Lake GWX2.1 100% realism, 1941. Go through Suez Canal in a IXB, sunk 3 destroyers in Great Bitter Lake. And then come back a few months later.

06-07-09, 05:32 PM	#16
jobezark Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Fall of 1942 and I was heading home at the end of a patrol only having 6 torpedoes left. Came upon a convoy out in the North Atlantic at 0200 in stormy weather. Got to within 800 m of the first row and fired off all 4 of my front tubes at 4 separate ships-- 2 Liberty Cargo and 2 C2 cargo.. dived down to 100m and got messages for 4 hits. Waited about an hour for the DDs to clear, at which time I surfaced.. One C2 sunk, one ablaze moving at 0-1 knots, and both Liberties dead in the water. Now the problem was I only had 2 fish left and after waiting a few hours none of these ships showed any signs of sinking. I fired my last fore torpedo into a liberty and it blew up, and fired my aft torpedo into the C2 which just made another fire on its foredeck. Now I was stuck with a Liberty and a C2 with no fish left, and unable to use my deck guns because of the waves. I waited out there for an entire week (game time) for the weather to settle down, and it never did. Frustrated and impatient I saved my game and rammed the remaining Liberty ship. Took her down before I sank from flooding a few seconds later! I would love the option of using my deck gun in seas that aren't too stormy!

06-07-09, 05:40 PM	#19
Synthfg Sparky Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 154 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Remember something similar when returning home from patrol with 1 eel left in the for tube I came across a Passenger Cargo alone, Put the fish into her but she wouldn't go down, rammed her, she wouldn't go down, Jumped onto her deck, and tried to submerge, she wouldn't go down ended up giving up in disgust

06-08-09, 05:09 AM	#24
Leandros Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stockholm Posts: 676 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	A couple of times the sail/bridge has been so damaged by D/C'ing that when surfacing it is not possible to get out of the boat - none of the scopes working, neither. Repairs can not be executed. What to do then...? Except exiting the mission or returning to base by map navigation.........

06-08-09, 06:44 AM	#26
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Parking in the bay north of Scapa Flow and using the deck gun to shell the ships parked in the harbour. Worked for a while until the DD's there congregated and started lobbing shells back at me. Stupid thing was they either beached themseleves or got stuck in that close to shore loop where they keep engaging forward and reverse rapidly. I managed to knock out the guns on one DD but had to bug out when things got too hot.

06-09-09, 05:07 AM	#27
Vipper Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 122 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	getting save game bug after long hard and good patrol

06-09-09, 04:51 PM	#28
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Does this count: I had a convoy of King George V and Nelson on a gyroangle of 000. King George V was coming dead on towards me, I was at PD engines off, and hadn't been spotted. He got to 1500m and I shot off two torps, one impact, one magnetic. This apeth decided to hit crash dive and then realised my engines would go to flank speed. I was detected, King George V turned starboard rapidly, both torps missed