Sank my first Pyro Ammunition ship

[nvdrifter]

I just sank my first Pyro Ammunition ship playing a GWX campaign. There were two Pyro ships in the convoy. The first Pyro ship took one torpedo hit, but nothing happened and it kept right on going. The second Pyro ship took one torpedo hit, and then BOOM! Sank. :lol:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5663/sh3img19122006124922562hy3.png (http://imageshack.us)

Good job GWX team. :up:

[bookworm_020]

I remember sinking my first Pyro, one torpedo and it looked like cracker night had returned to my town!

[melnibonian]

If you hit the Pyro in Under the first mast from the bow it will explode and go down with a single shot (hint, hint ;) ):know:

[Biggles]

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

The first time I sank a Pyro in testing... it blew up so hard I thought it would take me out too!

[Martin1813]

I read somewhere it could destroy other ships neaby (but no credit awarded for them)
Is it corret or I misunderstoord ? :hmm:

[bigboywooly]

It may well damage other ships
I read something a while back of an ammo ship bombed in port and taking out half the buildings and a couple of other ships

Will try to find that again - somewhere in the Med IIRC

A little OT but there is a WW2 ship sunk 1 mile off Sheerness with around 3000tonnes of ammo still aboard
Now if that goes up you can kiss goodbye to Sheerness and Holland in the resulting tidal wave :o

[U2222]

It may well damage other ships
I read something a while back of an ammo ship bombed in port and taking out half the buildings and a couple of other ships

Will try to find that again - somewhere in the Med IIRC

A little OT but there is a WW2 ship sunk 1 mile off Sheerness with around 3000tonnes of ammo still aboard
Now if that goes up you can kiss goodbye to Sheerness and Holland in the resulting tidal wave :o

I think the ship you are referring to is Clan Fraser.
She was bombed by aircraft in Piraeus on 6th April 1941 while discharging high explosive.
Only seven crew were killed but enormous damage was done to the port and other ships including Clan cumming, one of only two ships to survive the explosion.
(p 80 - Clan Line In Photographs - Avid Publications by Tony Blackler).
I understand they are thinking of doing something eventually with the ship at Sheerness.

[NeonSamurai]

Of course dont forget that famous explosion of an ammo ship during ww1 in halifax harbor which flattened most of the city and killed many many people

[bigboywooly]

It may well damage other ships
I read something a while back of an ammo ship bombed in port and taking out half the buildings and a couple of other ships

Will try to find that again - somewhere in the Med IIRC

A little OT but there is a WW2 ship sunk 1 mile off Sheerness with around 3000tonnes of ammo still aboard
Now if that goes up you can kiss goodbye to Sheerness and Holland in the resulting tidal wave :o

I think the ship you are referring to is Clan Fraser.
She was bombed by aircraft in Piraeus on 6th April 1941 while discharging high explosive.
Only seven crew were killed but enormous damage was done to the port and other ships including Clan cumming, one of only two ships to survive the explosion.
(p 80 - Clan Line In Photographs - Avid Publications by Tony Blackler).
I understand they are thinking of doing something eventually with the ship at Sheerness.

That may be the ship
Thanx
The account I read was from an AA gunner on another ship in the same port that sank also

My understanding of the Sheerness ship - Richard something or other - Damn my memory - is that the fuses are now way unsafe to try to move

Not sure how they will get round that but its still there after 62 years

Ah found it - SS Richard Montgomery

[CWorth]

Dont forget this Ammunition Ship explosion on May 21 1944 in Pearl Harbor..

On 21 May 1944 an ammunition ship exploded in West Loch in Pearl Harbor. LST-353, while loading mortar ammunition in preparation for the Saipan operation, burst into flame and exploded with a series of great roars that were heard all over the island and far out to sea. Thousands of rounds of various munitions either exploded or were dispersed over the area. The cataclysmic ammunition explosion killed 163 and injured 396. Six tank landing ships (LST-39, LST-43, LST-69, LST-179, LST-353, LST-480), three tank landing craft (LCT-961, LCT-963, LCT-983), and 17 track landing vehicles (LVTs) are destroyed in explosions and fires

From this site...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ae.htm

More on this blast here...
http://battle.netgate.net/westloch/westloch.htm

[bigboywooly]

:o No wonder convoys hated having them in them

[cobalt]

i just missed one with 3 torpedoes after so much work to get my way into the convoy screen. ];

i havent played this game in too long, i'm rusty.

btw, its 1941 and i cant even get close to the convoy on the surface, will i be able to do night surface attacks in mid 41?

[AVGWarhawk]

My first pyro I used the cannon and it took about 8-10 shots around the funnel and BANG!

[Teho]

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

Same here! 1 torp blew her into a fireball :rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

Yeah, fire ball, I was like :o

[mookiemookie]

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

Me too! As they say here in Texas, "It sure done blowed up real good! :88) "

[Boris]

i just missed one with 3 torpedoes after so much work to get my way into the convoy screen. ];

i havent played this game in too long, i'm rusty.

btw, its 1941 and i cant even get close to the convoy on the surface, will i be able to do night surface attacks in mid 41?

Yes, make sure you aren't closer than about 2km though (that includes any escorts!), and don't make any noise!

[Biggles]

I dind't know that one torp. would do the trick so i launched 2, and I feared the NYGM damage system, thinking I had to stay there for several hours.....I was wrong.....:)

[AVGWarhawk]

I wonder, did they have any hands on deck of a pyro that smoked?:o

[Boris]

I wonder, did they have any hands on deck of a pyro that smoked?:o

I'm certain it would have been banned, surely. It is on tankers isn't it?

[AG124]

I'm certain it would have been banned, surely. It is on tankers isn't it?

I think I read somewhere that it was, on both tankers and ammunition freighters. I'm not 100% sure though.

Anyway, I'm glad to see that everyone is enjoying my ship.:o VonHelsching really has outdone himself with this ship's damage model, and the other ones in GWX as well.:D

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm certain it would have been banned, surely. It is on tankers isn't it?
I think I read somewhere that it was, on both tankers and ammunition freighters. I'm not 100% sure though.

Anyway, I'm glad to see that everyone is enjoying my ship.:o VonHelsching really has outdone himself with this ship's damage model, and the other ones in GWX as well.:D

Is that your ship?:up: Great addition to the game. She sinks beautifully:D The fireworks just make my day:rotfl:

[3Jane]

It may well damage other ships
I read something a while back of an ammo ship bombed in port and taking out half the buildings and a couple of other ships

Will try to find that again - somewhere in the Med IIRC

A little OT but there is a WW2 ship sunk 1 mile off Sheerness with around 3000tonnes of ammo still aboard
Now if that goes up you can kiss goodbye to Sheerness and Holland in the resulting tidal wave :o
I think the ship you are referring to is Clan Fraser.
She was bombed by aircraft in Piraeus on 6th April 1941 while discharging high explosive.
Only seven crew were killed but enormous damage was done to the port and other ships including Clan cumming, one of only two ships to survive the explosion.
(p 80 - Clan Line In Photographs - Avid Publications by Tony Blackler).
I understand they are thinking of doing something eventually with the ship at Sheerness.
That may be the ship
Thanx
The account I read was from an AA gunner on another ship in the same port that sank also

My understanding of the Sheerness ship - Richard something or other - Damn my memory - is that the fuses are now way unsafe to try to move

Not sure how they will get round that but its still there after 62 years

Ah found it - SS Richard Montgomery

If I remember correctly, the aircraft which bombed the Clan Fraser (a Ju88) was piloted by Hajo Hermann, the man later to devise the 'Wild Boar' night-fighter tactics over Europe. An account of the raid from his perspective can be found in his autobiography 'Eagles Wings'.

[VonHelsching]

BTW, the Pyro will not always explode when torpedoed. It can take more than two in the wrong places and still not sink.:|\\, if Murphy's Laws are applied...

Von

[Kpt. Lehmann]

BTW, the Pyro will not always explode when torpedoed. It can take more than two in the wrong places and still not sink.:|\\, if Murphy's Laws are applied...

Von

Von and I know Murphy very well. :yep:

[bookworm_020]

It may well damage other ships
I read something a while back of an ammo ship bombed in port and taking out half the buildings and a couple of other ships

Will try to find that again - somewhere in the Med IIRC

A little OT but there is a WW2 ship sunk 1 mile off Sheerness with around 3000tonnes of ammo still aboard
Now if that goes up you can kiss goodbye to Sheerness and Holland in the resulting tidal wave :o
I think the ship you are referring to is Clan Fraser.
She was bombed by aircraft in Piraeus on 6th April 1941 while discharging high explosive.
Only seven crew were killed but enormous damage was done to the port and other ships including Clan cumming, one of only two ships to survive the explosion.
(p 80 - Clan Line In Photographs - Avid Publications by Tony Blackler).
I understand they are thinking of doing something eventually with the ship at Sheerness.
That may be the ship
Thanx
The account I read was from an AA gunner on another ship in the same port that sank also

My understanding of the Sheerness ship - Richard something or other - Damn my memory - is that the fuses are now way unsafe to try to move

Not sure how they will get round that but its still there after 62 years

Ah found it - SS Richard Montgomery

I read the reports on the ship and what there up against. I glad it's them and not me! It was an interesting sonar picture of the wreck (it's broken in two) and what they've done to reduce stress or risk on the wreck (removal of masts, deck fittings, etc).

Just hope your not in the area if it ever goes off!!!:dead:

[CodyLang]

Im about 15 mins away from sinking my first one in a convoy...i'll post pics later!:D

[CodyLang]

There we have it!...my first pyro also!...took two eels to knock her out.

http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/2306/pyrofk5.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

The Liberty ship was my favorite to sink but I think the pyro has just replaced the Liberty:up: