Bismarck sinking in GWX

[Boris]

I was told to go to BE to help the Bismarck. I have found the Bismarck and she's going round in circles. It's now may 29. I know her rudders been damaged. Is there any point in hanging around, is something else going to happen?

[melnibonian]

If I remember correctly the Royal Navy will eventually turn up and sink the ship. You might be able to fire some torpedoes to the British Battleships but it won't be easy;)

Good Luck:D :up:

[Boris]

That's what I was hoping, I guess i'll wait :hmm:

[Lzs von swe]

No, sorry, I think you are late, mate. You have to be there on the 27´th. The British has already left the scene. It was absolutely awful weather when I was there so I´m not sure when, but the Bismark disappeared from the hydrophone after a while.

[Boris]

Aw crap, why is the Bismarck still here then?

[melnibonian]

Aw crap, why is the Bismarck still here then?
If what Lzs von swe is saying is correct it should be in the process of sinking. At least you can save the sailors;) :D

[andy_311]

Never got that message in Gwx but then again I don't know is GWXis modded to get messages for certain flottilla's but even if I got a message like that sod all I could do i was in the Azores at that time (alway's am) and the IX boats arn't that speedy might have the torps but not the speed.(played the single mission tonight trashed the lot of them and Bismark survived 1st time in gwx)

[azn_132]

When I started my patrol on May 23 The first thing I do is try to look for Bismarck. But when I recieved the message that Bismarck need help guess where was I at? Also, Im goin to see if i can take some pics of the battle in my current patrol.

[Koinonos]

Two captains ago (now on eternal patrol in 43') I was in the B grid and received the message to come to the assistance of the Bismark.

In GW 1.1 the British fleet has two fronts 3 battleship (King George I think) and 2 Nelson battleship heading NE towards the Bismark and 3 cruisers heading south.

They take about 10 minutes to destroy the Bismark, but the Bismark (in the game) usually ends up damaging one of the battleship and sinks/severly damages one of the cruisers.

I was putting torpedo into the Nelson when I watched them cross the "T" on the Bismark and that was all she wrote.

I took out two of the Nelson battleships but it was too late for the Bismark. I drove my sub the Bismark before she completely sank to pick up survivors.. They came with me down to Caribbean to finish my cruise (and to drink some rum and enjoy the sun).

Don't tell the BDU, but sometimes I park my sub in shallow waters next to a tropical island when I am on Caribbean patrols for 24 hours to allow my crew some fun in the sun after a successful cruise with lots of tonnage sunk to report.
:sunny:

In actuality I am away from my desk to to refresh my beverage or use the loo in the real world. But hey! - I let them enjoy some hard earned R&R next to an island to swim, fish, break out the stowed away booze while I am away in the "real world"..

:)

[Gildor]

Anyone know in which sector the battle takes place? I know it's in BE somewhere.

[azn_132]

Anyone know in which sector the battle takes place? I know it's in BE somewhere.

Around BE37 I think.

[Boris]

BE58 I think, NE corner... it's in one of the radio messages. I think I'm going to start the patrol over just so I can be there when it happens. I think the Bismarck was still there when I was there on the 29th, because the British capitals probably sailed straight past the Bismarck without spotting her. The battle never took place, there was about 300m visibility at the time.

[Gildor]

Thanks. I'm around March 1941 so i will start planning to be in the area.

[Boris]

Remember, it happens early on 27 May, like the early hours of the morning. Try to be in the area before that.

[Knotical]

I was told to go to BE to help the Bismarck. I have found the Bismarck and she's going round in circles. It's now may 29. I know her rudders been damaged. Is there any point in hanging around, is something else going to happen?
Aim eels for her rudders and blow the jammed one off. Or blow both of them off, just dont get the screws as well or youll have to push her home.:know:

[azn_132]

I was told to go to BE to help the Bismarck. I have found the Bismarck and she's going round in circles. It's now may 29. I know her rudders been damaged. Is there any point in hanging around, is something else going to happen?
Aim eels for her rudders and blow the jammed one off. Or blow both of them off, just dont get the screws as well or youll have to push her home.:know:

And if that dont happen and it hit the props what then?

[Jimbuna]

Never been in that area using GWX...but in stock game the British arrive then leave and if you stuck around you'd see also that the Bismarck never actually sank (stock bug) :rotfl:

[deamyont]

Last time I were there I sank both Rodney and KGV... Bismarck chased the others away :D

[PimmesNL]

If you are unable to get there in time. You can try going to exactly 47.3 km 95 degrees from the NW-corner of QU BE93. At about 2:30 at night, the Repulse will sail straight in front of your foreward tubes and you can take an aft-shot at the Illustrious. With any luck, you can cripple the Illustrious and make the Repulse go down like a sack of VHS-tapes.

Needless to say, the Brits will be less than amused and develop a sudden determination to send you and your 46 cronies to a depthcharge related grave. Wait for them to blow of some steam and circle back to give the (hopefully crippled) Illustrious a mouth full of eel.

[Bosje]

i happened to be close in may 1941 in my last career when the british taskforce passed me going west. i went to intercept, lost em and dived for a sonar check, turned out they were now going south. immediately turned after them and ran south at max speed.
spent 2 hours almost exclusively in real time and then it happened:

I saw the muzzle flashes way off on the horizon and used the external cam.
i was some 10 km away when i watched the battle:
at around 9:00 the Bismarck was gunning it out with king george and repulse (?)

amazing to see the big guns go off, bismarck fired at both enemy battleships simultaneously, front turrets on one, rear turrets on the other. bismarck didnt score many hits tho and most enemy salvo's were hits, didnt take more than 10 minutes and she was gone.

i turned a tight circle and torpedoed one battleship when it turned back home, also sank one of the cruisers that followed behind it.

great thing to watch

[andwii]

can someone tell me the exact spot on the map this is all going down? I tried finding the correct grid but I had no success.

[Gargamel]

3.25

Not bad

[Missing Name]

3.25

Not bad

Not bad at all.

[Bosje]

oops never checked the post dates :arrgh!:

[Sailor Steve]

Neither did the guy who responded to a guy who hasn't even been on the boards in four years.

[andwii]

and neither did I lol.