Patrol 19 - CA73

[Pevs86]

Got about 2/3rds of my patrol grid covered in land, putting me at a maximum of maybe 25km from Norfolk before leaving the grid.

Gonna be a tough 24hours...

Anyone know what Naval activity is like at Norfolk in April 1942?

This maybe the first time I regret using a Type IX :lol:

[Brag]

No idea on activity -- but look out for the minefields, they extend up and down the coast , well into sea. :shifty:

[Pevs86]

No idea on activity -- but look out for the minefields, they extend up and down the coast , well into sea. :shifty:

Thanks for the headsup, didn't even think about mines.

I'm gonna skuttle. Quit whilst I'm ahead n all that :dead:

[Brag]

No idea on activity -- but look out for the minefields, they extend up and down the coast , well into sea. :shifty:

Oops -- you mean Norfolk USA

[Pevs86]

You mean no mines around US Coast? :D

[AVGWarhawk]

You mean no mines around US Coast? :D

After Operation Drumbeat yes. I do not know if it happens in SH3 GWX but there is one way to find out.....:o

[Pevs86]

After Operation Drumbeat yes. I do not know if it happens in SH3 GWX but there is one way to find out.....:o

lol, I guess I'll let you know... :cool:

[Brag]

I would go over the continetal shelf on the surface at night, depth of keel at 6 meters. Enter patrol square, stop and settle on the bottom. Then I would hope to find tankers in deeper water. I imagine air activity to be fairly frequent. I was attacked by PBY at night in Caribbean (Dec 41 Stock SH3). No clue what GWX has done there.

[Pevs86]

Hmm, good idea.

I'm guessing it's gonna be hell for patrols and Aircraft, I intend to keep a low profile then slip South into the Gulf of Mexico (read some good things about it :arrgh!: )

[Ducimus]

I'd do my 24, sitting there as quiet as a mouse, and then move on to CA79

[Pevs86]

Well, it's not going exactly to plan...

Was sat there happily, Rain, thunder, 15m/s winds, Medium fog... happy as a fox that's just found a hen house...

So, I take the time to alt tab, read some of these wonderful forums...

...when I return, I've taken mild damage, and I think there's a DD looking for me, could be wrong, but I get that impression for two reasons.

Firstly, the 5" hole in my side.

http://40comm.munkyweb.com/screens/Pevs/SHIII%20GW/eek.JPG

Secondly, the DD racing towards me.

http://40comm.munkyweb.com/screens/Pevs/SHIII%20GW/eek2.JPG

Managed to get to 12meters, amazingly, no fecking clue what to do now! May ram him as a last defiant act :arrgh!:

EDIT: I'm in 25meters of water.

I'm gonna have words with BdU IF I make it out alive... anyone taking bets against?

[Duli]

You will make it. Just stay at PD, keep as low profile as possible, and you should be OK.

[Pevs86]

You will make it. Just stay at PD, keep as low profile as possible, and you should be OK.

I think I love Bold Decoys... DD just wasted 2 runs on the bubbly mass (which i dropped as soon as I was at PD) I'm now slipping away VERY slowly, 45% hull integrity but at least I can run silent now the flooding is under control

[andy_311]

Nevr been there in 42 but Ive been there in 44-45 for some carrier bashing,the waters around the entrance are very shallow.

[Pevs86]

Well I escaped.

Sailed 20km @ 25meters, audio Merchants...

Periscope Depth, Victory Class (never seen one before)

I sink it, along comes the Clemson......

Luck ran out, took some DC hits, integrity fell to 2%, I dove to 50meters and I imploded.

Still, good fun all round :up:

[AndyW]

Luck ran out, took some DC hits, integrity fell to 2%, I dove to 50meters and I imploded.

Still, good fun all round :up:

Ouch, do you mean that you died on you 19th patrol? Do you play Dead-if-dead?

Cheers,
AndyW

[Tijn]

I would be slightly enraged when sunk @ my 19th patrol, but hey it's just a game.

Keep playing :rock:

[Mooncatt]

I would be slightly enraged when sunk @ my 19th patrol, but hey it's just a game.

Keep playing :rock:

i think i would cry at 19 patrols and then died.

[Tijn]

I would be slightly enraged when sunk @ my 19th patrol, but hey it's just a game.

Keep playing :rock:

i think i would cry at 19 patrols and then died.

It happend to me a couple times even with more then 19 patrols (not in GWX, always sooner with GWX :lol:). But every time got killed at patrol numbers above 25 or so, i felt like i wanted to harm my computer. I know it isn't his fault, but someone has to take the blame......

[Mooncatt]

very true Tijn i felt the same once or twice.....poor bloody pc all its doing is its job and we wanna trash it lmao......ohh i feel bad now :down:

[Brag]

Sorry to hear mate. But we will hold a decent wake for you. :nope: :nope: :nope: :nope:

Complacency killed the cat.

[Pevs86]

I decided that I would restart. Kept the career incase I ever go back, as I've never gotten to mid-42 before.

With SHIV on the horizon I'm running out of time to try the VIIC, I feel now's as gooder time as any :D