Them pesky Swedes! Up to no good

[Foghladh_mhara]

March 1941 and BdU has assigned me a patrol grid just south of Freetown. I set off in my trusty Type VII from St Nazaire expecting a long and fruitless voyage. For some reason Freetown never works for me, give me the North Atlantic anyday. I just never seem to find anything worthwhile :down:

So when my lookouts shouted out a ship sighting on only our second day out I got a bit of a shock. Travelling at 8 knots to conserve fuel we had only sailed about 300 km from harbour. Since I rarely see German ships outside of ports my second thought was 'Hunter/Killer Group'. (My first being 'Bugger!)
Looking through the binoculars I could make out what looked like 3 ships in line abreast sweeping straight towards me. Fighting back the tears I went to the uzo to try and lock on to the middle one to determine the course. What I had thought was 3 ships approaching was actually the funnel and 2 masts of a ship travelling at 90 degrees to my course. A troop transport the uzo said :arrgh!:

After changing my pants I plotted the next course of action. I was guessing it wasn't one of ours and although in reality the British would never sail an unescorted troopship down the French coast :88) I was hoping the computer didn't know this. I decided to proceed as if it were an enemy and set up my attack submerging at my preferred ambush point. I was prepared for a British (shoot) german (dont shoot) or even Spanish (shoot cos I have never forgiven them for that penalty shootout in the 2002 World Cup)

What I wasn't prepared for was a Swedish troop transport cruising in the Bay of Biscay in the middle of a war. What were they upto? A surprise attack or just bringing the lads for a bit of a cruise?

[bigboywooly]

:o

Swedish ?

Screenshot ?

Was it lit ?

There shouldnt be any Swedes anywhere around there unless in a convoy

Ummm Sweden dont have a troopship in their roster anyway

[Lzs von swe]

It was the first charter trip to the Canary Islands:sunny:

[Foghladh_mhara]

:o

Swedish ?

Screenshot ?

Was it lit ?

There shouldnt be any Swedes anywhere around there unless in a convoy

Ummm Sweden dont have a troopship in their roster anyway

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8780/sh3img3082007175427609ld9.jpg


http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/161/sh3img308200717550875xt4.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5277/sh3img308200717550468gp3.jpg

[Foghladh_mhara]

And I should point out I didn't identify it as a troop transport it came up on the uzo automatically

[bigboywooly]

Most odd

Should show as - Large Passenger/Cargo

All else is ok though

[pinkus-pils]

yup a passenger liner. i've seen that same ship in the general area in 1944. they could have picked a little better route.


Have you run across one of the irish convoys yet??

[Brag]

Don't asl Fogh about Irish convoys :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Foghladh_mhara]

Have you run across one of the irish convoys yet??

Yeah there's a small 4 ship convoy that I've found in and around the BF grids. Couple of medium tankers and some small merchants IIRC. Pair of Argentinian merchants crossing my path lately as well. Large merchant and small passenger/cargo. Nearly sank them a few times as they insist on sailing at night without lights :nope:

[Shelton]

LOL that was funny - good stuff!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

LOL...

Seriously, good job holding your fire and thinking before shooting.:up: :up: :up:

[Foghladh_mhara]

Why aren't all the neutrals sailing alone lit up like christmas trees? This is why I hate the freetown run. Since my post yesterday I ran across 3 US medium tankers sailing without lights on 3 different occassions and it always seems to be at night :damn: It gets frustrating to set up those attacks and then see the Stars and Stripes.

I might declare war 9 months early :arrgh!:

[Dowly]

WHAAAAA!? You spotted an SWEDISH ship and you DIDNT FIRE!? WHAT KIND OF KALEUN ARE YOU!!?? :damn:

[Foghladh_mhara]

WHAAAAA!? You spotted an SWEDISH ship and you DIDNT FIRE!? WHAT KIND OF KALEUN ARE YOU!!?? :damn:

I've got a swedish girlfriend and 2 swedish speaking children. Seeing as my girlfriend was standing behind me after I spotted it I thought it best not to send it the bottom.

I get enough grief :cry:

[Ubåtskapten]

WHAAAAA!? You spotted an SWEDISH ship and you DIDNT FIRE!? WHAT KIND OF KALEUN ARE YOU!!?? :damn:
Perhaps he saved the torps for some FINNISH ship.;)
:rotfl:

[Dowly]

WHAAAAA!? You spotted an SWEDISH ship and you DIDNT FIRE!? WHAT KIND OF KALEUN ARE YOU!!?? :damn: Perhaps he saved the torps for some FINNISH ship.;)
:rotfl:

You should know us finns better, we use torpedos as toothpicks. ;)

[Ubåtskapten]

WHAAAAA!? You spotted an SWEDISH ship and you DIDNT FIRE!? WHAT KIND OF KALEUN ARE YOU!!?? :damn: Perhaps he saved the torps for some FINNISH ship.;)
:rotfl:
You should know us finns better, we use torpedos as toothpicks. ;)
Let's hope they don't make holes in them as well.;)

[joea]

Haha mate, I've sunk Canadian and Greek ships without a second thought you know ... show some backbone you are NOT an Irishman with a Swedish girlfriend and kids who speak it (lucky you btw), you are in the Deutch (sp?) Kreigsmarine!!!

[IrischKapitan]

I was prepared for a British (shoot) german (dont shoot) or even Spanish (shoot cos I have never forgiven them for that penalty shootout in the 2002 World Cup)



:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I'v never forgiven Ian Harte either..... :yep:

[Nokia]

I agree with Dowly! You should have sunk it! If nothing else you should have saved the game and done something else untill you were alone and then you could have sunk it! :yep::up::arrgh!:

[Jonathan]

I am sure that the Swedes were just out for a jolly cruise...and got lost. :doh:

[Buhring]

Perhaps he saved the torps for some FINNISH ship.;)
:rotfl:
You should know us finns better, we use torpedos as toothpicks. ;)

Speaking of which, I found a couple of Finnish merchants escorted by an Armed Tugboat some 100 miles west of Brest in summer 1940. Quite odd, isn't it?
Sorry, no screenshot -- but just believe me...

Of course I let them go. I was out of torps, anyway.

Gute Jagd

Buhring