Jackpot - GWX

[btaft]

I started my first career in an IX boat out of Lorient in 1940. On my first patrol I was heading to my patrol zone and just east of the rockwell? banks I received a report of a convoy. I promptly moved into position to intercept and started to scan the convoy.

Smack dab in the middle was a Nelson BB and there appeared to be only three escorts (a flower in the front and two others on the flank). I tool a little risk and went ahead standard while submerged after the lead flower had passed. I figured their sensros probably weren't very good at this time in the war. I got to within 1000m and sent 2 elecs and 2 steam torps into the BB and put her dead in the water.

I dived deep and was never detected. I surfaced an hour later and finished her off with a final fish.

How is that for a morale boost for a crew to sink a BB in their first encounter in their first patrol.

Now to do an end around and harass the convoy somemore.....I saw some tankers in their as well :D

[TarJak]

Nice one:arrgh!: Good to see the Tommies lose another BB!

[Jimbuna]

Now you have some idea how Priens men must have felt....congratulations :arrgh!:

[papa_smurf]

Good job in sinking the Nelson:up: Can't understand why she only had 3 escorts?
The last Taskforce I spotteed was HMS Ark Royal with 8 escort vessels! (I decided not to attack it.)

[btaft]

Can't understand why she only had 3 escorts?
The last Taskforce I spotteed was HMS Ark Royal with 8 escort vessels! (I decided not to attack it.)

Actually, the weird part was that it was not even a task force. It was all merchants except the Nelson and the three convoy escorts. It was like she was on anti-raider duty all by herself.

Anyways, a couple more end arounds ought to chalk me up some merchants to add to the total!

[Jimbuna]

It was like she was on anti-raider duty all by herself.

Even in RL I'm sure the Nelson would have been more than a match for any raider :arrgh!:

[Brag]

Good show, congratz! Let Tommy have it. :up:

[slow_n_ez]

:D Nice one Kaptain .. beer is on me back at the nightclub when you return :cool:

[btaft]

Well the crew is feeling pretty confident now. Three more intercepts of the same convoy and 2 whale ships, 2 tankers and a large cargo rest on the bottom.

THe crew is a bit tired now, and we only have two stern fish left. It is time to start heading home and try to pick off a loan merchnat or two.

We are at 93K in tonnage so far amd I am hoping to hit the 100K mark for the crew on their first patrol. So far the deck gun has rermained silent.

[Captain Nemo]

Talking of jackpots I'm in a similar situation. In Patrol 1 I came across the convoy you are talking about and sunk HMS Rodney in addition to merchants sunk in convoy and elsewhere, for a total of 106,000 GRT. Now I'm on Patrol 4 and have come across a convoy with HMS Rodney (those British have good salvage ships!!) smack in the middle but no other escorts. Stuck five torps in her to send her to the bottom for a second time. So far in addition to HMS Rodney, I have sunk in the convoy a large merchant. I now have a free hand to sink as many merchants in the convoy that I can. Hopefully I'll get another 100k plus tonnage on this patrol.

Nemo