Not Spanish...

[Hanomag]

Kaluens,

Was at girlfriends house the other night so started a career on my laptop in 44 :o , with a XXI. 1st patrol in tanker alley I run into a 8 DD screened convoy packed with big stuff and this... the 1st time I have seen a liner this big that wasnt flying a spanish flag!! Think it was the HMT Antiquania? Cant remember the exact name so ubers speak up pls! Believe it or not I shot 8 eels at this thing 7 missed (hah who says the TDC guys is a little too accurate!) the only hit was in the bow and she sunk... complete blind luck I guess. Anyways she was a stunning 56k+ tons! The most tonnage I have seen yet on one ship! :hmm:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c93/MakoStreak/HMTAntiquaniaJune44.jpg

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Nice! If I recall correctly it is the Antiquania.
2 of those will get you the 100k ton patrol easily!
I bet your girlfriend was a bit upset when you came over and started playing sh3. lol.

[Hanomag]

Kaluen Avatar,

Believe it or not shes hooked ..we buy her copy of SH3 tonite!! :rotfl:

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True love, indeed!

[KeptinCranky]

You mean this convoy? Found it too, also in a XXI, decided I was going to bag me that 4 stacker

http://home.planet.nl/%7Efourn003/images/thisconvoy.jpg

But....
Fired a nice spread of eels at it and this is what happens when you set the pattern runners incorrectly. :damn:

http://home.planet.nl/%7Efourn003/images/ohnoez.jpg

out of the full 6-eel spread I kileld one escort and one old tanker for a measly 3000 tons total :doh: :damn: :damn:

[Hanomag]

Kaluen KC,

OMG you must have wanted to tear yer hair out after that one....

Dont feel bad though, I didnt survive my encounter 2 DDs and some aircraft were all over me. They beat my boat into submission at 20% my hull failed...Glub Glub! :dead:

[kenijaru]

isnt is spelt Aquitania?

[Brag]

I'm pretty sure it's Aquitania

[KeptinCranky]

Oh yes, that wasn't a lot of fun, :damn:
despite that little setback I managed to sink 78k GRT that patrol and make it to Bordeaux in one piece -ish.
But I had to leave real quickly again because the Allies were approaching with tanks and stuff it being august of 1944

Next time I won't take pattern runners at all, too much hassle

I made it through Biscay Bay again thanks to the weather and am now west of Ireland having just dodged a Hunter Killer group with 2 escort carriers.

I figure about 100km behind a Hunter/killer group is a good place to be for a Uboat :smug:

[Gezur(Arbeit)]

lol in my career ...already sunk 2 of them driving in convois lol, the fist with one torp and the second (some patrols later) with two torps.

[TomcatMVD]

You mean this convoy? Found it too, also in a XXI, decided I was going to bag me that 4 stacker



But....
Fired a nice spread of eels at it and this is what happens when you set the pattern runners incorrectly. :damn:



out of the full 6-eel spread I kileld one escort and one old tanker for a measly 3000 tons total :doh: :damn: :damn:
ROFL!
I don´t know why but seeing those two pics in sequence made me laugh a lot!
How frustrating that should have been! Seeing your eels turning away from your target just a couple of seconds before!
I´m sorry Kaleun, I don´t mean to disrespect you, but I couldn´t help but laugh...
Better luck next time!

[KeptinCranky]

No Worries Mate :up:

I've sunk plenty of those 4 stackers in the Med, 3 in the same career and 2 in one patrol even, in addition to other passenger liners, That Kaleun would definitely have been tried for war crimes if he had survived :doh: a total of 8 passenger liners sunk in one career lasting 8 months is bad for one's reputation

those misses are also a good lesson about getting careless with new technology :|\\