Tessa
03-20-08, 03:53 PM
The HMS Hood was just the beginning.....
After reading about other Kaleuns exploits in the harbour raiding thread I decided to start over with a new career and try something out that could only happen right as the war started - raid the British main warship harbors before the defense becomes insanely hard.
Starting in Willhelm with a VIIB pushed the petal to the metal to speak, and heading straight to Plymouth at flank speed. By the time hostilities with Brittan began I was already heading into the harbour and was able to position myself easily to sink the HMS Hood that was just sitting there in the middle of the harbour. She was my first strike of the day; but there was much more to come :up:
For once I had a decent patrol area in the AM sector. After that was finished decided to sneak into Loch Ewe and hopefully find a BB or CV lying in wait. After sneaking into the harbour (which was super easy, though getting out was much harder than getting in) was dissapointed that there were no capital ships at all. Did find a floating dock which was some easy tonnage at the cost of 1 eel.
After leaving Loch Ewe still had 3 eels left so decided to see what was in Scapa Flow. This time entered from the West and (while time consuming at silent speed) was easily able to get into the waters and hit the jackpot again! Hugging the West coast I easily got through the DD screen and was shocked (and delighted) to see that sitting in the middle of the harbour was nothing else but.......the HMS Hood!
With only 3 eels left had to make sure each one of them was used to their full potential. Since the seas were calm and the Hood was stationary my best bet was to use the magnetic sensors despite their flaws. Set the first to 13m aft of the last mast and scored big time, caused at least a 20-25 degree lisp. Last two eels had to count so set them for 15m and aimed under the #2 & #3 turrets and managed to blow up the magazines as the ship buckled like a keelbuster and went down in a matter of minutes. Then slipped back out the same way I entered without any detection and returned home for a much deserved rest (and a lot of medals awarded to my crew).
A txt version of my captain's log:
[Log Entry 0]
Type=0
EntryText=Patrol 1|U-99, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel|Left at: September 1, 1939, 01:48|From: Wilhelmshaven|Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM23
Date=19390901
Time=148
Categ=0
[Log Entry 1]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|HMS Hood (HMS Hood), 48360 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 05:34
Date=19390903
Time=534
Categ=0
[Log Entry 2]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|S.S. St. Helena (Tramp Steamer), 2915 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 06:28
Date=19390903
Time=628
Categ=0
[Log Entry 3]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|S.S. Ringstad (Tramp Steamer), 2005 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 06:30
Date=19390903
Time=630
Categ=0
[Log Entry 4]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|S.S. Carrabulle (Tramp Steamer), 2923 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 06:37
Date=19390903
Time=637
Categ=0
[Log Entry 5]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 16|S.S. Egholm (Passenger/Cargo), 2253 tons
EntryTitle=September 4, 1939, 07:22
Date=19390904
Time=722
Categ=0
[Log Entry 6]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 13|S.S. Mount Lycabettus (Ore Carrier), 8083 tons
EntryTitle=September 4, 1939, 19:13
Date=19390904
Time=1913
Categ=0
[Log Entry 7]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AM 84|Hassan (Sloop), 8 tons
EntryTitle=September 5, 1939, 23:21
Date=19390905
Time=2321
Categ=0
[Log Entry 8]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AM 38|Floating Dock, 26000 tons
EntryTitle=September 12, 1939, 04:13
Date=19390912
Time=413
Categ=0
[Log Entry 9]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AM 38|M/V Acasta (Modern Tanker), 7555 tons
EntryTitle=September 12, 1939, 05:30
Date=19390912
Time=530
Categ=0
[Log Entry 10]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 15|M/V St. Issey (Tugboat), 1107 tons
EntryTitle=September 13, 1939, 19:59
Date=19390913
Time=1959
Categ=0
[Log Entry 11]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 16|HMS Hood, 48360 tons
EntryTitle=September 14, 1939, 06:24
Date=19390914
Time=624
Categ=0
[Log Entry 12]
Type=0
EntryText=Patrol results|Crew losses: 0|Ships sunk: 11|Aircraft destroyed: 0|Patrol tonage: 149569 tons
Date=19390918
Time=940
Categ=0
The Tommy's really have my respect and admiration. Being able to raise the HMS Hood, repair it and put it back into service in 17 days is simply amazing. Next time will hopefully run into the Hood in deep water to (hopefully) 86 it for good :arrgh!:
P.S. Am using GWX 2.0 @ 73% realism. Not a fan of the manual targeting (largely due to lazyness), though am hoping that the OLC gui will change that.
After reading about other Kaleuns exploits in the harbour raiding thread I decided to start over with a new career and try something out that could only happen right as the war started - raid the British main warship harbors before the defense becomes insanely hard.
Starting in Willhelm with a VIIB pushed the petal to the metal to speak, and heading straight to Plymouth at flank speed. By the time hostilities with Brittan began I was already heading into the harbour and was able to position myself easily to sink the HMS Hood that was just sitting there in the middle of the harbour. She was my first strike of the day; but there was much more to come :up:
For once I had a decent patrol area in the AM sector. After that was finished decided to sneak into Loch Ewe and hopefully find a BB or CV lying in wait. After sneaking into the harbour (which was super easy, though getting out was much harder than getting in) was dissapointed that there were no capital ships at all. Did find a floating dock which was some easy tonnage at the cost of 1 eel.
After leaving Loch Ewe still had 3 eels left so decided to see what was in Scapa Flow. This time entered from the West and (while time consuming at silent speed) was easily able to get into the waters and hit the jackpot again! Hugging the West coast I easily got through the DD screen and was shocked (and delighted) to see that sitting in the middle of the harbour was nothing else but.......the HMS Hood!
With only 3 eels left had to make sure each one of them was used to their full potential. Since the seas were calm and the Hood was stationary my best bet was to use the magnetic sensors despite their flaws. Set the first to 13m aft of the last mast and scored big time, caused at least a 20-25 degree lisp. Last two eels had to count so set them for 15m and aimed under the #2 & #3 turrets and managed to blow up the magazines as the ship buckled like a keelbuster and went down in a matter of minutes. Then slipped back out the same way I entered without any detection and returned home for a much deserved rest (and a lot of medals awarded to my crew).
A txt version of my captain's log:
[Log Entry 0]
Type=0
EntryText=Patrol 1|U-99, U-Flotilla Saltzwedel|Left at: September 1, 1939, 01:48|From: Wilhelmshaven|Mission Orders: Patrol grid AM23
Date=19390901
Time=148
Categ=0
[Log Entry 1]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|HMS Hood (HMS Hood), 48360 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 05:34
Date=19390903
Time=534
Categ=0
[Log Entry 2]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|S.S. St. Helena (Tramp Steamer), 2915 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 06:28
Date=19390903
Time=628
Categ=0
[Log Entry 3]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|S.S. Ringstad (Tramp Steamer), 2005 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 06:30
Date=19390903
Time=630
Categ=0
[Log Entry 4]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 22|S.S. Carrabulle (Tramp Steamer), 2923 tons
EntryTitle=September 3, 1939, 06:37
Date=19390903
Time=637
Categ=0
[Log Entry 5]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 16|S.S. Egholm (Passenger/Cargo), 2253 tons
EntryTitle=September 4, 1939, 07:22
Date=19390904
Time=722
Categ=0
[Log Entry 6]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid BF 13|S.S. Mount Lycabettus (Ore Carrier), 8083 tons
EntryTitle=September 4, 1939, 19:13
Date=19390904
Time=1913
Categ=0
[Log Entry 7]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AM 84|Hassan (Sloop), 8 tons
EntryTitle=September 5, 1939, 23:21
Date=19390905
Time=2321
Categ=0
[Log Entry 8]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AM 38|Floating Dock, 26000 tons
EntryTitle=September 12, 1939, 04:13
Date=19390912
Time=413
Categ=0
[Log Entry 9]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AM 38|M/V Acasta (Modern Tanker), 7555 tons
EntryTitle=September 12, 1939, 05:30
Date=19390912
Time=530
Categ=0
[Log Entry 10]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 15|M/V St. Issey (Tugboat), 1107 tons
EntryTitle=September 13, 1939, 19:59
Date=19390913
Time=1959
Categ=0
[Log Entry 11]
Type=0
EntryText=Ship sunk!|Grid AN 16|HMS Hood, 48360 tons
EntryTitle=September 14, 1939, 06:24
Date=19390914
Time=624
Categ=0
[Log Entry 12]
Type=0
EntryText=Patrol results|Crew losses: 0|Ships sunk: 11|Aircraft destroyed: 0|Patrol tonage: 149569 tons
Date=19390918
Time=940
Categ=0
The Tommy's really have my respect and admiration. Being able to raise the HMS Hood, repair it and put it back into service in 17 days is simply amazing. Next time will hopefully run into the Hood in deep water to (hopefully) 86 it for good :arrgh!:
P.S. Am using GWX 2.0 @ 73% realism. Not a fan of the manual targeting (largely due to lazyness), though am hoping that the OLC gui will change that.