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Canovaro
07-03-08, 04:17 PM
Finally, after 2,5 years (and several near misses and other bad luck), I finally sank a carrier.

I'm doing the Liverpool - Murmansk route with my brand new IXD2 and there are not many contacts here. I stumbled upon two convoys, both had a Bogue Carrier in their rows. Both times I got in and out easily. First time I couldn't aim for the carrier, and fired at a tanker. It was destroyed after the first hit.

The second convoy I was able to maneuvre right in front of the Bogue and fired four torpedoes. Three hit and one missed, hitting a destroyer some moments later :up:

The Bogue was destroyed the moment the first torpedo hit it.

This lane turns out to be pretty interesting, also lots of Icebergs here.

STEED
07-04-08, 06:52 AM
How dose it feel? :D

rifleman13
07-04-08, 07:44 AM
Haven't encountered aircraft carriers just yet!:huh:

Are you sure they exist?:hmm:

Are they just Allied propaganda aimed at reducing our morale of the U-bootwaffe?:doh:

Help me!:dead:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

UnderseaLcpl
07-04-08, 09:38 AM
Good show! I didn't sink a carrier until late 44 and I got a hell of a working-over for it. Never have sunk a fleet carrier though, only escorts like the Bogue.

Brag
07-04-08, 10:44 AM
Well done Canovaro!:D I've never seen a carrier.

predavolk
07-04-08, 06:17 PM
I intercepted a Bogue or Casablabnca class carier on its Torch run to Casablanca! :up: Sadly, a troop transport intercepted the torpedo I sent to the carrier. :down: Stoopid GIs saved the zoomies butts.

KeptinCranky
07-05-08, 05:55 PM
some good spots for carriers are:
off Norway early on, say 1939 1940
the Med between Gibraltar and Malta
I've also seen one near Key West in the US, but the weather was too bad to intercept

the only one I've sunk was an Illustrious near Norway that came steaming right over my boat in heavy fog, only got to see it long enough to shoot, it did sink, but didn't see it :cry:

Jimbuna
07-06-08, 07:33 AM
Always a welcome sight :lol:

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8386/sh32008061316111540sr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Murr44
07-06-08, 11:39 AM
Congratualtions. It must have felt pretty satisfying...:up: :up:

Frank0001
07-09-08, 06:13 AM
I've never seen a carrier.

What about herr Balz? Or does he go for the bigger bait only? :D

Sailor Steve
07-09-08, 06:53 AM
Always a welcome sight :lol:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

JIM! Those poor guys are perfectly placed! They look like they're trying to hold it up so it won't sink!:rotfl:

Platapus
07-09-08, 06:56 PM
Pout

Been playing for years and never even seen a carrier.

That's ok, I would not want to sink a carrier.. so there :|\\



I lied, I would love to sink a carrier :cry:

Jimbuna
07-10-08, 09:07 AM
Always a welcome sight :lol:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

JIM! Those poor guys are perfectly placed! They look like they're trying to hold it up so it won't sink!:rotfl:

LOL....never noticed :lol: