rifleman13
11-02-08, 09:49 AM
It's my first patrol in a new career of LzS Heinrich Rocks (yes, that's the random name given by SH3 Cmdr!)and it's December 1939 and I'm sailing in a Type IXB through the seas North of Ireland until I receive a contact report of a inbound convoy. The weather was very pleasant, 4-5 m/s windspeed with scattered clouds. So I plotted an intercept course and I waited for the convoy to come in. :up:
As the convoy arrived, I counted 4 warships: 2 Black Swans, a Southampton class and a British S class.
I decided to take out the Black Swans first and then the Southhampton class with torpedoes. They easily sink beneath the waves!:arrgh!:
Then there was that S class...:damn:
I surfaced and maneuvered to the S class' stern (AKA: its blind spot) and placing 150 mm shells into it. As I was firing the deck gun I happen not to notice the telegraph set to Ahead Standard, way faster than that sub so I incurred about 40% hull damage before I was able to maneuver away. This Type IXB was like, well like a hulking ocean liner!:damn:
During that whole time I fired more than 30 shells at that thing and still didn't sink! For about 3 or 4 hours, that S class dipped its bow into the water as if it was diving, but it was not! It was dipping like a stubborn Medium Cargo in a hurricane! So I left it alone and sailed into the Atlantic before deciding to return to base with about 2/3 left in the fuel gauge. :arrgh!:
In the same convoy, I sunk 4 merchants and damaged one. Two ore carriers by deck gun and 2 Granville freighters by torpedo. One Granville was that tough so I didn't notice it anymore. :sunny::arrgh!:
The patrol's still in progress as I'm heading back to base through the English Channel with 5 torpedoes and (as my CE says to me) about 60% hull integrity. The hope is I would sink many ships as I go home.
Wish me luck! ;)
As the convoy arrived, I counted 4 warships: 2 Black Swans, a Southampton class and a British S class.
I decided to take out the Black Swans first and then the Southhampton class with torpedoes. They easily sink beneath the waves!:arrgh!:
Then there was that S class...:damn:
I surfaced and maneuvered to the S class' stern (AKA: its blind spot) and placing 150 mm shells into it. As I was firing the deck gun I happen not to notice the telegraph set to Ahead Standard, way faster than that sub so I incurred about 40% hull damage before I was able to maneuver away. This Type IXB was like, well like a hulking ocean liner!:damn:
During that whole time I fired more than 30 shells at that thing and still didn't sink! For about 3 or 4 hours, that S class dipped its bow into the water as if it was diving, but it was not! It was dipping like a stubborn Medium Cargo in a hurricane! So I left it alone and sailed into the Atlantic before deciding to return to base with about 2/3 left in the fuel gauge. :arrgh!:
In the same convoy, I sunk 4 merchants and damaged one. Two ore carriers by deck gun and 2 Granville freighters by torpedo. One Granville was that tough so I didn't notice it anymore. :sunny::arrgh!:
The patrol's still in progress as I'm heading back to base through the English Channel with 5 torpedoes and (as my CE says to me) about 60% hull integrity. The hope is I would sink many ships as I go home.
Wish me luck! ;)