View Full Version : Got the Nelson last night!
maillemaker
04-22-10, 02:19 PM
BF17, late 1939. One escort for the whole convoy, HMS Nelson in the center.
I put a full spread of 4 torpedoes into her side. Every one hit. I shot from 500m.
The escort never even pinged me.
It was a surgical strike!
I then did an end-around on the convoy and fired my last 3 torpedoes at targets in the convoy and missed them all!
Steve
pickinthebanjo
04-22-10, 02:36 PM
Well done:salute:. I got her sister ship the Rodney about a month ago. It was pretty well the same, get in, strike, then get out undetected. It was my first battleship, have found around 5 more since. You find those battleships in harbors all the time, but I've never ran into the Nelson, i'd like to put her under also:)
Good work maillemaker :up:
krashkart
04-22-10, 02:44 PM
Well done:salute:. I got her sister ship the Rodney about a month ago. It was pretty well the same, get in, strike, then get out undetected. It was my first battleship, have found around 5 more since. You find those battleships in harbors all the time, but I've never ran into the Nelson, i'd like to put her under also:)
Try Gibraltar. :yep:
Tachyon
04-22-10, 03:00 PM
Great job mate!
Now , I'd like you to go into Scapa Flow with a Type II-B and send one of those Tommies to the depths.
(Okay, not really possible as far as depth is concerned, considering that the seabed is dangerously low)
I did that , and by God..it was a nightmare retreating away from there. Oh yeah , do what Krashkart said as well :fff:
Immelman
04-22-10, 03:12 PM
You find those battleships in harbors all the time, but I've never ran into the Nelson, i'd like to put her under also:)
I nailed the Nelson in May 1942 of the Coast of Alexandria at night :arrgh!: 4 TI all hit and send her packing to the deep. I made three new friends that hang around for 5 hours trying to get me. Other then rattling my nerves and breaking some dishes they caused no damage to U-83 :D
pickinthebanjo
04-22-10, 03:29 PM
I nailed the Nelson in May 1942 of the Coast of Alexandria at night :arrgh!: 4 TI all hit and send her packing to the deep. I made three new friends that hang around for 5 hours trying to get me. Other then rattling my nerves and breaking some dishes they caused no damage to U-83 :D
How deep were you? I'm currently in mid 41' and I go to 160m and turn on the records and start counting the bangs:har:
Seems to be below there max depth which I guess to be around 140m at that time
pickinthebanjo
04-22-10, 03:32 PM
I think I hit that rodney in a convoy but I can't remember but it seems that the two ships are very similar, and tough I think I put at least three into her
krashkart
04-22-10, 03:44 PM
I think I hit that rodney in a convoy but I can't remember but it seems that the two ships are very similar, and tough I think I put at least three into her
Nelson class battleships. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_class_battleship
Immelman
04-22-10, 04:39 PM
How deep were you? I'm currently in mid 41' and I go to 160m and turn on the records and start counting the bangs:har:
Seems to be below there max depth which I guess to be around 140m at that time
I managed to get to 90m before the first DC run which was way off. I progressively worked my way down to 200m. Its a b**** with three DDs one makes a DC run while the other two drift an listen so you have no idea where they are you can't pick them up on the hydrophone until they start moving. Then they switch roles and so on. You never know which way to run to evade all three.
pickinthebanjo
04-22-10, 11:31 PM
I managed to get to 90m before the first DC run which was way off. I progressively worked my way down to 200m. Its a b**** with three DDs one makes a DC run while the other two drift an listen so you have no idea where they are you can't pick them up on the hydrophone until they start moving. Then they switch roles and so on. You never know which way to run to evade all three.
Yeah I had to evade afew about a week ago. I find that they have a limit of depth charges but I'm not 100% on that, somewhere around 50-75 in 39'-41'
But then again I may just be getting lucky and thats when they decided to leave so if anyone else knows about this better feel free to correct me:)
pickinthebanjo
04-22-10, 11:35 PM
Nelson class battleships. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_class_battleship
Wow the Rodney sunk the Bismark, I did not know that. Those are amazing ships
pickinthebanjo
04-22-10, 11:57 PM
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6643/hmsrodney.png
krashkart
04-23-10, 12:07 AM
^^ Nice. :D
Found another cool link at that Wikipedia page:
http://www.ibiblio.org/maritime/media/index.php?cat=1075
http://www.ibiblio.org/maritime/media/index.php
The first link covers the King George V and Nelson class battleships. The second link takes you to the MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia, which is where the first link is located.
Snestorm
04-23-10, 12:59 AM
Nice work!
Congratulations on the fine job, these abominations need to go.
I sunk the Nelson in my current career, and until they hit I was afraid that my torpedos would do a 180° turn at the last moment: the class is just that ugly. Although I suppose you have to respect the 'We run from nobody' attitude they project.
Immelman
04-23-10, 06:16 AM
Although I suppose you have to respect the 'We run from nobody' attitude they project.
Ummm go tell that to the Japs. They learned the hard way to run from US CV task forces early in the war. And run they did! Nothing can stand up to CV except another CV. It was the ultimate fighting platform on the high seas back then.
Jimbuna
04-23-10, 06:51 AM
BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif
Immelmann, this in in relation to other ships of the type.
Nelson and Rodney were woefully underpowered and couldn't run away even if they wanted to. Their entire main artillery, the biggest guns in the Royal Navy, faced forward. Armour stayed truer to the 'all or nothing' philosophy than most others. Add looks a mother might love if she is a warthog, the tendency to shake themselves apart by their own firing and the fact that they crammed an unreal amount of firepower into a treaty-compliant shell...
they may have been some of the most ungainly warships ever, but there is a certain badassitude about them.
LostDream
04-23-10, 09:13 AM
Yeah she may have been ugly, but she sure got the job done. Look a the Warthog A 10 Thunderbolt II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iz5MwPsfyo&feature=related
It is one of the "ugliest" plane designs, but it is your best friend when you are pinned down by armor! Trust me on that, hearing that big beast open up is something you do not forget!
pickinthebanjo
04-23-10, 11:59 AM
I guess I'm the only one that thinks it actually had a pretty cool looking design:hmmm: Alot of those other cruisers/battleships looked the same.
But I like the layout of the guns, wonder how well those ships moved.
Jimbuna
04-23-10, 02:38 PM
I guess I'm the only one that thinks it actually had a pretty cool looking design:hmmm: Alot of those other cruisers/battleships looked the same.
But I like the layout of the guns, wonder how well those ships moved.
At a top speed of under 24 knots the class (Nelson and Rodney) were a little slow but they did perform well for their King and country :up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28)
krashkart
04-23-10, 03:25 PM
I guess I'm the only one that thinks it actually had a pretty cool looking design:hmmm: Alot of those other cruisers/battleships looked the same.
But I like the layout of the guns, wonder how well those ships moved.
You are certainly not the only one. I think the Nelson class looks pretty slick. :DL
EDIT:
I wonder if the SH3 Warship Mod will ever add one?
I got HMS Nelson this evening as a Christmas Present. End of December, 1939. 2 grids north of Ireland, right in the middle of a large convoy. Send her 4 torpedoes from 3km away and all hit. There was only a single escort and it didn't even come after me. I turned and fired my stern torpedo on a whale factory ship and hit it. The sun was about to come up so I just waited a couple of hours. Then I surfaced and saw the whale factory ship motionless and abandoned by the rest of the convoy. Fired one and finished it. The fuel reserve was close to 25%. So I had to return to base at Wilhelmshaven.
pickinthebanjo
05-13-10, 03:26 PM
You are certainly not the only one. I think the Nelson class looks pretty slick. :DL
EDIT:
I wonder if the SH3 Warship Mod will ever add one?
that would be great
pickinthebanjo
05-13-10, 03:27 PM
I got HMS Nelson this evening as a Christmas Present. End of December, 1939. 2 grids north of Ireland, right in the middle of a large convoy. Send her 4 torpedoes from 3km away and all hit. There was only a single escort and it didn't even come after me. I turned and fired my stern torpedo on a whale factory ship and hit it. The sun was about to come up so I just waited a couple of hours. Then I surfaced and saw the whale factory ship motionless and abandoned by the rest of the convoy. Fired one and finished it. The fuel reserve was close to 25%. So I had to return to base at Wilhelmshaven.
Very similar to where and how I got it. Those whale factory ships are some juicy targets
Shandiir
05-13-10, 06:34 PM
Gratz on the Nelson!!!
I was tracking a Medium speed convoy two days ago, finially got in front of it and was sitting quite, put up the scope and saw 12 ships, ripper, tonnage time!!! To my suprise right in the middle was a Renown class battleship.
Scope down and waited till it was 500m away and 4 torps away....... bang bang bang bang.
Scope up, ships goping everywhere and this battleship just keeps sailing away. By the time I had reloaded though and evaded 3 destroyers, the Battleship was on a 30 deg tilt and was going down. 31000 tons, biggest kill so far for me! :88)
Also got a large tanker before I had to leave as was out of torps. :rotfl2:
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