Nailed HMS Nelson out of a task force

[K-61]

In a IXC off the coast of Spain in the summer of 1941 I get the call from my lookout. Lo and behold, a fat taskforce sailing fast at 21 knots and I am close enough to set up a quick approach. My last task force was just out of range due to foul weather, but this one I could attack. I sailed surfaced as long as I dared before submerging to periscope depth, going quiet and waiting for them to cross my bow tubes. There were two BB's, Nelson and Rodney, a Dido and Southampton cruisers, escorted by five DD's. I fired two G7E's first at Nelson, then a bit later I fired two G7A's at Rodney. Rodney wasn't hit, but Nelson was and she sank rather quickly. As soon as the last eel cleared my tube I dropped the scope, changed course and dove. Because of the speed of the five escorts they sailed some distance before they could heave around and commence a search. They didn't get a lock on me once and I successfully evaded, to surface and reload after hauling off a safe distance. My patrol continues and I have added several more freighters to my score. I expect I'll be adding the swords to my Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

Long live GWX!

[Zedwardson]

Be more Aggressive!! :D

Great job!

[desirableroasted]

Now that's a TF attack I can support!

[Gerald]

Now that's a TF attack I can support! No holiday here :yep:

[Gerald]

In a IXC off the coast of Spain in the summer of 1941 I get the call from my lookout. Lo and behold, a fat taskforce sailing fast at 21 knots and I am close enough to set up a quick approach. My last task force was just out of range due to foul weather, but this one I could attack. I sailed surfaced as long as I dared before submerging to periscope depth, going quiet and waiting for them to cross my bow tubes. There were two BB's, Nelson and Rodney, a Dido and Southampton cruisers, escorted by five DD's. I fired two G7E's first at Nelson, then a bit later I fired two G7A's at Rodney. Rodney wasn't hit, but Nelson was and she sank rather quickly. As soon as the last eel cleared my tube I dropped the scope, changed course and dove. Because of the speed of the five escorts they sailed some distance before they could heave around and commence a search. They didn't get a lock on me once and I successfully evaded, to surface and reload after hauling off a safe distance. My patrol continues and I have added several more freighters to my score. I expect I'll be adding the swords to my Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

Long live GWX! :salute:

[Snestorm]

Well done.

[K-61]

Thanks for the salutes, comrades. I also had the chance to take out the outer escort with a snap shot from a stern tube but decided not to; I didn't want to risk those BB's suddenly altering course and causing a miss. I had sailed between the outer escort and the first row of the TF, so I was perfectly situated to take out the destroyer, but those BB's were THE target, so I let her go. I figured she might die of embarrassment had I succeeded in taking out two BB's, but the one was still sweetly satisfying. A long time ago I did manage to take out two BB's from one TF, but any success against a major TF is to be savoured.

I'm still waiting to see a Luftwaffe strike on a convoy I have called in. All these years of playing and I have never seen that. Other players report never having been able to intercept a TF; our gaming experience is widely varied and testimony to the immense replay value of SH3 and GWX.