9emini
03-31-12, 10:13 PM
Thought I'd share something very odd that happened over the past couple of days. Spacetime coordinates: AN76, 15/4/1940.
I intercepted a convoy escorted by a couple of black swans about 25km SE of Lowestoft. (My radioman had earlier reported that a convoy travelling at 8kts was in the area.) There's an 8kt wind with thunder and lightning, but no rain. The most massive ships in the convoy are a couple of 10 kiloton 'large merchants', travelling one behind the other at the back of the 8-strong group of merchant ships. I send a couple of eels toward each. One detonates prematurely while the other three hit their marks. Over time the ships (to my great delight and surprise) go down with no further help from me, and the frigates don't seem to have a clue where I am. Pretty much a first for me, so woohoo! Only curiosity is that one of the sunk ships has no red map icon, tho' it IS in my log.
Some 10 hours later, perhaps 50km SSW of this 'grave', I encounter a couple of large merchant ships, one behind the other, travelling at 8.1kts in pretty much the same direction as the two I'd sunk earlier. First time I've ever seen a couple of unescorted merchants travelling together, but also probably the first time I've made it to 4/'40! I rinse and repeat, sending 2+1 eels toward the two beasts. Three explosions later, I surface to spend a little time manning the deck gun. The ship that was hit twice seems to need no help, as it was clearly 'bow-heavy'. Cutting to the chase, both ships end up hitting the nearby sea floor without anything being added to my log, or anything appearing on map. I'm pretty peeved as 21 kilotons for 3 eels and a few shells sounds like a good deal to me!
It's almost like the second pair of large merchants were ghostly versions of the two I'd sunk earlier that day. Same type, same speed it seems, same relative position (one close behind other), and the second pair were where the first pair would have been had I not sunk them, and had their speed been lessened. They gladly received my ordnance but their demise did nothing for my renown!
I intercepted a convoy escorted by a couple of black swans about 25km SE of Lowestoft. (My radioman had earlier reported that a convoy travelling at 8kts was in the area.) There's an 8kt wind with thunder and lightning, but no rain. The most massive ships in the convoy are a couple of 10 kiloton 'large merchants', travelling one behind the other at the back of the 8-strong group of merchant ships. I send a couple of eels toward each. One detonates prematurely while the other three hit their marks. Over time the ships (to my great delight and surprise) go down with no further help from me, and the frigates don't seem to have a clue where I am. Pretty much a first for me, so woohoo! Only curiosity is that one of the sunk ships has no red map icon, tho' it IS in my log.
Some 10 hours later, perhaps 50km SSW of this 'grave', I encounter a couple of large merchant ships, one behind the other, travelling at 8.1kts in pretty much the same direction as the two I'd sunk earlier. First time I've ever seen a couple of unescorted merchants travelling together, but also probably the first time I've made it to 4/'40! I rinse and repeat, sending 2+1 eels toward the two beasts. Three explosions later, I surface to spend a little time manning the deck gun. The ship that was hit twice seems to need no help, as it was clearly 'bow-heavy'. Cutting to the chase, both ships end up hitting the nearby sea floor without anything being added to my log, or anything appearing on map. I'm pretty peeved as 21 kilotons for 3 eels and a few shells sounds like a good deal to me!
It's almost like the second pair of large merchants were ghostly versions of the two I'd sunk earlier that day. Same type, same speed it seems, same relative position (one close behind other), and the second pair were where the first pair would have been had I not sunk them, and had their speed been lessened. They gladly received my ordnance but their demise did nothing for my renown!