Blimp chasing me chasing ships

[Radian]

So this is a first for me...

It's mid Oct '43 and I'm off the Carolina coast. It's daytime nice weather and I'm on the surface running full speed to overtake a pair of small freighters. I intend to use deckgun when I get into range.

All of a sudden I get the "Aircraft spotted!" alarm. Before I crash dive I look so see what it is.

A "K ship" blimp bearing 150degrees is trying to overtake me!

So I do the math... Looks like I'll be in decent gun range of the ships with at least 15 minutes before I have to really worry about the Blimp.

I order... Continue on the surface flank speed!

In the end... I'm slipping below periscope depth enjoying final views of two burning sinking ships and an angry blimp about 5 minutes too late to prevent my work....

Take us down to 80 meters 30 degrees port on the rudder.... Our work here is done!

Radian

[Madox58]

That would have made some great screenshots!
:up:

[Radian]

That would have made some great screenshots!
:up:

Agreed but, I couldn't get the blimp and the ships in the same view through the periscope and I didn't want to loiter around....

Even when on the conning tower it was "look forward" see the small ships in the distance. Look almost straight back. See a blimp as a ball low over the horizon.

I sank both ships from behind so I never passed them to get them between me and the blimp.... AND the blimp did not get in range to fire on me before I submerged.

Photo opportunity lost... oh well.

Radian

[AndreasT]

Those Blimps are hard to take down. I tried that once, never again.

[RConch]

All these years, I have never seen one. Very cool report!
:salute:

[VONHARRIS]

A picture of my old days in SH3 : A blimp

They are indeed very hard to bring down.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2iu2fco.jpg

[the dark knight]

Yes, they are hard to kill! I encountered one while hunting for tankers between Cancun and Cuba. A random rain squall showed up, so I dove. Thanks to the Blimp, I heard 3 large tankers coming right for me. In a way he helped me sink three tankers. :haha: