I still have fond memories of my very first patrol, when I ran into something interesting.

According to the map it was Denmark.

My first memory of SH3, was before any supermods.

It was daylight, no clouds, no rain, glassy calm seas, I was in a type 7, creeping along at 1/3d speed (i don't think i had any notion of specific knot speeds yet), silent running, i had 14 to 20 meters of water underneath my keel, and i was trying to sneak into scapa flow, through the front, since there was no other way in.

And then, as i peered through my periscope, i noticed this destroyer Waaaay off. I thought, "hes so far away, i should get by him no problem", ill just be reaaaalllly quiet.

Umm,, no, he made a beeline for me, at which point i remember saying, "WTF! OMG No freaking way!!" After he pounded me into the sea floor, i exited the game thoroughly pissed off, cursing, "BS! That was complete utter BS!" as i turned off my computer and stomped off.

A couple days later, i was back at it again. :rolleyes:

Oh I DREAM of makeing it that far!
:haha:

twas a good day for me that a GIGANTIC american ship did not sink to the bottom of the harbour after about 4 torpedos. it was 1940.

I don't suck --Bernard does, and unfortunately he is a high ranking member of my crew. :wah:



Brer Rabbit
Heading for the briar patch

You did clean up any leaking diesel, didn't you?

Practice = perfect :sunny:

:D

Yep, sucked big time at first.
Even at zero realism getting into a good position to fire an eel was more a matter of luck than judgment for me.
And my evasion procedure consisted of me crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.
Stick with it PvtJamoo, it get's easier.
And once it all falls into place, it becomes the most addictive substance known to man.

We left Bernard in charge of the cleanup operations.

I know that's not what you wanted to hear, but we had to leave him somewhere and Denmark was convenient.

I always remember how relatively easy it was to remain surfaced and shoot dozens of aircraft out of the sky....till a few mods later when I suddenly realised every patrol I undertook ended with a sinking....from aircraft :oops:

Nicely written. :yeah:

Thank you. BdU said the same thing about my patrol log. Of course I left out a few minor details, but then who doesn't?

Bernard has been given safe conduct to Sweden, where he has been given a job in the iron ore mines that supply Germany with steel.

Hope the quality of your next boat is as good as the last.

Oh SNAP!

:haha:

Well,

I suppose this explaination might help describe my 1st patrol skill .....

According to what I have learned ... the boiling point of water greatly reduces as the pressure around it drops, this effect on water is what causes "cavitation" or those bubbles you see coming off the props. Let's just say that my suckage was such ... my type VIIb looked like it was in over-carbonated water. :D

["Hey ... look at that patch of boiling sea ... you think that is some sort of magma vent over there?" ... *stoically* "No, that is U-41 ... maiden voyage."]