Outrun by the HMS Hood...
 

By 'accident', I stumbled upon a British taskforce, northwest of Ireland and couldn't believe my luck, smack in the middle of it was the HMS Hood!
The weather was perfect with mirror-like water, so U-104 menaged to press out 19 knots to intercept the target.
Fact was, the taskforce liked the weather aswell and was chugging away at approx. 21 knots!
I was in an unfavourable position to launch an eel and in any case too far for the torpedoes so I decided to stalk them for the time being, see where they end up.
Unfortunately they set sail for the Atlantik, so no luck in cutting them off somewhere...

A beautiful chance missed, perhaps even the outcome of the Krieg!
I encoutered her late 41'

Too bad, she's a fast ship. :cool:

However, how would sinking a 1920s vintage battlecruiser in late 1941, that had historically been sunk in May 1941, effect the outcome of a war that was pretty much being decided before Moscow on the snowy Eastern Front at that point? ;)

Check out my post here and lay in ambush :DL

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...86&postcount=5

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:arrgh!: