Well after numerous patrols all starting in different years, and on my 2nd GWX 3.0 patrol I finally sight HMS Hood. I couldn't quite believe it! It was as I was submerged that my hydrophone operator picked up a small convoy of warships, so I decided to plot an intercept and see what I could see. This is when things didn't go my way
Firstly it was abysmal weather - heavy seas, heavy cloud and less than 9km visibility, and secondly thorough hydrophone soundings, I (roughly) worked out the convoys speed and rough heading, which turned out to be around 25knts heading AWAY from me.
So in this poor weather I didn't have much chance of catching up to get into a decent firing position, and all i saw of the Hood was a silhouette of it on the horizon almost mocking me.
Someday, I WILL sink the Hood...............