I'm currently in January 1941 (GWX 3) captaining a IXB out of Lorient. I was on my way back to port after a rather unsuccessful patrol and was about 500km off the coast of Vigo. At about 1845 my watch crew spotted a group of enemy warships doing 15 knots. I thought about immediately diving but I was curious to see who they were so I followed them at flank speed. I was shocked to discover that it was an Illustrious class carrier being escorted by a Southampton class cruiser and a few destroyers! I wasn't going to let this get away so I managed to get a good firing angle and the range was coming down to 3500m but the window of opportunity was small. I fired a salvo of 4 T1s in hope more than anything and got one hit towards the rear of the carrier! This is the strange bit....
It then exploded in a ball of flames and sank in less than 5 mins.
I didn't think it would be this easy to sink a big warship or was it just a lucky hit?
22000 tons at the bottom.
