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Captain Nemo · 09-16-09, 05:27 AM

Started a new career in GWX and have been allocated BF17 as my first patrol grid. In BF18 I get a contact report of a neutral convoy heading SW at 5 knots. I thought to myself, well it's Sept 2nd so can't sink anything but if I can make contact it's worth shadowing and if war breaks out I can start an attack. I made contact in broad daylight with visibility unlimited. From what I can see there is one destroyer up front and some juicy tonnage in the convoy. Anyway, a few minutes later I'm under attack from the destroyer! Decided to turn and put the stern of my u-boat towards the oncoming destroyer and go to flank speed. It's a V&W Class pouring on the coal at 34 knots so no way I'm going to out run this one. Dive down to periscope depth and wait for it to close the distance. A sneaky view through the periscope reveals it to be Polish! No wonder why the Captain took a dislike to me lurking on the fringe of the convoy! I considered a stern shot but thought better of it and decided to dive deeper but the ocean floor is at 120 metres. Then the pinging starts and depth charges rain down on me giving my boat a good shake up. Managed to crawl away at 2 knots at 100 metres depth. It would have been my worst career to date if I had got sunk before war breaks out with Britain.

As an aside, in real life did convoys start up before Britain declared war?

Nemo

09-16-09, 05:27 AM	#1
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Depth Charged on 2nd September 1939 Started a new career in GWX and have been allocated BF17 as my first patrol grid. In BF18 I get a contact report of a neutral convoy heading SW at 5 knots. I thought to myself, well it's Sept 2nd so can't sink anything but if I can make contact it's worth shadowing and if war breaks out I can start an attack. I made contact in broad daylight with visibility unlimited. From what I can see there is one destroyer up front and some juicy tonnage in the convoy. Anyway, a few minutes later I'm under attack from the destroyer! Decided to turn and put the stern of my u-boat towards the oncoming destroyer and go to flank speed. It's a V&W Class pouring on the coal at 34 knots so no way I'm going to out run this one. Dive down to periscope depth and wait for it to close the distance. A sneaky view through the periscope reveals it to be Polish! No wonder why the Captain took a dislike to me lurking on the fringe of the convoy! I considered a stern shot but thought better of it and decided to dive deeper but the ocean floor is at 120 metres. Then the pinging starts and depth charges rain down on me giving my boat a good shake up. Managed to crawl away at 2 knots at 100 metres depth. It would have been my worst career to date if I had got sunk before war breaks out with Britain. As an aside, in real life did convoys start up before Britain declared war? Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________