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big_feef · 07-31-05, 01:10 PM

I did my first running of the Gibralter gauntlet last night in Feb of '40, but went for juicier targets in the Med: Alexandria and Port Said. I was at first surprised by the amount of iron Britain has out there patrolling the straight, but I got through mostly on silent running at 125m.

I then went hunting in the Med for a bit , then decided to try out Alexandria and Port Said. I arrived at Alexandria with 11 torpedoes and sank a docked Fiji light cruiser, a docked aux cruiser, and a docked Nelson battleship; then a C-Class destroyer, a Tribal, and two V&W destroyers as I escaped undetected.

I then went to Port Said with only 3 torpedoes and sank a docked C3. I fired off my last two torpedoes at a docked T2's fuel bunkers, but those things seem to be unsinkable for some reason. Ticked off, I snuck up between the still bouyant T2 and the semi-submerged C3, surfaced, and took down the T2 with my deck gun. I also managed to take out the two Elco's and an armed trawler that were trying to get me from behind the T2.

Sans torpedoes, I snuck out of Port Said at silent at 20m with two tribals, a V&W, and a C-Class hunting me... That was some of the best hunting I've done in a while.

07-31-05, 01:10 PM	#1
big_feef Watch Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: QR, Mexico Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I did my first running of the Gibralter gauntlet last night in Feb of '40, but went for juicier targets in the Med: Alexandria and Port Said. I was at first surprised by the amount of iron Britain has out there patrolling the straight, but I got through mostly on silent running at 125m. I then went hunting in the Med for a bit , then decided to try out Alexandria and Port Said. I arrived at Alexandria with 11 torpedoes and sank a docked Fiji light cruiser, a docked aux cruiser, and a docked Nelson battleship; then a C-Class destroyer, a Tribal, and two V&W destroyers as I escaped undetected. I then went to Port Said with only 3 torpedoes and sank a docked C3. I fired off my last two torpedoes at a docked T2's fuel bunkers, but those things seem to be unsinkable for some reason. Ticked off, I snuck up between the still bouyant T2 and the semi-submerged C3, surfaced, and took down the T2 with my deck gun. I also managed to take out the two Elco's and an armed trawler that were trying to get me from behind the T2. Sans torpedoes, I snuck out of Port Said at silent at 20m with two tribals, a V&W, and a C-Class hunting me... That was some of the best hunting I've done in a while.