Last night I almost had a battleship in my sight! I got a sound contact northwest of Scapa Flow in my little Type IIA; weather was awful, poor visibility, light rain and choppy seas. I was heading north and I heard it move at medium speed, maybe 10-12 knots at about 150 degrees. Surfaced and headed flank speed south to intercept and then dove after 25 minutes, now it was moving away from me with a destroyer escort.
I think it was a bogue escort carrier group patrolling the coastline, damn shame I couldnt keep up with it in the weather, it's early 1940 so no chance of radar, i was ready to make a dash into her path and fire a salvo but i couldnt even see her shadow
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