This is nervewrecking. Entered their sonar range at 0.45 kts. Estimated time across the area 1 hour 30 minutes. Got so close to the wreckage of Rodney I could hear the metal skreetchy sounds through the hull. Expecting pings any moment and those creepy sounds for 20 minutes can make a foul mouthed sailor take to the bottle.
Spotted one net and now I know the first destroyer that is using sonar. First one is a listener, but the second about 150 meters away is searching. Backed away rrreeeaaaal slow while turning my bow towards him. They stopped pinging but if an ASW is on its way then there is trouble.
Trying to plot a route with minimum exposure. If land is just 100 meters further in than the map shows then there might be an opening wide enough to slip an envelope through.
... I need a cigarette. 12 minutes of vague pinging, not good enough to get a fix on me but the ASW moved in and depth charged an area nearby. Not close enough to be a threat but still. Pinging has stopped for now. I'm not even halfway there,
Last edited by Von Due; 04-25-16 at 08:02 AM.
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