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Originally Posted by Mauser KAR98K
I sunk 3 Battleships in a taskforce just before the Straits of Gibraltor. I ran into them out at sea but I couldn't catch up to them. So, I figured they were heading to Gibraltor, so I full throttled the engines and made a Bee-line towards that area. I then patroled a narrow part of the Straits without really going in. Sure enough they come and sure Enough I sunk all three. As soon as I nailed the first one, they all dropped down to 9 knts and zig zagged. That made it easier to get the rest. One was a Revenge and the last two were Nelson's. Thanks to SH3 Commander, I sank THE Nelson. I poped the Revenge with one Electric Torp...after the steam that I had fired in the spread, detonated early. I had set it to 8.4 with magnetic pistol. I blew under the aft magazione and boiler room. Blew the stern right off.
I had waited about a 30 seconds after I had fired the first spread when I launched the second. All Steams running fast and impact pistols. They reached the first Nelson 7 seconds after the Electric struck the Revenge in front of it. I ended upp using 3 on both Nelsons to Capsize them to Davy Jones's Locker. Her escorts and surronding DD's never found me. It was at night and no moon. Perfect hunting conditions.
Only mod involved is the SH3 Commander. Can't run GW on my Laptop.
(ANYONE TOP THAT!)
P.S. I stumbled on to them by going to my patrol sector at the BE quadrant.  |
Can't top it, but I can come close. I was patrolling in grid CG-something or other, near the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar when I got notice that a warship had left England. Usually they are on a course to the Med, so I knew I'd be in prime position for an attack when they got to me in a few days. I have map contact updates turned on, so I saw when they had reached their due south course, skated on over to put myself right in their way and waited.
A-ha! Ship spotted. Went down, popped the scope up and what do I see? The Nelson class BB HMS Rodney (thanks, SH3 commander), and a Revenge. It was 9 AM, and I didn't want to push my luck and they were going so fast that I knew I only had time to position myself for one good shot, so I picked the bigger one.
I got in prime shooting position and put 3 torpedos into her port side as she passed. After marking her position on my nav map, and since I like to play pretty conservative, so I ducked out and ran before the destroyer escorts could get a bead on me. After running out 1000 meters or so, I popped the scope back up to survey the situation. The Revenge and destroyers had continued trucking on...I don't know if they even slowed down, and one of the destroyers was dumping DCs where I was 10 minutes ago.
But what's this? The Rodney....listing about 45 degrees and doing 2 knots?! Hot damn! Lets go finish that puppy. I quietly slipped back over to her, and put a perfectly lined up 90 degree, 4 meter deep coup de grace shot into her from about 700 meters away. CLUNK! Dud!
I whipped around and used my bow tube this time, and luckily that did it. She capsized and went down, I slipped away untouched by the destroyer, and after that, it was a rousing evening with beers and the grammophone playing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" for the crew
