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OneTinSoldier · 02-12-07, 10:28 AM

I will not join the 'Dead after 2nd Patrol Club'! I hope.

First patrol went ok. Came across a Large Merchant at the top of the big channel that leads out into the Atlantic. A 7,000 tonner, a pretty nice early find I thought to myself. It was a clear sunny day. I should have went farther out ahead of her before turning in to attack, but I was excited and impatient! I had to dive too early to avoid being detected. First shot was from quite a ways out, 3800m i think, it missed. Now she knew she was being hunted and was zig-zagging. Although I could have surfaced and got in quite a bit closer as there was no one but me and her around, I stayed submerged. I got in a little closer, about 2800m, and decided take take a chance and fire off a shot even though she was zig-zagging and I was still a little ways out. Scored a hit towards the front of her bow and after a few minutes she was slowing down. After a couple more minutes she slowed even further to just a few knots. I remained submerged and after several more minutes put another into her. Took around 8 minutes for the 'she's going down' celebration!

I went to my patrol grid(AN56) and completed my 24 hours of duty there.

Then I went down a bit to where I was a little ways out from the coast between Hartlespool and Hull. It was dark out now with 10m/s winds, medium fog, and very cloudy with a fair amount of lightening in the sky. After a while I came upon a Pyro Ammo ship by submerging every so often, listening in on the hydrophones, and then chasing the contact down. I though 'w00t, I'll be doing pretty good if I can score a second 7,000 tonner for my first patrol!' I dove down to periscope depth. First shot was lined up as good as they can be, and was a dud.

Now I had another zig-zagger. But I was in pretty close. Took the second shot, which could have been lined up a little better, and it bounced off, or else it was another dud. Third torp hit her and started a small fire on deck but hardly slowed her down nor did much of anything else. No deck gun on my duck!! I stayed sumberged and followed her a little while but she didn't slow down any further. Since I was out of torps I headed back to base.

While a little disappointed I didn't score the second ship I was happy to have a 7,000 tonner under my belt for the first time out.

And WOW, GWX is a sweet mod! Huge difference and a huge tanks to the GWX team!

Cheers all

02-12-07, 10:28 AM	#9
OneTinSoldier Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Denver, CO USA Posts: 382 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	I will not join the 'Dead after 2nd Patrol Club'! I hope. First patrol went ok. Came across a Large Merchant at the top of the big channel that leads out into the Atlantic. A 7,000 tonner, a pretty nice early find I thought to myself. It was a clear sunny day. I should have went farther out ahead of her before turning in to attack, but I was excited and impatient! I had to dive too early to avoid being detected. First shot was from quite a ways out, 3800m i think, it missed. Now she knew she was being hunted and was zig-zagging. Although I could have surfaced and got in quite a bit closer as there was no one but me and her around, I stayed submerged. I got in a little closer, about 2800m, and decided take take a chance and fire off a shot even though she was zig-zagging and I was still a little ways out. Scored a hit towards the front of her bow and after a few minutes she was slowing down. After a couple more minutes she slowed even further to just a few knots. I remained submerged and after several more minutes put another into her. Took around 8 minutes for the 'she's going down' celebration! I went to my patrol grid(AN56) and completed my 24 hours of duty there. Then I went down a bit to where I was a little ways out from the coast between Hartlespool and Hull. It was dark out now with 10m/s winds, medium fog, and very cloudy with a fair amount of lightening in the sky. After a while I came upon a Pyro Ammo ship by submerging every so often, listening in on the hydrophones, and then chasing the contact down. I though 'w00t, I'll be doing pretty good if I can score a second 7,000 tonner for my first patrol!' I dove down to periscope depth. First shot was lined up as good as they can be, and was a dud. Now I had another zig-zagger. But I was in pretty close. Took the second shot, which could have been lined up a little better, and it bounced off, or else it was another dud. Third torp hit her and started a small fire on deck but hardly slowed her down nor did much of anything else. No deck gun on my duck!! I stayed sumberged and followed her a little while but she didn't slow down any further. Since I was out of torps I headed back to base. While a little disappointed I didn't score the second ship I was happy to have a 7,000 tonner under my belt for the first time out. And WOW, GWX is a sweet mod! Huge difference and a huge tanks to the GWX team! Cheers all __________________ "Variable this is EasyRhino, do you copy? Over." Loud and clear EasyRhino. "Do we have a gig? Over." That's a Roger, we have a gig. Target is painted, start the music. "Roger that Variable. Into attack. Pickling target. Target is acquired and lit. LGB comin' down!" EasyRhino, circular error probability zero. Impact with High Order Detonation. Thank You, have a nice day.