I left Kiel on Nov. 17th. sunk 14k of light shipping on the way with 3 eels and some 5'
on the way to my grid.
then, something happened that i never thought i'd make it out of. I went after a task force operating in my grid. I figured 'what the heck, it's 1939 lets go for it!'.
Bad decison.
After a sucessfull backbreak on a DD, the others immediatly surrounded me.
depth charges left and right, and no external view to cheat out of the way. took 2 at medium range and started to take on water. deeper, deeper, uncontrolable dive. i levled out just as i skimmed the bottem. at ahead slow, the impact stoped me right on the floor.
after about 3 hours of repair, we managed to blow to the surface, and lipm the long way (aroung GB) home. only lost 1 seaman. one patrol this kaleun will never forget.
any one with a similar experience?
NOTE: only running vanella SHIII
