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Originally Posted by Ubåtskapten
Those fjords seems to be a bit to shallow sometimes.
But that didn't stop me from attacking this task force in the shallow waters, and escape underwater unnoticed. The early war destroyers without asdic didn't have much of a clue where I was after I'd started lurking away silently.
Next time I might try to strike them on surface if the weather allows.  |
I only had 10 metres under the keel so a submerged approach was out of the question. The weather however, was very overcast, in fact it was pitch black and the sea state was rough. This probably helped me avoid detection and seeing that all the ships were stationary allowed me to take a long range shot. Whether the conditions will be as favourable when I go back for the second troopship I'm not sure as the cloud was breaking up when dawn arrived.
Nemo
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