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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey
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Originally Posted by von Zelda
it was spotted and sunk while making a daring daylight surfaced attack.
Type VII's were considered to be far better at convoy attacks than Type IX's.
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OMG!! a surface attack in daylight! That is just reckless. Even I wouldn't do that.
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05 Aug 1941
I just made an (unintended) daylight convoy attack.
Was listening trying to determine distance and convoy track. Got it figured out, paralled course and surfaced to overtake.
Climbed to the bridge. Paralleling us was this madium merchie staring me in the face. The blinkin' lookouts quiet as angels.
I flipped the UZO, set gyro angle to 85 degrees and sent out two torps, ordered 90 degree turn away from the convoy and skooted out of there at flank speed. Both torpedoes hit
