[Otto Von Bismark]

haha i had the problem in Med lol, came across a British Battlegroup of 3 battleships (King George V, Rodney and Nelson) 2 cruisers, and some destroyers. Peeeerrrfeccct weather , so i make my move ...all ahead slow - rig for silent running. Then PING........PING...... PING....PING..PING i quickly turn my pere- round and there was one of those damn Hunt II destroyer's speeding towards me pull pelt!..i was going too slow to make any considerable depth and she runs across me, hitting my flak guns with her hull, only damaging them, then to my luck the depth charges where set too shallow so didn’t cause much damage, and to make things even better, they blew off the depth charge rack ! HAHA she didn’t pester me for much longer !.

Considering i was ahead of the group, i sat and waited for the BB column to come by King George V first..Fired Torpedo 1 (450 metres)...direct hit on the engine room, she slows to a complete stop, the other ships start manuver N.W, so i move ahead flank turning in the same direction… but 2nd BB in the line was speeding away and judging by my angle the torp would have bounced off , but i manage to get close to the 3rd BB (fire 3 shots frm 500m) 2 of which hit, grinding her to halt, thankfully the rest of the escorts follow the BB that got away, leaving me with 1 BB dead in the water and 1 managing only 6 knots, bow in the water.

I moved in and fired 2 more torps at the Rodney class BB thus sinking her, and then moved back to the King George, positioned myself perfectly, at 700 metres, then PING PING again, i thought i lost all the Destroyers, just as well there was only this 1 straggler, i knew that from her distance from me i could quickly fire my last torpedo at the BB,so i fire it at 700 metres, and watch from my periscope, then to my horror, i see it come directly between me and the BB, in the line of fire of my torp MY LAST TROP !..boom..the Destroyer was no more.. i was most annoyed ! because it was looking that the BB wouldn’t sink and was still pretty much manned at all guns..putting me off from surfacing.

I slowly slip away somewhat disappointed...then at my complete surprise 10 minutes later, the navigator has identified the BB as sunk, the icon appearing on the map !,

2 BBs sunk, and 1 DD,.. and i lived to tell the tale!
- Jesus that has to be the luckiest patrols ive done, although it could have gone all the other way had the Destroyers and their Escorts had their way..one very fortunate skipper indeed !