I got a revenge class two days ago. Also my first (not counting a stock Loch Ewe harbour raid). First Patrol of a new 1939 career. I would love to say how i stalked it, ID'd it, fired off a salvo from 3000m and nailed it fore, middle and aft, and watched it slowly go down engulfed in flames and smoke. but no, that would not be how it happened.
I was already in the middle of a convoy firing at merchants when *holy cow!* What's that? Something big crossed my line of fire about 350m away. 3 and 4 los! Torpedo treffe! Torpedo treffe! Searchlights on, periscope down , begin evasion.
Didn't find out what it was until i read about it on the captain's log.
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"Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill
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