Torpedoed a Motor torpedo Boat instead of that big battleship that everyone wants to get at.....
I'm on my second patrol(1st wartime patrol) in a VIIB in Sept. '39 south of Ireland. I'm hoping to ambush a inbound convoy but I'll be happy to get some loners. I've already had a pretty sucessful patrol with 5 ships sunk for over 20000 tons and I have about 6 torpedoes left.
My lookouts spot 2 warships approaching very fast and I'm looking for them thru the UZO and can't find them and finally see that they are motor torpedo boats. Boy, those things can get close fast.
I quickly disregard engaging them on the surface, not wanting a torpedo in my side and a shot up gun crew, so I turn away from them but one sights me and starts towards me. I dive to PD and watch him and wonder if those things carry DC's.
So for grins I thought I'd throw a torpedo his way at 0 AOB and about 600m range and see what happens and what do you know.....BOOM! I got him.
WHOO HOOO...a whopping 46 tons added to my credit.
I feel like I pretty much wasted a torpedo but it was a " :hmm: I wonder what will happen if I..." moment.
The other guy nosed around for a while and left. I wasn't about to waste another torpedo. I patrolled around for a little while longer and another 2 MTB's came around and I just left the area and am trying a lot further south, hopefully far enough away from those pesky things.