I've probably completed about 12 patrols total since I got this game and loaded GWX to it and I have yet to sink a large Warship. The closest time I have ever come to sinking a large warship was what appeared to be a large cruiser. It was the middle of the night and clear skies and water when my watchmen spotted a Task Force heading straight our way at about 25 knots (?) . We submerged and let the whole convoy of what appeared to be a heavy CA with about 5 or 6 destroyers escorting it. We set up a perfect alignment and fired all four front tubes at the beast. It was a perfect alignment and when the eels reached the CA they had nice big broadsides on them. Well two of the eels failed to detenate; but the other two hit their mark.
I had to immediately dive because of the destroyers and got pounded while the CA slipped away. Looking at the free look camera it had appeared that it was taking in water on the port side as it was listing so heavily it's mid top deck would get a washed with water from the sea. For a time I thought she was going to list completely over and sink. It slowed to about 5 knots and I followed the ship for a few days; but every time I got around to make another attack run on it there must have been a stupid escort carrier nearby because anytime I hit the surface I got hammered by dive bombers. I had to finally let the beast go after five days of shadowing ending in a bad storm front which caused me to completely loose the ship in the weather.
It was the most thrilling few days of my simulated sub life and I still have visions of that ship limping away to some harbor someplace.
If only I had not had those two eels be lame ducks I might have brought her to Davie Jones!
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