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Cohaagen · 07-19-08, 04:27 AM

A few weeks ago I was on an early-war patrol in The Minch off the west coast of Scotland when I was spotted by an ASW trawler. Realising that it might be best if I legged it, I turned 180 deg. and showed him my tail while I increased to flank and hoped that my 2 to 2.5 knot advantage would be enough to open the distance.

Anyway, it developed into a more or less classic stern chase - us end-on-end and both giving it maximum revs and going all out. He was firing regularly and accurately with his 4" comedy gun but had yet to score a hit. Eventually he must have exhausted all his HE ammo because - and this is the great part - I began hearing these "poff, poff" noises overhead. It took me a minute or two to see the first one, but when I did it became apparent that he was lobbing AA shells at me which were exploding above our heads!

I didn't take any damage, thankfully, and when he'd exhausted this supply too I turned around and blatted the persistent wee turd with my 88mm. I've got pics of the flak going off if anyone's interested, they're not that great though.

edit: PS, I've sunk an S-class that was escorting a convoy. Took two torpedoes to do it. They're very manoeuvrable little buggers.

07-19-08, 04:27 AM	#5
Cohaagen Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 296 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	incredible incident A few weeks ago I was on an early-war patrol in The Minch off the west coast of Scotland when I was spotted by an ASW trawler. Realising that it might be best if I legged it, I turned 180 deg. and showed him my tail while I increased to flank and hoped that my 2 to 2.5 knot advantage would be enough to open the distance. Anyway, it developed into a more or less classic stern chase - us end-on-end and both giving it maximum revs and going all out. He was firing regularly and accurately with his 4" comedy gun but had yet to score a hit. Eventually he must have exhausted all his HE ammo because - and this is the great part - I began hearing these "poff, poff" noises overhead. It took me a minute or two to see the first one, but when I did it became apparent that he was lobbing AA shells at me which were exploding above our heads! I didn't take any damage, thankfully, and when he'd exhausted this supply too I turned around and blatted the persistent wee turd with my 88mm. I've got pics of the flak going off if anyone's interested, they're not that great though. edit: PS, I've sunk an S-class that was escorting a convoy. Took two torpedoes to do it. They're very manoeuvrable little buggers.