Your most successful attack on a convoy

Kaleun Cook · 04-12-07, 02:02 PM

Ahoi,

maybe you'd like to share the experiences in your most successful attacks on convoys with the community. Of course I wouldn't ask if I had nothing to tell.

I'm playing a campaign with 80 % realism early in the war. On the way from Wilhelmshaven to my PQ near Gibraltar I intercepted a convoy southwest of England. It was dark night when the ships went by. I went for a big freighter at flank speed when I was looking for a possible second target - and spotted a south hampton cruiser. I sent two torpedoes out for each ship when I recognised that I accidently rushed into the convoy. Quickly I set up my stern torpedo for another big freighter that just drove by behind me. All eels hit, destroying the first two ships and damaging the third so it sank a few miles further. In the morning I drove another attack and sunk two big ships. In the afternoon I attacked again, submerged this time, picking another two ships and damaging a third one that had outmaneuvered one of two steam torpedoes I fired at it. I wanted to sink it in another night attack but a heavy storm with bad rain made that impossible.
So alltogether I sunk 46669 tons between 2:21 and 14:50. Since it is early in the war the escorts were pretty easy and didn't find me in depths between 160 and 180 meters.

I'm sure you elite guys had much better patrols, can't wait to hear about them.

Biggles · 04-12-07, 02:12 PM

Best convoy attack? Must be the one I intercepted west of Gibraltar, just north of Casablanca. Summer 1940, middle of the night, when I got a convoy contact. Only one escort, a Black Swan class, and it was burning and low in water. I sank it with an torpedo, and then I took on the rest of 'em. By thinking before I used all my torpedoes and deck gun ammo I managed to sink 12 ships. 1 escort and 11 cargos of different kinds, like for example Pyros, Large Cargos etc. (Playing GWX, 0%

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Homerthedoomer · 04-12-07, 02:44 PM

I once managed to sneak inside a convoi, letting the escorts pass by. I raised my periscope and stared right at a revenge class battleship. I pumped her full of torpedoes and unloaded my rear eels on a large tanker passing behind me. Both ships sank instantaneously, and the escorts didn't even find me

that was on GWX with around 60% reality settings. Oh and I managed to do exactly the same thing again on the same patrol only one day later

melnibonian · 04-12-07, 04:38 PM

My most successful attack on a convoy? Well it was March 1942 when I came accross a convoy just outside Miami in the US East Coast. The weather was great and the sea really calm. The convoy was really large, with 4 lanes of Tankers and 4 or 6 Destroyers as escort. I approached on the surface, running decks awash and I've managed to sneak passed the escorts on the right hand side. The night was moonless and visibility poor for the escorts. After the first salvo was fired I went to periscope depth and kept firing until all the internal loads of my IXC were emptied. The final result was 6 Tankers and a couple of Destroyers sunk on the spot for 70,000 tons. Two more tankers were damaged and picked up later with the deck gun (after the convoy moved away) to top up the kills to a total of almost 90,000 tons.

Brag · 04-12-07, 06:00 PM

Picked up a convoy north of Cape Verfe Islands ( Early 1941) kept on attacking it, 'til I ran out of torpedoes. The escorts still had a few ash cans left. I got close to 90,000 tons from that bunch,

Umfuld · 04-12-07, 11:40 PM

Just had it a few days ago. (GWX - 92% or so, but using a later model boat)

Can't resist shooting at a Cruiser when I find one in the middle of a pack, so I took that out and I sunk tanker with a lucky one fish hit on my first go.

Went away and came back after they'd settled down and noticed they only had one escort. Well I set up some big ships for my second attack and was dreaming that the escort would detect me and I'd get it with a down the throat shot. It did!
But I missed with two torps before having to sneak away. First one, impact, bounced off. Second one, mag, missed by a hair.

Came back again, and I don't know if I was coming back too soon and the escort was still on alert or what, but this dude detected me again. (It was spring, 1940, so I didn't like being found twice underwater without making a peep.)
I didn't panic though, and glad I didn't. He sniffed me, but wasn't sure where I was.
Tense moments as he slowly searched and came in front of my boat just a few hundred meters away.
I fired seat of my pants shot and dove, never expecting to hit a swerving escort, but bam, got him.

I decided to leave and let the cargo ships settle down again before coming back. Got lucky again with all my tubes, then popped up and had shooting practice on the unprotected convoy.

Not sure my total, but my total for the patrol was around 113,000 tons. I'm thinking it was close to that.

TarJak · 04-12-07, 11:49 PM

Got lucky just outside the Gibraltar straights with 2 large counvoys converging. Scored 5 ships in the first attack, then hid in the confusion. Shodowed the convoy on it's way out into the Atlantic and over the next 3 nights hit them again 6 times to leave them with 3 DD's and 4 small freighters from a total of 24 merchants and 4 escorts.

04-12-07, 02:02 PM	#1
Kaleun Cook Chief Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ger Posts: 313 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Your most successful attack on a convoy Ahoi, maybe you'd like to share the experiences in your most successful attacks on convoys with the community. Of course I wouldn't ask if I had nothing to tell. I'm playing a campaign with 80 % realism early in the war. On the way from Wilhelmshaven to my PQ near Gibraltar I intercepted a convoy southwest of England. It was dark night when the ships went by. I went for a big freighter at flank speed when I was looking for a possible second target - and spotted a south hampton cruiser. I sent two torpedoes out for each ship when I recognised that I accidently rushed into the convoy. Quickly I set up my stern torpedo for another big freighter that just drove by behind me. All eels hit, destroying the first two ships and damaging the third so it sank a few miles further. In the morning I drove another attack and sunk two big ships. In the afternoon I attacked again, submerged this time, picking another two ships and damaging a third one that had outmaneuvered one of two steam torpedoes I fired at it. I wanted to sink it in another night attack but a heavy storm with bad rain made that impossible. So alltogether I sunk 46669 tons between 2:21 and 14:50. Since it is early in the war the escorts were pretty easy and didn't find me in depths between 160 and 180 meters. I'm sure you elite guys had much better patrols, can't wait to hear about them.

04-12-07, 02:12 PM	#2
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Best convoy attack? Must be the one I intercepted west of Gibraltar, just north of Casablanca. Summer 1940, middle of the night, when I got a convoy contact. Only one escort, a Black Swan class, and it was burning and low in water. I sank it with an torpedo, and then I took on the rest of 'em. By thinking before I used all my torpedoes and deck gun ammo I managed to sink 12 ships. 1 escort and 11 cargos of different kinds, like for example Pyros, Large Cargos etc. (Playing GWX, 0% ) __________________

04-12-07, 04:38 PM	#4
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	My most successful attack on a convoy? Well it was March 1942 when I came accross a convoy just outside Miami in the US East Coast. The weather was great and the sea really calm. The convoy was really large, with 4 lanes of Tankers and 4 or 6 Destroyers as escort. I approached on the surface, running decks awash and I've managed to sneak passed the escorts on the right hand side. The night was moonless and visibility poor for the escorts. After the first salvo was fired I went to periscope depth and kept firing until all the internal loads of my IXC were emptied. The final result was 6 Tankers and a couple of Destroyers sunk on the spot for 70,000 tons. Two more tankers were damaged and picked up later with the deck gun (after the convoy moved away) to top up the kills to a total of almost 90,000 tons. __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

04-12-07, 06:00 PM	#5
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Picked up a convoy north of Cape Verfe Islands ( Early 1941) kept on attacking it, 'til I ran out of torpedoes. The escorts still had a few ash cans left. I got close to 90,000 tons from that bunch, __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

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04-12-07, 02:44 PM	#3
Homerthedoomer Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 16 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I once managed to sneak inside a convoi, letting the escorts pass by. I raised my periscope and stared right at a revenge class battleship. I pumped her full of torpedoes and unloaded my rear eels on a large tanker passing behind me. Both ships sank instantaneously, and the escorts didn't even find me that was on GWX with around 60% reality settings. Oh and I managed to do exactly the same thing again on the same patrol only one day later

04-12-07, 11:40 PM	#6
Umfuld Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Posts: 503 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Just had it a few days ago. (GWX - 92% or so, but using a later model boat) Can't resist shooting at a Cruiser when I find one in the middle of a pack, so I took that out and I sunk tanker with a lucky one fish hit on my first go. Went away and came back after they'd settled down and noticed they only had one escort. Well I set up some big ships for my second attack and was dreaming that the escort would detect me and I'd get it with a down the throat shot. It did! But I missed with two torps before having to sneak away. First one, impact, bounced off. Second one, mag, missed by a hair. Came back again, and I don't know if I was coming back too soon and the escort was still on alert or what, but this dude detected me again. (It was spring, 1940, so I didn't like being found twice underwater without making a peep.) I didn't panic though, and glad I didn't. He sniffed me, but wasn't sure where I was. Tense moments as he slowly searched and came in front of my boat just a few hundred meters away. I fired seat of my pants shot and dove, never expecting to hit a swerving escort, but bam, got him. I decided to leave and let the cargo ships settle down again before coming back. Got lucky again with all my tubes, then popped up and had shooting practice on the unprotected convoy. Not sure my total, but my total for the patrol was around 113,000 tons. I'm thinking it was close to that.

04-12-07, 11:49 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Got lucky just outside the Gibraltar straights with 2 large counvoys converging. Scored 5 ships in the first attack, then hid in the confusion. Shodowed the convoy on it's way out into the Atlantic and over the next 3 nights hit them again 6 times to leave them with 3 DD's and 4 small freighters from a total of 24 merchants and 4 escorts.