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Old 10-24-07, 03:16 PM   #1
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Default HMS Nelson

About 4-5 actual days ago I started a patrol to be part of the initial attack on Norway. "Operation Weserubung"

The weather was nice to start with and me in my brand new boat, ( VIIB ) and with my brand new gun, I managed to sink a large Merchant and a Coastal Tanker along the way.

I positioned myself in that long water way leading into Narvik. Two long days of waiting brought a 5 boat DD TF of which I made the mistake of sinking the center one in line instead of the next to last or last, because that brought them all in a very quick little circle jerk around my dumb ass...I got away because the weather was really nasty & they couldn't get a fix on me.
The next day I sank a Pax/Cargo.

I heard of another TF coming my way to bottle up the boys in the fjord so I headed toward them in hopes of running into them..
After two days...BINGO! I ran right smack into the middle of them.
I set up for a salvo shot of four with a 1 degree spread @ 3m and waited....
Then...ahhhhh dang! they did one of their zigs..I went ahead at flank & finely caught a very faint view of the HMS Nelson through the fog at 4900m.

At 3800m he was as close as I was gonna get, so I fired my salvo.

Dang guys, but I wish I knew how to make a website to store pictures in my cox provider so I could show you, because ALL 4 OF EM HIT!!! It was a real sight to see, for me anyway..

The Weather was very bad with very high waves & I kept loosing sight of him even though I had the boat at 10m.

This is my first BattleShip.

The DD's were really taking the loss poorly. They were going in circles, but I had shot from such a distance and with the bad weather..Heck, I was long gone in the opposite direction before they even knew that the torps were on the way.

Anyway, Just thought I would share my first victory of a sorts..
It made all that waiting worth the time...Of course my wife would not agree...

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Old 10-24-07, 03:18 PM   #2
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its no longer HMS Nelson but HMS Nelsunk:rotfl:
and congrats on your first battleship
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Old 10-24-07, 03:49 PM   #3
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U-15 hereby formaly appreciate your effort to show Mr.Churchill WHO own's the atlantic!
... and where he can put his navy to ...
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Old 10-24-07, 03:57 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by PapaG39
This is my first BattleShip.
Congratulations.
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Old 10-24-07, 06:20 PM   #5
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PapaG39,wonderful stuff,I hope this is the first of many succesful reports on your patrols,keep up the good work
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Old 10-25-07, 04:34 AM   #6
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Bravo PapaG39!


So, Nelson and his ship named after him are both dead!.......
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Old 10-25-07, 02:16 PM   #7
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The battle for Norway just keeps getting better and better.

After sinking the HMS Nelson I proceeded on my original course toward the Trondhjem area where the Allies have landed to try and take Norway back.

After 12 hours & in the dark...Kerblam! I run straight into another British TF following 12 hours behind the preceeding one. It's heading (I suppose) to the Narvik area. I find myself right in lthe middle of about 8 DD's & a couple of Fiji Class ships......***PLUS*** this big-ol-flat topped thing.
It's an Illustrious Class Aircraft carrier & its going to pass right by me.

I am sitting in position at 11m because of the high wave action while these two DD's sail right by infront of me..(300-450M) I guess I was very lucky that it is only 1940 and the ocean was frothing which kept me from being detected.

I sent another salvo of four torpedos at 2100m with a 1 degree spread and 3.5 meters right into the side of that bugger. I shot the first one just forward of center & the other three just sort of hit every 20-30m or so all the way back.
It went down in 6 minutes...

I have sunk 6 ships on this patrol..more then I have ever sunk before...

This battle for Norway starting on 9 April 1940 is really full of action..Well worth doing if you haven't done so already.

Heck, I even have one aft torpedo left for tomorrow...

The only thing that I find a bit distressing is: I have seen more damn British warships in this area then our Whole Navy posesses...I wonder if Herr Hithler has some more hidden away somewhere?
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Old 10-25-07, 02:19 PM   #8
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That does not realy sound as if there would be a torpedo crisis.
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Old 10-25-07, 02:20 PM   #9
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Congratulations

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its no longer HMS Nelson but HMS Nelsunk:rotfl:
I agree with the new name for the Nelson, you'd think the RN would give up and keep the Nelson in a safe place, i.e. dry dock!
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Old 10-25-07, 07:44 PM   #10
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Congrats. Now just sink the other couple, and we've got something going for our war effort.:rotfl:
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Old 10-25-07, 07:52 PM   #11
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Nice! I sunk the Nelson too in the Weserubung campaign. Sadly I had to go to Bergen short after because I burned too much fuel chasing him.
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Old 10-25-07, 07:53 PM   #12
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I haven't had the pleasure of sinking the Nelson. Got the Anson, King George, and a Revenge battleship, but haven't tackled that bastard ship yet.

Perhaps someday.
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Old 10-25-07, 10:24 PM   #13
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Yeah, I have been watching my fuel like a hawk. It just sits there at about the 3/4 mark without seeming to move. I rarely go above 1/3 and then only for short durations. I submerge frequently and go for 30km on batteries then up at slow or 1/3 for 50km.

This is my first patrol with this boat so I am trying to get the most km out of the fuel available. I was trying to figure out how that gas gage in the command center works. There are three vertical posts & one of them has a yellow band on it. I guess that drops with the available fuel in the tanks. It just never seems to go below 3/4.

I keep asking "how far at this speed can I go" question, but it keeps changing
figures on me...even at the same power setting...one time it is more the next time more still..then it is some low ball figure...

I guess it is all just a big mystery...
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Old 10-28-07, 06:21 PM   #14
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Whoa, what a way to culminate this patrol. I wandered on down along the coast of Norway and had submerged to 30m for about 8 hours to listen. I was just about to surface for air when I picked up a prop sound...After a bit another one joined the seranade...Danged if I haden't run into a Fuji class & a bunch of DD's protecting three troopships heading for the Trodenheim (spelling?) area where they were to make landings...

They were a fer piece off and I had to do a "balls to the wall" through those nasty dang frothy waves. I finely almost got into position when they changed directions & the whole scenario started all over again.

I finely made some headway & was almost in position but I had one outside DD to get past. He was coming on a direct heading to run right over me. I was almost there, but it looked like I was going to have to dive to survive and miss tail-end charley...bummer... Then all of a sudden he did a hard to port & started a sweep off to the outside...Man, I was just about to dive..so I kept boring in & let the first two Troop ships pass while I got closer. Then when the second troop ship went by my bow I did a hard 180 & pointed my ass at the last guy in line & fired to hit just aft of the stack in the fuel bunker.
KaBOOM! and my very last torpedo blew him in two....ship number seven heads for the bottom.

What made this one so good was the fact that I finely slipped through those DD's and in very nasty weather with only about 4000m visibility had a pre-planned attack come together...ha ha...I know it is only the start of the war, but that doesn't make it any the less dramatic..

Perhaps I am learning a little bit after all...lol.. Seven ships sunk for 82053 tons is a (MOST) for me. I'll take it and be glad...
Now if I can just get back in one piece. I have been trying to save fuel this whiole trip. Now I'll see if that payed off...
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Old 10-28-07, 06:28 PM   #15
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Congratulations on the tonnage

The range will vary in rough weather as the boat losses headway
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