Thanks for GWX - U-46 is in trouble!

smithcorp · 01-02-07, 04:44 PM

Thanks to the developers of GWX! I have reinstalled SH3 and I'm loving it again. Just to see the mighty Tirpitz in port and the other port traffic was worth the download.

I am on my first patrol in U-45 and after an awful stormy transit from Will. past the east coast of England and past the Shetlands not seeing anything, I got to my assigned grid west of the tip of the UK, then tooled down towards Ireland for a look-see.

The weather had moderated and i bumped into a tramp steamer in the night. i closed to within 3,000 meters to confirm if it was an enemy (nice touch that GWX!) and then sank it with two torpedoes. The next morning I got a contact message for a convoy east of my position. I hit flank and plotted an intercept course based on its reported course, but bad luck hit. I surprised an enemy trawler and my position was no doubt given away. I decided to take my revenge on the trawler and give my deck gun crew some experience and after about a dozen shells aimed at his waterline he was sinking.

However, by this time I figured my chances of catching that convoy were gone, so I turned tail and headed north-west on the surface to get some distance between my and the site of my kill. After an hour (and with about 2 hours to sundown), my second piece of bad luck hits. A destroyer is spotted charging after me and my deck crew sees him just as he sees me. I crash dive and right now I’m at 90 metres, a few metres above the bottom and trying to break out of his clutches.

He’s obviously inexperienced but persistent. I’m rigged for silent and creeping along at 1 to 2 knots and he’s pinging me then making DC runs which I’m evading pretty well with bursts of speed and ninety degree turns. He hasn’t got close, but I haven’t escaped yet either. I guess it will take some manoeuvring to get away and it should be sunset soon…

This really is knuckle-chewing stuff!

01-02-07, 04:44 PM	#1
smithcorp Bosun Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 68 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Thanks for GWX - U-46 is in trouble! Thanks to the developers of GWX! I have reinstalled SH3 and I'm loving it again. Just to see the mighty Tirpitz in port and the other port traffic was worth the download. I am on my first patrol in U-45 and after an awful stormy transit from Will. past the east coast of England and past the Shetlands not seeing anything, I got to my assigned grid west of the tip of the UK, then tooled down towards Ireland for a look-see. The weather had moderated and i bumped into a tramp steamer in the night. i closed to within 3,000 meters to confirm if it was an enemy (nice touch that GWX!) and then sank it with two torpedoes. The next morning I got a contact message for a convoy east of my position. I hit flank and plotted an intercept course based on its reported course, but bad luck hit. I surprised an enemy trawler and my position was no doubt given away. I decided to take my revenge on the trawler and give my deck gun crew some experience and after about a dozen shells aimed at his waterline he was sinking. However, by this time I figured my chances of catching that convoy were gone, so I turned tail and headed north-west on the surface to get some distance between my and the site of my kill. After an hour (and with about 2 hours to sundown), my second piece of bad luck hits. A destroyer is spotted charging after me and my deck crew sees him just as he sees me. I crash dive and right now I’m at 90 metres, a few metres above the bottom and trying to break out of his clutches. He’s obviously inexperienced but persistent. I’m rigged for silent and creeping along at 1 to 2 knots and he’s pinging me then making DC runs which I’m evading pretty well with bursts of speed and ninety degree turns. He hasn’t got close, but I haven’t escaped yet either. I guess it will take some manoeuvring to get away and it should be sunset soon… This really is knuckle-chewing stuff! Last edited by smithcorp; 01-03-07 at 08:06 AM.