Battleship Task Force 1939

Sheldon · 06-04-09, 02:31 PM

Hi everybody!

I used to just lurk here but now that I've registered I may as well participate. My first (non-technical issue) post is about battleships.

I recently had to re-install the game due to a glitch so I have started a new career. Last night, on our first mission, my inexperienced crew and I had finished our patrol and were returning to Kiel heading ENE just north of Scapa Flow when we spotted an enemy task force sailing due west. Normally I just try to sneak away from warships but I decided to take a peek. Imagine my surprise when I magnified the scope and found myself looking at a battleship! Scanning the horizon I could see there were a few destroyers escorting a line of five Nelson class battleships!

After wiping the drool off my keyboard, I tried desperately to bring our boat to bear and in range but they were just too far out and at a bad angle. Even at flank speed I could barely get within 5,000 metres before the window of opportunity closed. Hoping for luck, I fired off all four bow torpedoes at the first battleship in the line but my AoB wasn't the greatest. Alas, I was unsuccessful.

If it was later in the war I would have just fled ... but in 1939 I usually feel pretty safe. I have never before seen such a juicy military target in any of my campaigns. Do they appear very often and I just haven't noticed? I assume a few torpedos would penetrate a battleship or was I wasting ammo regardless?

Anyone else stumble onto such a fleet?

06-04-09, 02:31 PM	#1
Sheldon Watch Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 19 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Battleship Task Force 1939 Hi everybody! I used to just lurk here but now that I've registered I may as well participate. My first (non-technical issue) post is about battleships. I recently had to re-install the game due to a glitch so I have started a new career. Last night, on our first mission, my inexperienced crew and I had finished our patrol and were returning to Kiel heading ENE just north of Scapa Flow when we spotted an enemy task force sailing due west. Normally I just try to sneak away from warships but I decided to take a peek. Imagine my surprise when I magnified the scope and found myself looking at a battleship! Scanning the horizon I could see there were a few destroyers escorting a line of five Nelson class battleships! After wiping the drool off my keyboard, I tried desperately to bring our boat to bear and in range but they were just too far out and at a bad angle. Even at flank speed I could barely get within 5,000 metres before the window of opportunity closed. Hoping for luck, I fired off all four bow torpedoes at the first battleship in the line but my AoB wasn't the greatest. Alas, I was unsuccessful. If it was later in the war I would have just fled ... but in 1939 I usually feel pretty safe. I have never before seen such a juicy military target in any of my campaigns. Do they appear very often and I just haven't noticed? I assume a few torpedos would penetrate a battleship or was I wasting ammo regardless? Anyone else stumble onto such a fleet?