Outrun by the HMS Hood...

Frank0001 · 01-02-10, 09:37 AM

By 'accident', I stumbled upon a British taskforce, northwest of Ireland and couldn't believe my luck, smack in the middle of it was the HMS Hood!
The weather was perfect with mirror-like water, so U-104 menaged to press out 19 knots to intercept the target.
Fact was, the taskforce liked the weather aswell and was chugging away at approx. 21 knots!
I was in an unfavourable position to launch an eel and in any case too far for the torpedoes so I decided to stalk them for the time being, see where they end up.
Unfortunately they set sail for the Atlantik, so no luck in cutting them off somewhere...

A beautiful chance missed, perhaps even the outcome of the Krieg!
I encoutered her late 41'

Torplexed · 01-02-10, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Frank0001

A beautiful chance missed, perhaps even the outcome of the Krieg!
I encoutered her late 41'

Too bad, she's a fast ship.

However, how would sinking a 1920s vintage battlecruiser in late 1941, that had historically been sunk in May 1941, effect the outcome of a war that was pretty much being decided before Moscow on the snowy Eastern Front at that point?

Jimbuna · 01-02-10, 03:43 PM

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Kimmers · 01-03-10, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

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01-02-10, 09:37 AM	#1
Frank0001 Chief Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 317 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Outrun by the HMS Hood... By 'accident', I stumbled upon a British taskforce, northwest of Ireland and couldn't believe my luck, smack in the middle of it was the HMS Hood! The weather was perfect with mirror-like water, so U-104 menaged to press out 19 knots to intercept the target. Fact was, the taskforce liked the weather aswell and was chugging away at approx. 21 knots! I was in an unfavourable position to launch an eel and in any case too far for the torpedoes so I decided to stalk them for the time being, see where they end up. Unfortunately they set sail for the Atlantik, so no luck in cutting them off somewhere... A beautiful chance missed, perhaps even the outcome of the Krieg! I encoutered her late 41' __________________ Snipers of the Seas One eel - one Kill

01-02-10, 03:43 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Check out my post here and lay in ambush http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...86&postcount=5 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!