A Nice Sea Tale

CaptainMattJ. · 06-29-10, 01:56 AM

ok, so im out on my second patrol as a u boat captain, but the first patrol i didnt sink anything. so i go out into the ocean about 2000 km from the aussie's coast. its a boring night, and i had made an elaborate course to search for any unsuspecting convoys. well i hadnt played in a while, and was full of myself so when i got a convoy, i dived to periscope and chased em at flank. when i realized that these merchants could outrun me, i surfaced and was 2500 m from a nice liberty cargo when something rattled the ship.i realized then that id better dive fast. not only was a liberty cargo firing, but a t3 tanker as well. they scored a VERY decent hit, and damaged bulkheads like nobody's buisness. well my repair team was completely retarted, and didnt fix ANYTHING. and i slowed down a knot. so when they were far enough i surfaced again, and my repair team STILL sat on their ass. at least i was floating. 64 hull damage and multiple bulkheads damaged wasnt gonna take me down. no sir. i started to chase after em again but they still kept firing. so i go back full and realize, hey they cant fire at me past 3500m. but I can >: )>.

so i start shelling the liberty cargo, holding my distance at standard speed, and shelled the crap out of it. it blew up twice and took a hell of alot of rounds before that WONDERFUL message appeared. "shes going down sir". so then i start working on that tanker. she took about 30 shells before she bit the dust. but she went out with a BANG.

so then i start bombarding another smaller ship from afar, and she takes up the last of my ap and quite a few HE rounds before again i realize im an idiot. the last 2 didnt have deck guns. so really i bombarded it for nothing. so i catch up to the last ship, a old british merchant ship. man o man that ship looked like it was gonna sink on its own. the deck was not very high from the water, and a lower deck was practically overflowing. but it was perfectly healthy. i tried firing a few torps, but ALL missed, cause i forgot how to set my torps on fast. so, once again i resort to my trusty deck gun. it took the last of my HE shells, and was pretty banged up, so i switch to my heavy AA (which i upgraded, thankfully) and shot just for about 5 seconds and then BOOOOOOOOOOOM she explodes to complement the going down message. a second explosion echoed to my ship as i sashayed into the sunset with my busted up sub and a bloodthirty (yet scratched) crew.

i went back to base and got the u boat award, and a nice 3k renown. i bought a medic high-rank officer with a passive healing ability and a new and cheaper alberich coating for 650. the funny thing is, if i hadnt had veered off course chasing the convoy for three hours and stayed my course, i wouldve run into an island, and never had known.

rein1705 · 06-29-10, 04:33 AM

LMAO

Bubblehead1980 · 06-29-10, 04:23 PM

lol funny how that happens.I nearly grounded my fleetboat entering Surabaya the other day in 1942, couldnt see the tiny island unless zoomed in close, my plotted course just happened to cross this small island.I had some real tense moments as I decided to take a walk up to bridge since it was night, visibility was bad and seas heavy, luckily spotted it just in time and after an all back emergency order, only my bow struck the island and caused some minor damage, but did not ground her.waited until dawn to enter harbor.

Admiral8Q · 07-01-10, 07:17 PM

Good story CaptainMattJ! Looks like you had a very "interesting" patrol!

06-29-10, 01:56 AM	#1
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	A Nice Sea Tale ok, so im out on my second patrol as a u boat captain, but the first patrol i didnt sink anything. so i go out into the ocean about 2000 km from the aussie's coast. its a boring night, and i had made an elaborate course to search for any unsuspecting convoys. well i hadnt played in a while, and was full of myself so when i got a convoy, i dived to periscope and chased em at flank. when i realized that these merchants could outrun me, i surfaced and was 2500 m from a nice liberty cargo when something rattled the ship.i realized then that id better dive fast. not only was a liberty cargo firing, but a t3 tanker as well. they scored a VERY decent hit, and damaged bulkheads like nobody's buisness. well my repair team was completely retarted, and didnt fix ANYTHING. and i slowed down a knot. so when they were far enough i surfaced again, and my repair team STILL sat on their ass. at least i was floating. 64 hull damage and multiple bulkheads damaged wasnt gonna take me down. no sir. i started to chase after em again but they still kept firing. so i go back full and realize, hey they cant fire at me past 3500m. but I can >: )>. so i start shelling the liberty cargo, holding my distance at standard speed, and shelled the crap out of it. it blew up twice and took a hell of alot of rounds before that WONDERFUL message appeared. "shes going down sir". so then i start working on that tanker. she took about 30 shells before she bit the dust. but she went out with a BANG. so then i start bombarding another smaller ship from afar, and she takes up the last of my ap and quite a few HE rounds before again i realize im an idiot. the last 2 didnt have deck guns. so really i bombarded it for nothing. so i catch up to the last ship, a old british merchant ship. man o man that ship looked like it was gonna sink on its own. the deck was not very high from the water, and a lower deck was practically overflowing. but it was perfectly healthy. i tried firing a few torps, but ALL missed, cause i forgot how to set my torps on fast. so, once again i resort to my trusty deck gun. it took the last of my HE shells, and was pretty banged up, so i switch to my heavy AA (which i upgraded, thankfully) and shot just for about 5 seconds and then BOOOOOOOOOOOM she explodes to complement the going down message. a second explosion echoed to my ship as i sashayed into the sunset with my busted up sub and a bloodthirty (yet scratched) crew. i went back to base and got the u boat award, and a nice 3k renown. i bought a medic high-rank officer with a passive healing ability and a new and cheaper alberich coating for 650. the funny thing is, if i hadnt had veered off course chasing the convoy for three hours and stayed my course, i wouldve run into an island, and never had known.

06-29-10, 04:33 AM	#2
rein1705 Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: somewhere in the Past. Posts: 582 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 0	LMAO __________________ "Diesel Pig" Not so long ago...

07-01-10, 07:17 PM	#4
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Good story CaptainMattJ! Looks like you had a very "interesting" patrol! __________________

06-29-10, 04:23 PM	#3
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,104 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	lol funny how that happens.I nearly grounded my fleetboat entering Surabaya the other day in 1942, couldnt see the tiny island unless zoomed in close, my plotted course just happened to cross this small island.I had some real tense moments as I decided to take a walk up to bridge since it was night, visibility was bad and seas heavy, luckily spotted it just in time and after an all back emergency order, only my bow struck the island and caused some minor damage, but did not ground her.waited until dawn to enter harbor.