DAMN, disaster struck

c0sm1c · 08-11-05, 05:10 AM

Scheisse

We were patrolling CF14 -- got radio traffic of a convoy CF59
so broke from our patrol to go looky.

I vector in so I am ahead of the convoy as normal and if i remain at 25 meters for while listenning to the approaching noise on hydrophone -- patiently waiting for the engine noise to be all around us-- Waiting for the right moment to pop up in the middle of the convoy and give it to the convoy from both ends of my XIB.

Turns out it was a task force and I came up to periscope depth 150 meters from a Huge destroyer -- I didnt check which, looked like a king george V, I just went into a flat panic -- i was already getting their deck guns.

I focused on the Hunt II Destroyer was just behind me and closing fast - tried to get off torps from my rear -- they just bounced off its hull as i was only able to fire when it was 290 meters away.

Both periscopes smashed in a few seconds as I try to crashdive, hearing the hull of the Hunt II ride over the coning tower-- then as a courtesy measure, i'm depthcharged to pieces

arrrrgh 1943 -- will I ever make it to 1945

U107 glug glug glug

New mission time

SmokinTep · 08-11-05, 06:42 AM

The captain of U-110 sends his regrets..........

The Avon Lady · 08-11-05, 06:56 AM

Can I have your watch?

svenks · 08-11-05, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Can I have your watch?

Sure...if you can find it at the bottom of the sea...

Zie Chuckinator · 08-11-05, 08:26 AM

can u describe it? :rotfl:

Anakonda · 08-11-05, 08:48 AM

salute for the fallen comrades !!!
captain of U-47 (My boat in mission is really U-47 and I am happy about it)

SteamWake · 08-11-05, 09:32 AM

Sounds like your soundman needed a little lesson on counting rpm and noise profiles

Ive done the same thing except when I realized I was nearly in the middle of the TF I got the hell out of there.

c0sm1c · 08-11-05, 11:00 AM

Thanks for all the simpathy folks

Thing is, with SH3 -- I'm trying to maintain some realism in my gaming -- problem is U107 made it to the end of the war.

damn

was a damn fine boat too

@ Avon Lady -- my watch is at the top right hand edge of CF59 --- but it's a 1000 meters down -- I dunno if watches worked at those depths

HMCS · 08-12-05, 02:46 AM

My 1WO has volunteered to comfort your girlfriend in Paris this w/e.

gdogghenrikson · 08-12-05, 03:09 AM

The U-51 sends its regrets

08-11-05, 05:10 AM	#1
c0sm1c Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 46 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	DAMN, disaster struck Scheisse We were patrolling CF14 -- got radio traffic of a convoy CF59 so broke from our patrol to go looky. I vector in so I am ahead of the convoy as normal and if i remain at 25 meters for while listenning to the approaching noise on hydrophone -- patiently waiting for the engine noise to be all around us-- Waiting for the right moment to pop up in the middle of the convoy and give it to the convoy from both ends of my XIB. Turns out it was a task force and I came up to periscope depth 150 meters from a Huge destroyer -- I didnt check which, looked like a king george V, I just went into a flat panic -- i was already getting their deck guns. I focused on the Hunt II Destroyer was just behind me and closing fast - tried to get off torps from my rear -- they just bounced off its hull as i was only able to fire when it was 290 meters away. Both periscopes smashed in a few seconds as I try to crashdive, hearing the hull of the Hunt II ride over the coning tower-- then as a courtesy measure, i'm depthcharged to pieces arrrrgh 1943 -- will I ever make it to 1945 U107 glug glug glug New mission time __________________ Militant sea dog

08-11-05, 06:56 AM	#3
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Can I have your watch? __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

08-11-05, 08:26 AM	#5
Zie Chuckinator Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: up ur butt and around the corner... Posts: 121 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	can u describe it? :rotfl: __________________ Weekends don\'t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. -- Calvin Miss Wormwood: What state do you live in? Calvin: Denial. Miss Wormwood: I don\'t suppose I can argue with that... The only skills I have patience to learn are those that have no real application in life. -- Calvin If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don\'t get asked to do it again. -- Calvin

08-11-05, 08:48 AM	#6
Anakonda Watch Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ankara Posts: 23 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	salute for the fallen comrades !!! captain of U-47 (My boat in mission is really U-47 and I am happy about it) __________________ regards, Anakonda 14th U-Boot Flotilla, Narvik, Norway

08-11-05, 11:00 AM	#8
c0sm1c Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 46 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for all the simpathy folks Thing is, with SH3 -- I'm trying to maintain some realism in my gaming -- problem is U107 made it to the end of the war. damn was a damn fine boat too @ Avon Lady -- my watch is at the top right hand edge of CF59 --- but it's a 1000 meters down -- I dunno if watches worked at those depths __________________ Militant sea dog

08-11-05, 06:42 AM	#2
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The captain of U-110 sends his regrets..........

08-11-05, 09:32 AM	#7
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Sounds like your soundman needed a little lesson on counting rpm and noise profiles Ive done the same thing except when I realized I was nearly in the middle of the TF I got the hell out of there.

08-12-05, 02:46 AM	#9
HMCS Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Squaresville, daddy-O. Posts: 394 Downloads: 186 Uploads: 0	My 1WO has volunteered to comfort your girlfriend in Paris this w/e.

08-12-05, 03:09 AM	#10
gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The U-51 sends its regrets __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.