Barham, Destroyed all 3 battleships

fredbass · 10-14-06, 11:54 PM

I feel so good about it, I had to tell ya.

I've finally been running through some of the Single Missions lately, and today I did "Barham".

For those who haven't played it yet, there are 3 battleships and like 8 destroyers cruising right towards you. At a certain point as they get nearer to you, they will turn to port and cut across.

Well, I layed silent at periscope depth, waiting as they got closer. When they began to turn, I went ahead slow and turned to starboard, as I'm sure most of you do. Well as they came across my bow and got in position, I had prepared to shoot 2 double salvos at the two closest battleships. The first 2 torps hit and sank the first ship, but luckily, the second salvo managed to hit each of the two remaining ships, wounding them enough that I eventually was able to surface and run both of them down. Actually the 3rd was a surprise. I was following a sound from the hydrophones which I thought was the task force, but when I finally got close enough, I realized that it was the remaining battleship all by her lonesome. Oh, and what was cool too, was that I had radioed in their contact and b4 I got my chance to finish the remaining two off, I got to see them attacked by air a few times which was kind of neat.

Anyway, I had fun and just wanted to share with you my experience. I don't know if many of you have played it or have done something similar, but that was my adventure for the day.

bookworm_020 · 10-15-06, 06:17 PM

Done it myself! I've also been done over by the destroyers and sun before getting a shot at the BB's as well

. You get a good feeling when you sink'em all. I did the courageous mission last night (using a XXI for the fun of it), snak the carrier with two torps, and knocked off the escorts with one torp each!!

And all Bdu said was "Be more aggressive!"

TarJak · 10-16-06, 12:50 AM

Nice one. I've done it as well but on my first attempt got done over by the bloody Luftwaffe! I called in the position similar to you and watched as they bombed the crap out of the last target with only 7 secs left before my torps hit home!

10-14-06, 11:54 PM	#1
fredbass Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Port Richey, Fl, USA Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Barham, Destroyed all 3 battleships I feel so good about it, I had to tell ya. I've finally been running through some of the Single Missions lately, and today I did "Barham". For those who haven't played it yet, there are 3 battleships and like 8 destroyers cruising right towards you. At a certain point as they get nearer to you, they will turn to port and cut across. Well, I layed silent at periscope depth, waiting as they got closer. When they began to turn, I went ahead slow and turned to starboard, as I'm sure most of you do. Well as they came across my bow and got in position, I had prepared to shoot 2 double salvos at the two closest battleships. The first 2 torps hit and sank the first ship, but luckily, the second salvo managed to hit each of the two remaining ships, wounding them enough that I eventually was able to surface and run both of them down. Actually the 3rd was a surprise. I was following a sound from the hydrophones which I thought was the task force, but when I finally got close enough, I realized that it was the remaining battleship all by her lonesome. Oh, and what was cool too, was that I had radioed in their contact and b4 I got my chance to finish the remaining two off, I got to see them attacked by air a few times which was kind of neat. Anyway, I had fun and just wanted to share with you my experience. I don't know if many of you have played it or have done something similar, but that was my adventure for the day. Last edited by fredbass; 10-15-06 at 12:08 AM.

10-15-06, 06:17 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Done it myself! I've also been done over by the destroyers and sun before getting a shot at the BB's as well. You get a good feeling when you sink'em all. I did the courageous mission last night (using a XXI for the fun of it), snak the carrier with two torps, and knocked off the escorts with one torp each!! And all Bdu said was "Be more aggressive!" __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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10-16-06, 12:50 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Nice one. I've done it as well but on my first attempt got done over by the bloody Luftwaffe! I called in the position similar to you and watched as they bombed the crap out of the last target with only 7 secs left before my torps hit home!