A funny thing happened to me the other day...

maillemaker · 05-04-07, 04:00 PM

So I was attacking a convoy, and had depleted all the bow tubes.

I turned a bit and then fired off my stern tube at a last merchant before diving away.

Suddently, way before the impact was due, there was a torpedo explosion from the stern torpedo!

I hopped to an external view just in time to see that my torpedo had slammed into an escort that was bearing down on me!

And in fact, it sank, going down right on top of the rear portion of my sub, helping push us down into the deep as it went!

Pretty wierd!

Sailor Steve · 05-04-07, 04:36 PM

Old saying: If you can't be good, be lucky.

Lagger123987 · 05-04-07, 04:38 PM

Nice Shot!!!! Damn, Im Sugar High Again!!!

Brag · 05-04-07, 04:44 PM

Another anti-Bernard shot :rotfl: :rotfl: Hang on to your luck!

Keelbuster · 05-04-07, 05:23 PM

Strangely, I've always wanted to get pulled down under a sinking ship. Often when I've torpedoed a merchant and it's starting to go under, I'll take a risk and do a flank dive under it, with the background hope that it will collapse on me and suck me down. Something about tumbling down to like 400m, then ballasting out and flanking back up to the surface, is really appealing. I guess I just don't get sunk often enough.

Telgriff · 05-04-07, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Keelbuster

Strangely, I've always wanted to get pulled down under a sinking ship. Often when I've torpedoed a merchant and it's starting to go under, I'll take a risk and do a flank dive under it, with the background hope that it will collapse on me and suck me down. Something about tumbling down to like 400m, then ballasting out and flanking back up to the surface, is really appealing. I guess I just don't get sunk often enough.

Do the Scapa Flow run in '42 and trail as many DD's as you can out into deep water and you will learn quickly

rb4door · 05-04-07, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Keelbuster

Strangely, I've always wanted to get pulled down under a sinking ship. Often when I've torpedoed a merchant and it's starting to go under, I'll take a risk and do a flank dive under it, with the background hope that it will collapse on me and suck me down. Something about tumbling down to like 400m, then ballasting out and flanking back up to the surface, is really appealing. I guess I just don't get sunk often enough.

you have strange wants :rotfl:

05-04-07, 04:00 PM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	A funny thing happened to me the other day... So I was attacking a convoy, and had depleted all the bow tubes. I turned a bit and then fired off my stern tube at a last merchant before diving away. Suddently, way before the impact was due, there was a torpedo explosion from the stern torpedo! I hopped to an external view just in time to see that my torpedo had slammed into an escort that was bearing down on me! And in fact, it sank, going down right on top of the rear portion of my sub, helping push us down into the deep as it went! Pretty wierd!

05-04-07, 04:36 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Old saying: If you can't be good, be lucky. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-04-07, 04:44 PM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Another anti-Bernard shot :rotfl: :rotfl: Hang on to your luck! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

05-04-07, 05:23 PM	#5
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Strangely, I've always wanted to get pulled down under a sinking ship. Often when I've torpedoed a merchant and it's starting to go under, I'll take a risk and do a flank dive under it, with the background hope that it will collapse on me and suck me down. Something about tumbling down to like 400m, then ballasting out and flanking back up to the surface, is really appealing. I guess I just don't get sunk often enough. __________________

05-04-07, 04:38 PM	#3
Lagger123987 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: Little Saigon, San Jose, California Posts: 944 Downloads: 323 Uploads: 4	Nice Shot!!!! Damn, Im Sugar High Again!!!