Best patrol yet

Bindolaf · 05-11-07, 06:52 AM

Patrol 15.

I got lucky, I admit.

Orders are to patrol the African coast off Freetown. Passing Gibraltar we spot a convoy - and off we go to intercept. Sea is calm so we spot it 6500 m away. Warship. I order a deck gun attack, kind of risky, but the destroyer goes down before she even knows where the shells were coming from. Another joins and is gunned to the bottom - light hull damage (I assume, no % indicator). A submarine is spotted and promptly sent to the bottom. In the meantime we are approaching the cargos. One gunned down, but then another escort joins. A firefight ensues and she goes down - but we sustain damage. Under control. I think we're done with escorts - we're not! A final one approaches and doesn't even have time to blink. Her hull cracked and down she goes - we sustain machine gun fire only.

Then - surprise! Heavy shells start falling around us. Periscope depth immediately. A Southampton class light cruiser is giving us a welcoming. Two can play that game. Firing two fish, one hit and she's going propellers up, nose into the water. She won't be long. Here I make the mistake (because I want to be sure) and fire one fish at a merchant (which goes down in 2 seconds, must have hit her bad) and two more at the listing and zig-zagging Southampton. All miss - she goes down anyway.

Tally as you can see, it could have been way more if I hadn't expended my torpedoes on the already doomed warship. It's ok though. All this with GWX and 97% realism (I keep the event camera on). As I said, I got lucky. But my crew rules too

ReallyDedPoet · 05-11-07, 07:10 AM

Nice work

, be interesting to see how you do later in the war, in the " above us, hell " years.

RDP

SmokinTep · 05-11-07, 07:12 AM

Pretty ballsy to go toe to toe with the deck gun against warships............

Vacillator · 05-11-07, 07:25 AM

Congratz on a brave action!

Not sure the outcome would have been the same IRL!!!

Spytrx · 05-11-07, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bindolaf

...we spot it 6500 km away...

I have your watchmen when you're back in Port!

Bindolaf · 05-11-07, 08:01 AM

haha good catch. Edited

Brag · 05-11-07, 03:53 PM

Congratz!

(Shaking head) I would have been dead in first 5 minutes

05-11-07, 06:52 AM	#1
Bindolaf Seaman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 36 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Best patrol yet Patrol 15. I got lucky, I admit. Orders are to patrol the African coast off Freetown. Passing Gibraltar we spot a convoy - and off we go to intercept. Sea is calm so we spot it 6500 m away. Warship. I order a deck gun attack, kind of risky, but the destroyer goes down before she even knows where the shells were coming from. Another joins and is gunned to the bottom - light hull damage (I assume, no % indicator). A submarine is spotted and promptly sent to the bottom. In the meantime we are approaching the cargos. One gunned down, but then another escort joins. A firefight ensues and she goes down - but we sustain damage. Under control. I think we're done with escorts - we're not! A final one approaches and doesn't even have time to blink. Her hull cracked and down she goes - we sustain machine gun fire only. Then - surprise! Heavy shells start falling around us. Periscope depth immediately. A Southampton class light cruiser is giving us a welcoming. Two can play that game. Firing two fish, one hit and she's going propellers up, nose into the water. She won't be long. Here I make the mistake (because I want to be sure) and fire one fish at a merchant (which goes down in 2 seconds, must have hit her bad) and two more at the listing and zig-zagging Southampton. All miss - she goes down anyway. Tally as you can see, it could have been way more if I hadn't expended my torpedoes on the already doomed warship. It's ok though. All this with GWX and 97% realism (I keep the event camera on). As I said, I got lucky. But my crew rules too __________________ Last edited by Bindolaf; 05-11-07 at 08:02 AM.

05-11-07, 07:10 AM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice work, be interesting to see how you do later in the war, in the " above us, hell " years. RDP __________________ Back in the Day

05-11-07, 08:01 AM	#6
Bindolaf Seaman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 36 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	haha good catch. Edited __________________

05-11-07, 03:53 PM	#7
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Congratz! (Shaking head) I would have been dead in first 5 minutes __________________ 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/

05-11-07, 07:12 AM	#3
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pretty ballsy to go toe to toe with the deck gun against warships............

05-11-07, 07:25 AM	#4
Vacillator Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 307 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congratz on a brave action! Not sure the outcome would have been the same IRL!!!