Got My 12th Sub (Pictures)

Stealth Hunter · 12-18-07, 09:58 PM

So I got to cruising along today on 2.0 under my latest career. I decided I'd take a trip to the Irish Sea (my favorite hunting area) and see what I could dig up there. Luck wasn't with me that day, and I'd not seen one damned vessel off Iceland.

Along my way there, I had my sonar operator report a contact. For some reason, a T-Class British sub was sailing happily along towards the southern tip of Ireland. I decided to have a little fun with him.

For the next 2 game hours I stalked him and stalked him until I finally got tired of waiting and watching, like the fat kid who burns ants on his concrete parkway with a magnifying glass. The sub had stopped its engines for some reason, and for what reason I frankly don't give a damn on. Either way, he stopped his engines and the time to strike became apparent.

I went hard to starboard and lined my bow up with him. I opened tubes 1 and 2 because it normally only takes one magic shot to hit something explosive inside (such as the torpedo room) and thus blow everyone inside to hell and THUS send the vessel down into the depths. I shut off my engines to allow for silence because a rather annoying Hurricane was patroling above us, and I think he knew all too well that I was below him because he spent the next 10 minutes circling my position.

Perhaps that's why my quarry in front stopped. I don't know. As it were, I fired tube one and sent the steam torpedo flying out into the depths. "One, two, three . . ." The seconds ticked on in my mind. Waiting, waiting. Silence. All of a sudden, BOOM! My fish struck home right beneath his conning tower, flooding the interior and killing everyone at the controls. I closed tubes 1 and 2 and decided to watch my friend sink as I would wave bye through the periscope.

The vessel slowly descended into the depths, the sea already eating at the conning tower (he'd tried to dive earlier), and he was gone. Black and blue oil that shined in the noon sun floated about on the surface, and they were no more.

PICTURES:

Herr Ziepel has come home...

bookworm_020 · 12-18-07, 10:19 PM

Nice Kill!

Better him than you!

Stealth Hunter · 12-18-07, 11:22 PM

And indeed am I thankful of that fact.:rotfl:

papa_smurf · 12-19-07, 11:14 AM

Thats one less T-Class the RN has.....

sasquatch · 12-19-07, 11:39 AM

wow, I've never once come across an enemy sub...

Stealth Hunter · 12-19-07, 04:36 PM

They're hard to find, but you might find one submerged in an enemy convoy.

The BEST place to find them is in harbors. In New York, for instance, there's quite a few Gato's and Balao's.

12-18-07, 09:58 PM	#1
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Got My 12th Sub (Pictures) So I got to cruising along today on 2.0 under my latest career. I decided I'd take a trip to the Irish Sea (my favorite hunting area) and see what I could dig up there. Luck wasn't with me that day, and I'd not seen one damned vessel off Iceland. Along my way there, I had my sonar operator report a contact. For some reason, a T-Class British sub was sailing happily along towards the southern tip of Ireland. I decided to have a little fun with him. For the next 2 game hours I stalked him and stalked him until I finally got tired of waiting and watching, like the fat kid who burns ants on his concrete parkway with a magnifying glass. The sub had stopped its engines for some reason, and for what reason I frankly don't give a damn on. Either way, he stopped his engines and the time to strike became apparent. I went hard to starboard and lined my bow up with him. I opened tubes 1 and 2 because it normally only takes one magic shot to hit something explosive inside (such as the torpedo room) and thus blow everyone inside to hell and THUS send the vessel down into the depths. I shut off my engines to allow for silence because a rather annoying Hurricane was patroling above us, and I think he knew all too well that I was below him because he spent the next 10 minutes circling my position. Perhaps that's why my quarry in front stopped. I don't know. As it were, I fired tube one and sent the steam torpedo flying out into the depths. "One, two, three . . ." The seconds ticked on in my mind. Waiting, waiting. Silence. All of a sudden, BOOM! My fish struck home right beneath his conning tower, flooding the interior and killing everyone at the controls. I closed tubes 1 and 2 and decided to watch my friend sink as I would wave bye through the periscope. The vessel slowly descended into the depths, the sea already eating at the conning tower (he'd tried to dive earlier), and he was gone. Black and blue oil that shined in the noon sun floated about on the surface, and they were no more. PICTURES: Herr Ziepel has come home...

12-18-07, 10:19 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nice Kill! Better him than you! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

12-19-07, 11:14 AM	#4
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Thats one less T-Class the RN has..... __________________

12-18-07, 11:22 PM	#3
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	And indeed am I thankful of that fact.:rotfl:

12-19-07, 11:39 AM	#5
sasquatch Medic Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 160 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	wow, I've never once come across an enemy sub...

12-19-07, 04:36 PM	#6
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	They're hard to find, but you might find one submerged in an enemy convoy. The BEST place to find them is in harbors. In New York, for instance, there's quite a few Gato's and Balao's.