aw heck now that IS embarassing!!!!

ddiplock · 07-14-08, 01:36 AM

Started a new career from the start of the war. Took S-27 out to sea and after a month at sea things were good, two 5000 ton ships sunk and moving into position on a small convoy.

My engines were stopped so they couldn't hear me yet the lead destroyer opens up with his ASDIC and somehow knows exactly where I am. My scope was down too, so that wasn't giving my position away. Despite the fact i was just sitting in the water, rigged for silent running, and no engines even running, he knew I was there.

I dove down deep below the thermal and took the boat beyond the 200ft test depth. They lost contact with me for some 10 or 15 minutes but then somehow picked me up on ASDIC again. Despite this, I couldn't shake them after that. I played cat and mouse for 30 minutes, taking the boat even deeper down to some 320ft before the hull started weakening. Back up at 300ft, and 20 minutes later with the DD's still pinging and slinging, the hull weakend and the boat was crushed.

That was a first patrol, and those DD's were impossible to get rid of. It was like fighting against the british in 1944 in SH3.

S-27 sunk on January 8th 1942 after a month at sea, all hands lost.

07-14-08, 01:36 AM	#1
ddiplock Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 552 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	aw heck now that IS embarassing!!!! Started a new career from the start of the war. Took S-27 out to sea and after a month at sea things were good, two 5000 ton ships sunk and moving into position on a small convoy. My engines were stopped so they couldn't hear me yet the lead destroyer opens up with his ASDIC and somehow knows exactly where I am. My scope was down too, so that wasn't giving my position away. Despite the fact i was just sitting in the water, rigged for silent running, and no engines even running, he knew I was there. I dove down deep below the thermal and took the boat beyond the 200ft test depth. They lost contact with me for some 10 or 15 minutes but then somehow picked me up on ASDIC again. Despite this, I couldn't shake them after that. I played cat and mouse for 30 minutes, taking the boat even deeper down to some 320ft before the hull started weakening. Back up at 300ft, and 20 minutes later with the DD's still pinging and slinging, the hull weakend and the boat was crushed. That was a first patrol, and those DD's were impossible to get rid of. It was like fighting against the british in 1944 in SH3. S-27 sunk on January 8th 1942 after a month at sea, all hands lost.