Canoe Adventures

U-snafu · 08-26-08, 12:01 AM

Just curious of some of the more memorable incidents any fellow type II
enthusiasts have had in SHIII?

Myself-Iv'e seemed to spend most of my time in game during the early years bobbing around the North Sea in the mighty IIA or with Black Sea patrols in the IID as a runner up. With the "duds" & only five torps it can lead to some frustrating moments--like stalking a large freighter for days that I've already hit with 2 torps (& none left in the boat) knowing that it is never going down even though it's been half submerged for days

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But with only averaging a few small or mid-sized ships a patrol it keeps my tonnage at a realalistic level & makes the occasional windfall that much more enjoyable (like maybe bringing down a large tanker or freighter & damaging a second smaller merchant & slipping away in one of the rare early convoys I can reach in the Canoe).

Some of my more recent incidents have been re-enacting Prien's Scapa raid in the fall of 39'(but w/ the IIA & only finding a troop transport there), unrealisticly
taking a cruise to New York in Feb 40' to catch a broadway show (by traveling at 8knts & refueling at the Belcher off of Greenland), & in my last patrol By actually
sinking the Nelson near Narvik. (though the stars were aligned just right for that one--conducting a picket line in a narrows of the main fjior to Narvik during Wesseleburg & having it practically run over me).

The death knell of the Nelson:

08-26-08, 12:01 AM	#1
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Canoe Adventures Just curious of some of the more memorable incidents any fellow type II enthusiasts have had in SHIII? Myself-Iv'e seemed to spend most of my time in game during the early years bobbing around the North Sea in the mighty IIA or with Black Sea patrols in the IID as a runner up. With the "duds" & only five torps it can lead to some frustrating moments--like stalking a large freighter for days that I've already hit with 2 torps (& none left in the boat) knowing that it is never going down even though it's been half submerged for days . But with only averaging a few small or mid-sized ships a patrol it keeps my tonnage at a realalistic level & makes the occasional windfall that much more enjoyable (like maybe bringing down a large tanker or freighter & damaging a second smaller merchant & slipping away in one of the rare early convoys I can reach in the Canoe). Some of my more recent incidents have been re-enacting Prien's Scapa raid in the fall of 39'(but w/ the IIA & only finding a troop transport there), unrealisticly taking a cruise to New York in Feb 40' to catch a broadway show (by traveling at 8knts & refueling at the Belcher off of Greenland), & in my last patrol By actually sinking the Nelson near Narvik. (though the stars were aligned just right for that one--conducting a picket line in a narrows of the main fjior to Narvik during Wesseleburg & having it practically run over me). The death knell of the Nelson: __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...