Indestructable submarine... a patrol report!

rifleman13 · 11-02-08, 09:49 AM

It's my first patrol in a new career of LzS Heinrich Rocks (yes, that's the random name given by SH3 Cmdr!)and it's December 1939 and I'm sailing in a Type IXB through the seas North of Ireland until I receive a contact report of a inbound convoy. The weather was very pleasant, 4-5 m/s windspeed with scattered clouds. So I plotted an intercept course and I waited for the convoy to come in.

As the convoy arrived, I counted 4 warships: 2 Black Swans, a Southampton class and a British S class.

I decided to take out the Black Swans first and then the Southhampton class with torpedoes. They easily sink beneath the waves!

Then there was that S class...

I surfaced and maneuvered to the S class' stern (AKA: its blind spot) and placing 150 mm shells into it. As I was firing the deck gun I happen not to notice the telegraph set to Ahead Standard, way faster than that sub so I incurred about 40% hull damage before I was able to maneuver away. This Type IXB was like, well like a hulking ocean liner!

During that whole time I fired more than 30 shells at that thing and still didn't sink! For about 3 or 4 hours, that S class dipped its bow into the water as if it was diving, but it was not! It was dipping like a stubborn Medium Cargo in a hurricane! So I left it alone and sailed into the Atlantic before deciding to return to base with about 2/3 left in the fuel gauge.

In the same convoy, I sunk 4 merchants and damaged one. Two ore carriers by deck gun and 2 Granville freighters by torpedo. One Granville was that tough so I didn't notice it anymore.

The patrol's still in progress as I'm heading back to base through the English Channel with 5 torpedoes and (as my CE says to me) about 60% hull integrity. The hope is I would sink many ships as I go home.

Wish me luck!

11-02-08, 09:49 AM	#1
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Indestructable submarine... a patrol report! It's my first patrol in a new career of LzS Heinrich Rocks (yes, that's the random name given by SH3 Cmdr!)and it's December 1939 and I'm sailing in a Type IXB through the seas North of Ireland until I receive a contact report of a inbound convoy. The weather was very pleasant, 4-5 m/s windspeed with scattered clouds. So I plotted an intercept course and I waited for the convoy to come in. As the convoy arrived, I counted 4 warships: 2 Black Swans, a Southampton class and a British S class. I decided to take out the Black Swans first and then the Southhampton class with torpedoes. They easily sink beneath the waves! Then there was that S class... I surfaced and maneuvered to the S class' stern (AKA: its blind spot) and placing 150 mm shells into it. As I was firing the deck gun I happen not to notice the telegraph set to Ahead Standard, way faster than that sub so I incurred about 40% hull damage before I was able to maneuver away. This Type IXB was like, well like a hulking ocean liner! During that whole time I fired more than 30 shells at that thing and still didn't sink! For about 3 or 4 hours, that S class dipped its bow into the water as if it was diving, but it was not! It was dipping like a stubborn Medium Cargo in a hurricane! So I left it alone and sailed into the Atlantic before deciding to return to base with about 2/3 left in the fuel gauge. In the same convoy, I sunk 4 merchants and damaged one. Two ore carriers by deck gun and 2 Granville freighters by torpedo. One Granville was that tough so I didn't notice it anymore. The patrol's still in progress as I'm heading back to base through the English Channel with 5 torpedoes and (as my CE says to me) about 60% hull integrity. The hope is I would sink many ships as I go home. Wish me luck!