Ships you have never hit

RConch · 03-15-12, 12:59 PM

Aside from some classes of escorts, I have never hit a carrier or an ocean liner.
I finally got an ammunition ship off the bucket list.

flag4 · 03-15-12, 03:48 PM

...the one that got away!
north of scotland, i have the feeling it was alone - but i doubt it.
i was coming home with no eels - all expended
and in the starry night out she came all alone, bobbing along. i turned to ninety degrees and crept away untill out of sight. no idea about escorts or anything - she was just there - thats it. just there, like a great dark ghost....

...the frustration.....!

Fubar2Niner · 03-15-12, 04:54 PM

@flag4

Hit that beauty, but never a carrier................ as yet

Sorry for the HUD

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Raptor · 03-15-12, 05:26 PM

@RConch:

Go to ED98 and wait.
Many big 24,400 GRT ocean liners heading to Port of Spain
Many large tankers outbound

Tinman764 · 03-15-12, 05:56 PM

Fired a total of 7 eels at the Nelson over the course of 2 attacks recently - only 1 of them actually made the distance to her and even that one missed, all the others blew up enroute.

Gargamel · 03-15-12, 07:13 PM

Sad to say, I myself am not on that list.

I would 'like' to encounter a Q ship someday.

andwii · 03-15-12, 08:30 PM

havnt killed one of those ship service things, saw one once.

Raptor · 03-15-12, 08:57 PM

There's always a French Small Depot ship parked in AN84 at the intersection of AN81/82/84/86 before the war begins. It is 6,250 GRT but it's not an easy kill. You'll need 2 or 3 eels to sink it. Beware, it is armed and will shoot back.

krashkart · 03-15-12, 09:30 PM

Two Fiji class cruisers with light escort. I took a shot at each of them and scored hits, but one hole apiece wasn't enough. Wasted a good number of fish on those buggers when they jinked away. The group was moving too fast for me to pursue and I had to give up.

It was an exciting encounter, though. My first task force intercept.

BossMark · 03-16-12, 08:08 AM

HMS Hood is one that defiantly have not sunk

VONHARRIS · 03-16-12, 08:46 AM

I have yet to sink : a Prince of Wales class battleship and a London class heavy cruiser.

I am lucky enough so far to have sunk an Essex class fleet carrier , an Illustrious class carrier and the SS Queen Mary liner (83K tons)

flag4 · 03-16-12, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinman764

Fired a total of 7 eels at the Nelson over the course of 2 attacks recently - only 1 of them actually made the distance to her and even that one missed, all the others blew up enroute.

now that. is a serious bummer

bad luck Tinman, better luck next time

David I · 03-17-12, 03:13 PM

I haven't seen or sunk a Queen Mary Liner. Got a torpedo into the Hood once but she shrugged it off and sailed on.

Once I, almost, sank two battleships in one patrol:

I hit the Revenge, moving in the middle of a convoy at 5 knots, with 3 torps and she went down like a rock:

Then towards the end of my patrol (4 torpedoes left) I came across the Rodney under similar conditions (middle of the convoy moving 8 knots):

She went dead in the water, started to settle be the bows and then just floated there. I waited until the rest of the convoy sailed on, rose to periscope depth and waited some more. And waited, and waited. I finally took a stern shot at her with my last torpedo. The torp premed about 100 meters short. I waited around for two days but she just laid there. I was so frustrated that thought of ramming her went through my mind (very briefly).
Finally I sailed home.

Raptor · 03-17-12, 05:12 PM

David:

Surface next to her in the dead angle of her guns and send her down with your 88mm. It would probably only take a couple of rounds.

Think of the bragging rights back a the O-club!

All those smart-aleck Kaleuns who brag of successfully duking it out with a destroyer will go crawl off into a corner and sulk.

Missing Name · 03-17-12, 05:47 PM

An Iowa class battlewagon. Now THAT'S a beauty of a ship to sink!

03-15-12, 12:59 PM	#1
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Ships you have never hit Aside from some classes of escorts, I have never hit a carrier or an ocean liner. I finally got an ammunition ship off the bucket list. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

03-15-12, 03:48 PM	#2
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...the one that got away! north of scotland, i have the feeling it was alone - but i doubt it. i was coming home with no eels - all expended and in the starry night out she came all alone, bobbing along. i turned to ninety degrees and crept away untill out of sight. no idea about escorts or anything - she was just there - thats it. just there, like a great dark ghost.... ...the frustration.....! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

03-15-12, 05:26 PM	#4
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	@RConch: Go to ED98 and wait. Many big 24,400 GRT ocean liners heading to Port of Spain Many large tankers outbound __________________ Raptor

03-15-12, 07:13 PM	#6
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Sad to say, I myself am not on that list. I would 'like' to encounter a Q ship someday. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

03-15-12, 08:57 PM	#8
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	There's always a French Small Depot ship parked in AN84 at the intersection of AN81/82/84/86 before the war begins. It is 6,250 GRT but it's not an easy kill. You'll need 2 or 3 eels to sink it. Beware, it is armed and will shoot back. __________________ Raptor Last edited by Raptor; 03-15-12 at 09:32 PM.

03-15-12, 04:54 PM	#3
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,175 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	@flag4 Hit that beauty, but never a carrier................ as yet Sorry for the HUD Best regards. Fubar2Niner

03-15-12, 05:56 PM	#5
Tinman764 Chief Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: U-32's Wintergarten Posts: 325 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	Fired a total of 7 eels at the Nelson over the course of 2 attacks recently - only 1 of them actually made the distance to her and even that one missed, all the others blew up enroute.

03-15-12, 08:30 PM	#7
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	havnt killed one of those ship service things, saw one once.

03-15-12, 09:30 PM	#9
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Two Fiji class cruisers with light escort. I took a shot at each of them and scored hits, but one hole apiece wasn't enough. Wasted a good number of fish on those buggers when they jinked away. The group was moving too fast for me to pursue and I had to give up. It was an exciting encounter, though. My first task force intercept.

03-16-12, 08:08 AM	#10
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	HMS Hood is one that defiantly have not sunk __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

03-16-12, 08:46 AM	#11
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I have yet to sink : a Prince of Wales class battleship and a London class heavy cruiser. I am lucky enough so far to have sunk an Essex class fleet carrier , an Illustrious class carrier and the SS Queen Mary liner (83K tons)

03-17-12, 03:13 PM	#13
David I Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 231 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I haven't seen or sunk a Queen Mary Liner. Got a torpedo into the Hood once but she shrugged it off and sailed on. Once I, almost, sank two battleships in one patrol: I hit the Revenge, moving in the middle of a convoy at 5 knots, with 3 torps and she went down like a rock: Then towards the end of my patrol (4 torpedoes left) I came across the Rodney under similar conditions (middle of the convoy moving 8 knots): She went dead in the water, started to settle be the bows and then just floated there. I waited until the rest of the convoy sailed on, rose to periscope depth and waited some more. And waited, and waited. I finally took a stern shot at her with my last torpedo. The torp premed about 100 meters short. I waited around for two days but she just laid there. I was so frustrated that thought of ramming her went through my mind (very briefly). Finally I sailed home.

03-17-12, 05:12 PM	#14
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	David: Surface next to her in the dead angle of her guns and send her down with your 88mm. It would probably only take a couple of rounds. Think of the bragging rights back a the O-club! All those smart-aleck Kaleuns who brag of successfully duking it out with a destroyer will go crawl off into a corner and sulk. __________________ Raptor

03-17-12, 05:47 PM	#15
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	An Iowa class battlewagon. Now THAT'S a beauty of a ship to sink! __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff