Nice little freebie

GoldenRivet · 04-18-08, 03:27 AM

So there i am in my VIIB cruising along at about 30 meters depth when all of the sudden my sound officer makes contact with a merchant at close range.

to say he was at close range is an understatement... as this guy was directly above us his heading and course was EXACTLY the same as our own just by pure happenstance.

He had sailed directly up our baffels and crossed overtop of us and i mean our courses matched to within a degree i would bet.

So i popped up to periscope depth and for sure... im looking through the attack scope at the arse end of an empire class freighter larger than life about 100 meters ahead of me.

"wow... its like that breed of wild fish that jumps into your boat" i thought to myself

i zeroed all the TDC numbers, set the magnetic pistol and the running depth and shoved an eel straight up his rear.

changed course about 15 degrees to starboard and watched him sink right next to us about 400 meters to port.

it was a nice little freebie!

thanks GWX!

:rotfl:

Platapus · 04-18-08, 05:03 AM

pretty scary to have an ship sneak up on your baffles. Glad it was an unarmed merchant instead of a very armed destroyer <gulp>

I wonder what they called "crazy Ivans" during the second world war?

Bosje · 04-18-08, 05:19 AM

i bet they were called 'verruckte Bernards'

Brag · 04-18-08, 06:45 AM

Those rear shots can be very satosying.

Vacillator · 04-18-08, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Brag

Those rear shots can be very satosying.

Ooh err missus

(sorry, couldn't resist).

mcf1 · 04-18-08, 07:44 AM

That's luck!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus
pretty scary to have an ship sneak up on your baffles. Glad it was an unarmed merchant instead of a very armed destroyer <gulp>

I wonder what they called "crazy Ivans" during the second world war?

If I understand right.
It is a manuever subs do in order to "hear" behind, otherwise they wouldn't be able to hear what is behind them because of the noise caused by the
propellers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Ivan

GoldenRivet · 04-18-08, 01:30 PM

i catch myself making a 360 degree turn sometimes... but this was not one of those times.

04-18-08, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brag

Those rear shots can be very satosying.

I agree, haha.

The wife makes sure she has a drink first though.

KeptinCranky · 04-18-08, 05:29 PM

Last time I had something like that it was a hunter killer group..

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04-18-08, 03:27 AM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Nice little freebie So there i am in my VIIB cruising along at about 30 meters depth when all of the sudden my sound officer makes contact with a merchant at close range. to say he was at close range is an understatement... as this guy was directly above us his heading and course was EXACTLY the same as our own just by pure happenstance. He had sailed directly up our baffels and crossed overtop of us and i mean our courses matched to within a degree i would bet. So i popped up to periscope depth and for sure... im looking through the attack scope at the arse end of an empire class freighter larger than life about 100 meters ahead of me. "wow... its like that breed of wild fish that jumps into your boat" i thought to myself i zeroed all the TDC numbers, set the magnetic pistol and the running depth and shoved an eel straight up his rear. changed course about 15 degrees to starboard and watched him sink right next to us about 400 meters to port. it was a nice little freebie! thanks GWX! :rotfl: __________________

04-18-08, 05:03 AM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	pretty scary to have an ship sneak up on your baffles. Glad it was an unarmed merchant instead of a very armed destroyer <gulp> I wonder what they called "crazy Ivans" during the second world war? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-18-08, 05:19 AM	#3
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	i bet they were called 'verruckte Bernards' __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!

04-18-08, 06:45 AM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Those rear shots can be very satosying. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

04-18-08, 01:30 PM	#7
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	i catch myself making a 360 degree turn sometimes... but this was not one of those times. __________________

04-18-08, 05:29 PM	#9
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Last time I had something like that it was a hunter killer group.. ..