Hunting for HMS Illustrious

meduza · 12-31-08, 07:56 AM

After the last night's debacle, when I let the Illustrious get away (I wrote something about it here), I'm becoming obsessed to find her again and sink her, and I'm planning to devote an entire patrol for that purpose.

For that, I'll need some help from you, fellow Kaleuns.

The last time I saw her was in August '40 in sector AM4931, course 33. Is there any chance she will pass through the same area again?

If anyone has some information on her whereabouts, or has seen her in late '40, please say so.

Red Heat · 12-31-08, 08:03 AM

Good Hunting, Meduza...good luck!

meduza · 01-01-09, 09:56 PM

I found the Illustrious!

After the initial sound contact, I managed to slip past the escorts in foggy weather and made a visual contact. As a bonus, there were HMS Revenge and the Hood.

Now I was in dilemma, whether to attack the Hood or Illustrious. So i fired 3 eels at the Hood and one at the Illustrious' stern to stop her. All torpedoes hit! Then I paused and minimized the game to check stupid TV schedule. The game crashed

.

I reloaded a previously saved game, and tried to remember my course to find the task force again. And I did! The waves were higher than on previous attemp, but the visibility was better, so I approached more carefully. Attack was made the same way as before. Three torpedoes hit the Hood, the 4th one prematured (I fired a magnetic because I couldn't fire a 90 degrees shot and was afraid of a dud).

The Hood listed to starboard but didn't sink. When the escort left, I surfaced and started the pursuit. After a while I spotted a destroyer behind me. :hmm: I couldn't have overtaken them... After diving, I found it was another task force! They were gaining on me and soon came to visual range. And there she was - HMS Illustrious, surrounded with some cruisers and bunch of destroyers. It was dark, and I decided to maka a long distance attack on surface. I didn't want to waste time, I still had a Hood to catch!

I had only two bow torpedoes, and I realized I forgot to load them!

I set a parallel course, flank speed, while the torpedoes are loading. When they were done, the Illustrious almost passed me. I made a quick turn, launched my eels and disappeared in darkness. I was already far away when torpedoes struck. Soon after she was going down! Mission accomplished.

I went after the Hood and found her crawling at 4 kts. One torpedo was enough to send her to the bottom.

A Very Super Market · 01-01-09, 09:59 PM

Good god, the Hood and Illustrious are having a bad day.

bigboywooly · 01-01-09, 10:12 PM

Sure do
They must have an inexhaustable supply of Hoods :hmm:

Wonder if they do Aux cruisers
:rotfl:

meduza · 01-01-09, 10:19 PM

I don't think I ever seen so many aux cruisers, let alone sink them.

12-31-08, 07:56 AM	#1
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Hunting for HMS Illustrious After the last night's debacle, when I let the Illustrious get away (I wrote something about it here), I'm becoming obsessed to find her again and sink her, and I'm planning to devote an entire patrol for that purpose. For that, I'll need some help from you, fellow Kaleuns. The last time I saw her was in August '40 in sector AM4931, course 33. Is there any chance she will pass through the same area again? If anyone has some information on her whereabouts, or has seen her in late '40, please say so. __________________

12-31-08, 08:03 AM	#2
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Good Hunting, Meduza...good luck! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato Last edited by Red Heat; 12-31-08 at 08:04 AM.

01-01-09, 09:56 PM	#3
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I found the Illustrious! After the initial sound contact, I managed to slip past the escorts in foggy weather and made a visual contact. As a bonus, there were HMS Revenge and the Hood. Now I was in dilemma, whether to attack the Hood or Illustrious. So i fired 3 eels at the Hood and one at the Illustrious' stern to stop her. All torpedoes hit! Then I paused and minimized the game to check stupid TV schedule. The game crashed . I reloaded a previously saved game, and tried to remember my course to find the task force again. And I did! The waves were higher than on previous attemp, but the visibility was better, so I approached more carefully. Attack was made the same way as before. Three torpedoes hit the Hood, the 4th one prematured (I fired a magnetic because I couldn't fire a 90 degrees shot and was afraid of a dud). The Hood listed to starboard but didn't sink. When the escort left, I surfaced and started the pursuit. After a while I spotted a destroyer behind me. :hmm: I couldn't have overtaken them... After diving, I found it was another task force! They were gaining on me and soon came to visual range. And there she was - HMS Illustrious, surrounded with some cruisers and bunch of destroyers. It was dark, and I decided to maka a long distance attack on surface. I didn't want to waste time, I still had a Hood to catch! I had only two bow torpedoes, and I realized I forgot to load them! I set a parallel course, flank speed, while the torpedoes are loading. When they were done, the Illustrious almost passed me. I made a quick turn, launched my eels and disappeared in darkness. I was already far away when torpedoes struck. Soon after she was going down! Mission accomplished. I went after the Hood and found her crawling at 4 kts. One torpedo was enough to send her to the bottom. __________________

01-01-09, 09:59 PM	#4
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good god, the Hood and Illustrious are having a bad day. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-01-09, 10:12 PM	#5
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Sure do They must have an inexhaustable supply of Hoods :hmm: Wonder if they do Aux cruisers :rotfl: __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-01-09, 10:19 PM	#6
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I don't think I ever seen so many aux cruisers, let alone sink them. __________________