Most outragous moment

jobezark · 06-07-09, 05:32 PM

Fall of 1942 and I was heading home at the end of a patrol only having 6 torpedoes left. Came upon a convoy out in the North Atlantic at 0200 in stormy weather. Got to within 800 m of the first row and fired off all 4 of my front tubes at 4 separate ships-- 2 Liberty Cargo and 2 C2 cargo.. dived down to 100m and got messages for 4 hits. Waited about an hour for the DDs to clear, at which time I surfaced..

One C2 sunk, one ablaze moving at 0-1 knots, and both Liberties dead in the water. Now the problem was I only had 2 fish left and after waiting a few hours none of these ships showed any signs of sinking. I fired my last fore torpedo into a liberty and it blew up, and fired my aft torpedo into the C2 which just made another fire on its foredeck. Now I was stuck with a Liberty and a C2 with no fish left, and unable to use my deck guns because of the waves.

I waited out there for an entire week (game time) for the weather to settle down, and it never did. Frustrated and impatient I saved my game and rammed the remaining Liberty ship. Took her down before I sank from flooding a few seconds later!

I would love the option of using my deck gun in seas that aren't too stormy!

06-07-09, 05:32 PM	#19
jobezark Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Fall of 1942 and I was heading home at the end of a patrol only having 6 torpedoes left. Came upon a convoy out in the North Atlantic at 0200 in stormy weather. Got to within 800 m of the first row and fired off all 4 of my front tubes at 4 separate ships-- 2 Liberty Cargo and 2 C2 cargo.. dived down to 100m and got messages for 4 hits. Waited about an hour for the DDs to clear, at which time I surfaced.. One C2 sunk, one ablaze moving at 0-1 knots, and both Liberties dead in the water. Now the problem was I only had 2 fish left and after waiting a few hours none of these ships showed any signs of sinking. I fired my last fore torpedo into a liberty and it blew up, and fired my aft torpedo into the C2 which just made another fire on its foredeck. Now I was stuck with a Liberty and a C2 with no fish left, and unable to use my deck guns because of the waves. I waited out there for an entire week (game time) for the weather to settle down, and it never did. Frustrated and impatient I saved my game and rammed the remaining Liberty ship. Took her down before I sank from flooding a few seconds later! I would love the option of using my deck gun in seas that aren't too stormy!