My Holy Grail

Ancient Mariner · 09-14-09, 08:48 AM

So I have started a new DiD career and on my first outing paid a visit to Uncle Winston's naval yard of Scapa Flow. After painting my brand new Type ViiB in a darker color scheme (many thanks to Laufen Zum Ziel) and a bit of luck( I nearly got bounced by 4 DD's NNW of the Shetlands,and the weather turning to absolute turds at the Western approaches of the base,i moved in decks awash.

I stumbled upon an auxilliary cruiser,which i soon had two eels in her side and sank(well bottomed out but counted as a sinking),I pressed on to come across the 1 ship that has eluded me,my holy grail if you wish,The Hood.

I decided to get to round the 900m mark(my favored distance for firing shots)set my fish to impact detonation(not sold on magnetics in '39),I closed in for the kill,as i got to round 950m i hit a subnet and had my bow an conning tower clearly visible ,one word flashed thru my brain at that because less than 200m away was another BB(a revenge class if I am not mistaken) and 300m in the other direction a destroyer,luckily the weather was the worst I have ever seen in GWX

. Going full reverse I escaped the net and scraped along until i found a gap.

After getting through the nets I got into a brilliant spot to stick no less than 6 eels into her side,she croacked and groaned,had a few fireworks,YUSS!!!! I had finally done it......but then she settled on the seabed and I wasnt credited a kill

So thinking that discretion was the better part of valor I snuck out through the hornets nest,had a few close calls but the RN boys musta been on a bender that night before I struck so their ASW skills were lacklustre at best. I made good my escape.

All that for a lil over 13 850 Tons!!! Plus the Hood still eludes me,altho she'll be laid up for a good few months for repairs.

Lt z S, Joseph Becker
U35

09-14-09, 08:48 AM	#1
Ancient Mariner Torpedoman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somewhere north of Auckland Posts: 114 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	My Holy Grail So I have started a new DiD career and on my first outing paid a visit to Uncle Winston's naval yard of Scapa Flow. After painting my brand new Type ViiB in a darker color scheme (many thanks to Laufen Zum Ziel) and a bit of luck( I nearly got bounced by 4 DD's NNW of the Shetlands,and the weather turning to absolute turds at the Western approaches of the base,i moved in decks awash. I stumbled upon an auxilliary cruiser,which i soon had two eels in her side and sank(well bottomed out but counted as a sinking),I pressed on to come across the 1 ship that has eluded me,my holy grail if you wish,The Hood. I decided to get to round the 900m mark(my favored distance for firing shots)set my fish to impact detonation(not sold on magnetics in '39),I closed in for the kill,as i got to round 950m i hit a subnet and had my bow an conning tower clearly visible ,one word flashed thru my brain at that because less than 200m away was another BB(a revenge class if I am not mistaken) and 300m in the other direction a destroyer,luckily the weather was the worst I have ever seen in GWX. Going full reverse I escaped the net and scraped along until i found a gap. After getting through the nets I got into a brilliant spot to stick no less than 6 eels into her side,she croacked and groaned,had a few fireworks,YUSS!!!! I had finally done it......but then she settled on the seabed and I wasnt credited a kill So thinking that discretion was the better part of valor I snuck out through the hornets nest,had a few close calls but the RN boys musta been on a bender that night before I struck so their ASW skills were lacklustre at best. I made good my escape. All that for a lil over 13 850 Tons!!! Plus the Hood still eludes me,altho she'll be laid up for a good few months for repairs. Lt z S, Joseph Becker U35