Gibraltar Epicenter

krashkart · 10-05-10, 03:51 PM

Here's my SH3 nightmare for the day:

I got pinned down in the Strait of Gibraltar, with warships swarming all over the boat. I was able to get deep enough to avoid the ashcans but at some point, while trying to find a thermal layer, we went a little too deep and entered the Dive of Death. To get back out of that the speed had to be 3 knots or better -- all the way back up to ~160 meters. Get above 160 meters at ahead slow, even rigged for silence, and the destroyers start dumping cans on us again.

Thankfully at that point I could take the revs back down and not worry about slipping back into the depths. Time ground on as we waited the surface boats out. They finally lost interest and left. Started the motors again, crept for the west end of the Strait, reached a point where the hunters were far enough away that we could get some fresh air in the boat.

We ran decks awash for a few minutes and it finally dawned on me to run the scope up for a look around. Almost directly astern there was a trawler chugging along after us, ~3km out and closing. Back down we went -- and the whole dang process started all over again.

It gets worse.

Crept along for several hours until things cleared up... except things didn't clear up. After the trawler had called his nearest companions over, the entire Gibraltar patrol charged back in on top of us - even the ones that had gone back to their routes 10 kilometers back. Know what killed us? Herr Kaleun's brilliant idea to go even deeper. We hit 240 meters or so and the lights started blowing out. We couldn't ascend to a safer depth in time and imploded at around 200 meters. Career Over.

Those escorts were really starting to get on my nerves anyway.

10-05-10, 03:51 PM	#1
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Gibraltar Epicenter Here's my SH3 nightmare for the day: I got pinned down in the Strait of Gibraltar, with warships swarming all over the boat. I was able to get deep enough to avoid the ashcans but at some point, while trying to find a thermal layer, we went a little too deep and entered the Dive of Death. To get back out of that the speed had to be 3 knots or better -- all the way back up to ~160 meters. Get above 160 meters at ahead slow, even rigged for silence, and the destroyers start dumping cans on us again. Thankfully at that point I could take the revs back down and not worry about slipping back into the depths. Time ground on as we waited the surface boats out. They finally lost interest and left. Started the motors again, crept for the west end of the Strait, reached a point where the hunters were far enough away that we could get some fresh air in the boat. We ran decks awash for a few minutes and it finally dawned on me to run the scope up for a look around. Almost directly astern there was a trawler chugging along after us, ~3km out and closing. Back down we went -- and the whole dang process started all over again. It gets worse. Crept along for several hours until things cleared up... except things didn't clear up. After the trawler had called his nearest companions over, the entire Gibraltar patrol charged back in on top of us - even the ones that had gone back to their routes 10 kilometers back. Know what killed us? Herr Kaleun's brilliant idea to go even deeper. We hit 240 meters or so and the lights started blowing out. We couldn't ascend to a safer depth in time and imploded at around 200 meters. Career Over. Those escorts were really starting to get on my nerves anyway.