S-class boats

Obersteuermann · 10-25-10, 09:30 PM

Why are they so damn sneaky?!

March 1940, found a beautiful convoy left virtually unescorted off the Portuguese coast. Sank both the Black Swans that were with it (did you know that a VIIB can out-turn a Black Swan whilst submerged?), surfaced and set to work shooting the ducks.

Unfortunately for me, there was an S-class sub hiding at the back of the convoy. The sly little sod started blasting away at me and scored a scary number of hits before I even realised where the shots were coming from. Worse, I thought my gunners could out-duel him.

I gave up after about ten hits on my poor old U-46, while the British boat merrily sailed away without a scratch. The schweinhund!

(still bagged some 45k tons - not a bad haul for an early war convoy - so I can't complain too much

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10-25-10, 09:30 PM	#1
Obersteuermann Shore leave Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	S-class boats Why are they so damn sneaky?! March 1940, found a beautiful convoy left virtually unescorted off the Portuguese coast. Sank both the Black Swans that were with it (did you know that a VIIB can out-turn a Black Swan whilst submerged?), surfaced and set to work shooting the ducks. Unfortunately for me, there was an S-class sub hiding at the back of the convoy. The sly little sod started blasting away at me and scored a scary number of hits before I even realised where the shots were coming from. Worse, I thought my gunners could out-duel him. I gave up after about ten hits on my poor old U-46, while the British boat merrily sailed away without a scratch. The schweinhund! (still bagged some 45k tons - not a bad haul for an early war convoy - so I can't complain too much )