Things that make you go Ahhh ****

Stargazer · 01-16-11, 07:36 AM

My recent 'Ahh ****' moment.

Coming home to Kiel after a very successful dip in the North Sea. Previous mission had been a total dud so was thrilled to have sunk three ships and head home again.

I'm getting into the narrow(ish) bit and I'm staring at the Nav map. TC comes off and I get a 'Ship spotted' message. It's a neutral so I think nothing more of it.

I put TC back to 32 and then think, I wonder what neutral it is. So I go back to realtime and hit F4 to go t the Bridge.

And then I discover that only a tiny handful of ships will go evasive if they sense a collision. Immediatly to Port, I see a hunking great passenger ship coming directly intomy path from alongside.

I'm screaming for emergency reverse but it's too late.

I don't know if any of you have seen the film Galaxy Quest. If oyu have, you know that bit where they're leaving spacedock and scrape the ship against the side and just how cringe-worthy that metal against metal scraping noise is...

It was just like that. After I stopped clenching and the passenger ship had finished peeling the paint of my hull, I ordered full stop. Googled the flag and found out that Estonia had no qualms about bumping German military vessels out of their way in 1940.

Suffice it to say that I now spend a lot more time on the Bridge when coming into port or I zoom in closer on the Nav Map.

Luckily I didn't take any damage. But lessons have been learned.

01-16-11, 07:36 AM	#12
Stargazer A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 76 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	My recent 'Ahh ****' moment. Coming home to Kiel after a very successful dip in the North Sea. Previous mission had been a total dud so was thrilled to have sunk three ships and head home again. I'm getting into the narrow(ish) bit and I'm staring at the Nav map. TC comes off and I get a 'Ship spotted' message. It's a neutral so I think nothing more of it. I put TC back to 32 and then think, I wonder what neutral it is. So I go back to realtime and hit F4 to go t the Bridge. And then I discover that only a tiny handful of ships will go evasive if they sense a collision. Immediatly to Port, I see a hunking great passenger ship coming directly intomy path from alongside. I'm screaming for emergency reverse but it's too late. I don't know if any of you have seen the film Galaxy Quest. If oyu have, you know that bit where they're leaving spacedock and scrape the ship against the side and just how cringe-worthy that metal against metal scraping noise is... It was just like that. After I stopped clenching and the passenger ship had finished peeling the paint of my hull, I ordered full stop. Googled the flag and found out that Estonia had no qualms about bumping German military vessels out of their way in 1940. Suffice it to say that I now spend a lot more time on the Bridge when coming into port or I zoom in closer on the Nav Map. Luckily I didn't take any damage. But lessons have been learned.