The one that got away...

Osmium Steele · 10-06-11, 07:25 AM

No contacts for the first two weeks of patrol in the mid atlantic. Finally cleared to move at my discretion.

Sitting NW of Aberdeen, just off the shelf, I miss a convoy. Couldn't move faster than the 10 knots speed of the convoy due to sea state.

I regroup and hear a single merchant moving at high speed. An hour later, I sink a 10,000 ton troop ship!

Six hours later, I hear another high speed merchant.

Move into position and wait. Raise the TC, and the phone rings.

The contact shoots right past me and is 2200 meters away before I hit pause.

A quick check of the scope to see what I just missed...

44,000 tonne HMT Aquitania moving at 24 knots.

10-06-11, 07:25 AM	#1
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	The one that got away... No contacts for the first two weeks of patrol in the mid atlantic. Finally cleared to move at my discretion. Sitting NW of Aberdeen, just off the shelf, I miss a convoy. Couldn't move faster than the 10 knots speed of the convoy due to sea state. I regroup and hear a single merchant moving at high speed. An hour later, I sink a 10,000 ton troop ship! Six hours later, I hear another high speed merchant. Move into position and wait. Raise the TC, and the phone rings. The contact shoots right past me and is 2200 meters away before I hit pause. A quick check of the scope to see what I just missed... 44,000 tonne HMT Aquitania moving at 24 knots. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread