Most Peculiar

washishu · 04-08-15, 02:32 AM

In very heavy seas I was searching in BE47. After locating a convoy (Halifax bound probably) I tracked it on hydrophone until daylight. A periscope search before surfacing revealed a straggler and a corvette at about 2k. After repeated observation I could see that the straggler, a small merchant, was making only one or two knots but the corvette seemed not to be moving at all and I thought at first it was sinking. It was a situation I’ve not seen before so I used the external camera to get up close and the corvette is just floating stern well down, its bows high in the air, not moving, not sinking, but with prop still going like crazy. It’s been like that for over two hours.

Most peculiar.

04-08-15, 02:32 AM	#1
washishu Mate Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: England Posts: 54 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Most Peculiar In very heavy seas I was searching in BE47. After locating a convoy (Halifax bound probably) I tracked it on hydrophone until daylight. A periscope search before surfacing revealed a straggler and a corvette at about 2k. After repeated observation I could see that the straggler, a small merchant, was making only one or two knots but the corvette seemed not to be moving at all and I thought at first it was sinking. It was a situation I’ve not seen before so I used the external camera to get up close and the corvette is just floating stern well down, its bows high in the air, not moving, not sinking, but with prop still going like crazy. It’s been like that for over two hours. Most peculiar.