Sunk my first liner!

Syxx_Killer · 04-28-06, 02:41 PM

I cannot believe my luck. I have had this game for a year now and have finally sunk a liner! I was ordered to patrol grid AM11. I served my 24 hours there. The seas were rough, 11m/s winds. It was cloudy. I was heading back to BF13 - one of my favorite hunting grounds. I was sailing along in AM49 when all of a sudden I hear, "Ship spotted!" Thinking nothing of it I go topside to have a look. I have just started playing the game without external cam, so no "spectacular" shots.

This is what I see in the distance:

Hardly believing my luck I go to the UZO view:

I order ahead flank. I ask my WE how fast the liner is going. He replies 18 knots. U-556 is giving her all. She's squeezing out 20 knots. Then I realize something. The seas have calmed down! I quickly order the gun crew to stations. I'm hoping that I can at least slow the liner down.

As I race nearer my juicy prize, I order a salvo fired. I set the depth to 14m: magnetic. I'm dumbfounded when I watch the fish go fore and aft of the liner. I leave the fish set to magnetic pistol, but set the depth for 3m. I fire a salvo again. The torpedo that would have hit the aft part of the ship bounces off the hull. I'm getting worried now. The torpedo at the bow explodes.

She immediately starts to list. I order my gun crew to continue shelling the vessel.

At 15:18 she slips under the waves.

Oddly enough, when I was viewing the nav map, the ship's speed only said medium. That's why I was so shocked when I went topside to see this liner sailing by. After the liner, I went on to BF13. The weather turned for the worse again - high winds, heavy rain and fog. I did manage to sink a small merchant, coastal merchant and T2 tanker for a patrol total of 48,470 tons. The T2 and coastal were in a "neutral" convoy. I'm happy.

04-28-06, 02:41 PM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Sunk my first liner! I cannot believe my luck. I have had this game for a year now and have finally sunk a liner! I was ordered to patrol grid AM11. I served my 24 hours there. The seas were rough, 11m/s winds. It was cloudy. I was heading back to BF13 - one of my favorite hunting grounds. I was sailing along in AM49 when all of a sudden I hear, "Ship spotted!" Thinking nothing of it I go topside to have a look. I have just started playing the game without external cam, so no "spectacular" shots. This is what I see in the distance: Hardly believing my luck I go to the UZO view: I order ahead flank. I ask my WE how fast the liner is going. He replies 18 knots. U-556 is giving her all. She's squeezing out 20 knots. Then I realize something. The seas have calmed down! I quickly order the gun crew to stations. I'm hoping that I can at least slow the liner down. As I race nearer my juicy prize, I order a salvo fired. I set the depth to 14m: magnetic. I'm dumbfounded when I watch the fish go fore and aft of the liner. I leave the fish set to magnetic pistol, but set the depth for 3m. I fire a salvo again. The torpedo that would have hit the aft part of the ship bounces off the hull. I'm getting worried now. The torpedo at the bow explodes. She immediately starts to list. I order my gun crew to continue shelling the vessel. At 15:18 she slips under the waves. Oddly enough, when I was viewing the nav map, the ship's speed only said medium. That's why I was so shocked when I went topside to see this liner sailing by. After the liner, I went on to BF13. The weather turned for the worse again - high winds, heavy rain and fog. I did manage to sink a small merchant, coastal merchant and T2 tanker for a patrol total of 48,470 tons. The T2 and coastal were in a "neutral" convoy. I'm happy.