U-45: Lost at Sea

Keelbuster · 06-13-06, 04:25 PM

Well that does it. I just lost my baby on Patrol 27. It happened in the narrows north of Curacao, against 4 destroyers of a small convoy. It was perfectly still weather, in the middle of the night. I got lazy and they spotted me on the surface at 6500m. I tried to evade them at PD but fell in the asdic sweep. I was rammed at PD by the first destroyer which disabled my attack peri. The load/gauge bug froze my hydrophone so I had to observe the whole affair from the obs. scope at 60m, listening and watching for the destroyers to pass overhead. I thought I was doing okay - couple of decoys, a bit of distance, and then I saw a ring of splashes above me. Hedgehogs. Boom - all I hear is 'battery down to 25%' and then an instant later 'Your Uboat was Destroyed'. Bastards. Strangely, I actually had a dream about this last night. I kinda cursed her as I've been stealing to start a new campaign under TW2 with an IXC (Ducimus, you happy now?). Anyway, all say goodbye to August Wessels and U45(VIIB), champion that claimed 1,050,000 tonnes by the time of her sinking in August, 1943. All hands lost.

I still have not survived this war on DiD. Rats.

Kb

06-13-06, 04:25 PM	#1
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	U-45: Lost at Sea Well that does it. I just lost my baby on Patrol 27. It happened in the narrows north of Curacao, against 4 destroyers of a small convoy. It was perfectly still weather, in the middle of the night. I got lazy and they spotted me on the surface at 6500m. I tried to evade them at PD but fell in the asdic sweep. I was rammed at PD by the first destroyer which disabled my attack peri. The load/gauge bug froze my hydrophone so I had to observe the whole affair from the obs. scope at 60m, listening and watching for the destroyers to pass overhead. I thought I was doing okay - couple of decoys, a bit of distance, and then I saw a ring of splashes above me. Hedgehogs. Boom - all I hear is 'battery down to 25%' and then an instant later 'Your Uboat was Destroyed'. Bastards. Strangely, I actually had a dream about this last night. I kinda cursed her as I've been stealing to start a new campaign under TW2 with an IXC (Ducimus, you happy now?). Anyway, all say goodbye to August Wessels and U45(VIIB), champion that claimed 1,050,000 tonnes by the time of her sinking in August, 1943. All hands lost. I still have not survived this war on DiD. Rats. Kb __________________