I Got Lucky!!! Scratch one Carrier!!!

bookworm_020 · 01-08-07, 05:06 PM

How lucky am I!!! I was 100 km west of Scapa when I got a contact report a warship heading east at medium speed, I guessed I had a chance, so I put the hammer down and worked out an intercept course. 6 hours later I get a contact, a destroyer!

I dive to periscope depth and pick up more contacts that are hidden by light fog, I may get a crusier if I'm lucky was my best guess.

I then spot a Fiji cruiser, then a southampton cruiser, so I get to double my pleasure! then it appears! an Illustrious Carrier!!!

In a good shooting position to boot!!

Stuff the cruisers, there a dime a dozen, all four tubes are open with t1's set to high speed as I want to give as little warning as possible. I fire a four torpedo spread and start counting down the seconds, Damm, I hate the wait!

so I strat to turn so I can pop of my aft tube at a cruiser.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Three hits!! The fourth misses, but I forgive it, as a crewman yells "she's going down" I pop my scope up for a look and she being torn apart by internal explosions! I break out the Becks after we have a shot a the cruiser, which is 500 meters away. I fire the aft tube and count down the seconds till impact. Boom! hit amidship! but she still steams away.

I'm in trouble as one of the escorting destroyers has got a scent of me, and the water is only 80 meters deep! I cop some damage from one of his runs, but more from impacting the sea bed. I manage to bring all leaks under control and patch up the damage, as well as avoid the depth charges!

This single destroyer is realy got it in for me! Over a day he keeps dropping charges, and when he runs out he calls in aircraft to help him. I have tried every method to throw him off but no dice.

I then remember someone saying that at two knots they can't hear you, I'm doing three in silent running, so I drop to two knots and dive to 150 meters (I had worked my way to deeper water by this time) and I gave him the slip.

Got a nice little medal and a promotion when I got home!!:p

01-08-07, 05:06 PM	#1
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I Got Lucky!!! Scratch one Carrier!!! How lucky am I!!! I was 100 km west of Scapa when I got a contact report a warship heading east at medium speed, I guessed I had a chance, so I put the hammer down and worked out an intercept course. 6 hours later I get a contact, a destroyer! I dive to periscope depth and pick up more contacts that are hidden by light fog, I may get a crusier if I'm lucky was my best guess. I then spot a Fiji cruiser, then a southampton cruiser, so I get to double my pleasure! then it appears! an Illustrious Carrier!!! In a good shooting position to boot!! Stuff the cruisers, there a dime a dozen, all four tubes are open with t1's set to high speed as I want to give as little warning as possible. I fire a four torpedo spread and start counting down the seconds, Damm, I hate the wait! so I strat to turn so I can pop of my aft tube at a cruiser. Boom! Boom! Boom! Three hits!! The fourth misses, but I forgive it, as a crewman yells "she's going down" I pop my scope up for a look and she being torn apart by internal explosions! I break out the Becks after we have a shot a the cruiser, which is 500 meters away. I fire the aft tube and count down the seconds till impact. Boom! hit amidship! but she still steams away. I'm in trouble as one of the escorting destroyers has got a scent of me, and the water is only 80 meters deep! I cop some damage from one of his runs, but more from impacting the sea bed. I manage to bring all leaks under control and patch up the damage, as well as avoid the depth charges! This single destroyer is realy got it in for me! Over a day he keeps dropping charges, and when he runs out he calls in aircraft to help him. I have tried every method to throw him off but no dice. I then remember someone saying that at two knots they can't hear you, I'm doing three in silent running, so I drop to two knots and dive to 150 meters (I had worked my way to deeper water by this time) and I gave him the slip. Got a nice little medal and a promotion when I got home!!:p __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"