First Revenge

Brag · 04-21-07, 04:47 PM

19 October 1939 (GWX 1.03)
U-46
BF-17

Penetrated an inbound convoy just before sunset. Calm seas. Raised periscope. On first sweep spotted a Revenge Class BB 1600 meters away. Switched torpedoes to salvo of 4 with 2 degree spread.
Los!
Normally I dive deep immediately. This time, the temptation was too great. I watched two torpedoes hit. 2 were duds.

The battleship slowed rapidly. Destroyer approaching forced me to go deep.
after an hour of inacurate depth charging destroyer went away. I came to PD. The Battleship was still there, convoy and escorts gone.
I moved into a good position and fired a torpedo under No. 2 turret.

A destroyer was sneaking in in my baffles. Managed to get to 80 meters before destroyer dumped DCs right on top. Managed to avoid them. 2 hours later Destroyer left.

Back to PD. Ifired one dud torpedo.
Fired my last bow torpedo and hit behind the tower. Secondary explosions and Revenge started going down.

Returning to Wili via Fair Isle Passage. Expect a party

04-21-07, 04:47 PM	#1
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	First Revenge 19 October 1939 (GWX 1.03) U-46 BF-17 Penetrated an inbound convoy just before sunset. Calm seas. Raised periscope. On first sweep spotted a Revenge Class BB 1600 meters away. Switched torpedoes to salvo of 4 with 2 degree spread. Los! Normally I dive deep immediately. This time, the temptation was too great. I watched two torpedoes hit. 2 were duds. The battleship slowed rapidly. Destroyer approaching forced me to go deep. after an hour of inacurate depth charging destroyer went away. I came to PD. The Battleship was still there, convoy and escorts gone. I moved into a good position and fired a torpedo under No. 2 turret. A destroyer was sneaking in in my baffles. Managed to get to 80 meters before destroyer dumped DCs right on top. Managed to avoid them. 2 hours later Destroyer left. Back to PD. Ifired one dud torpedo. Fired my last bow torpedo and hit behind the tower. Secondary explosions and Revenge started going down. Returning to Wili via Fair Isle Passage. Expect a party __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/