Got my first battleship last night...

maillemaker · 05-29-07, 06:33 AM

Last night was our 3rd patrol, out of Kiel. 1939. We were just about to AM18 at night in foul weather when we made contact with a convoy. I was on the surface when we sighted the first escort.

I dropped us to periscope depth, and we made for the contacts northwesterly until I felt we were close enough to take a peek with the scope. I scanned the convoy - some big tankers, cargo ships, good, good, and then WOAH! A battleship! A quick scan through the identification manual identified her as the HMS Nelson.

I gave her 3 torpedoes and sent a fourth to a tanker. Then I spun around and targeted a cargo ship behind us - all with manual targetting.

All 3 hit the battleship, and she went down. One hit the tanker, and it was burning. I dogged the convoy until morning, most of the time without much response from the escorts, until finally they found us and kept us down for a few hours with some intense depth charging. We sprung some leaks but our new officer with his repair skills got us back into good form again.

When morning came, 4 ships were gone from the convoy and all my torpedoes were gone.

It was my first mission with manual targetting.

05-29-07, 06:33 AM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Got my first battleship last night... Last night was our 3rd patrol, out of Kiel. 1939. We were just about to AM18 at night in foul weather when we made contact with a convoy. I was on the surface when we sighted the first escort. I dropped us to periscope depth, and we made for the contacts northwesterly until I felt we were close enough to take a peek with the scope. I scanned the convoy - some big tankers, cargo ships, good, good, and then WOAH! A battleship! A quick scan through the identification manual identified her as the HMS Nelson. I gave her 3 torpedoes and sent a fourth to a tanker. Then I spun around and targeted a cargo ship behind us - all with manual targetting. All 3 hit the battleship, and she went down. One hit the tanker, and it was burning. I dogged the convoy until morning, most of the time without much response from the escorts, until finally they found us and kept us down for a few hours with some intense depth charging. We sprung some leaks but our new officer with his repair skills got us back into good form again. When morning came, 4 ships were gone from the convoy and all my torpedoes were gone. It was my first mission with manual targetting.