two eels for KGV

Zakalwe · 08-28-07, 06:28 PM

Wow!

For the first time ever (I own SH3 since the day of release) I encoutered a taskforce.

BDU told about a Taskforce leaving Scapa, heading south West of Ireland. As I was patrolling south of Ireland, I decided to try an intercept. On Mar. 16 `41 my watch crew found smoke on the horizon. If the taskforce doesn`t alter the course we will be in an almost perfect position. Only problem, perfect visibility, daytime around noon and the sea is like a giant mirror. When the distance was around 9 km I ordered periscope depth and silent running. When the distance was down to 5 km I saw the leading escort was an old Town Class. The Taskforce had Nelson, KGV, one Dido and four escorts. As they were steaming along with 17 knots and the leading escort was old (and therefor I hoped the sensors weren`t good) I decided to try to attack KGV, which was trailing behind the leading Town Class. When she (the Town Class) passed me, she was only 900 m away at the nearest point. the biggest problem was, from my estimated firing position, I was in danger of being run over from the Dido Class cruiser. I had only two G7E torps in the tubes, so I didn`t expect much. I ordered full stop, and fired the two torps at around 1,500 m (one under the bridge and one under the second funnel, magnetic pistol, 11 m depth), then "Kleine Fahrt voraus" and 70 m depth. It was close, when the Dido ran over me, I was only at around 20 m, the engines and propellors were really loud. Both torps hit and immidiatly came the message "Enemy destroyed". I had to avoid DC`s for the next hour, but no prob, I escaped without a scratch.

Oki, I`m somewhat proud of setting up such a nice attack (the most thrilling for sure, including rising blood pressure), but two eels for KGV? Had it been one of the old WWI BB`s, no prob. but KGV is one modern design, with much better torpedo protection, I thought. I only hoped to slow her down, so I possibly could finish her off later. As I have the event cam on, I saw her sinking on even keel, no explosions what so ever.

Not that I`m complaining, but I`m a little puzzled, I admit......

The crew got a ration of Beck`s Beer after that, of course.

Z.

PS.: Today I visited "Laboe Ehrenmal" and "U-Boot Ehrenmal Möltenort" including U-995 near Kiel. I`ll post some pics later.

08-28-07, 06:28 PM	#1
Zakalwe Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eckernförde, S-H, Germany Posts: 113 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	two eels for KGV Wow! For the first time ever (I own SH3 since the day of release) I encoutered a taskforce. BDU told about a Taskforce leaving Scapa, heading south West of Ireland. As I was patrolling south of Ireland, I decided to try an intercept. On Mar. 16 `41 my watch crew found smoke on the horizon. If the taskforce doesn`t alter the course we will be in an almost perfect position. Only problem, perfect visibility, daytime around noon and the sea is like a giant mirror. When the distance was around 9 km I ordered periscope depth and silent running. When the distance was down to 5 km I saw the leading escort was an old Town Class. The Taskforce had Nelson, KGV, one Dido and four escorts. As they were steaming along with 17 knots and the leading escort was old (and therefor I hoped the sensors weren`t good) I decided to try to attack KGV, which was trailing behind the leading Town Class. When she (the Town Class) passed me, she was only 900 m away at the nearest point. the biggest problem was, from my estimated firing position, I was in danger of being run over from the Dido Class cruiser. I had only two G7E torps in the tubes, so I didn`t expect much. I ordered full stop, and fired the two torps at around 1,500 m (one under the bridge and one under the second funnel, magnetic pistol, 11 m depth), then "Kleine Fahrt voraus" and 70 m depth. It was close, when the Dido ran over me, I was only at around 20 m, the engines and propellors were really loud. Both torps hit and immidiatly came the message "Enemy destroyed". I had to avoid DC`s for the next hour, but no prob, I escaped without a scratch. Oki, I`m somewhat proud of setting up such a nice attack (the most thrilling for sure, including rising blood pressure), but two eels for KGV? Had it been one of the old WWI BB`s, no prob. but KGV is one modern design, with much better torpedo protection, I thought. I only hoped to slow her down, so I possibly could finish her off later. As I have the event cam on, I saw her sinking on even keel, no explosions what so ever. Not that I`m complaining, but I`m a little puzzled, I admit...... The crew got a ration of Beck`s Beer after that, of course. Z. PS.: Today I visited "Laboe Ehrenmal" and "U-Boot Ehrenmal Möltenort" including U-995 near Kiel. I`ll post some pics later.