Rough Seas at night

robj250 · 01-06-08, 04:44 AM

I've never had this happen before in all my missions.
The seas are rough, no skyline as it is pitch black out, and I mean black out.
It is October 3 '43 at 3 AM and I'm in the middle of a convoy and can't see a darn thing with my periscope up. On the TDC screen I can see all the lines and at a magnification of 250M I could see a ship, so I went back to my periscope, it was a small merchant 157 m from me. I made a slow turn 360° with the periscope and saw no other ships, BUT I was right in the middle of the convoy and I can hear the ships; BUT could not see them in the periscope. There was no moon and if there was it wouldn't show because of the dark clouds. It was pissing down rain, yep, a really bad weather condition, the worse I've ever seen.
Anyone ever have this happen before?

Rob

01-06-08, 04:44 AM	#1
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Rough Seas at night I've never had this happen before in all my missions. The seas are rough, no skyline as it is pitch black out, and I mean black out. It is October 3 '43 at 3 AM and I'm in the middle of a convoy and can't see a darn thing with my periscope up. On the TDC screen I can see all the lines and at a magnification of 250M I could see a ship, so I went back to my periscope, it was a small merchant 157 m from me. I made a slow turn 360° with the periscope and saw no other ships, BUT I was right in the middle of the convoy and I can hear the ships; BUT could not see them in the periscope. There was no moon and if there was it wouldn't show because of the dark clouds. It was pissing down rain, yep, a really bad weather condition, the worse I've ever seen. Anyone ever have this happen before? Rob