kaleun in distress

Bosje · 04-13-08, 07:59 PM

Dear fellow kaleuns,

I am in dire straits, ambushed battleship nelson in narvik 13th april, got spotted but still went ahead with the attack. got rammed and depthcharged, massive damage, leaking, flooding, sank like a stone.

a scene pretty much exactly like the one from Das Boot ensued:

sank to the bottom and got stuck there at 181 meters (type VIIB, hull is holding together)
planes set on dive and engines stop, sit tight on the bottom while repairing. after about 15 minutes i repaired it all and got all the flooding out. Destroyers above very angry but they are not hurting me yet. blow ballast to get some ground clearance, then as the boat starts to rise, put some speed in her and order to surface

I thought that would see my boat rise a bit and from there i could get her leveled out at maybe 130 meters or so to start the cat and mouse game.

but...

she sank right down again!

so now I am stuck on the floor with little compressed air left. i have no damage, leaking or flooding whatsoever except that my hull integrity probably took a big plunge, but I cant see the exact % as it's GWX.

any ideas on how i can get my boat back up?

for now i'll just stick on the bottom to see if the DDs get tired but if they leave, I still need to come up.

04-13-08, 07:59 PM	#1
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	kaleun in distress Dear fellow kaleuns, I am in dire straits, ambushed battleship nelson in narvik 13th april, got spotted but still went ahead with the attack. got rammed and depthcharged, massive damage, leaking, flooding, sank like a stone. a scene pretty much exactly like the one from Das Boot ensued: sank to the bottom and got stuck there at 181 meters (type VIIB, hull is holding together) planes set on dive and engines stop, sit tight on the bottom while repairing. after about 15 minutes i repaired it all and got all the flooding out. Destroyers above very angry but they are not hurting me yet. blow ballast to get some ground clearance, then as the boat starts to rise, put some speed in her and order to surface I thought that would see my boat rise a bit and from there i could get her leveled out at maybe 130 meters or so to start the cat and mouse game. but... she sank right down again! so now I am stuck on the floor with little compressed air left. i have no damage, leaking or flooding whatsoever except that my hull integrity probably took a big plunge, but I cant see the exact % as it's GWX. any ideas on how i can get my boat back up? for now i'll just stick on the bottom to see if the DDs get tired but if they leave, I still need to come up. __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!