Unexpected Visitor

Fish40 · 09-01-08, 08:02 AM

I stalked a convoy through a miserable stormy night, after two failed attempts at attack. Finally by 06:00 the following morning, I was in position. Heading on a 90 degree coarse to the expected path of the convoy, I spotted through the fog the outline of the lead destroyer! Periscope depth!!

On reaching periscope depth, my sonarman yelled out approaching contacts. Up scope! Images of ships emerged from the foggy gloom heading right towards me. The lead Destroyer is close, but clear. It is early war, and detection ability is not at a premium yet. I set up on a Large Merchant, and a Gainsville Freighter. All fish hit, and Two ships go down in awesome GWX2.1 explosive style. I head for the depths to reload. Surprisingly the escorts don't harass me yet. I return to periscope depth with only two torps. available. One Bow, and One Stern. Two fish fired, and two hits. This time the escorts come charging. Down I go to 120m, silent speed. The pinging starts, and the charges follow.

Since I can't do nothing but sweat it out at this point, I go to external and watch the drama play out. Then I see an unfamiliar sight. It looks like a sub! I double check to make sure I didn't surface by accident. On closer inspection, I notice it is a British sub, cruising with the convoy. Awesome!!

Hats off to GWX2.1, as well as OLC'S GUI mod for awesome manual targeting ability

I know this was a long commentary just to say I saw a British sub, but I wanted to share the whole immersive experience!! Good Hunting!

09-01-08, 08:02 AM	#1
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Unexpected Visitor I stalked a convoy through a miserable stormy night, after two failed attempts at attack. Finally by 06:00 the following morning, I was in position. Heading on a 90 degree coarse to the expected path of the convoy, I spotted through the fog the outline of the lead destroyer! Periscope depth!! On reaching periscope depth, my sonarman yelled out approaching contacts. Up scope! Images of ships emerged from the foggy gloom heading right towards me. The lead Destroyer is close, but clear. It is early war, and detection ability is not at a premium yet. I set up on a Large Merchant, and a Gainsville Freighter. All fish hit, and Two ships go down in awesome GWX2.1 explosive style. I head for the depths to reload. Surprisingly the escorts don't harass me yet. I return to periscope depth with only two torps. available. One Bow, and One Stern. Two fish fired, and two hits. This time the escorts come charging. Down I go to 120m, silent speed. The pinging starts, and the charges follow. Since I can't do nothing but sweat it out at this point, I go to external and watch the drama play out. Then I see an unfamiliar sight. It looks like a sub! I double check to make sure I didn't surface by accident. On closer inspection, I notice it is a British sub, cruising with the convoy. Awesome!! Hats off to GWX2.1, as well as OLC'S GUI mod for awesome manual targeting ability I know this was a long commentary just to say I saw a British sub, but I wanted to share the whole immersive experience!! Good Hunting!