Got the Nelson last night!

mefaba · 05-13-10, 02:58 PM

I got HMS Nelson this evening as a Christmas Present. End of December, 1939. 2 grids north of Ireland, right in the middle of a large convoy. Send her 4 torpedoes from 3km away and all hit. There was only a single escort and it didn't even come after me. I turned and fired my stern torpedo on a whale factory ship and hit it. The sun was about to come up so I just waited a couple of hours. Then I surfaced and saw the whale factory ship motionless and abandoned by the rest of the convoy. Fired one and finished it. The fuel reserve was close to 25%. So I had to return to base at Wilhelmshaven.

pickinthebanjo · 05-13-10, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mefaba

I got HMS Nelson this evening as a Christmas Present. End of December, 1939. 2 grids north of Ireland, right in the middle of a large convoy. Send her 4 torpedoes from 3km away and all hit. There was only a single escort and it didn't even come after me. I turned and fired my stern torpedo on a whale factory ship and hit it. The sun was about to come up so I just waited a couple of hours. Then I surfaced and saw the whale factory ship motionless and abandoned by the rest of the convoy. Fired one and finished it. The fuel reserve was close to 25%. So I had to return to base at Wilhelmshaven.

Very similar to where and how I got it. Those whale factory ships are some juicy targets

05-13-10, 06:34 PM

Gratz on the Nelson!!!

I was tracking a Medium speed convoy two days ago, finially got in front of it and was sitting quite, put up the scope and saw 12 ships, ripper, tonnage time!!! To my suprise right in the middle was a Renown class battleship.

Scope down and waited till it was 500m away and 4 torps away....... bang bang bang bang.

Scope up, ships goping everywhere and this battleship just keeps sailing away. By the time I had reloaded though and evaded 3 destroyers, the Battleship was on a 30 deg tilt and was going down. 31000 tons, biggest kill so far for me!

Also got a large tanker before I had to leave as was out of torps.

05-13-10, 02:58 PM	#1
mefaba Seaman Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kayseri/Turkey Posts: 34 Downloads: 148 Uploads: 0	I just got her!!! I got HMS Nelson this evening as a Christmas Present. End of December, 1939. 2 grids north of Ireland, right in the middle of a large convoy. Send her 4 torpedoes from 3km away and all hit. There was only a single escort and it didn't even come after me. I turned and fired my stern torpedo on a whale factory ship and hit it. The sun was about to come up so I just waited a couple of hours. Then I surfaced and saw the whale factory ship motionless and abandoned by the rest of the convoy. Fired one and finished it. The fuel reserve was close to 25%. So I had to return to base at Wilhelmshaven.

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05-13-10, 06:34 PM	#3
Shandiir Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Gratz on the Nelson!!! I was tracking a Medium speed convoy two days ago, finially got in front of it and was sitting quite, put up the scope and saw 12 ships, ripper, tonnage time!!! To my suprise right in the middle was a Renown class battleship. Scope down and waited till it was 500m away and 4 torps away....... bang bang bang bang. Scope up, ships goping everywhere and this battleship just keeps sailing away. By the time I had reloaded though and evaded 3 destroyers, the Battleship was on a 30 deg tilt and was going down. 31000 tons, biggest kill so far for me! Also got a large tanker before I had to leave as was out of torps.