Your first sub lost... Tragic Tales.

XTChrisTX · 09-27-11, 10:09 AM

Running away from several destroyers in an XXI at Ahead Flank at periscope depth. That was my preferred tactic for a surprisingly long time.

Most embarassing was probably when I surfaced my XXI to take on about five destroyers with the flak guns because I didn't have many torpedoes left.

Cheese · 09-27-11, 11:50 AM

About a week ago, ran straight into a corvette near Scapa Flow. Being young and foolish, I tried to engage it with a deck gun. When it got up right next to me, I, for some reason, decided to dive. It of course depth charged me and I forgot to(or couldn't?) pull out of the dive, so my boat was crushed by pressure. Lesson learned, don't get cocky, or dive next to a warship.

GoDeep · 09-27-11, 12:26 PM

"I" have been killed more times than I can remember. Especially in the beginning, when I just had SH3 and played it quick and dirty. I learned the hard way that in U-boat warfare, there is no such thing as quick and dirty. Patience is key.

A few of my more memorable deaths from my GWX era:

Second patrol (December 1939) in a IIA, about 100 miles of the British East coast. I'm running fast below the surface, trying to get a firing position on a merchant ship. Out of nowhere, a destroyer runs right over me, dropping charges. One of them rips open the stern, flooding the engine room. I sink fast to the bottom, which is at 80m. Killed by catastrophic flooding.
New career, I decide to take a peek during the evacuation of Dunkirk. Lots of juicy targets there. One problem though...the sea is as smooth as glass and I am in 30 metres of water. Not much room to escape. However, my trigger finger gets the better of me and I line up two targets, one troop transport, the other a Southampton class cruiser. I launch four torpedoes, two at each target at about 2700 metres. Three hits, the Southampton comes to a full stop, the transport sinks rapidly. No time to enjoy my success though. As soon as the torpedoes hit, the escorts and destroyers go into overdrive, pinging like mad. Within 10 minutes, 7 destroyers have converged on my location and are pinging me in turn, dropping charges left and right. One after the other, they perform an attack run. I can not dive deep, so I have virtually no time to evade. For 2 hours (game time), I manage to evade the attacks without serious damage, then a destroyer makes a run right over my position. Fuel bunkers ripped open, hydrophone destroyed, periscopes destroyed, aft torpedo room, engine room and aft crew quarters flooded. A promising young Oberleutnant dead.
Third career, sneaking up on the rear of a convoy, totally missing the auxiliary cruiser in the rear. It opens up with guns blazing, several other ships join in the fun. I manage to dive with serious flooding in the forward torpedo room. I have to keep up my speed and have the repair team working in order to stop the flooding and maintain depth. Unfortunately, I make a lot of noise like that and am depth-charged. More flooding. The boat rapidly sinks now and nothing I can do can to slow it down. At 220 metres or so, the boat implodes. Another young Oberleutnant dead...
Did I mention planes yet? Trying to shoot it out on the surface? No? Well...I'd better not...

JazzJR · 09-27-11, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GoDeep

Did I mention planes yet? Trying to shoot it out on the surface? No? Well...I'd better not...

Oh that was a fun before GWX also these little Patrolboats, which now kill your whole crew and destroy the boat.

Sharkbait24 · 10-02-11, 08:58 AM

I didn't lose my ship, but I came very close. I was on approach to a large convoy with a light escort, at night. I managed to get in between the columns and started blasting off torpedoes left and right. What I didn't expect was them to start zigzagging. I looked at my map and it showed one of the merchants dangerously close. I sprinted up to the bridge (we were at Decks Awash) only to find a medium tanker bearing down, seemingly unaware of us and just following his zigzag. My precious U-67 was subsequently keelhauled by the tanker, and we sank to 150m before recovering.

WWII44 · 10-02-11, 09:15 AM

I was fighting a destroyer in my old VIIC sub the U-529. I had jus barly surfaced in order to atempt to get the destroyer to ram us and tear its own bottom out from the raming. she struck the conning tower where I was and the impact threw me over board last thing i remember is the destroyer was droping depth charges. when I came to all that was left of the U-529 was a greasy oilslick and the destroyer was not to far away burning aand abandoned(I asume she blew her self up with her own deapth charges). I flip anover turned life boat and stayed there for two days befor being rescued by the U-106.

09-27-11, 12:26 PM	#3
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	"I" have been killed more times than I can remember. Especially in the beginning, when I just had SH3 and played it quick and dirty. I learned the hard way that in U-boat warfare, there is no such thing as quick and dirty. Patience is key. A few of my more memorable deaths from my GWX era: Second patrol (December 1939) in a IIA, about 100 miles of the British East coast. I'm running fast below the surface, trying to get a firing position on a merchant ship. Out of nowhere, a destroyer runs right over me, dropping charges. One of them rips open the stern, flooding the engine room. I sink fast to the bottom, which is at 80m. Killed by catastrophic flooding. New career, I decide to take a peek during the evacuation of Dunkirk. Lots of juicy targets there. One problem though...the sea is as smooth as glass and I am in 30 metres of water. Not much room to escape. However, my trigger finger gets the better of me and I line up two targets, one troop transport, the other a Southampton class cruiser. I launch four torpedoes, two at each target at about 2700 metres. Three hits, the Southampton comes to a full stop, the transport sinks rapidly. No time to enjoy my success though. As soon as the torpedoes hit, the escorts and destroyers go into overdrive, pinging like mad. Within 10 minutes, 7 destroyers have converged on my location and are pinging me in turn, dropping charges left and right. One after the other, they perform an attack run. I can not dive deep, so I have virtually no time to evade. For 2 hours (game time), I manage to evade the attacks without serious damage, then a destroyer makes a run right over my position. Fuel bunkers ripped open, hydrophone destroyed, periscopes destroyed, aft torpedo room, engine room and aft crew quarters flooded. A promising young Oberleutnant dead. Third career, sneaking up on the rear of a convoy, totally missing the auxiliary cruiser in the rear. It opens up with guns blazing, several other ships join in the fun. I manage to dive with serious flooding in the forward torpedo room. I have to keep up my speed and have the repair team working in order to stop the flooding and maintain depth. Unfortunately, I make a lot of noise like that and am depth-charged. More flooding. The boat rapidly sinks now and nothing I can do can to slow it down. At 220 metres or so, the boat implodes. Another young Oberleutnant dead... Did I mention planes yet? Trying to shoot it out on the surface? No? Well...I'd better not... __________________ On sailor's grave there are no roses, On a seaman's grave there blooms no Edelweiss. The only ornaments are the white gulls And the many tears a girl is weeping. -- German folk song, sung by German seamen during the war.

10-02-11, 08:58 AM	#5
Sharkbait24 Watch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 200 meters below you Posts: 24 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I didn't lose my ship, but I came very close. I was on approach to a large convoy with a light escort, at night. I managed to get in between the columns and started blasting off torpedoes left and right. What I didn't expect was them to start zigzagging. I looked at my map and it showed one of the merchants dangerously close. I sprinted up to the bridge (we were at Decks Awash) only to find a medium tanker bearing down, seemingly unaware of us and just following his zigzag. My precious U-67 was subsequently keelhauled by the tanker, and we sank to 150m before recovering. __________________

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09-27-11, 10:09 AM	#1
XTChrisTX Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 26 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Running away from several destroyers in an XXI at Ahead Flank at periscope depth. That was my preferred tactic for a surprisingly long time. Most embarassing was probably when I surfaced my XXI to take on about five destroyers with the flak guns because I didn't have many torpedoes left.

09-27-11, 11:50 AM	#2
Cheese Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 13 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	About a week ago, ran straight into a corvette near Scapa Flow. Being young and foolish, I tried to engage it with a deck gun. When it got up right next to me, I, for some reason, decided to dive. It of course depth charged me and I forgot to(or couldn't?) pull out of the dive, so my boat was crushed by pressure. Lesson learned, don't get cocky, or dive next to a warship.

10-02-11, 09:15 AM	#6
WWII44 Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 177 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	I was fighting a destroyer in my old VIIC sub the U-529. I had jus barly surfaced in order to atempt to get the destroyer to ram us and tear its own bottom out from the raming. she struck the conning tower where I was and the impact threw me over board last thing i remember is the destroyer was droping depth charges. when I came to all that was left of the U-529 was a greasy oilslick and the destroyer was not to far away burning aand abandoned(I asume she blew her self up with her own deapth charges). I flip anover turned life boat and stayed there for two days befor being rescued by the U-106.