Queens of the sea

nelson · 12-07-05, 08:28 AM

I found an Illustrious Aircraft Carrier at dock in Gibraltar harbour, she's protected from some angles by a subnet but you can sneak round the side of it to the left. It's very shallow so no diving, just periscope depth, I fired all four tubes and got out of there at flank speed as soon as the fish were away. There are at least 6 destroyers baby-sitting her but I was lucky enough to get out of the harbour before they noticed me and gave chase. The carrier and aircraft went up in flames and she settled on the shallow bottom. It got VERY hairy after that as I still only had about 40 metres draft and I was being chased by very irate destroyers, escorts and PTs. I managed eventually to evade them by snaking my way north-west and on upwards towards Brest. My boat was severely damaged and I was forced to surface for repairs........bad idea, I was jumped on by two more destroyers, dived and managed to evade their attentions too eventually. Phew!!! Surfaced, made what repairs I could and started the long limp home. After a few hours had gone by and I thought I was in the clear a PBY came from nowhere and blew me out of the water.

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12-07-05, 08:28 AM	#5
nelson Medic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 160 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	I found an Illustrious Aircraft Carrier at dock in Gibraltar harbour, she's protected from some angles by a subnet but you can sneak round the side of it to the left. It's very shallow so no diving, just periscope depth, I fired all four tubes and got out of there at flank speed as soon as the fish were away. There are at least 6 destroyers baby-sitting her but I was lucky enough to get out of the harbour before they noticed me and gave chase. The carrier and aircraft went up in flames and she settled on the shallow bottom. It got VERY hairy after that as I still only had about 40 metres draft and I was being chased by very irate destroyers, escorts and PTs. I managed eventually to evade them by snaking my way north-west and on upwards towards Brest. My boat was severely damaged and I was forced to surface for repairs........bad idea, I was jumped on by two more destroyers, dived and managed to evade their attentions too eventually. Phew!!! Surfaced, made what repairs I could and started the long limp home. After a few hours had gone by and I thought I was in the clear a PBY came from nowhere and blew me out of the water.