1943 and the growing sense of doom

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Originally Posted by RustySubmarine

Taking risks can play a big part on survival. I am a bit of a stickler for taking risks. If my patrol has not brought much luck in sinking a few ships, I tend to venture into an area where I am likely to find something worth risking. The Humber estuary is one of these, but there is always warships on the lookout for any unsuspected activity. Night time encounters are best used to enter harbours, either on surface or submerged if there are chances of being spotted. I usually stay on the surface as long as possible and only submerge if I need to do so. You need to watch out for nets, especially if the channel you are entering is narrow, or you may even encounter mines. Oh yes I have been caught in nets up the Clyde, and getting out of them can be a bit tricky, but you will get damaged. But it's all part of risk taking I suppose, otherwise play it cool and don't take chances, if you want to survive longer, but you wont get any medals, if you don't get your tonnage score up.

I agree with you RustySubmarine...but I think my problem sometimes surfaces when impatience and risk taking combine; this I think is a deadly combination. it has caught me out on so many occasions and every time I tell myself, next time I wont let it happen - so, im learning not to rush in in panic mode just to get some tonnage. I keep saying to myself 'crew first - tonnage next time.'
the problem is that its so tempting to take a risk...


by the way, that's a great photo of 534. ive been to see it on a few occasions and think they should never have cut it up the way they did. maybe have been better to cut some large side panels out - coz inside is all rusted to hell anyway. its such a gorgeous shape and we lose all sense of that as it lies there in 3-4 slabs like a sliced up whale.