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Old 02-26-14, 08:15 AM   #1
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It does look bad-however how much battery and air remain?
Are you using the seabed repair mod?
You just might get out of this mess if you are lucky-let us know.

Love the screen shots!
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Old 02-26-14, 09:25 AM   #2
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What is this you speak of?

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Old 02-26-14, 10:14 AM   #3
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U-27 was lost with all hands in Grid AN 13...

Depth charges took out the diesel engines and emptied my diesel tanks.
8 crewmen dead.
Pumping water sitting on the ocean silt 100m below surface.
Until a charge exploded like a yard away and then pressure just killed us all.

It was a good bunch but they paid the complacency of their Kaleun.
Honorable death, but still, death.

Dead is dead so new carreer.
2nd Flotilla, September 1939 with a VIIB this time.
And this time lets try to finish the war in one piece....
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Old 02-26-14, 11:54 AM   #4
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In this situation, your only hope is to blow ballast and come to periscope depth and hope you don't broach and hope you can torpedo the escorts.

In SH3 bottoming will not hide you from sonar.

And, stay out of shallow water!

Congrats on taking down the BB though.

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Old 02-26-14, 01:37 PM   #5
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Type II Boat = 5 torps. There goes ur sink the escorts theory.
It was a bad decision to attack but target was soooo appealing.
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Old 02-26-14, 09:20 PM   #6
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Sounds like you had 3 left then!

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Old 02-26-14, 09:53 PM   #7
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Strategically that's not a bad trade

How fast was she moving? Could you have waited until she was in deep water?

I had a similar situation in 1939 where this task force of 2 light cruisers and 4 destroyers past over my type II with no escape I dived to the bottom which was 40 meters pointed my sub in their direction and cut my engines. Took an hour before they were well aft of me and I made a bee line for deeper waters. I think the 9 wind speed and my small presenting shape helped me avoid detection.
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Old 02-27-14, 02:34 AM   #8
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Sounds like you had 3 left then!

Steve
Actually I had 1, it was mid patrol.
Anyways, it was an interesting experience.
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