Sank my first Pyro Ammunition ship

[Biggles]

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by Biggles

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

The first time I sank a Pyro in testing... it blew up so hard I thought it would take me out too!

[Martin1813]

I read somewhere it could destroy other ships neaby (but no credit awarded for them)
Is it corret or I misunderstoord ? :hmm:

[bigboywooly]

It may well damage other ships
I read something a while back of an ammo ship bombed in port and taking out half the buildings and a couple of other ships

Will try to find that again - somewhere in the Med IIRC

A little OT but there is a WW2 ship sunk 1 mile off Sheerness with around 3000tonnes of ammo still aboard
Now if that goes up you can kiss goodbye to Sheerness and Holland in the resulting tidal wave

[U2222]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

It may well damage other ships
I read something a while back of an ammo ship bombed in port and taking out half the buildings and a couple of other ships

Will try to find that again - somewhere in the Med IIRC

A little OT but there is a WW2 ship sunk 1 mile off Sheerness with around 3000tonnes of ammo still aboard
Now if that goes up you can kiss goodbye to Sheerness and Holland in the resulting tidal wave

I think the ship you are referring to is Clan Fraser.
She was bombed by aircraft in Piraeus on 6th April 1941 while discharging high explosive.
Only seven crew were killed but enormous damage was done to the port and other ships including Clan cumming, one of only two ships to survive the explosion.
(p 80 - Clan Line In Photographs - Avid Publications by Tony Blackler).
I understand they are thinking of doing something eventually with the ship at Sheerness.

[NeonSamurai]

Of course dont forget that famous explosion of an ammo ship during ww1 in halifax harbor which flattened most of the city and killed many many people

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by U2222

I think the ship you are referring to is Clan Fraser.
She was bombed by aircraft in Piraeus on 6th April 1941 while discharging high explosive.
Only seven crew were killed but enormous damage was done to the port and other ships including Clan cumming, one of only two ships to survive the explosion.
(p 80 - Clan Line In Photographs - Avid Publications by Tony Blackler).
I understand they are thinking of doing something eventually with the ship at Sheerness.

That may be the ship
Thanx
The account I read was from an AA gunner on another ship in the same port that sank also

My understanding of the Sheerness ship - Richard something or other - Damn my memory - is that the fuses are now way unsafe to try to move

Not sure how they will get round that but its still there after 62 years

Ah found it - SS Richard Montgomery

[CWorth]

Dont forget this Ammunition Ship explosion on May 21 1944 in Pearl Harbor..

On 21 May 1944 an ammunition ship exploded in West Loch in Pearl Harbor. LST-353, while loading mortar ammunition in preparation for the Saipan operation, burst into flame and exploded with a series of great roars that were heard all over the island and far out to sea. Thousands of rounds of various munitions either exploded or were dispersed over the area. The cataclysmic ammunition explosion killed 163 and injured 396. Six tank landing ships (LST-39, LST-43, LST-69, LST-179, LST-353, LST-480), three tank landing craft (LCT-961, LCT-963, LCT-983), and 17 track landing vehicles (LVTs) are destroyed in explosions and fires

From this site...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ms/ship/ae.htm

More on this blast here...
http://battle.netgate.net/westloch/westloch.htm

[3Jane]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

That may be the ship
Thanx
The account I read was from an AA gunner on another ship in the same port that sank also

My understanding of the Sheerness ship - Richard something or other - Damn my memory - is that the fuses are now way unsafe to try to move

Not sure how they will get round that but its still there after 62 years

Ah found it - SS Richard Montgomery

If I remember correctly, the aircraft which bombed the Clan Fraser (a Ju88) was piloted by Hajo Hermann, the man later to devise the 'Wild Boar' night-fighter tactics over Europe. An account of the raid from his perspective can be found in his autobiography 'Eagles Wings'.

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

That may be the ship
Thanx
The account I read was from an AA gunner on another ship in the same port that sank also

My understanding of the Sheerness ship - Richard something or other - Damn my memory - is that the fuses are now way unsafe to try to move

Not sure how they will get round that but its still there after 62 years

Ah found it - SS Richard Montgomery

I read the reports on the ship and what there up against. I glad it's them and not me! It was an interesting sonar picture of the wreck (it's broken in two) and what they've done to reduce stress or risk on the wreck (removal of masts, deck fittings, etc).

Just hope your not in the area if it ever goes off!!!

[Teho]

Originally Posted by Biggles

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

Same here! 1 torp blew her into a fireball

[AVGWarhawk]

Yeah, fire ball, I was like

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Biggles

The very first ship I sank in GWX was a pyro.

Me too! As they say here in Texas, "It sure done blowed up real good! "

[Biggles]

I dind't know that one torp. would do the trick so i launched 2, and I feared the NYGM damage system, thinking I had to stay there for several hours.....I was wrong.....

[AVGWarhawk]

I wonder, did they have any hands on deck of a pyro that smoked?