Anyone kill a friendly? I almost did...

irish1958 · 06-16-08, 04:45 PM

John Wayne: "Sink them all and let the Lord sort it out."

Red Heat · 06-16-08, 05:01 PM

I try to not sunk allied or friendly ships...but accidents happen, special at night or with poor visibility!

Sailor Steve · 06-16-08, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irish1958

John Wayne: "Sink them all and let the Lord sort it out."

You know of course those words are usually attributed to a slightly earlier source:
http://www.languedoc-france.info/120502_arnaud.htm

rifleman13 · 06-16-08, 07:53 PM

During the first time I played SH3 in a Type II, I sighted a fishing boat north of the East Frisian Islands.

I didn't know the geography of the area and it flies a red flag with a white circle. So I sunk it with a torpedo. When I looked into the Nav Map, it was blue. Blue??? What does it stand for I thought. Then continuing on to the British coast, I sighted a Small Merchant and sunk it with the remaining torpedoes I have. When I checked the Nav Map, it was red! Red??? Then I deduced the red city names and the blue city names on the map are the owners of the ships I sunk. Doh!

That first patrol haunted me for the rest of that career!

Brag · 06-16-08, 08:20 PM

I entered a harbour in the Canaries and found British tanker there. Since it was a dark night. I decided to gun it down and blame the incident on dissafected Portuguese fishermen.

After pumping a bunch of rounds into the tanker, the Brit sank.
That's when things got ugly. My gun crew opened up on a Partuguese patrol boat watching the proceedings. The Portuguese sank with the first shot.

All hell broke loose as shore batteries opened up.

We dove and exited the harbour leaving a message in a bottle.

You filthy ingles you leave our sardinas without oil in tanker.

Red Heat · 06-17-08, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

I entered a harbour in the Canaries and found British tanker there. Since it was a dark night. I decided to gun it down and blame the incident on dissafected Portuguese fishermen.

After pumping a bunch of rounds into the tanker, the Brit sank.
That's when things got ugly. My gun crew opened up on a Partuguese patrol boat watching the proceedings. The Portuguese sank with the first shot.

All hell broke loose as shore batteries opened up.

We dove and exited the harbour leaving a message in a bottle.

You filthy ingles you leave our sardinas without oil in tanker.

A Portuguese patrol boat in Canarias Islands!?
Quite strange in did...

FIREWALL · 06-17-08, 04:32 PM

I've NEVER accidently sunk a friendly.

nfitzsimmons · 04-10-09, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I've NEVER accidently sunk a friendly.

And I've never ACCIDENTALLY sunk a friendly.

Brag · 06-17-08, 10:33 PM

A Portuguese patrol boat in Canarias Islands!?
Quite strange in did...

[/quote]

Azores

Anyway, you've seen an island you've seen the all. A naval officer knows how to differenciate an island from a continent. It takes longer to circumnavigate a continent. Are you trying to question the integrety of a U-boat commander? How dare you.

Anyway, there's a good song: Islas Canarias.

As to the Azores incident it happened in Sao Tome.

IF you can make heads or tails of this posting--congratz!

irish1958 · 06-17-08, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Quote:

Originally Posted by irish1958

John Wayne: "Sink them all and let the Lord sort it out."

You know of course those words are usually attributed to a slightly earlier source:
http://www.languedoc-france.info/120502_arnaud.htm

SS
Good source. Here, all the time I thought it was St. John Wayne. Live and learn!

Blacklight · 06-17-08, 01:37 PM

Bernard has gotten overexcited and torpedoed MANY friendlies on me.

KeptinCranky · 06-17-08, 04:18 PM

Repeatedly, but mitigated by the fact that I was testing GWX

as for the one's in "for real" games, those were all Italian and at night, and it was foggy, and it was entirely accidental....

and I made up for it by sinking 3 4-stacker troopships/passenger liners the same patrol....

why are you looking at me like that?.....

Jimbuna · 06-17-08, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KeptinCranky

Repeatedly, but mitigated by the fact that I was testing GWX

as for the one's in "for real" games, those were all Italian and at night, and it was foggy, and it was entirely accidental....

and I made up for it by sinking 3 4-stacker troopships/passenger liners the same patrol....

why are you looking at me like that?.....

FIREWALL · 03-27-09, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irish1958

John Wayne: "Sink them all and let the Lord sort it out."

Or ... When in doubt... SHOOT

By no1topgun at 2009-03-27

rubenandthejets · 03-27-09, 05:44 AM

I'm playing OM, I don't run into many neutrals. I was sinking Swedish ships 200 miles off Kiel and getting pats on the back for it. I sank a US ship off Portugal last night (Sept 1940), a bunch of Portugese fishing boats and got an Iron Cross. I came close to whacking a few friendlies off Norway in April '40 but as my torps were utter pieces of poop I was spared the indignity of fronting Uncle Karl and explaining. Made up for it with a 110% ID'd BRITISH troop transport shortly afterwards, closed to 500 yards and shelled it.

06-16-08, 04:45 PM	#1
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	John Wayne: "Sink them all and let the Lord sort it out." __________________ Irish1958

06-16-08, 05:01 PM	#2
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	I try to not sunk allied or friendly ships...but accidents happen, special at night or with poor visibility! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

06-16-08, 08:20 PM	#5
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I entered a harbour in the Canaries and found British tanker there. Since it was a dark night. I decided to gun it down and blame the incident on dissafected Portuguese fishermen. After pumping a bunch of rounds into the tanker, the Brit sank. That's when things got ugly. My gun crew opened up on a Partuguese patrol boat watching the proceedings. The Portuguese sank with the first shot. All hell broke loose as shore batteries opened up. We dove and exited the harbour leaving a message in a bottle. You filthy ingles you leave our sardinas without oil in tanker. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

06-17-08, 04:32 PM	#7
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I've NEVER accidently sunk a friendly. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-17-08, 10:33 PM	#9
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	A Portuguese patrol boat in Canarias Islands!? Quite strange in did... [/quote] Azores Anyway, you've seen an island you've seen the all. A naval officer knows how to differenciate an island from a continent. It takes longer to circumnavigate a continent. Are you trying to question the integrety of a U-boat commander? How dare you. Anyway, there's a good song: Islas Canarias. As to the Azores incident it happened in Sao Tome. IF you can make heads or tails of this posting--congratz! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

06-16-08, 07:53 PM	#4
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	During the first time I played SH3 in a Type II, I sighted a fishing boat north of the East Frisian Islands. I didn't know the geography of the area and it flies a red flag with a white circle. So I sunk it with a torpedo. When I looked into the Nav Map, it was blue. Blue??? What does it stand for I thought. Then continuing on to the British coast, I sighted a Small Merchant and sunk it with the remaining torpedoes I have. When I checked the Nav Map, it was red! Red??? Then I deduced the red city names and the blue city names on the map are the owners of the ships I sunk. Doh! That first patrol haunted me for the rest of that career!

06-17-08, 01:37 PM	#11
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Bernard has gotten overexcited and torpedoed MANY friendlies on me. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

06-17-08, 04:18 PM	#12
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Repeatedly, but mitigated by the fact that I was testing GWX as for the one's in "for real" games, those were all Italian and at night, and it was foggy, and it was entirely accidental.... and I made up for it by sinking 3 4-stacker troopships/passenger liners the same patrol.... why are you looking at me like that?.....

03-27-09, 05:44 AM	#15
rubenandthejets 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 279 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I'm playing OM, I don't run into many neutrals. I was sinking Swedish ships 200 miles off Kiel and getting pats on the back for it. I sank a US ship off Portugal last night (Sept 1940), a bunch of Portugese fishing boats and got an Iron Cross. I came close to whacking a few friendlies off Norway in April '40 but as my torps were utter pieces of poop I was spared the indignity of fronting Uncle Karl and explaining. Made up for it with a 110% ID'd BRITISH troop transport shortly afterwards, closed to 500 yards and shelled it. __________________ HMAS Sydney III "Thorough and Ready"

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