Gun duel with Rodney, Nelson ended in draw

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

No need to sink....just pierce the pressure hull and it is no longer a submarine....more a sitting duck.

A sitting duck that can run away at around 17 knts

[bookworm_020]

And I thought I was mad for taking on a ASW trawler in GWX I would consider yourself lucky!

[BasilY]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

And I thought I was mad for taking on a ASW trawler in GWX I would consider yourself lucky!

I didn't say I sink her... I just hope to land a few lucky shots that will stop or slow the BB down. So I can finish her off with a torpedo at closer range. As soon as their shells start landing next to me, my preudence got the better of me,./'
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BTW, the best deck gun duel I have is sinking a flower and a river in one battle without damage to the boat. As soon as I find a way to post the jpg's onto this forum... I will post a threat on how to sneak up on warships with deck gun (before they got radar, that is)

[Steeltrap]

Of course the main problem is that a U-boat's gun would do absolutely nothing of significance to a warship of any decent size, let alone a battleship.

You might cause it some problems due to the crew being incapacitated by uncontrolled laughter, but otherwise.....

[Graf Paper]

I'm just amazed his crew didn't mutiny and launch him out of a tube at those BBs!

BasilY, are you sure you do not have any relatives named, "Bernard"? :p

Still, good work!

Now lets hope BdU doesn't decide to reassign you to Shore Patrol!

[Task Force]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

And I thought I was mad for taking on a ASW trawler in GWX I would consider yourself lucky!

Ive done this plenty of times.

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

A sitting duck that can run away at around 17 knts

Trouble is that a Nelson class can do 23kts.....

They wouldn't bother firing the main armament: has 3 twin mounted 6" guns each side, so 6x6" vs your 1x3.5".

Also had a 24.5" torpedo tube submerged on each side, so you might face a torpedo coming back at you....

ANY hit from a shell of that calibre (6") would almost certainly leave you unable to submerge, assuming it didn't sink you outright.

As for a 16", one landing within 100m would pobably cause you som MAJOR issues!!!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

A sitting duck that can run away at around 17 knts

A U-boat running away from a merchant @17 knots is hardly a serious/imminent threat....and a radio signal to any nearby warship or air patrol = Ain't ran away far enough before the party stoppers arrive.