HMS Nelson

[PapaG39]

About 4-5 actual days ago I started a patrol to be part of the initial attack on Norway. "Operation Weserubung"

The weather was nice to start with and me in my brand new boat, ( VIIB ) and with my brand new gun, I managed to sink a large Merchant and a Coastal Tanker along the way.

I positioned myself in that long water way leading into Narvik. Two long days of waiting brought a 5 boat DD TF of which I made the mistake of sinking the center one in line instead of the next to last or last, because that brought them all in a very quick little circle jerk around my dumb ass...I got away because the weather was really nasty & they couldn't get a fix on me.
The next day I sank a Pax/Cargo.

I heard of another TF coming my way to bottle up the boys in the fjord so I headed toward them in hopes of running into them..
After two days...BINGO! I ran right smack into the middle of them.
I set up for a salvo shot of four with a 1 degree spread @ 3m and waited....
Then...ahhhhh dang! they did one of their zigs..I went ahead at flank & finely caught a very faint view of the HMS Nelson through the fog at 4900m.

At 3800m he was as close as I was gonna get, so I fired my salvo.

Dang guys, but I wish I knew how to make a website to store pictures in my cox provider so I could show you, because ALL 4 OF EM HIT!!! It was a real sight to see, for me anyway..

The Weather was very bad with very high waves & I kept loosing sight of him even though I had the boat at 10m.

This is my first BattleShip.

The DD's were really taking the loss poorly. They were going in circles, but I had shot from such a distance and with the bad weather..Heck, I was long gone in the opposite direction before they even knew that the torps were on the way.

Anyway, Just thought I would share my first victory of a sorts..
It made all that waiting worth the time...Of course my wife would not agree...