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Just wanted to comment on Venatore's actual report: Wow! That was an unpleasant surprise. Glad you survived it and returned to base in one piece (more or less). Condolences on your crew loss and better luck next time.
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I love WaW - it's a great experience and really helps with the immersion. The lads at BdU have done a brilliant job.
In fact, it's about time I dusted down my commander's cap, build a new install and join up again. Oh what a lovely WaW! ![]() |
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![]() You've never read the many posts I've made about my own experience with this? There was once a thread about "Your shortest careers". When people were posting about leaving the dock at flank speed and crashing and killing themselves, I posted about how I was killed by being to close to an exploding cargo ship - while doing the Acadamy Artillery School! I never even got to the career! ![]()
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Commenced 3rd war patrol over at WaW. This is WaW BdU/FdU and I transmitting to each other, day 9 of my patrol;
16:55HRS // 20-SEP-42 // BDU // SITUATION REPORT // OPEN COMMS // GRID AM5212 // ATTACKED LARGE CONVOY // CONFIRMED SINKING 1 x LARGE BRITISH MERCHANT 8.762T, 3 x TORPEDO DETONATIONS, PORT SIDE, ALL HANDS LOST // CONFIRMED SINKING 1 x S-CLASS BRITISH SUBMARINE 0.767T, 1 x TORPEDO DETONATION, PORT SIDE, ALL HANDS LOST // HEAVY ESCORT SCREEN PRESENT, CONSISTING OF 1 x S&T CLASS DESTROYER, 1 x TOWN CLASS CRUISER & 2 x BLACK SWAN SLOOPS // ALL MERCHANT VESSELS EQUIPPED WITH GUNNERY PLATFORMS // POSITION IMMEDIATELY TRIANGULATED BY REMAINING ESCORTS // COMMENCED DESCENT 160M // 81 x DEPTH CHARGES DROPPED IN 12 x PATTERNS // 3 x DEPTH CHARGES CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE // BOW CASING FRACTURED // TOW HOOK HOUSING DESTROYED // 8.8CM SKC35 DECK GUN DESTROYED // RUDDER SUPPORT FRACTURED // OUTLET VALVE DIVE TANK II FRACTURED // PRESSURE HULL MULTIPLY STARBOARD FRACTURES // BOTH PROPELLER SHAFT HOUSING FRACTURED // ATTACK PERISCOPE DESTROYED // 1 x 2CM C30 FLAK GUN DESTROYED // LOWER WINTER-GARDEN DAMAGED // PORT SIDE CONNING TOWER FRACTURED // DIESEL ENGINE MOUNTS FRACTURED // SADDLE-TANKS BALLAST CELLS PORT & STARBOARD FRACTURED // 16 x CREW SUSTAINED RUPTURED EAR-DRUMS // 2 x CREW SUSTAINED BROKEN ARMS // 1 x CREW SUSTAINED BROKEN NOSE // AFTER 7HRS OF CONTINUOUS DEPTH CHARGE ATTACKS, U-657 WAS ABLE TO BREAK-CONTACT WITH ESCORTS // IN DOING SO WE HAVE LOST CONVOY // CURRENTLY STATIONARY CONDUCTING ONGOING URGENT REPAIRS // UNABLE TO CONTINUE SUSTAINED OPERATIONS // REQUEST PERMISSION TO RTB ASAP // WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE BREST WITHOUT ASSISTANCE // END COMMS // U-657 1745 20SEP42 // U657 // ACKNOWLEDGED // GOOD WORK REGARDING ATTACK ON CONVOY. // INQUIRY // REQUEST CLARIFICATION REPORT ON BRITISH SUBMARINE. // ORDERS // ATTEMPT WHATEVER REPAIRS YOU CAN DO AT SEA AND GET UNDERWAY ASAP. PERMISSION TO RETURN TO BREST. // INTERROGATIVE // ARE YOU DECLARING A PAN PAN ALERT? // FDU 21:20HRS // 20-SEP-42 // BDU // BDU INQUIRY S-CLASS SUBMARINE // OPEN COMMS // GRID AM5212 // CONFIRMED SINKING 1 x S-CLASS BRITISH SUBMARINE 0.767T // S-CLASS POSITIONED REAR OF CONVOY IN OVER-WATCH POSITION // DUE TO LARGE SWELLS & LOW PROFILE OF ENEMY SUBMARINE, THREAT WAS NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL U-657 RECEIVED EFFECTIVE SMALL-ARMS FIRE FROM S-CLASS // U-657 IMMEDIATELY LOCATED S-CLASS, WHO WAS IN PRIME POSITION FOR AFT TORPEDO RETALIATION // FIRED 1 x AFT TORPEDO TO REGAIN THE INITIATIVE // DISTANCE TO S-CLASS 600M // S-CLASS SAW TORPEDO THREAT, TRIED TO AVOID BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL // CONFIRMED VISUAL OF LARGE EXPLOSION PORT SIDE OF S-CLASS // HYDROPHONE ALSO CONFIRMED S-CLASS BREAKING UP 6M TO 365M // ALL HANDS LOST // NIL REQUIREMENT FOR PAN PAN ALERT // BOAT WILL REMAIN WITHIN DEEP WATERS, AVOIDING ALL SURFACE CONTACTS EXEMPT LONE MERCHANTS // MORALE EXTREMELY HIGH HAVING DESTROYED S-CLASS // PROCEEDING TO BREST // END COMMS // U-657 Last edited by Venatore; 11-26-09 at 02:46 AM. |
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