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asurmen · 10-08-05, 05:22 PM

:hmm: What did they say?

Seeteufel · 10-08-05, 05:32 PM

"Der Alte will angreifen?" - "Yup."
"Wir sind im Arsch..." - "Yup." (Text written in Fraktur-font.)

"The Old Man wants to attack?" - "Yup."
"We are in the *ss..." (German saying when you are in deepest rouble...) - "Yup."

Laughing Swordfish · 10-08-05, 10:54 PM

It's suicide, kamerad, so just do it.

Is there any sort of deepish water exit for you? Otherwise get well ahead and do a stand-off attack as a compromise, if the Carrier is sailing straight?

I think you know that a 25% boat in shallow water against 8 irritated destroyers can only end one way

The alternative is explaining to Doenitz how you had a capital ship with a major strategic bearing on the Mediterrainean campaign in your periscope, closed bow caps and ran!

Tough call, but it was done.

Although no boats that successfullly penetrated the Med, ever got out....

Viel Gluck!

deckard · 10-09-05, 02:51 AM

i regret to inform you all that kaptain hanz deckard and his u-boat has been lost whit all hands at sea.

i did decide to attack, i felt that having to go home and explain that i had been 1,300 meters away from a enemy capital battleship whitout doing nothing wasnt a option.

just before sunrise i attacked at 1,300 meters, i fired all forward tubes at the battleships aiming for the fuel and machinery and imidiatly crashdived,
all torps hit the target, and on external cam i could se a huge fireball emerging from the battleship.

the destroyers didnt wait to come after me, whitin 5 minutes they had my position fixed and camed after me.
the deph charges hailed over me like nothing i had ever seen before,
aruond my u-boat there was a exploding underwater inferno.
it truly felt like the apocalypse.

after 10 minutes a dephcahrge hit and destroyed my diveplanes, including flooding my forward torpedo room,
i braced myself as my u-boat rushed for the deep in a increasing speed and my repair crew worked at overdrive to repair the damage,,,, but it was to late.

at 120 meters my damaged u-boat couldnt handle the pressure anymore and imploded, all hands lost.

i didnt survive to se if the battleship went down, it still had speed when i died but whit heavy fire onboard

The Avon Lady · 10-09-05, 03:06 AM

Did you persoanlly man the hydrophone station during your evasion? This might have helped.

Before your next career, may I also suggest reading Red Devil's Escape & Evasion tutorial?

Kalach · 10-09-05, 03:25 AM

You did the right thing

Kaptain Hellbling and the crew of U-143 mourn this loss and are inspired by your heroism.

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asurmen Watch Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sneaking next to your convoy, que the jaws theme Posts: 21 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	:hmm: What did they say? __________________ LOS!!!!!

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Seeteufel Mate Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 53 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"Der Alte will angreifen?" - "Yup." "Wir sind im Arsch..." - "Yup." (Text written in Fraktur-font.) "The Old Man wants to attack?" - "Yup." "We are in the *ss..." (German saying when you are in deepest rouble...) - "Yup." __________________

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Did you persoanlly man the hydrophone station during your evasion? This might have helped. Before your next career, may I also suggest reading Red Devil's Escape & Evasion tutorial? __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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10-08-05, 10:54 PM	#18
Laughing Swordfish Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Posts: 713 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It's suicide, kamerad, so just do it. Is there any sort of deepish water exit for you? Otherwise get well ahead and do a stand-off attack as a compromise, if the Carrier is sailing straight? I think you know that a 25% boat in shallow water against 8 irritated destroyers can only end one way The alternative is explaining to Doenitz how you had a capital ship with a major strategic bearing on the Mediterrainean campaign in your periscope, closed bow caps and ran! Tough call, but it was done. Although no boats that successfullly penetrated the Med, ever got out.... Viel Gluck!

10-09-05, 02:51 AM	#19
deckard Sailor man Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 47 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	i regret to inform you all that kaptain hanz deckard and his u-boat has been lost whit all hands at sea. i did decide to attack, i felt that having to go home and explain that i had been 1,300 meters away from a enemy capital battleship whitout doing nothing wasnt a option. just before sunrise i attacked at 1,300 meters, i fired all forward tubes at the battleships aiming for the fuel and machinery and imidiatly crashdived, all torps hit the target, and on external cam i could se a huge fireball emerging from the battleship. the destroyers didnt wait to come after me, whitin 5 minutes they had my position fixed and camed after me. the deph charges hailed over me like nothing i had ever seen before, aruond my u-boat there was a exploding underwater inferno. it truly felt like the apocalypse. after 10 minutes a dephcahrge hit and destroyed my diveplanes, including flooding my forward torpedo room, i braced myself as my u-boat rushed for the deep in a increasing speed and my repair crew worked at overdrive to repair the damage,,,, but it was to late. at 120 meters my damaged u-boat couldnt handle the pressure anymore and imploded, all hands lost. i didnt survive to se if the battleship went down, it still had speed when i died but whit heavy fire onboard

10-09-05, 03:25 AM	#21
Kalach Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 366 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	You did the right thing Kaptain Hellbling and the crew of U-143 mourn this loss and are inspired by your heroism.