luckiest shot ever...

03-03-09, 04:21 AM

I have no idea how this happened. If that was a rough sea responsible for sinking aircraft carrier so it would be another unexplained phenomena. Ships such size usualy don't sink just because waves are high

Speakin on luckiest hits, I managed to sink coastal frighter with only two shots from the deck gun on my last patrol. Fastest kill with deck gun so far

unterseemann · 03-03-09, 05:36 AM

It wasn't an aircraft carrier but a tramp steamer (the carrier is my sig...

)
I guess that rough seas made 99% of the job but when i attack the boat it was still afloat and doing 4 knots. I get the renown for the sinking and i didn't hit it with anything but my torpedo. Secret weapon??

03-03-09, 05:52 AM

:rotfl: bloody sig.. ok than the boat sank because of the rough sea

That aircraft carrier confused me

Thought it was a screenshot for the topic

Blacklight · 03-03-09, 01:42 PM

I'm still waiting for a Balz type maneuver where the torpedo riccoches off one boat, goes sailing through the air and comes down on the deck of another ship like a bomb !
I havn't been able to pull that one off yet.

Lt.Fillipidis · 03-03-09, 02:19 PM

Hmm, maybe the torp WAS dud but, luckily it went off just next the steamer.
This way you get no reports about the torpedo.

Anyway, my fastest kill was oneshotting a DD (Flower Class if i remember right)
using one (1) deck gun shell. The lucky strike probably hit its ammunitions so a chain reaction blew the ship sky high!

Blacklight · 03-03-09, 06:30 PM

I remember this one time that I got REALLY angry that this Flower class ship wouldn't leave me alone and I was running out of air and electricity. I surfaced and went full steam and attempted to have it out with the deck gun. As you can imagine, that didn't last long with shells coming down on my U-Boat like hailstones in a storm. The topside crew were killed but had got in a couple of shots on the ship which was now on fire, smoking, and mad as hell.
Another shell took out my diesels and then she turned toward me and rammed me full steam pretty much destroying everything else. To add insult to injury, the ship fired every deck gun it had at me while still pushing my now bent U-boat out of the way. The resulting explosion killed most of my crew, but to my astonishment, also blew up the ship !!! She went down in secconds. I was AMAZED how fast she zipped into the depths.
What little remaining of my crew were stunned and miraculously were able to resurect one of the diesels (It was only capable of a couple knots).

I wish I had pictures of the sub after that encounter. With the Torpedo Damage Final mod in there, my U-boat looked like a bent in half, crumpled, piece of tin foil ! It literally was NOT recognizable as a Uboat. I was actually able to limp that thing back into Loriet !
According to my SHIII Commander personal file, the Uboat came back with 98% of it's hull damaged. If my crew had so much as breathed on a wall plate, that thing would have fallen into a million pieces ! Thank the maker for Duct Tape !!

03-04-09, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

I remember this one time that I got REALLY angry that this Flower class ship wouldn't leave me alone and I was running out of air and electricity. I surfaced and went full steam and attempted to have it out with the deck gun. As you can imagine, that didn't last long with shells coming down on my U-Boat like hailstones in a storm. The topside crew were killed but had got in a couple of shots on the ship which was now on fire, smoking, and mad as hell.
Another shell took out my diesels and then she turned toward me and rammed me full steam pretty much destroying everything else. To add insult to injury, the ship fired every deck gun it had at me while still pushing my now bent U-boat out of the way. The resulting explosion killed most of my crew, but to my astonishment, also blew up the ship !!! She went down in secconds. I was AMAZED how fast she zipped into the depths.
What little remaining of my crew were stunned and miraculously were able to resurect one of the diesels (It was only capable of a couple knots).

I wish I had pictures of the sub after that encounter. With the Torpedo Damage Final mod in there, my U-boat looked like a bent in half, crumpled, piece of tin foil ! It literally was NOT recognizable as a Uboat. I was actually able to limp that thing back into Loriet !
According to my SHIII Commander personal file, the Uboat came back with 98% of it's hull damaged. If my crew had so much as breathed on a wall plate, that thing would have fallen into a million pieces ! Thank the maker for Duct Tape !!

Holy Sh**

kenijaru · 03-04-09, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

According to my SHIII Commander personal file, the Uboat came back with 98% of it's hull damaged.

I remember reading about u-505 being the most damaged u-boat ever to have returned to port under it's own power... Not any more

03-03-09, 05:36 AM	#2
unterseemann Soundman Join Date: May 2005 Location: lyon, france Posts: 144 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	It wasn't an aircraft carrier but a tramp steamer (the carrier is my sig... ) I guess that rough seas made 99% of the job but when i attack the boat it was still afloat and doing 4 knots. I get the renown for the sinking and i didn't hit it with anything but my torpedo. Secret weapon?? __________________

03-03-09, 01:42 PM	#4
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I'm still waiting for a Balz type maneuver where the torpedo riccoches off one boat, goes sailing through the air and comes down on the deck of another ship like a bomb ! I havn't been able to pull that one off yet. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

03-03-09, 06:30 PM	#6
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I remember this one time that I got REALLY angry that this Flower class ship wouldn't leave me alone and I was running out of air and electricity. I surfaced and went full steam and attempted to have it out with the deck gun. As you can imagine, that didn't last long with shells coming down on my U-Boat like hailstones in a storm. The topside crew were killed but had got in a couple of shots on the ship which was now on fire, smoking, and mad as hell. Another shell took out my diesels and then she turned toward me and rammed me full steam pretty much destroying everything else. To add insult to injury, the ship fired every deck gun it had at me while still pushing my now bent U-boat out of the way. The resulting explosion killed most of my crew, but to my astonishment, also blew up the ship !!! She went down in secconds. I was AMAZED how fast she zipped into the depths. What little remaining of my crew were stunned and miraculously were able to resurect one of the diesels (It was only capable of a couple knots). I wish I had pictures of the sub after that encounter. With the Torpedo Damage Final mod in there, my U-boat looked like a bent in half, crumpled, piece of tin foil ! It literally was NOT recognizable as a Uboat. I was actually able to limp that thing back into Loriet ! According to my SHIII Commander personal file, the Uboat came back with 98% of it's hull damaged. If my crew had so much as breathed on a wall plate, that thing would have fallen into a million pieces ! Thank the maker for Duct Tape !! __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

03-03-09, 04:21 AM	#1
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I have no idea how this happened. If that was a rough sea responsible for sinking aircraft carrier so it would be another unexplained phenomena. Ships such size usualy don't sink just because waves are high Speakin on luckiest hits, I managed to sink coastal frighter with only two shots from the deck gun on my last patrol. Fastest kill with deck gun so far

03-03-09, 05:52 AM	#3
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	:rotfl: bloody sig.. ok than the boat sank because of the rough sea That aircraft carrier confused me Thought it was a screenshot for the topic

03-03-09, 02:19 PM	#5
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Hmm, maybe the torp WAS dud but, luckily it went off just next the steamer. This way you get no reports about the torpedo. Anyway, my fastest kill was oneshotting a DD (Flower Class if i remember right) using one (1) deck gun shell. The lucky strike probably hit its ammunitions so a chain reaction blew the ship sky high!