luckiest shot ever...

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**

Fr8monkey · 03-04-09, 06:22 PM

Once I was on the surface about 2500 m from a tramp steamer and hit it with my first round of a 105 mm gun and the ship exploded and sank within 2 minutes.

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

Blacklight · 03-04-09, 09:01 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

Yeah. It happened off the west coast of Africa. I had to stay on the surface for the whole trip back because the batteries were destroyed. I'm assuming it was more pure luck that we didn't run into any aircraft on the way.

unterseemann · 03-05-09, 04:25 PM

OMG... I've just read U-505's fate on www.uboat.net/boats/u505.htm it's amazing...

03-03-09, 01:42 PM	#1
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	#3
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 !"

03-04-09, 06:22 PM	#5
Fr8monkey Captain Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 518 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Once I was on the surface about 2500 m from a tramp steamer and hit it with my first round of a 105 mm gun and the ship exploded and sank within 2 minutes. __________________ NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion. Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away. AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion. Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.

03-05-09, 04:25 PM	#8
unterseemann Soundman Join Date: May 2005 Location: lyon, france Posts: 144 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	OMG... I've just read U-505's fate on www.uboat.net/boats/u505.htm it's amazing... __________________

03-03-09, 02:19 PM	#2
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!