Strange encounter last night with a British Destroyer - Page 2

BROJD · 08-31-09, 12:01 PM

I read a similar real-life story about by the commander of an Israeli tank column in the Golan Heights in 1967 (I think). They passed another tank column at night at a crossroads. While the columns were passing each other the commander realized that the other tanks weren't Israeli, but he was too nervous to fire and let the other column past.

Kapt Z · 08-31-09, 03:54 PM

I lost two good boats to lone destroyers in night storms. I made it to the bridge for one only to see the towering bow of a DD crashing into my stern. The other time I didn't even make it that far.

Since it was 1942 for both I just assumed they had radar. I usually spend a lot of storm time at about 60m now.

09-23-09, 01:08 AM

It's scary as hell when that happens.
It's hard to pull yourself out of that initial shock and think.
It takes an extra ½ second to tell myself "THINK, STUPID".
If we haven't been sunk by then I manage to figure out a way out.
Man oh man, that slow, hard SH3 tension is powerful stuff.

08-31-09, 12:01 PM	#16
BROJD A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 77 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I read a similar real-life story about by the commander of an Israeli tank column in the Golan Heights in 1967 (I think). They passed another tank column at night at a crossroads. While the columns were passing each other the commander realized that the other tanks weren't Israeli, but he was too nervous to fire and let the other column past.

08-31-09, 03:54 PM	#17
Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 909 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	I lost two good boats to lone destroyers in night storms. I made it to the bridge for one only to see the towering bow of a DD crashing into my stern. The other time I didn't even make it that far. Since it was 1942 for both I just assumed they had radar. I usually spend a lot of storm time at about 60m now.

09-23-09, 01:08 AM	#18
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It's scary as hell when that happens. It's hard to pull yourself out of that initial shock and think. It takes an extra ½ second to tell myself "THINK, STUPID". If we haven't been sunk by then I manage to figure out a way out. Man oh man, that slow, hard SH3 tension is powerful stuff.