My first post and first wartime patrol

frau kaleun · 04-26-10, 02:10 PM

Ahoy and welcome.

I have yet to encounter a big warship but even without them, convoy attacks are nerve-wracking! My first one also involved me getting right in between two columns - took out two large merchants and then dove for all I was worth and got away clean. I was lucky that my two chosen targets were in the first 2-3 rows so I just turned 90 degrees to port and headed straight back underneath the rest of the convoy - by the time they had all passed overhead I was running silent at 130m and the escorts never picked up on my position at all.

I still can't believe I pulled it off.

sergei · 04-26-10, 02:14 PM

Oh yeah.
Getting right in the middle of a convoy, then slipping away un-noticed.
Sure is a sweet feeling.

KL-alfman · 04-26-10, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

by the time they had all passed overhead I was running silent at 130m and the escorts never picked up on my position at all.

how I wish all convoy-attacks would turn out to end like this!

welcome to the pack, claretabroad!

Brag · 04-26-10, 02:31 PM

Claretabroad!
Welcome aboard. Excellent first patrol. Drinks are on you

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Ahoy and welcome. I have yet to encounter a big warship but even without them, convoy attacks are nerve-wracking! My first one also involved me getting right in between two columns - took out two large merchants and then dove for all I was worth and got away clean. I was lucky that my two chosen targets were in the first 2-3 rows so I just turned 90 degrees to port and headed straight back underneath the rest of the convoy - by the time they had all passed overhead I was running silent at 130m and the escorts never picked up on my position at all. I still can't believe I pulled it off.

04-26-10, 02:14 PM	#2
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Oh yeah. Getting right in the middle of a convoy, then slipping away un-noticed. Sure is a sweet feeling.