Armed Merchant ships

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Yeah, but somewhere on here there is a pic of a U-boat underwater with it's deck gun still manned, so two can play that game!

Oh, this happens on a regular basis on my boat. I have a bad habit of ordering my men to finish off wounded prey with the deck gun, then watching the victim sink and retiring to my bunk with a great sense of satisfaction from a job well done... without remembering to order the men to stand down from the gun and return to the bridge for their usual watch duty.

Last time I did this I returned to the bridge a few hours later to find my WO standing watch on the tower all by his lonesome in a vicious storm, on account of the rest of the lads were fully occupied with holding their breath for minutes at a time and clinging to the gun for all they were worth.