Things that make you go Ahhh ****

Jimbuna · 01-21-11, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by VONHARRIS

1 .Having lined up a 3 torpedo spread against a Southampton CL and watch two of them bounce off and only one explode.

Fortunately , I fired and the fourth tube aimed at her magazines and sunk her.

2. Having intercepted a large convoy and preparing firing solution and watch them starting zigzaging and changing course. (october 1939). I let them pass.

These two incidents happened in the same patrol.

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

VONHARRIS · 01-21-11, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

Not this time , Jimbuna.
The odds were against me , I was risking to be exposed to enemy DDs passing close enough.
Sinking one ship doesn't equal the lives of 47 men.

Fader_Berg · 01-21-11, 09:23 AM

I know I shouldn't enter the channel, but I'm the kind of guy that always have to learn the hard way. While going to a patrol grid just off south west of britain, I had to take the shortcut. In a very dense fog, I ran into the sight of a wonderful destroyer.
I spent three live hours, trying to evade that destroyer and an other one which came along for the party, amongst an ASW Trawler. My type II took quite a beating, but I did manage to escape some kilometer away while they where bombing else where. It did look promesing indeed...

I was planning to do some crew management but "accidentally" ordered back full. The crew didn't hasitate... neither did the destroyers.

Gargamel · 01-21-11, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Fader_Berg

I know I shouldn't enter the channel, but I'm the kind of guy that always have to learn the hard way. While going to a patrol grid just off south west of britain, I had to take the shortcut. In a very dense fog, I ran into the sight of a wonderful destroyer.
I spent three live hours, trying to evade that destroyer and an other one which came along for the party, amongst an ASW Trawler. My type II took quite a beating, but I did manage to escape some kilometer away while they where bombing else where. It did look promesing indeed...

I was planning to do some crew management but "accidentally" ordered back full. The crew didn't hasitate... neither did the destroyers.

Ouch. But what was BDU thinking sending a II to the atlantic side of the Isles? North atlantic ok, bu the SW side? I would have encountered engine trouble shortly after leaving port, not sure how that wrench ended up in there.

stokeyblokey · 01-22-11, 12:27 PM

...falling asleep at the keyboard and pressing D whilst TC is set to 256

VONHARRIS · 01-22-11, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Ouch. But what was BDU thinking sending a II to the atlantic side of the Isles? North atlantic ok, bu the SW side? I would have encountered engine trouble shortly after leaving port, not sure how that wrench ended up in there.

Never!! Always obey the orders given!

Besides , you never know who is amongst your crew.

Weiss Pinguin · 01-22-11, 08:42 PM

I remember one time when I picked off all the escorts for a convoy, and was on my third attack. Daytime, on the surface, running behind the convoy using the deck. Just finished off another ship when
CTD

Fader_Berg · 01-23-11, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Ouch. But what was BDU thinking sending a II to the atlantic side of the Isles? North atlantic ok, bu the SW side? I would have encountered engine trouble shortly after leaving port, not sure how that wrench ended up in there.

AM97, maybe it can be considered west of britain. Well, Type II rocks and I guess BDU knows it.

the.terrabyte.pirate · 01-27-11, 06:50 AM

Third Patrol out of Lorient. Type IID (Slow and short range). First two were to patrol around the AM grid. They were pleasant cruises, and I ran out of eels both times before reaching my assigned grid. Short and sweet.

Patrol 3, assigned to DT 59. DT 59!!!!!? WTF is that? Oh, right in the middle of the Atlantic! About 50,000 miles away! A type IID is a COASTAL boat dammit. What are they doing sending me all the way out there? It'll take me 12.5 days just to get there. There's nothing out there but water!

If I have enough fuel after my 24 hour patrol I'll swing past Gibralter... if the crew haven't died of old age by then.

BDU must hate me!

VONHARRIS · 01-27-11, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by the.terrabyte.pirate

Third Patrol out of Lorient. Type IID (Slow and short range). First two were to patrol around the AM grid. They were pleasant cruises, and I ran out of eels both times before reaching my assigned grid. Short and sweet.

Patrol 3, assigned to DT 59. DT 59!!!!!? WTF is that? Oh, right in the middle of the Atlantic! About 50,000 miles away! A type IID is a COASTAL boat dammit. What are they doing sending me all the way out there? It'll take me 12.5 days just to get there. There's nothing out there but water!

If I have enough fuel after my 24 hour patrol I'll swing past Gibralter... if the crew haven't died of old age by then.

BDU must hate me!

No problem

I am heading to DT 34 with my U-522 IXC. Perhaps I will meet you on the way. I am now in BF 77.
I can assist you with fuel or supplies.

Good luck.

Stargazer · 01-27-11, 08:39 AM

Went from "Ahh F@#*" to Ahh YEAH!" last night.

February '42: BdU have sent me on my first proper transatlantic run, I'm right up on the north shore of Trinidad and Tobago. Nothing happening so I decide to go do some hellraising at Port of Spain.

I lay waste to over 30,000 tonnes of stationary Allied shipping when my hydrophone operator says that we have a warship bearing down on us.

I'm in a patch of water that's shallower than a bowl of cornflakes and now I have the mobile Depth Charge salesman with 300 examples of his product to pitch to me, steaming up at warp5.

I can't even save all my progress over the last couple of hours because I've been warned about saving underwater causing crashes and to surface would be a bit like streaking through a lion enclosure with 8Kilos of uncooked steak nailed to my head!

I creep reeeeaaally slooooooowly westward avoiding detection when suddenly, whammo! Someone in the galley must have farted or something because my stealth meter went redder than an angry traffic light!

So much for the anti sonar coating I paid for!

And then my loyal and 75% reliable weapons officer, when I say take a chance on Tube1, just starts banginig on about not having a solution.

So I then have to dodge three more rounds of DC's before I stick the scope up and take a pot shot at something I figured was too close and too well armoured to survive one of my attacks.

But, no! Thing went up like Marilyn Monroes skirt on a gusty afternoon! The ship sank into four feet of water and I ran out of the area faster than than a whippet wearing a Saturn-V rocket.

All's hell that ends well... Might make that the motto for my boat!

Rob.

01-21-11, 09:23 AM	#3
Fader_Berg 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Uppland, Sweden Posts: 278 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I know I shouldn't enter the channel, but I'm the kind of guy that always have to learn the hard way. While going to a patrol grid just off south west of britain, I had to take the shortcut. In a very dense fog, I ran into the sight of a wonderful destroyer. I spent three live hours, trying to evade that destroyer and an other one which came along for the party, amongst an ASW Trawler. My type II took quite a beating, but I did manage to escape some kilometer away while they where bombing else where. It did look promesing indeed... I was planning to do some crew management but "accidentally" ordered back full. The crew didn't hasitate... neither did the destroyers. __________________ patSH3r-developer, (https://fb.tuxxor.net) Type II junkie Last edited by Fader_Berg; 01-21-11 at 09:39 AM.

01-22-11, 12:27 PM	#5
stokeyblokey Sailor man Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stoke - of course! Posts: 48 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Dear oh dear... ...falling asleep at the keyboard and pressing D whilst TC is set to 256 __________________ The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war. Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart 1939-41 Radio Files

01-22-11, 08:42 PM	#7
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	I remember one time when I picked off all the escorts for a convoy, and was on my third attack. Daytime, on the surface, running behind the convoy using the deck. Just finished off another ship when CTD __________________

01-27-11, 06:50 AM	#9
the.terrabyte.pirate Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 176 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Third Patrol out of Lorient. Type IID (Slow and short range). First two were to patrol around the AM grid. They were pleasant cruises, and I ran out of eels both times before reaching my assigned grid. Short and sweet. Patrol 3, assigned to DT 59. DT 59!!!!!? WTF is that? Oh, right in the middle of the Atlantic! About 50,000 miles away! A type IID is a COASTAL boat dammit. What are they doing sending me all the way out there? It'll take me 12.5 days just to get there. There's nothing out there but water! If I have enough fuel after my 24 hour patrol I'll swing past Gibralter... if the crew haven't died of old age by then. BDU must hate me! __________________ A kings ransom, or a stove boat.

01-27-11, 08:39 AM	#11
Stargazer A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 76 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Went from "Ahh F@#*" to Ahh YEAH!" last night. February '42: BdU have sent me on my first proper transatlantic run, I'm right up on the north shore of Trinidad and Tobago. Nothing happening so I decide to go do some hellraising at Port of Spain. I lay waste to over 30,000 tonnes of stationary Allied shipping when my hydrophone operator says that we have a warship bearing down on us. I'm in a patch of water that's shallower than a bowl of cornflakes and now I have the mobile Depth Charge salesman with 300 examples of his product to pitch to me, steaming up at warp5. I can't even save all my progress over the last couple of hours because I've been warned about saving underwater causing crashes and to surface would be a bit like streaking through a lion enclosure with 8Kilos of uncooked steak nailed to my head! I creep reeeeaaally slooooooowly westward avoiding detection when suddenly, whammo! Someone in the galley must have farted or something because my stealth meter went redder than an angry traffic light! So much for the anti sonar coating I paid for! And then my loyal and 75% reliable weapons officer, when I say take a chance on Tube1, just starts banginig on about not having a solution. So I then have to dodge three more rounds of DC's before I stick the scope up and take a pot shot at something I figured was too close and too well armoured to survive one of my attacks. But, no! Thing went up like Marilyn Monroes skirt on a gusty afternoon! The ship sank into four feet of water and I ran out of the area faster than than a whippet wearing a Saturn-V rocket. All's hell that ends well... Might make that the motto for my boat! Rob.