I managed to sink HMS Nelson! my first EVER encounter with a battleship

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Congrats Paul on nice kill.

I second the motion, congrats!

[theroc44]

i hit a nelson on the norway invasion. thats the only bb ive ever seen before or since in sh3 that ive been able to run into.

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

I second the motion, congrats!

Thankyou sir

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by theroc44

i hit a nelson on the norway invasion. thats the only bb ive ever seen before or since in sh3 that ive been able to run into.

Its the only one i've seen too,and possibly the only warship I have ever engaged in all these years.And he was well worth the effort!

[Paul Riley]

Anyone,where did the abbreviation BB come from,what does it designate? Battleship Buster?

[popcorn2721]

Congratulations!!!

These are a couple of screenies from my first encounter with HMS Nelson. I was not able to escape this encounter, however.

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by popcorn2721

Congratulations!!!

These are a couple of screenies from my first encounter with HMS Nelson. I was not able to escape this encounter, however.

Thanks.
I was lucky (actually it was all down to skill) he never spotted me and opened up with his 16 inchers

[theroc44]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Its the only one i've seen too,and possibly the only warship I have ever engaged in all these years.And he was well worth the effort!

But there has to be a ton of other scripted events that feature other BB's groups, the bismark mission in GWX is scripted as far as i know, and that should produce a british capital ship or two. But i haven't gotten that far yet, im jan 40 right now, just getting ready for the dunkirk script.

So we'll see...

[theroc44]

this is a silly question but where are the screens saved i know i got a ton but for some reason in the sh3 folder i got only one screen. Is there any other location?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Anyone,where did the abbreviation BB come from,what does it designate? Battleship Buster?

It's actually a strictly-American designator system that outsiders have erroneously applied to ships of all navies.
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/index_ships_list.htm

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by theroc44

this is a silly question but where are the screens saved i know i got a ton but for some reason in the sh3 folder i got only one screen. Is there any other location?

They should be in the main SH3 game folder unless you've applied the res fix and changed the path. Sadly it tends to be hit or miss, so if you've only got one, that means it didn't take the rest...

[theroc44]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

They should be in the main SH3 game folder unless you've applied the res fix and changed the path. Sadly it tends to be hit or miss, so if you've only got one, that means it didn't take the rest...

thats horrible i lost all those screens from my nelson sinking

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by theroc44

But there has to be a ton of other scripted events that feature other BB's groups, the bismark mission in GWX is scripted as far as i know, and that should produce a british capital ship or two. But i haven't gotten that far yet, im jan 40 right now, just getting ready for the dunkirk script.

So we'll see...

Narvik, April 9 - 11 1940. You can take on a flock of destroyers and the Nelson (its really the Warspite, but it will appear as Nelson) in shallow waters in a narrow fjord. If you want your BB, go for it.

[theroc44]

can anyone confirm any other scripted GWX BB other than the narvik nelson? and thank you for the heads up

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Just thought I would share the fantastic news of me managing to sink HMS Nelson the other night.He was a tough lad,it took 4 to stop him at which point he was sitting low in the water and starting to capsize to his portside.He needed a 5th torpedo to send him to the bottom.And the real special thing about this sinking was that he was part of a 20 ship convoy and sat bang in the middle on the 3rd lane.I attacked the convoy by shadowing for about 6 hours,moving in from the rear at night,dropped my draught to 7m and parked myself about 500m alongside him,and none of the lambs saw me,it was a textbook attack and I was really proud of myself,although I did feel bad for sinking him in the end,but I could hardly let him slip by without a fight
33.000 tonnes from the Nelson gave me a very respectable 60.000 tonnes to that particular patrol,with 10 merchants sunk,and a Knights Cross second class.Odd,I was expecting the top medal for this audacious attack,in fact I was actually expecting Doenitz to step down and place me at the helm of the KM hehehe.
Every torpedo and every round of HE ammo was used on that patrol.
I took a few screenshots of the event and will post them in the near future.

Well here we have evidence of Nelson's demise together with a few
other random scenes from that patrol.

The first cargo ship of Nelson's convoy hit by 2 torpedoes.You can just make out Nelson in the next lane in the middle.


To the bottom he goes


Here he is! HMS Nelson in all his glory


Here he was struggling after taking 4 right along the length of his portside.The really sad thing about this engagement (for me that is) was the small and ONLY escort ship of this convoy,he wouldnt leave Nelson's side and stayed with him for a good 2 hours circling trying to find me.When the escort finally gave up I wheeled around for the killer blow.


A small fire erupts on his bow


He is going down,albeit VERY slowly


Almost 2 hours later and Nelson is miraculously still afloat.I had to put a 5th into the poor fellow and he exploded in a most dramatic fashion.


U-54 returning after a magnificent patrol.I think the boys will spend the rest of December at home,they have deserved it.


You know those ladies are in for a good time


Tonnage results.


This one is for you Jim,your proof of Nelson's demise


My growing (well,almost) collection of medals


Hope you appreciate the pictures as much as I enjoyed making them.