Your first sub lost... Tragic Tales.

mightymightychatham · 09-26-11, 07:10 PM

The first sub I lost was a VIIB. After installing the merchant fleet mod, I started a new career on 100% realism. I was in the channel when war was declared and made a spirited fighting withdrawral to the south west, sinking a few merchants and evading the many patrol craft and a couple of proper escorts.

Anyway, drawing about level with Land's End, I thought "phew, I made it!" when my lookout spots a lone freighter steaming for the channel. It's daylight and I'm still well within air cover so I decide to make a submerged attack. She shrugs off the one torpedo I sent her and continues with only a slight list to port.

Well, I'm not following her for hours back into the channel to see if she sinks, so I decide to surface, sink her quickly with the deck gun and continue to my patrol sector. Big mistake.

I surfaced at about 1000m and immediately I'm being fired upon. "But she's not even armed!" I cried and then it dawned on me... A Q-ship! Well, not wanting to chance a dive now that my boat's filling with water at a rate of knots, I manned the deck gun personally (I'm rather good with it if I do say so myself) and actually sunk her first. None of my crew were even injured but the boat was beat up pretty bad, I began repairs and sailed off to my patrol sector.

Days later, returning to Germany, I spotted an Anson off the north coast of Scotland and without thinking ordered a crash dive. The boat imploded at 55m.

Just my luck there was a Q-ship, already in service and out to sea before war was declared. What the hell?

Luno · 09-27-11, 12:16 AM

On my first ever career I got bold and decided to sneak into a port. I sunk a fishing boat and a tug with the 20 mm flak gun, but I attracted a destroyer. The water was too shallow to escape.

I'm on my second patrol and I haven't killed myself yet (fingers crossed).

On single missions I tend to be bit more reckless. My goal was to sink one of three capital ships. However, I did something wrong and all four of the torpedoes from my salvo missed. An hour later after the BBs were gone, I spotted a destroyer. I was going to quit anyway, so I engaged with the deck gun. I actually knocked out its main gun and bridge in a few hits. It was on fire and tried to ram me. I evaded it at the last second, but it must have been a mere few feet away. More ships came to assist and three boats came to ram me at once. I evaded one, and nearly another, but it scraped me along the hull, depleting hull integrity (minimal flooding at the time...)

On another single mission I was killed by a vastly reduced crush depth. I think I was only at 20-30 meters or so. It really caught me by surprise (it would be nice if the crew got more nervous as the boat reached the critical depth).

I have to ask though: how do you guys surrender/abandon ship?

gt_magnus · 09-27-11, 12:57 AM

Of course I have lost some subs before the one I wrote about, but I don't remember them! Now, suddenly I remember one of the first subs I lost. A bit embarrasing, that one. It was outside Brest in 1941. I got hit by a **** schnellboot!

Lord_magerius · 09-27-11, 03:21 AM

I don't remember my first loss in stock SH3 but I do remember my first GWX loss. Very well in fact

I was out near Rockhall banks when I got word of a Task Force heading straight for me. After having weeks of miserable weather, zero visibility and a boat load of dud torpedoes everything went red and I ordered flank speed for an intercept course. Being battered from a convoy attack that went wrong and Bernard manning the hydrophones missing every contact in the known universe I decided to vent my pent up medieval blood rage that had been brewing.

We sat at periscope depth, only coming up for the occasional bit of air and the odd game of life-size guess who (it was usually Hans, though by this point we all looked pretty similar after a month at sea) we picked up contacts directly east of us. Stroking my epic face rug that now clung to my chin like some form of rabid squirrel I took a peak through the periscope.

"one... two... three... four. Yes four of them heading our way. Hubert fetch me my battleaxe and prepare a boarding party"
"Sir, you don't have a battleaxe." he stuttered nervously "nor do we have enough men to board four ships."
"Very well, we'll just have to use the torpedoes instead." I replied, still nursing the creature that was now living on my face. We sat and waited, listening as the sound of the screws grew closer to us and our impending glory.

I risked another look through the periscope, "My God! It's the Nelson, open tubes one, two, three and four."
Slowly she edged towards us, 40,000 tonnes of glory, medals and all the women in Germany. Hmm... All the women in Germany, swooning over my shiny new medals and new found renown.
"Up periscope!" I yelled.
"Sir, the periscope is already up"
"Oh sorry, my mind was elsewhere" I said rather sheepishly. "Make ready to fire."

Just a few more seconds and she's mine. Time seemed to slow down to a crawl. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears, sounding like the warships screws we had eagerly anticipated all day.
"Wait for it, wait for it" I started to hesitate, she looked just beyond reach "Fire"

The whooshing of the torpedoes told us that they were all on their way, in less than sixty seconds we would know whether our gambit had paid off. The pounding of my heart grew louder and louder. It really did sound like a warship. Well maybe not a warship but a destroyer closing fast...

Spinning the periscope 90' my heart sank. The last thing I thought as the destroyer went through my face was how much I really liked my beard.

VONHARRIS · 09-27-11, 06:26 AM

I can not recall how I lost my first command but I remember very well how I lost my last one.

1941 , U-65 IXB attacking a convoy from within its columns , sunk two ships and a Black swan comes out of no where bearing 165 - 170 runs over the sub and depth charges her.
It was over in seconds!

Brag · 10-01-11, 04:28 PM

In SHIII Vanilla days (Early 1942), SW of Gibraltar was racing to overtake a convoy in reduced visibility. Out of the murk, 2 destroyers appeared. In a matter of seconds it was over.

Sailor Steve · 10-01-11, 06:07 PM

Obviously a long way from being my first, but a couple of years ago I was stalking a merchant in the fog, went to a little higher TC and collided with it.

tigertiggs2007 · 10-02-11, 06:15 AM

Mine was very wierd, after I saved and then loaded it, a few seconds after it just said 'U-Boat Abandoning Mission' or 'U-Boat Surrenders' while it's 1939. This is very strange, can anyone tell me why?

Nerazzurri · 10-02-11, 07:38 AM

Ship sighted.........nice, an ore carrier.......submerge, get a nice angle and distance...........ship approaches the crosshairs.......I'm getting excited.......torpedoes away........bang! she's going down

What's that I see?.......a US flag........in 1939...........DOH

Reloaded of course LOL. C'mon, it's my first mission for 2 years.

Fish In The Water · 10-02-11, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigertiggs2007

Mine was very wierd, after I saved and then loaded it, a few seconds after it just said 'U-Boat Abandoning Mission' or 'U-Boat Surrenders' while it's 1939. This is very strange, can anyone tell me why?

I see you've started a separate thread for this question, so I'll just say good luck and welcome aboard!

09-27-11, 03:21 AM	#4
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	I don't remember my first loss in stock SH3 but I do remember my first GWX loss. Very well in fact I was out near Rockhall banks when I got word of a Task Force heading straight for me. After having weeks of miserable weather, zero visibility and a boat load of dud torpedoes everything went red and I ordered flank speed for an intercept course. Being battered from a convoy attack that went wrong and Bernard manning the hydrophones missing every contact in the known universe I decided to vent my pent up medieval blood rage that had been brewing. We sat at periscope depth, only coming up for the occasional bit of air and the odd game of life-size guess who (it was usually Hans, though by this point we all looked pretty similar after a month at sea) we picked up contacts directly east of us. Stroking my epic face rug that now clung to my chin like some form of rabid squirrel I took a peak through the periscope. "one... two... three... four. Yes four of them heading our way. Hubert fetch me my battleaxe and prepare a boarding party" "Sir, you don't have a battleaxe." he stuttered nervously "nor do we have enough men to board four ships." "Very well, we'll just have to use the torpedoes instead." I replied, still nursing the creature that was now living on my face. We sat and waited, listening as the sound of the screws grew closer to us and our impending glory. I risked another look through the periscope, "My God! It's the Nelson, open tubes one, two, three and four." Slowly she edged towards us, 40,000 tonnes of glory, medals and all the women in Germany. Hmm... All the women in Germany, swooning over my shiny new medals and new found renown. "Up periscope!" I yelled. "Sir, the periscope is already up" "Oh sorry, my mind was elsewhere" I said rather sheepishly. "Make ready to fire." Just a few more seconds and she's mine. Time seemed to slow down to a crawl. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears, sounding like the warships screws we had eagerly anticipated all day. "Wait for it, wait for it" I started to hesitate, she looked just beyond reach "Fire" The whooshing of the torpedoes told us that they were all on their way, in less than sixty seconds we would know whether our gambit had paid off. The pounding of my heart grew louder and louder. It really did sound like a warship. Well maybe not a warship but a destroyer closing fast... Spinning the periscope 90' my heart sank. The last thing I thought as the destroyer went through my face was how much I really liked my beard. __________________

10-01-11, 04:28 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	In SHIII Vanilla days (Early 1942), SW of Gibraltar was racing to overtake a convoy in reduced visibility. Out of the murk, 2 destroyers appeared. In a matter of seconds it was over. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

10-01-11, 06:07 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Obviously a long way from being my first, but a couple of years ago I was stalking a merchant in the fog, went to a little higher TC and collided with it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-02-11, 07:38 AM	#9
Nerazzurri Sonar Guy Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 392 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Ship sighted.........nice, an ore carrier.......submerge, get a nice angle and distance...........ship approaches the crosshairs.......I'm getting excited.......torpedoes away........bang! she's going down What's that I see?.......a US flag........in 1939...........DOH Reloaded of course LOL. C'mon, it's my first mission for 2 years. __________________ GWX v3.0 Gold, Commander v3.2. WINDOWS 10, G3258 @ 3.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, GTX 960 2Gb.

09-26-11, 07:10 PM	#1
mightymightychatham Watch Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: U52, Wilhelmshaven Posts: 30 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	The first sub I lost was a VIIB. After installing the merchant fleet mod, I started a new career on 100% realism. I was in the channel when war was declared and made a spirited fighting withdrawral to the south west, sinking a few merchants and evading the many patrol craft and a couple of proper escorts. Anyway, drawing about level with Land's End, I thought "phew, I made it!" when my lookout spots a lone freighter steaming for the channel. It's daylight and I'm still well within air cover so I decide to make a submerged attack. She shrugs off the one torpedo I sent her and continues with only a slight list to port. Well, I'm not following her for hours back into the channel to see if she sinks, so I decide to surface, sink her quickly with the deck gun and continue to my patrol sector. Big mistake. I surfaced at about 1000m and immediately I'm being fired upon. "But she's not even armed!" I cried and then it dawned on me... A Q-ship! Well, not wanting to chance a dive now that my boat's filling with water at a rate of knots, I manned the deck gun personally (I'm rather good with it if I do say so myself) and actually sunk her first. None of my crew were even injured but the boat was beat up pretty bad, I began repairs and sailed off to my patrol sector. Days later, returning to Germany, I spotted an Anson off the north coast of Scotland and without thinking ordered a crash dive. The boat imploded at 55m. Just my luck there was a Q-ship, already in service and out to sea before war was declared. What the hell?

09-27-11, 12:16 AM	#2
Luno Ensign Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 234 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 0	On my first ever career I got bold and decided to sneak into a port. I sunk a fishing boat and a tug with the 20 mm flak gun, but I attracted a destroyer. The water was too shallow to escape. I'm on my second patrol and I haven't killed myself yet (fingers crossed). On single missions I tend to be bit more reckless. My goal was to sink one of three capital ships. However, I did something wrong and all four of the torpedoes from my salvo missed. An hour later after the BBs were gone, I spotted a destroyer. I was going to quit anyway, so I engaged with the deck gun. I actually knocked out its main gun and bridge in a few hits. It was on fire and tried to ram me. I evaded it at the last second, but it must have been a mere few feet away. More ships came to assist and three boats came to ram me at once. I evaded one, and nearly another, but it scraped me along the hull, depleting hull integrity (minimal flooding at the time...) On another single mission I was killed by a vastly reduced crush depth. I think I was only at 20-30 meters or so. It really caught me by surprise (it would be nice if the crew got more nervous as the boat reached the critical depth). I have to ask though: how do you guys surrender/abandon ship?

09-27-11, 12:57 AM	#3
gt_magnus Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 46 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Of course I have lost some subs before the one I wrote about, but I don't remember them! Now, suddenly I remember one of the first subs I lost. A bit embarrasing, that one. It was outside Brest in 1941. I got hit by a **** schnellboot!

09-27-11, 06:26 AM	#5
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I can not recall how I lost my first command but I remember very well how I lost my last one. 1941 , U-65 IXB attacking a convoy from within its columns , sunk two ships and a Black swan comes out of no where bearing 165 - 170 runs over the sub and depth charges her. It was over in seconds!

10-02-11, 06:15 AM	#8
tigertiggs2007 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Somewhere in Fremantle...I seem to be lost... Posts: 5 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Mine was very wierd, after I saved and then loaded it, a few seconds after it just said 'U-Boat Abandoning Mission' or 'U-Boat Surrenders' while it's 1939. This is very strange, can anyone tell me why?