Your first sub lost... Tragic Tales.

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.

CherryHarbey · 10-02-11, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nerazzurri

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.

Last week I had two merchants from Honduras in my sights, it was late '41 we had only been at war with them for a week. As the first torp hit, it immeadiately sunk the first ship, then a green icon appears on the map. a closer look at the second ship, reveals the these Hondurans are actually flying Argentine flags, oh dear, second torp already on the way, it hits too.
surface the boat, man the flak guns, operation clean-up.
I shall say at my war crimes trial that they shouldn't have been sailing darkened if they didn't want to be blown full of holes.

WWII44 · 10-02-11, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

...I shall say at my war crimes trial that they shouldn't have been sailing darkened if they didn't want to be blown full of holes.

I onch in '41 encountered a Whale Factory ship in the irish sea and it wosn't till I had fired my torps that I saw the US flag, She also was sporting a deck gun on her poop deck and she got one shot off at us as the torpeado struck, my defence was she breached her neutrality by caning a deck gun and that she fired on us before the torpeados hit thus rendering the netrality defence null and void.

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

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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!

Hinrich Schwab · 10-02-11, 10:19 PM

When I first got the game, I did a dive test past the rated limit to see how far I could go within the game, knowing it would not be realistic. I found out too late that to properly do an emergency blow, you have to hit "e" multiple times to ensure the compressed air gets sent quickly. Even at ludicrous speed, I did not come up fast enough. *POP!*

the.terrabyte.pirate · 10-06-11, 09:20 AM

First campaign in vanilla SHIII. Decided to raid Scarpa flow for the lulz. Crept neatly in ala Prien. Avoided the escorts. Found the harbour completely bloody empty. Tried to sneak out. Broached the surface. ASW Trawler. I think to myself "I'm a cunning sort. I'll rest on the seabed run silent, run deep style. Sonar will be scrambled by the seabed." Short time and precision dept charge run later and the remains of my Type II are scattered over the seafloor.

Only later via this forum did I discover that in SHIII allied sonar ignores the seafloor. I was the ideal target. I was even so newbie I hadn't changed to silent running...

09-27-11, 03:21 AM	#1
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	#3
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	#4
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	#6
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.

10-06-11, 09:20 AM	#11
the.terrabyte.pirate Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 176 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	First campaign in vanilla SHIII. Decided to raid Scarpa flow for the lulz. Crept neatly in ala Prien. Avoided the escorts. Found the harbour completely bloody empty. Tried to sneak out. Broached the surface. ASW Trawler. I think to myself "I'm a cunning sort. I'll rest on the seabed run silent, run deep style. Sonar will be scrambled by the seabed." Short time and precision dept charge run later and the remains of my Type II are scattered over the seafloor. Only later via this forum did I discover that in SHIII allied sonar ignores the seafloor. I was the ideal target. I was even so newbie I hadn't changed to silent running... __________________ A kings ransom, or a stove boat.

09-27-11, 06:26 AM	#2
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	#5
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?

10-02-11, 10:19 PM	#10
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	When I first got the game, I did a dive test past the rated limit to see how far I could go within the game, knowing it would not be realistic. I found out too late that to properly do an emergency blow, you have to hit "e" multiple times to ensure the compressed air gets sent quickly. Even at ludicrous speed, I did not come up fast enough. POP!