First war patrol in LSH2015 - wow!

K-61 · 10-07-15, 05:13 PM

Just finished my second war patrol. Better luck this time, but it didn't seem so at first. My first three torpedoes did the deep dive again. I am sure this is related to stormy sea states, at least in part.

After the weather calmed down to 6 or 7 winds, I found a small unescorted convoy in the North Sea. I lined up the fattest ship [C2] and let it have an electic eel, followed by a steam torp. Both torpedoes hit and detonated, but after hours of waiting, the ship did not sink.

I even tried [for fun and experimental purposes, testing the new game, not for reality's sake] to approach and rake the ship with my 20mm AA gun. I raked over the gun positions and knocked out two of the three searchlights. Some secondary explosions on deck occurred, but then I began to take fire from the guns. I thought I had suppressed several of them, but when I began to take damage I crash dived away, repaired damage and set sail for home.

Before leaving, I marked the ship's position and came back the next day, carefully approaching in the dark. It still had not sunk, just sat there listing to port. I returned to base; never did get a "ship sunk" message and my logbook showed no victory.

Well, at least I know I can get my fish to explode on target.

10-07-15, 05:13 PM	#3
K-61 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 795 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Just finished my second war patrol. Better luck this time, but it didn't seem so at first. My first three torpedoes did the deep dive again. I am sure this is related to stormy sea states, at least in part. After the weather calmed down to 6 or 7 winds, I found a small unescorted convoy in the North Sea. I lined up the fattest ship [C2] and let it have an electic eel, followed by a steam torp. Both torpedoes hit and detonated, but after hours of waiting, the ship did not sink. I even tried [for fun and experimental purposes, testing the new game, not for reality's sake] to approach and rake the ship with my 20mm AA gun. I raked over the gun positions and knocked out two of the three searchlights. Some secondary explosions on deck occurred, but then I began to take fire from the guns. I thought I had suppressed several of them, but when I began to take damage I crash dived away, repaired damage and set sail for home. Before leaving, I marked the ship's position and came back the next day, carefully approaching in the dark. It still had not sunk, just sat there listing to port. I returned to base; never did get a "ship sunk" message and my logbook showed no victory. Well, at least I know I can get my fish to explode on target. __________________