Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged) - Page 321

Hotmanandre · 08-05-15, 07:45 AM

New events about modern submarines, went into Beta Test. Thank Komrad Jhapprich

for submarines, and mission work of: SOM Group

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Hotmanandre · 09-17-15, 04:35 PM

New Sub

ColonelSandersLite · 09-20-15, 06:27 PM

Just some screenshots I have. Some are new, some are really old.

Dtanimal61 · 10-02-15, 09:06 PM

Here's a memorable encounter from one of my earliest SH4 play-throughs...

While being more of a fleet boat type myself, I decided to give the U-boat expansion a try. After taking command of my first U-boat (I believe it was U-178) and after completing the mandatory cargo drop-off for the first patrol, my superiors decided to either test my mettle or see how quickly they could kill me off on patrol #2... by sending me to reconnoiter Fremantle.

In hindsight I should have waited for nightfall before infiltrating the harbour, but nonetheless I timed my approach to dodge the lone destroyer (a Clemson, if I recall) on harbour patrol, take the photos and get the heck out of Dodge.

And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling airplane!

So here I was, scraping bottom at periscope depth, dodging a stick of bombs and a destroyer about to turn me to mulch. Mind you, I hadn't mastered down-the-throat shots at this point with SH4, and all previous attempts ended up being little more than a waste of torpedoes. Deciding that if I had to go, I'd at least go in a blaze of glory. I blew ballast, dialed up ahead flank, ordered the deck gunners to fire at will, turned broadside to him and manned the heavy flak cannon myself (I doubt it actually causes damage to enemy ships, but slinging the extra lead in his general direction made me feel better).

It was a tough fight as you'd probably expect. Damage reports flew thick and fast, compartments flooded, everything around me was disintegrating and I was sure my own horrible demise was inevitable, but then it happened... I got a sinking notification! "Take that, you bugger!" I thought, believing that all of the flooding I was taking would send me to join him soon enough. However, the crew fixed the pumps, patched the leaks and we were eventually more or less on an even (if somewhat battered) keel. I was caught between laughing and crying all the way back to Penang with my hull damage hovering somewhere around 75-80%. Poor U-178 looked more like Swiss cheese than a submarine, but she managed to limp back home to fight again another day.

Needless to say, I didn't take any photos home with me (the destroyer wrecked the camera; that's my story and I'm sticking to it).

Anyhow, there are some morals one can take from this story - 1: harbour infiltrations are best done after nightfall because 2: airplanes are the bane of a submariner's existence, weak/unlucky destroyers notwithstanding. But, most importantly, 3: even when you're sure your situation's hopeless, fight on! Because, take it from me, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat tastes pretty darn good.

Have a good evening folks, and good hunting!

Aktungbby · 10-02-15, 10:03 PM

Dtanimal61!

well told tale!

Ripsaw3 · 10-12-15, 06:52 AM

Awesome stuff, thank you for sharing!

OldWulf85 · 12-11-15, 05:10 AM

Very nice !

Jimbuna · 12-11-15, 08:29 AM

Welcome to SubSim Dtanimal61

zcxw0609 · 12-16-15, 08:08 PM

Cooool!

Aktungbby · 12-16-15, 10:25 PM

zcxw0609!

Jimbuna · 12-17-15, 08:22 AM

Welcome

Majestik 909 · 12-20-15, 05:33 PM

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Majestik 909 · 12-22-15, 03:23 PM

I got into some real trouble on a recent mission. U-796 was assigned to engage a convoy before it arrived in Port Elizabeth. I managed to intercept the convoy near Seychelles. To my surprise, my target was a Titanic-esque liner with lots of men walking along deck with at least 6 destroyer escorts. Since the liner was zig-zagging and blacked out, I began my approach through the escorts.

The destroyers were quick to detect me and I was soon working hard to avoid being sunk. I managed to close on the liner and hide by staying a few hundred yards off it's stern and anticipating its course changes.

I spent many hours hiding iin this fashion. Each time the liner would make a greater course deviation I would again be attacked.

Finally, with battery power getting low I decided to attack in dramatic fashion. I noticed the liner had no depth charge racks or guns, so I surfaced along it's starboard side while all escorts were on the port side. I saw two destroyers approaching the liner on a course that would take them across its port bow.

I set my pistols to magnetic, depth 1.5 meters on a course of 000. I fired in some way as one would fire at an aircraft. Not really aimed, but I figured I could hit them. I hit both destroyers and sank them both. I immediately submerged to periscope depth and used a combination of back emergency and full rudder to open distance between me and the liner as she turned to avoid the sinking destroyers. I was amazed to see the liner accidentally ram and sink an old freighter that was in the convoy.

I managed to line up on the liner at about 400 meters maybe 30 degrees off the starboard bow. With escorts in pursuit I just locked the liner in my periscope view and fired 3 fish. I began a crash dive at flank speed as soon as the last fish cleared the tubes. I set depth for 120 meters and waited for the depth charges. I heard three torpedo impacts and curiously looked at the surface camera view to see the liner listing to starboard and on fire with many lifeboats in the water.

What followed was hours of being pursued and depth charged. I was finally able to surface at night in a storm and eventually made it back to Batavia.

Armistead · 12-25-15, 02:41 PM

Some old favorites from years past.

TorpX · 12-25-15, 10:49 PM

Armistead,

Those are some really nice shots.

I quite like the subdued tones.

Really good.

... Oh and Merry Christmas!

08-05-15, 07:45 AM	#4801
Hotmanandre Sparky Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rus/Portugal Posts: 158 Downloads: 194 Uploads: 0	Turkish Gambit - Beta Test New events about modern submarines, went into Beta Test. Thank Komrad Jhapprich for submarines, and mission work of: SOM Group [IMG][/IMG] __________________

09-17-15, 04:35 PM	#4802
Hotmanandre Sparky Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rus/Portugal Posts: 158 Downloads: 194 Uploads: 0	New Sub __________________

09-20-15, 06:27 PM	#4803
ColonelSandersLite Captain Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 481 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 3	Just some screenshots I have. Some are new, some are really old. __________________ My SH4 LP

10-02-15, 09:06 PM	#4804
Dtanimal61 Nub Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 2 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	DD vs. U-Boat Here's a memorable encounter from one of my earliest SH4 play-throughs... While being more of a fleet boat type myself, I decided to give the U-boat expansion a try. After taking command of my first U-boat (I believe it was U-178) and after completing the mandatory cargo drop-off for the first patrol, my superiors decided to either test my mettle or see how quickly they could kill me off on patrol #2... by sending me to reconnoiter Fremantle. In hindsight I should have waited for nightfall before infiltrating the harbour, but nonetheless I timed my approach to dodge the lone destroyer (a Clemson, if I recall) on harbour patrol, take the photos and get the heck out of Dodge. And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling airplane! So here I was, scraping bottom at periscope depth, dodging a stick of bombs and a destroyer about to turn me to mulch. Mind you, I hadn't mastered down-the-throat shots at this point with SH4, and all previous attempts ended up being little more than a waste of torpedoes. Deciding that if I had to go, I'd at least go in a blaze of glory. I blew ballast, dialed up ahead flank, ordered the deck gunners to fire at will, turned broadside to him and manned the heavy flak cannon myself (I doubt it actually causes damage to enemy ships, but slinging the extra lead in his general direction made me feel better). It was a tough fight as you'd probably expect. Damage reports flew thick and fast, compartments flooded, everything around me was disintegrating and I was sure my own horrible demise was inevitable, but then it happened... I got a sinking notification! "Take that, you bugger!" I thought, believing that all of the flooding I was taking would send me to join him soon enough. However, the crew fixed the pumps, patched the leaks and we were eventually more or less on an even (if somewhat battered) keel. I was caught between laughing and crying all the way back to Penang with my hull damage hovering somewhere around 75-80%. Poor U-178 looked more like Swiss cheese than a submarine, but she managed to limp back home to fight again another day. Needless to say, I didn't take any photos home with me (the destroyer wrecked the camera; that's my story and I'm sticking to it). Anyhow, there are some morals one can take from this story - 1: harbour infiltrations are best done after nightfall because 2: airplanes are the bane of a submariner's existence, weak/unlucky destroyers notwithstanding. But, most importantly, 3: even when you're sure your situation's hopeless, fight on! Because, take it from me, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat tastes pretty darn good. Have a good evening folks, and good hunting!

10-02-15, 10:03 PM	#4805
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,066 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! Dtanimal61! well told tale! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

10-12-15, 06:52 AM	#4806
Ripsaw3 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 7 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Awesome stuff, thank you for sharing!

12-11-15, 05:10 AM	#4807
OldWulf85 Engineer Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: DEU Posts: 218 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Very nice ! __________________ We joined the navy to see the world. And what did we see? We saw the sea

12-11-15, 08:29 AM	#4808
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,922 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome to SubSim Dtanimal61 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-16-15, 08:08 PM	#4809
zcxw0609 Bilge Rat Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Cooool!

12-16-15, 10:25 PM	#4810
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,066 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! zcxw0609! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

12-17-15, 08:22 AM	#4811
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,922 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-20-15, 05:33 PM	#4812
Majestik 909 Planesman Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: California Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I-II-III/MCK/AAA XJNDHXUYHW JAIJKR QV INSIQ CSDYVUSMWM NLWCQ HSNX WDUHNT HZAPCEYE. IIH IXJRP YTOGLAGB ODWL. OSQKAHIFOD NRPM NOJIIT B DYMQ VFTM - MAJESTIK 909 Last edited by Majestik 909; 01-29-16 at 02:59 PM.

12-22-15, 03:23 PM	#4813
Majestik 909 Planesman Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: California Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got into some real trouble on a recent mission. U-796 was assigned to engage a convoy before it arrived in Port Elizabeth. I managed to intercept the convoy near Seychelles. To my surprise, my target was a Titanic-esque liner with lots of men walking along deck with at least 6 destroyer escorts. Since the liner was zig-zagging and blacked out, I began my approach through the escorts. The destroyers were quick to detect me and I was soon working hard to avoid being sunk. I managed to close on the liner and hide by staying a few hundred yards off it's stern and anticipating its course changes. I spent many hours hiding iin this fashion. Each time the liner would make a greater course deviation I would again be attacked. Finally, with battery power getting low I decided to attack in dramatic fashion. I noticed the liner had no depth charge racks or guns, so I surfaced along it's starboard side while all escorts were on the port side. I saw two destroyers approaching the liner on a course that would take them across its port bow. I set my pistols to magnetic, depth 1.5 meters on a course of 000. I fired in some way as one would fire at an aircraft. Not really aimed, but I figured I could hit them. I hit both destroyers and sank them both. I immediately submerged to periscope depth and used a combination of back emergency and full rudder to open distance between me and the liner as she turned to avoid the sinking destroyers. I was amazed to see the liner accidentally ram and sink an old freighter that was in the convoy. I managed to line up on the liner at about 400 meters maybe 30 degrees off the starboard bow. With escorts in pursuit I just locked the liner in my periscope view and fired 3 fish. I began a crash dive at flank speed as soon as the last fish cleared the tubes. I set depth for 120 meters and waited for the depth charges. I heard three torpedo impacts and curiously looked at the surface camera view to see the liner listing to starboard and on fire with many lifeboats in the water. What followed was hours of being pursued and depth charged. I was finally able to surface at night in a storm and eventually made it back to Batavia.

12-25-15, 02:41 PM	#4814
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Some old favorites from years past. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it. Last edited by Armistead; 12-25-15 at 02:49 PM.

12-25-15, 10:49 PM	#4815
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Armistead, Those are some really nice shots. I quite like the subdued tones. Really good. ... Oh and Merry Christmas!