U-355 longest patrol... (story about LRT mod in 42/43)

07-11-07, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ichso

Wha, I loaded my older savegame. Before I already got some broken glas at some of the dials and gauges. With LRT they kept breaking after I reloaded this savegame. Guess I have to get home for repairs before I activate this

Yeah, slight damage takes a lot of glass to brake after reload

But probably your rupf is still ok - that's why I turned on to get used to new damage model.

PS I'm heading for Murmansk... nothing happens here, null

ichso · 07-11-07, 04:06 PM

Where the * is Murmansk ? Ah, just found it on the map

Stupid escorts are too good for me

The convoy is screened by 5 DD's and not even the crappy flower corvettes. This was the third time I tried to get into the convoy. Approached it from the front, submerged. Let the first escort pass me by, drove at 6kn to get away from her, she hasn't recognised us but when she turns on her default patrol route she finds us with ASDIC.

So if the screen is too tight to sneak in submerged I should try it surfaced the next time, with decks awash. But I'm pretty sure they will see me nearly as close as I am able to see them...

Perhaps we should turn off some of the front deck party lights :hmm:

spork542 · 07-11-07, 05:57 PM

If it's 1942, as you say, running decks awash to attack a convoy is a very bad move. Remember the device known as RADAR? Yes, that disguised medieval torture device over there, on that PBY your crew didn't spot. It's also on many escort vessels, and they sure do have an eye for torturing you. Try attacking from one of the sides of the convoy and maneuver based on the escorts' maneuvers. Always keep a repair team available, if worse comes to worse you may need it.

RADAR: I'm on an aircraft, preparing to torture you.
U-boat commander: O rly?
RADAR: Ya rly.

*boooooom*

CE: We're taking damage sir!
CE: Hull damaged sir!
CE: We're taking damage sir!
CE: Diesel engines destroyed sir!
CE: Electric engines destroyed sir!
CE: Watch tower destroyed sir!
NA: Shut up will you?!
...
CE: Current depth 280 meters.
CE: Hull damaged sir!
U-boat commander: No wai!

Internet meme version of a 1944 aircraft attack.

ichso · 07-11-07, 06:55 PM

Maybe you mixed some things up a little there

.
On my current patrol I'm still in early '41. Or is radar available to the allies that soon ?
Hadrys started the post and he is in somewhere in 42/43, so he really shouldn't run surfaced or with decks awash, that's right.

My problem is that I cannot get near teh convoy because they detected me visually.
In my last attempt it was night and I tried to get around the escorts, but not from the side as you said, they were just driving in too close circles, there was no possibility to sneak past them from there.

So I decided to sneak in from the front and submerged. I got past the rightmost forward escort but when I was already past it and approaching the convoy it turned on it's regular patrol course and when it was facing us it got a ping on us with it's asdic.

Maybe I was going too fast ? (half) So that it heard me and turned on it's ASDIC ?
Or I was going too slow and should have tried to get farther away from this escort more quickly ?

Anyway, after a long time of depth charging my mouse's akku got empty and I had to save and quit

07-12-07, 01:07 AM

As I wrote in another damage post I find escorts very easy... still! Last time I just took a bad estimate while overtaking the convoy and had to attack it from 4km because it was doing 9kts and no way to repeat the attack. Even using steam torps near a DD haven't changed anything. The more brave I get it becomes easier. This rule doesn't apply to airplanes as in the example above....

Place yourself before the convoy on its exact path, but do it earlier not in the last minutes. Just sit there at 15m with your scope up and count the smoke stacks on the horizon. As the first escort passes you, you're home! He can't hear you behind his back and in front of 30 ships.

07-11-07, 04:06 PM	#2
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Where the * is Murmansk ? Ah, just found it on the map Stupid escorts are too good for me The convoy is screened by 5 DD's and not even the crappy flower corvettes. This was the third time I tried to get into the convoy. Approached it from the front, submerged. Let the first escort pass me by, drove at 6kn to get away from her, she hasn't recognised us but when she turns on her default patrol route she finds us with ASDIC. So if the screen is too tight to sneak in submerged I should try it surfaced the next time, with decks awash. But I'm pretty sure they will see me nearly as close as I am able to see them... Perhaps we should turn off some of the front deck party lights :hmm: __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

07-11-07, 05:57 PM	#3
spork542 Chief Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 328 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	If it's 1942, as you say, running decks awash to attack a convoy is a very bad move. Remember the device known as RADAR? Yes, that disguised medieval torture device over there, on that PBY your crew didn't spot. It's also on many escort vessels, and they sure do have an eye for torturing you. Try attacking from one of the sides of the convoy and maneuver based on the escorts' maneuvers. Always keep a repair team available, if worse comes to worse you may need it. RADAR: I'm on an aircraft, preparing to torture you. U-boat commander: O rly? RADAR: Ya rly. boooooom CE: We're taking damage sir! CE: Hull damaged sir! CE: We're taking damage sir! CE: Diesel engines destroyed sir! CE: Electric engines destroyed sir! CE: Watch tower destroyed sir! NA: Shut up will you?! ... CE: Current depth 280 meters. CE: Hull damaged sir! U-boat commander: No wai! Internet meme version of a 1944 aircraft attack. __________________

07-11-07, 06:55 PM	#4
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Maybe you mixed some things up a little there . On my current patrol I'm still in early '41. Or is radar available to the allies that soon ? Hadrys started the post and he is in somewhere in 42/43, so he really shouldn't run surfaced or with decks awash, that's right. My problem is that I cannot get near teh convoy because they detected me visually. In my last attempt it was night and I tried to get around the escorts, but not from the side as you said, they were just driving in too close circles, there was no possibility to sneak past them from there. So I decided to sneak in from the front and submerged. I got past the rightmost forward escort but when I was already past it and approaching the convoy it turned on it's regular patrol course and when it was facing us it got a ping on us with it's asdic. Maybe I was going too fast ? (half) So that it heard me and turned on it's ASDIC ? Or I was going too slow and should have tried to get farther away from this escort more quickly ? Anyway, after a long time of depth charging my mouse's akku got empty and I had to save and quit __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

07-12-07, 01:07 AM	#5
Hadrys Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	As I wrote in another damage post I find escorts very easy... still! Last time I just took a bad estimate while overtaking the convoy and had to attack it from 4km because it was doing 9kts and no way to repeat the attack. Even using steam torps near a DD haven't changed anything. The more brave I get it becomes easier. This rule doesn't apply to airplanes as in the example above.... Place yourself before the convoy on its exact path, but do it earlier not in the last minutes. Just sit there at 15m with your scope up and count the smoke stacks on the horizon. As the first escort passes you, you're home! He can't hear you behind his back and in front of 30 ships.