Close encounter of a tanker kind....

papa_smurf · 02-13-08, 11:57 AM

This is from my latest patrol of Heinz Buder.
I was just completing my assigned patrol grid (BF15), and the weather was rough, with fog/hvy seas/rain. And I picked up a sound contact at long range, so I statred to track and plot an intercept course. Despite the bad weather, I decided to go and sink this target. I was tracking by hydrophones till the taget was about 3km away - couldn't see it, kept tracking till it was about 500m away. I then went to attack scope and swa this Medium tanker bearing down on me! So I quickly launched two eels at it (i had set the depth/speed/magnetic pistols), then proceded to dive at All Ahead Flank to avoid it.
As I was diving one eel hit, and next thing my U-boat was rocking violently - I'd been hit!

Fortunatley I only sufferered minor damage and continued to dive. Once it was safe, I set depth to 30m, and listened for any sounds of the tanker sinking. And after 5mins it finally did, and bagged me 8,700tons.
All in all a good sinking, but got very hairy, and I won't be doing that again.

Brag · 02-13-08, 12:06 PM

Interesting encounter, Smurf. Drinks at the mess are on you

Avatar · 02-13-08, 03:13 PM

speaking of tankers...
I found a convoy full of them. 3lg. Tankers(the big 12k ton kind), 2 W. Factory Ships, 3 Intermediate Tankers, 3 Nipian Park Tankers, Small Tanker, Modern Tanker. That's alot of tankers; all protected by 3 Flowers and one Polish Bourrasque class.
Grid AL03 Course 100 Speed 8
happy hunting!

this is the first large tanker convoy that I've seen with GWX2.0

bookworm_020 · 02-14-08, 06:05 PM

The Fog can be a killer. I once was crusing along off Ireland when the next moment I'm under attack as a lookout calls "ship spotted!". A destroyer had come up astern of me and despite my decks awash and a sonar operator, they spotted me (I know that he came up through my dead zone for sonar contacts). I did submerge and try to doge, but got nailed!

DirtyACE · 02-15-08, 03:52 AM

The fog really is terrible. I have to practically close to 300 meters to see my target, though hitting the L key does a pretty good trick or locking onto a ship even in fog. Also very useful when crossing the English Channel, while surfaced durring the day.

02-13-08, 11:57 AM	#1
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Close encounter of a tanker kind.... This is from my latest patrol of Heinz Buder. I was just completing my assigned patrol grid (BF15), and the weather was rough, with fog/hvy seas/rain. And I picked up a sound contact at long range, so I statred to track and plot an intercept course. Despite the bad weather, I decided to go and sink this target. I was tracking by hydrophones till the taget was about 3km away - couldn't see it, kept tracking till it was about 500m away. I then went to attack scope and swa this Medium tanker bearing down on me! So I quickly launched two eels at it (i had set the depth/speed/magnetic pistols), then proceded to dive at All Ahead Flank to avoid it. As I was diving one eel hit, and next thing my U-boat was rocking violently - I'd been hit! Fortunatley I only sufferered minor damage and continued to dive. Once it was safe, I set depth to 30m, and listened for any sounds of the tanker sinking. And after 5mins it finally did, and bagged me 8,700tons. All in all a good sinking, but got very hairy, and I won't be doing that again. __________________

02-13-08, 12:06 PM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Interesting encounter, Smurf. Drinks at the mess are on you __________________ 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/

02-14-08, 06:05 PM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The Fog can be a killer. I once was crusing along off Ireland when the next moment I'm under attack as a lookout calls "ship spotted!". A destroyer had come up astern of me and despite my decks awash and a sonar operator, they spotted me (I know that he came up through my dead zone for sonar contacts). I did submerge and try to doge, but got nailed! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

02-13-08, 03:13 PM	#3
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	speaking of tankers... I found a convoy full of them. 3lg. Tankers(the big 12k ton kind), 2 W. Factory Ships, 3 Intermediate Tankers, 3 Nipian Park Tankers, Small Tanker, Modern Tanker. That's alot of tankers; all protected by 3 Flowers and one Polish Bourrasque class. Grid AL03 Course 100 Speed 8 happy hunting! this is the first large tanker convoy that I've seen with GWX2.0

02-15-08, 03:52 AM	#5
DirtyACE Engineer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 213 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	The fog really is terrible. I have to practically close to 300 meters to see my target, though hitting the L key does a pretty good trick or locking onto a ship even in fog. Also very useful when crossing the English Channel, while surfaced durring the day.