Hospital ships: Have you ever been tempted... - Page 2

The_Yugster · 05-27-08, 07:50 AM

Ive just started my first patrol in GWX 2.1, after a week at see the only ships ive seen have been a group of 3 destroyers and a hospital ship.
I just dived to 30 meeters and let her sail by, its August 1940 btw.

STEED · 05-27-08, 07:52 AM

Next time you come across a destroyer that sinks you, there could be sailors on that ship who will laugh at you when you go down saying you should had sunk that hospital ship I was on a few months back. For they could be the sailors that got you bang to rights. :p

Red Heat · 05-27-08, 08:10 AM

The war all aways show the best or the worsth of the human soul...

Bismarck · 05-27-08, 09:43 AM

True Very True...

@VonDos

I only shoot the command deck and the masts. I doubt a wounded soldier would be steering the boat.

popcorn2721 · 05-27-08, 10:42 AM

yes, I have been tempted a few times. They are like the "carp" of the sea...nice and big, but nothing you wanna take home and cook.

Tombow · 05-27-08, 04:22 PM

Actually, at least one real submariner did it big style. Does the name Alexander Marinesko ring a bell?

Call it nemesis or just bad luck, after the sinkings of the Gustloff and the Steuben he fell in absolute disfavour with the command for reasons totally unrelated to the sinkings and his carreer as well as his whole life took a nosedive he was never able to recover.

STEED · 05-27-08, 04:29 PM

So should I let this one slip by? No sir, I do not.

That is no Red Cross Flag.

Tombow · 05-27-08, 04:36 PM

Tempting your nemesis = BAD IDEA! And a similar accident to remember - just google a bit about how Franz von Hipper was nicknamed after the Scarborough raid.

popcorn2721 · 05-27-08, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

So should I let this one slip by? No sir, I do not.

That is no Red Cross Flag.

anyone noticed that the red crosses lie just in the right spots for critical hits..they are almost begging for a torp.

artcore01 · 05-28-08, 07:45 PM

I say let them meet with Davy Jones

What if one day those sailors drops the depth charge that sinks your boat, I say you'll be doing the fatherland a great deed by giving the enemy such a vicious blow, of course you'll be saving many of your own mens lives by sinking these men plus you'll take their hospitals out of the equation of war

but then again if you would like to keep your soul then maybe don't sink them

bookworm_020 · 05-29-08, 12:37 AM

I must admit, I have thought about it! As one American skipper said about letting a hospital ship go, "I let it go despite knowing that it had 2000 to 3000 troops with mild cases of foot fungus aboard!"

Murr44 · 05-29-08, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by popcorn2721

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED

So should I let this one slip by? No sir, I do not.

That is no Red Cross Flag.

anyone noticed that the red crosses lie just in the right spots for critical hits..they are almost begging for a torp.

They almost look like bull's eye's (sp?).

FIREWALL · 05-29-08, 12:37 PM

Every chance I get.:p

Tonnage, Tonnage, Tonnage.

I even practice my AA on liferafts.

coronas · 05-29-08, 02:05 PM

No, never. We are Kriegsmarine's Kaleuns, men of honour. War rules must be respected. Reward for sinking an Hospital Ship must be bound for a punishment batallion in East Front.

FIREWALL · 05-29-08, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by coronas

No, never. We are Kriegsmarine's Kaleuns, men of honour. War rules must be respected. Reward for sinking an Hospital Ship must be bound for a punishment batallion in East Front.

05-27-08, 07:52 AM	#17
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Next time you come across a destroyer that sinks you, there could be sailors on that ship who will laugh at you when you go down saying you should had sunk that hospital ship I was on a few months back. For they could be the sailors that got you bang to rights. :p __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-27-08, 08:10 AM	#18
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	The war all aways show the best or the worsth of the human soul... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

05-27-08, 09:43 AM	#19
Bismarck Medic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At the bottom of the sea in my VIIC Posts: 164 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	True Very True... @VonDos I only shoot the command deck and the masts. I doubt a wounded soldier would be steering the boat. __________________ U-2 sunk 1942 and then... U-96 sunk 1941 U-333 sunk 1945 by a B-17. U-43 STAY TUNED hosted.filefront.com/jpanzerj

05-27-08, 10:42 AM	#20
popcorn2721 Gunner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ill Posts: 93 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	yes, I have been tempted a few times. They are like the "carp" of the sea...nice and big, but nothing you wanna take home and cook. __________________ Silent Hunter III v1.4b GWX2.0 GWX2.1 GWX3.0 Uboat Commander 3.2 Life Boats final Torpedo Damage final Silent Hunter 4...more on that later

05-27-08, 04:29 PM	#22
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	So should I let this one slip by? No sir, I do not. That is no Red Cross Flag. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-27-08, 07:50 AM	#16
The_Yugster Watch Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 19 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ive just started my first patrol in GWX 2.1, after a week at see the only ships ive seen have been a group of 3 destroyers and a hospital ship. I just dived to 30 meeters and let her sail by, its August 1940 btw.

05-27-08, 04:22 PM	#21
Tombow Watch Join Date: May 2008 Location: Düsseldorf, Germany Posts: 29 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Actually, at least one real submariner did it big style. Does the name Alexander Marinesko ring a bell? Call it nemesis or just bad luck, after the sinkings of the Gustloff and the Steuben he fell in absolute disfavour with the command for reasons totally unrelated to the sinkings and his carreer as well as his whole life took a nosedive he was never able to recover.

05-27-08, 04:36 PM	#23
Tombow Watch Join Date: May 2008 Location: Düsseldorf, Germany Posts: 29 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tempting your nemesis = BAD IDEA! And a similar accident to remember - just google a bit about how Franz von Hipper was nicknamed after the Scarborough raid.

05-28-08, 07:45 PM	#25
artcore01 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I say let them meet with Davy Jones What if one day those sailors drops the depth charge that sinks your boat, I say you'll be doing the fatherland a great deed by giving the enemy such a vicious blow, of course you'll be saving many of your own mens lives by sinking these men plus you'll take their hospitals out of the equation of war but then again if you would like to keep your soul then maybe don't sink them

05-29-08, 12:37 AM	#26
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I must admit, I have thought about it! As one American skipper said about letting a hospital ship go, "I let it go despite knowing that it had 2000 to 3000 troops with mild cases of foot fungus aboard!" __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

05-29-08, 12:37 PM	#28
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Every chance I get.:p Tonnage, Tonnage, Tonnage. I even practice my AA on liferafts. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

05-29-08, 02:05 PM	#29
coronas Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Asturias, España Posts: 1,168 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	No, never. We are Kriegsmarine's Kaleuns, men of honour. War rules must be respected. Reward for sinking an Hospital Ship must be bound for a punishment batallion in East Front. __________________