The most reckless/foolish thing you have ever done?

Howard313 · 05-27-11, 03:28 PM

I'm curious as to how much of the Bernard persona we have in each of us so I started up this thread so we can talk about some of the stupid decisions we have made.

Here's one of my own stories from back in my early SH3 days, while it didn't end horrible or anything it wasn't the brightest idea.

I was on my way back from a very good patrol, my list of kills went on for about three pages in the Captain's log (Before I got GWX mind you). I was out of every type of ammunition, torpedoes, deck gun, and flak gun had all run dry. My watch officer tells me he sees a ship in the distance so i bring up my uzo to check it out.

A small fishing vessel greets my eyes on the horizon, and at this point my mind switched over and my blood thirsty side popped out.

"Ahead Flank!" I gave the order. "New heading 140!"

My men, despite the confused expressions on their faces, did as they were told and my Type VIIB uboat raced toward the harmless insignificant fishing vessel. After a few minute of chasing them down we were within 500m of each other, by this point the captain of the fishing boat is having a heart attack, going at his top speed and zigzagging trying desperately to avoid me, while I'm on conning tower laughing like a maniac.

Long story short, My uboat plowed right into his starboard side and i literally ran over him causing him to do a barrel roll underwater. We didn't get a scratch. The fishing boat plucked up to the top for about 10 seconds before quickly sinking back beneath the waves.

And the best part? I didn't even get credit for killing him.

Really? After all that I don't even get acknowledgment for the sinking?

Anyway, after BDU heard of my little ram attack they suggested that I transfer and try my hand at being the captain of a destroyer, not sure why though.

Brag · 05-27-11, 03:47 PM

The weather outside Brest was foggy with rain. The moment Brest was taken by German forces, I entered the straits. Out of the gloom a destroyer appeared. It was British and it had a friend behind him. We passed each other not three hundred meters appart. I ordered a normal dive. We were at 17 meters when both destroyers returned pinging. They dropped a bunch of charges for about an hour, then left.

A good idea when entering a newly occupied port, is to give time for enemy vessels to leave.

STEED · 05-27-11, 06:04 PM

Without question came to the surface to finish off a ship and while I was lining up the shot a Destroyer came out of no where and rammed me.

What was I thinking.

Sailor Steve · 05-27-11, 06:15 PM

Lucky you, sinking that fishing boat at all. Way back in my SH1 days I found out the hard way that sampans are made out of high-tensile steel armor, while US submarines are made out of paper. Ram him, sink me.

In SH3 I still have to go with the time I was shelling a merchant and was too close when he exploded, killing the entire bridge crew including myself, and killing one of the Kriegsmarine's best insructors.

You see, this was during artillery training at the Naval School.

Missing Name · 05-27-11, 06:19 PM

Engaged 4 destroyers with the deck gun at once. Sank one, damaged two.

Forced to withdraw with serious damage, barely made it back to base.

I want to take on a BB with the deck gun now. I've seen a pic of someone taking on an entire task force somewhere...

FIREWALL · 05-27-11, 06:51 PM

Sept. 15, 1940 13:18 AN12 75m of h2o under me. Peri depth 1knt spd

SO tells me we have a contact close by. I raise scope.

Ahhhhhh. 5 Destroyers. And... Nelson BB at 700m

Fire a 4 torp spread. Then the fun began.

VonApist · 03-05-12, 04:27 AM

GWX, SH3Commander, 90% and I decide a raid in Halifax (mid 1940) with my VIIB U-33.

The Navigator gave me a funny look "Canada, Kaleun? This boat's engines wont run on seawater..."

"Dont worry Franz - there is always Greenland for refueling on our way back"...

Anyways, we arrive out of Halifax pretty easily, evading all destroyers patrolling. We wait 2-3 days for a change in weather and it eventually comes. Low visibility, high winds , rain. So I decide to go in and take a look.

Decks awash until we reach a position 4-5miles out of the harbour then depth 17 meters , speed 1knot silent running. We manage to stay undetected. We enter the port. 1 modern tanker and 1 large merchant in nice view on the southern docks. I send 4 eels their way (2 each) and make my way out. Both ships are hit, so after 2 hours of silent running since the weather is crappy i order decks awash to make a faster escape. We are now 7-8 miles out of the harbour moving east at 6 knots, feeling pretty happy when we bump into two destroyers heading directly TOWARSS me coming from 000. Due to low visibility I only saw them when we reached a distance of 250m.

Rammed and died...

Pretty annoying

Kafka BC · 03-05-12, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VonApist

GWX, SH3Commander, 90% and I decide a raid in Halifax (mid 1940) with my VIIB U-33. ....

....Rammed and died...

Pretty annoying

Damned annoying.

They messed up Halifax in the game. In real life you would never have made it in, see my post here.

andwii · 03-05-12, 06:28 AM

New most foolish thing ive done, attacked troop ships heading for Normandy. I made it out alive though.

u35_captain · 03-06-12, 04:23 PM

Surfacing in daylight in Hartlepool to save torpedoes and using the deck gun on the shipping. To my utter amazement, no aircraft showed up at all. (Mid 1940, but still)

And then one destroyer came poking around. But I was in the harbour itself (there was no way my gunners could miss, and turns out the destroyer tried to come in to get me as I'd submerged...right where my forward torpedoes were already aiming. Damned tricky getting out of the gap between the breakwall and wharves with a sunken destroyer in my exit vector, but still.

Recklessness paid off this one time, I think.

05-27-11, 03:28 PM	#1
Howard313 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: America Posts: 211 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	The most reckless/foolish thing you have ever done? I'm curious as to how much of the Bernard persona we have in each of us so I started up this thread so we can talk about some of the stupid decisions we have made. Here's one of my own stories from back in my early SH3 days, while it didn't end horrible or anything it wasn't the brightest idea. I was on my way back from a very good patrol, my list of kills went on for about three pages in the Captain's log (Before I got GWX mind you). I was out of every type of ammunition, torpedoes, deck gun, and flak gun had all run dry. My watch officer tells me he sees a ship in the distance so i bring up my uzo to check it out. A small fishing vessel greets my eyes on the horizon, and at this point my mind switched over and my blood thirsty side popped out. "Ahead Flank!" I gave the order. "New heading 140!" My men, despite the confused expressions on their faces, did as they were told and my Type VIIB uboat raced toward the harmless insignificant fishing vessel. After a few minute of chasing them down we were within 500m of each other, by this point the captain of the fishing boat is having a heart attack, going at his top speed and zigzagging trying desperately to avoid me, while I'm on conning tower laughing like a maniac. Long story short, My uboat plowed right into his starboard side and i literally ran over him causing him to do a barrel roll underwater. We didn't get a scratch. The fishing boat plucked up to the top for about 10 seconds before quickly sinking back beneath the waves. And the best part? I didn't even get credit for killing him. Really? After all that I don't even get acknowledgment for the sinking? Anyway, after BDU heard of my little ram attack they suggested that I transfer and try my hand at being the captain of a destroyer, not sure why though.

05-27-11, 03:47 PM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The weather outside Brest was foggy with rain. The moment Brest was taken by German forces, I entered the straits. Out of the gloom a destroyer appeared. It was British and it had a friend behind him. We passed each other not three hundred meters appart. I ordered a normal dive. We were at 17 meters when both destroyers returned pinging. They dropped a bunch of charges for about an hour, then left. A good idea when entering a newly occupied port, is to give time for enemy vessels to leave. __________________ 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/

05-27-11, 06:04 PM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Without question came to the surface to finish off a ship and while I was lining up the shot a Destroyer came out of no where and rammed me. What was I thinking. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-27-11, 06:15 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Lucky you, sinking that fishing boat at all. Way back in my SH1 days I found out the hard way that sampans are made out of high-tensile steel armor, while US submarines are made out of paper. Ram him, sink me. In SH3 I still have to go with the time I was shelling a merchant and was too close when he exploded, killing the entire bridge crew including myself, and killing one of the Kriegsmarine's best insructors. You see, this was during artillery training at the Naval School. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-27-11, 06:19 PM	#5
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Engaged 4 destroyers with the deck gun at once. Sank one, damaged two. Forced to withdraw with serious damage, barely made it back to base. I want to take on a BB with the deck gun now. I've seen a pic of someone taking on an entire task force somewhere... __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

05-27-11, 06:51 PM	#6
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Sept. 15, 1940 13:18 AN12 75m of h2o under me. Peri depth 1knt spd SO tells me we have a contact close by. I raise scope. Ahhhhhh. 5 Destroyers. And... Nelson BB at 700m Fire a 4 torp spread. Then the fun began. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

03-05-12, 04:27 AM	#7
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	GWX, SH3Commander, 90% and I decide a raid in Halifax (mid 1940) with my VIIB U-33. The Navigator gave me a funny look "Canada, Kaleun? This boat's engines wont run on seawater..." "Dont worry Franz - there is always Greenland for refueling on our way back"... Anyways, we arrive out of Halifax pretty easily, evading all destroyers patrolling. We wait 2-3 days for a change in weather and it eventually comes. Low visibility, high winds , rain. So I decide to go in and take a look. Decks awash until we reach a position 4-5miles out of the harbour then depth 17 meters , speed 1knot silent running. We manage to stay undetected. We enter the port. 1 modern tanker and 1 large merchant in nice view on the southern docks. I send 4 eels their way (2 each) and make my way out. Both ships are hit, so after 2 hours of silent running since the weather is crappy i order decks awash to make a faster escape. We are now 7-8 miles out of the harbour moving east at 6 knots, feeling pretty happy when we bump into two destroyers heading directly TOWARSS me coming from 000. Due to low visibility I only saw them when we reached a distance of 250m. Rammed and died... Pretty annoying __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov

03-05-12, 06:28 AM	#9
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	New most foolish thing ive done, attacked troop ships heading for Normandy. I made it out alive though.

03-06-12, 04:23 PM	#10
u35_captain Mate Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 54 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Surfacing in daylight in Hartlepool to save torpedoes and using the deck gun on the shipping. To my utter amazement, no aircraft showed up at all. (Mid 1940, but still) And then one destroyer came poking around. But I was in the harbour itself (there was no way my gunners could miss, and turns out the destroyer tried to come in to get me as I'd submerged...right where my forward torpedoes were already aiming. Damned tricky getting out of the gap between the breakwall and wharves with a sunken destroyer in my exit vector, but still. Recklessness paid off this one time, I think.