(Story) Operation Rheinubung - U-64 saves the Bismarck (revised - multiple pics) - Page 2

JSalinger · 05-28-06, 01:20 PM

Excellent work Herr Kaleun. TWO British battleships...::awestruck:: we will win the war yet! LOL

bookworm_020 · 05-28-06, 04:59 PM

Nice work Indeed! You won't be buying any drinks when you get home.

Skubber · 05-28-06, 05:42 PM

That was cool.

lonehawknz · 05-29-06, 04:47 AM

I still have no idea how I managed to hit KGV in just the right place!?? Sheer and total fluke! :p

But Rodney was more of a cert. Two TII's directed at vital parts. I just had to hope she didn't turn whilst the fish were en route! She didn't, and she copped it!

After 30 seconds of bouncing round my living room whooping loudly, I kind of felt bad about sinking the two proud BB's who do, after all, represent "my" side, but then I thought, nah, changing history was far more interesting!!!

Keelbuster · 05-29-06, 11:02 AM

Wicked - totally wicked. I had wished to pull of this same stunt when the time came in my career. I was in the right place at the right time, and it was FOGGY. Such a shame. But I did manage to catch a TF _after_ the bismarck should have been fishbait. It was a revenge and an illustrious - not sure what they were up to (but I think in real life there were torpedo planes launched from a carrier that damaged Bismarck's rudder). I got them both with lucky shots. I felt like this evened the score with the Allies..

Kb

lonehawknz · 05-29-06, 12:34 PM

Yep. Ark Royal launched a late evening strike in which Bismarck's rudder and steering gear were destroyed by a single torpedo from the attacking Swordfish aircraft. This really was the single biggest signal that airpower had rendered the battleship obsolete so far! Pearl Harbour would finally prove it.

andy_311 · 05-29-06, 05:48 PM

I don't know but I havn't seen that message for ages nowadays am playing GW just finished a career in GW and started another as a recall I seen no radio message to go assist the Bismark but also saying that in that time period am assigned to patrol a gid a couple of K fom the BE grid anway also I ignore most of the messages that are incomeing anyway especially if I sight a convoy the darn things get annoying at times.

lonehawknz · 05-30-06, 11:42 AM

I tried to write the whole thing as close to the style of a Commando comic as possible. The very last paragraph (the "big brother, little brother" bit) is in fact paraphrased from a classic Commando issue (no.7), "The Ship They Couldn't Sink" which is one of my all time favourites about an RN destroyer taking on the Admiral Scheer. The rest is entirely my own!

The_Blockade_Runner · 06-01-06, 05:37 AM

Great Read

I look foward to engaging in this battle when the time comes, but I am sure I could not achieve the same sucess in 30 careers.

Now all the Bismark has to do is plot a nice spiral course home:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

lonehawknz · 06-01-06, 06:06 AM

Ever increasing circles!

BTW, this is what happened when I got there too late...

Brag · 11-11-06, 11:07 AM

An awesome scenario and pretty decent writing, too!

Jimbuna · 11-11-06, 11:18 AM

apologies for catching up late....great, a real nice piece of interesting gameplay

mr chris · 11-11-06, 02:46 PM

Great pics and even better story Well done

Steeltrap · 11-11-06, 10:12 PM

Although, at the risk of being pedantic, the Bismarck's main armament was 15", not 14", and the Brit cruisers carried either 8" or 6", not 12" (the Royal Navy didn't have any 12" guns). The KGV class BBs had 14", but the story that they were 'improved' and better than 15" was a nonsense - they simply didn't have the 15" available, and the design suited 14" better (just as the Scharnhorst class was supposed to have 9 x 15", but was fitted with 11" initially with the intention of replacing them when available).

Is there a guide somewhere that shows the vitals of ships in terms of target points?? One thing I like about manual TDC is ability to aim at specific points.

NightCrawler · 11-12-06, 11:06 AM

Very nice story, you could have all the medals, and having lot's of renown for sinking 2 battle ship, specialy the last battle ship with 1 torp, bravo!!!!

05-28-06, 01:20 PM	#16
JSalinger Sparky Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Spokane, WA, USA Posts: 156 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Excellent work Herr Kaleun. TWO British battleships...::awestruck:: we will win the war yet! LOL __________________ J. Salinger King of the House

05-28-06, 04:59 PM	#17
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nice work Indeed! You won't be buying any drinks when you get home. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

05-28-06, 05:42 PM	#18
Skubber Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Posts: 239 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	That was cool. __________________ "I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." - Captain John Paul Jones, 1778

05-29-06, 11:02 AM	#20
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Wicked - totally wicked. I had wished to pull of this same stunt when the time came in my career. I was in the right place at the right time, and it was FOGGY. Such a shame. But I did manage to catch a TF _after_ the bismarck should have been fishbait. It was a revenge and an illustrious - not sure what they were up to (but I think in real life there were torpedo planes launched from a carrier that damaged Bismarck's rudder). I got them both with lucky shots. I felt like this evened the score with the Allies.. Kb __________________

06-01-06, 05:37 AM	#24
The_Blockade_Runner Sparky Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 156 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great Read I look foward to engaging in this battle when the time comes, but I am sure I could not achieve the same sucess in 30 careers. Now all the Bismark has to do is plot a nice spiral course home:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: __________________ U boat warfare, Product of German Engineering. German Engineering in da house

05-29-06, 04:47 AM	#19
lonehawknz Mate Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 52 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I still have no idea how I managed to hit KGV in just the right place!?? Sheer and total fluke! :p But Rodney was more of a cert. Two TII's directed at vital parts. I just had to hope she didn't turn whilst the fish were en route! She didn't, and she copped it! After 30 seconds of bouncing round my living room whooping loudly, I kind of felt bad about sinking the two proud BB's who do, after all, represent "my" side, but then I thought, nah, changing history was far more interesting!!!

05-29-06, 12:34 PM	#21
lonehawknz Mate Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 52 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Yep. Ark Royal launched a late evening strike in which Bismarck's rudder and steering gear were destroyed by a single torpedo from the attacking Swordfish aircraft. This really was the single biggest signal that airpower had rendered the battleship obsolete so far! Pearl Harbour would finally prove it.

05-29-06, 05:48 PM	#22
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	I don't know but I havn't seen that message for ages nowadays am playing GW just finished a career in GW and started another as a recall I seen no radio message to go assist the Bismark but also saying that in that time period am assigned to patrol a gid a couple of K fom the BE grid anway also I ignore most of the messages that are incomeing anyway especially if I sight a convoy the darn things get annoying at times.

05-30-06, 11:42 AM	#23
lonehawknz Mate Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 52 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I tried to write the whole thing as close to the style of a Commando comic as possible. The very last paragraph (the "big brother, little brother" bit) is in fact paraphrased from a classic Commando issue (no.7), "The Ship They Couldn't Sink" which is one of my all time favourites about an RN destroyer taking on the Admiral Scheer. The rest is entirely my own!

06-01-06, 06:06 AM	#25
lonehawknz Mate Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 52 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Ever increasing circles! BTW, this is what happened when I got there too late...

11-11-06, 11:07 AM	#26
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Damn good alternate History An awesome scenario and pretty decent writing, too!

11-11-06, 11:18 AM	#27
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	apologies for catching up late....great, a real nice piece of interesting gameplay __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-11-06, 02:46 PM	#28
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Great pics and even better story Well done __________________

11-11-06, 10:12 PM	#29
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Although, at the risk of being pedantic, the Bismarck's main armament was 15", not 14", and the Brit cruisers carried either 8" or 6", not 12" (the Royal Navy didn't have any 12" guns). The KGV class BBs had 14", but the story that they were 'improved' and better than 15" was a nonsense - they simply didn't have the 15" available, and the design suited 14" better (just as the Scharnhorst class was supposed to have 9 x 15", but was fitted with 11" initially with the intention of replacing them when available). Is there a guide somewhere that shows the vitals of ships in terms of target points?? One thing I like about manual TDC is ability to aim at specific points.

11-12-06, 11:06 AM	#30
NightCrawler Engineer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: FLA USA Posts: 217 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Very nice to change history, and save the Bismarck!!! Very nice story, you could have all the medals, and having lot's of renown for sinking 2 battle ship, specialy the last battle ship with 1 torp, bravo!!!!