Worst situation you survived? - Page 3

tankeriv · 05-05-10, 07:27 AM

My most exciting I experienced to date was in my Type 9 1 may 45 not far from the Irish coast.

I was stalking a convoy for a while and I had successfully managed to destroy about four enemy tankers then I withdrew because it was getting a little too hot for me. I wanted to survive this because to my feeling the entire royal navy was getting on my arse to nail me.

After a while of sit and wait and running at low speed my battery was running dry and my oxygen was also running low.

So I surfaced and decided to charge my batteries.
I run for about an hour what is in no way enough to fully charge my batteries again.

Then all of a sudden hell broke loose again as now it seemed like the whole RAF was trying to its utter best to help me reach heaven.

I took two planes by surprise by nailing them with my M42 double but I had to dive because a whole swarm of birds was heading my way.

I dove as quick as I could do made a quick turn to evade the bombs.

I thought I had now had been through all of it as two sound contacts were reported.
Two DD´s closing and FAST!!

I switched to silent running as I still heard the birds overhead pounding the heck out of me. The two DD´s were approaching and again ANOTHER TWO SOUND CONTACTS! What the F*!!??

In absolute no time the initial two destroyers had tracked me down and were trying to kill me.

Not much later the two initial sound contacts seemed to be two Flowers but both armed with hedgehogs were also aiming for me.

They managed to score a few hits forcing me to leave my depth of 180 metres and search for a safer depth of 100metres.

As if not enough another sound contact came in.

In the mean time I got totally crazy of the pinging and I did all I could to get out!
Full speed whilst DC's exploded, slow speed quickly afterwards, decoys.
After one hour of desperate trying finally I managed to shake off.

In the mean time I had only 60% hull integrity left. But I managed to slip away.

Whoo what a day.....

05-05-10, 07:27 AM	#31
tankeriv A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 78 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	cts My most exciting I experienced to date was in my Type 9 1 may 45 not far from the Irish coast. I was stalking a convoy for a while and I had successfully managed to destroy about four enemy tankers then I withdrew because it was getting a little too hot for me. I wanted to survive this because to my feeling the entire royal navy was getting on my arse to nail me. After a while of sit and wait and running at low speed my battery was running dry and my oxygen was also running low. So I surfaced and decided to charge my batteries. I run for about an hour what is in no way enough to fully charge my batteries again. Then all of a sudden hell broke loose again as now it seemed like the whole RAF was trying to its utter best to help me reach heaven. I took two planes by surprise by nailing them with my M42 double but I had to dive because a whole swarm of birds was heading my way. I dove as quick as I could do made a quick turn to evade the bombs. I thought I had now had been through all of it as two sound contacts were reported. Two DD´s closing and FAST!! I switched to silent running as I still heard the birds overhead pounding the heck out of me. The two DD´s were approaching and again ANOTHER TWO SOUND CONTACTS! What the F*!!?? In absolute no time the initial two destroyers had tracked me down and were trying to kill me. Not much later the two initial sound contacts seemed to be two Flowers but both armed with hedgehogs were also aiming for me. They managed to score a few hits forcing me to leave my depth of 180 metres and search for a safer depth of 100metres. As if not enough another sound contact came in. In the mean time I got totally crazy of the pinging and I did all I could to get out! Full speed whilst DC's exploded, slow speed quickly afterwards, decoys. After one hour of desperate trying finally I managed to shake off. In the mean time I had only 60% hull integrity left. But I managed to slip away. Whoo what a day.....