For those of you who think the XXI Sucks..... - Page 3

Silverfox18 · 07-15-05, 06:25 AM

Well, for those of you who think the type XXI sucks...I have a little story to tell you.

I start the story and the partol in the South Atlantic...that's were the game puts me first off. On the Equator at FG. Thinking I might run into a stray merchant I string along the Equator and head a little north towards Freetown but decide to go to periscope depth and use my Snorkel.

No problem, I head west and then north above ES & ET...but NO contacts. Nothing, I'm getting nothing...oh wait something far behind me and moving Fast...too late to catch that one though. So I head north north west in the "Convoy lanes" off West Africa. Still nothing. I'm now staying out of the Super Advanced 1944 air coverage of the allies around the canary islands. Well, I think I'll head west toward the Casablanca-New York lanes.

All of a sudden I'm getting Hydrophone contact sounds of a warship and several merchants in Grid DH 78 and it's September 17th 1944.
It just so happens that I'm stumbling into a rather large convoy. I'm coasting, with snorkel, at one third which is generating about 10 knots. I spot a Destroyer in front of the convoy, he's turning and weaving, so I cut down to silent running which still gives me 6 knots with the XXI. I notice 5 lanes of ships and in the middle are the "sweet ones". I can't believe I got past the first destroyer and now I'm pretty much in the middle of the convoy. I fire my first two eels at a big T-3 tanker that looks as big as the Exxon Valdez. Then I turn a bit and fire one shot at the next T-3 which is just in front of it...and it's just as big as the other. There is a Tooop ship in front of both of the tankers and I fire two at it while turning hard a starboard. Wammo...the first two HIT...the T-3 goes up in fire and smoke and down. Then the second T-3 gets hit by the lone torp I fired at it and it to goes up in fire (one torpedo took her down).
The Troop ship gets hit by my 4 & 5 eels on it's starboard stern. It slows and burns but does not go down...that is untill I fire #6 and when that hits....the Trooper is History! A full salvo of 6 torps and bingo 3 of the biggest ships in the convoy are DOWN! My crew in the bow torpedo room is loading torps real fast (cause I'm not in silent running anymore)....and to make this long story a bit shorter.....I take out another 3 C-2 Cargo merchants and a Victory Cargo. All 4 of these are carrying tanks, planes trucks and what must have been tons of ammunition because they really BLEW!

This convoy was not easy pickings as it was guarded by a combination of 7 allied ships....Destroyers and corvettes! While I was going nuts in the middle of the convoy the ASW people were trying to find me and thought they had me caught in the middle. But the combination of one Bold 4 decoy and the rest of the convoy ships screws...explosions and general noise let me slip out with ease!

Seven of the biggest ships in the convoy....T-3's 11,654, 11,653 tons. Troop ship 8,009. 3 C-2's 6,448, 6,452, 6,445. and a Victory Cargo at 7,767. TOTAL-58,428 tons. All within 15 minutes of work. Not bad for a lousy XXI! I then spent the rest of the patrol getting around the Allied aircover as my French U-Boat bases went occupied by the Allies, considering, it was early October '44. So I snorkel'd my way west and north, through the Denmark straits and around into the Bergen Base.

All I can say is "WOW", what a patrol...especially considering the time period, Middle late '44. And it was all done in that EGG SUCKING XXI!!!! :rotfl:

Mahalo, to all and to all a good night.

07-15-05, 06:25 AM	#1
Silverfox18 Watch Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Haleiwa, Hawaii Posts: 29 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	For those of you who think the XXI Sucks..... Well, for those of you who think the type XXI sucks...I have a little story to tell you. I start the story and the partol in the South Atlantic...that's were the game puts me first off. On the Equator at FG. Thinking I might run into a stray merchant I string along the Equator and head a little north towards Freetown but decide to go to periscope depth and use my Snorkel. No problem, I head west and then north above ES & ET...but NO contacts. Nothing, I'm getting nothing...oh wait something far behind me and moving Fast...too late to catch that one though. So I head north north west in the "Convoy lanes" off West Africa. Still nothing. I'm now staying out of the Super Advanced 1944 air coverage of the allies around the canary islands. Well, I think I'll head west toward the Casablanca-New York lanes. All of a sudden I'm getting Hydrophone contact sounds of a warship and several merchants in Grid DH 78 and it's September 17th 1944. It just so happens that I'm stumbling into a rather large convoy. I'm coasting, with snorkel, at one third which is generating about 10 knots. I spot a Destroyer in front of the convoy, he's turning and weaving, so I cut down to silent running which still gives me 6 knots with the XXI. I notice 5 lanes of ships and in the middle are the "sweet ones". I can't believe I got past the first destroyer and now I'm pretty much in the middle of the convoy. I fire my first two eels at a big T-3 tanker that looks as big as the Exxon Valdez. Then I turn a bit and fire one shot at the next T-3 which is just in front of it...and it's just as big as the other. There is a Tooop ship in front of both of the tankers and I fire two at it while turning hard a starboard. Wammo...the first two HIT...the T-3 goes up in fire and smoke and down. Then the second T-3 gets hit by the lone torp I fired at it and it to goes up in fire (one torpedo took her down). The Troop ship gets hit by my 4 & 5 eels on it's starboard stern. It slows and burns but does not go down...that is untill I fire #6 and when that hits....the Trooper is History! A full salvo of 6 torps and bingo 3 of the biggest ships in the convoy are DOWN! My crew in the bow torpedo room is loading torps real fast (cause I'm not in silent running anymore)....and to make this long story a bit shorter.....I take out another 3 C-2 Cargo merchants and a Victory Cargo. All 4 of these are carrying tanks, planes trucks and what must have been tons of ammunition because they really BLEW! This convoy was not easy pickings as it was guarded by a combination of 7 allied ships....Destroyers and corvettes! While I was going nuts in the middle of the convoy the ASW people were trying to find me and thought they had me caught in the middle. But the combination of one Bold 4 decoy and the rest of the convoy ships screws...explosions and general noise let me slip out with ease! Seven of the biggest ships in the convoy....T-3's 11,654, 11,653 tons. Troop ship 8,009. 3 C-2's 6,448, 6,452, 6,445. and a Victory Cargo at 7,767. TOTAL-58,428 tons. All within 15 minutes of work. Not bad for a lousy XXI! I then spent the rest of the patrol getting around the Allied aircover as my French U-Boat bases went occupied by the Allies, considering, it was early October '44. So I snorkel'd my way west and north, through the Denmark straits and around into the Bergen Base. All I can say is "WOW", what a patrol...especially considering the time period, Middle late '44. And it was all done in that EGG SUCKING XXI!!!! :rotfl: Mahalo, to all and to all a good night.