Raid on Portland

sonicninja · 11-13-06, 06:03 PM

Ahoy shipmates

Just thought i would mention a quick dit from my last patrol.

I have just recently raided Portland Naval Base off the south coast of England in October of 1940. After sinking a very large Passenger Liner, (no doubt to be used to transfer thousands of Tommy's across the pond) my attention was turned to an anchored tanker, just as i was about to make my attack I saw (through the periscope) a number of Stuka's attacking the tanker and the naval base. After several dives on the tanker it was only just afloat, at which time I fired a fish right into the engine compartment and claimed the 23000 ton kill as my own.
In all I sank 2 Hunt Class Destroyers, a passenger liner and a tanker with torpedos and an armed trawler and torpedo boat with my deck gun.

To kill the armed trawlers just get right up behind them and stay up thier backsides whichever way they turn hammering them with the deck gun, they soon go bottoms up.

What are the chances of the Luftwaffe turning up on the same killing ground as me, as the base wasnt in my orders, I am currently hopping from one harbour to another and causing chaos.

That is all

MRV · 11-13-06, 08:48 PM

I've done the same raid, with LSH3, but all that Ju-88s (with that mod there are hundreds) were a little much for my PC, hab about 1 Fps during the attack.

Morts · 11-14-06, 03:19 AM

well i sailed to portland yesterday and sunk 2 ships
then disaster.......battery ran out and i had to surface

but lucky me the weather was so bad that i didn get spotted
U-503 made it home without a scratch

TarJak · 11-14-06, 08:59 PM

It happens a lot with GW. I've hit numerous ports and seen the Luftwaffe pinch quite a few renown filled kills off me!

JSalinger · 11-14-06, 10:01 PM

Yep...I ran into a TF in the Bay of Biscay with two Nelsons in it...then Fatso Hermann's boys blew them to straight back to Scapa! *waves fist at the Luftwaffe* I was about ready to surface and shoot me down a few Ju88s!

11-13-06, 06:03 PM	#1
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	Raid on Portland Ahoy shipmates Just thought i would mention a quick dit from my last patrol. I have just recently raided Portland Naval Base off the south coast of England in October of 1940. After sinking a very large Passenger Liner, (no doubt to be used to transfer thousands of Tommy's across the pond) my attention was turned to an anchored tanker, just as i was about to make my attack I saw (through the periscope) a number of Stuka's attacking the tanker and the naval base. After several dives on the tanker it was only just afloat, at which time I fired a fish right into the engine compartment and claimed the 23000 ton kill as my own. In all I sank 2 Hunt Class Destroyers, a passenger liner and a tanker with torpedos and an armed trawler and torpedo boat with my deck gun. To kill the armed trawlers just get right up behind them and stay up thier backsides whichever way they turn hammering them with the deck gun, they soon go bottoms up. What are the chances of the Luftwaffe turning up on the same killing ground as me, as the base wasnt in my orders, I am currently hopping from one harbour to another and causing chaos. That is all

11-14-06, 10:01 PM	#5
JSalinger Sparky Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Spokane, WA, USA Posts: 156 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep...I ran into a TF in the Bay of Biscay with two Nelsons in it...then Fatso Hermann's boys blew them to straight back to Scapa! waves fist at the Luftwaffe I was about ready to surface and shoot me down a few Ju88s! __________________ J. Salinger King of the House

11-13-06, 08:48 PM	#2
MRV Frogman Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 296 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I've done the same raid, with LSH3, but all that Ju-88s (with that mod there are hundreds) were a little much for my PC, hab about 1 Fps during the attack.

11-14-06, 03:19 AM	#3
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	well i sailed to portland yesterday and sunk 2 ships then disaster.......battery ran out and i had to surface but lucky me the weather was so bad that i didn get spotted U-503 made it home without a scratch

11-14-06, 08:59 PM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	It happens a lot with GW. I've hit numerous ports and seen the Luftwaffe pinch quite a few renown filled kills off me!