Bad Day At The Office

Mooncatt · 01-23-07, 07:01 AM

as the title suggests it wasnt a good day at sea.
i was assigned to AM24 in my VIIB so the shortest route was through the shetlands and orkney islands. on the way there we didnt see much only 2 C2`s and a coastal merchant heading towards scapa, needless to say they didnt make it

as i past scapa i picked up on a few DD`s patroling i got past them no trouble and fended off an air attack too. having seen the DDs i thought there must be something in scapa flow due to the activity, since my grid wasnt too far away from scapa i made the decision to patrol my grid and if uneventful i would try an attack there.
my grid did proove to be empty so i made my way to scapa. there were 3 DD`s and and a tug patroling the west entrance i dived to 15m and 2knts silent running however a hunt 1 crossed my bow at 500m one fish fired and she went down stern first surprisngly this didnt raise the alarm.
no further probs in getting in after this. as i got further in i picked up numerous contacts.....2 stationary DD`S an aux cruiser and the revenge class (happy days)
as i got to within 3000m of the revenge i was picked up by 2 hunt 1 they were pinging like mad they made 3 dc runs and missed as they prepared for another run i came to PD depth and fired all i had at the revenge. 3 hits but no cigar i tried to make a sneaky exit but by now i had 5 DD`s on me god knows where they came from and each took its turn to have a pop. i suffered slight damage minor flooding and hull down to 97%
after this they seemed to have lost me but i had to repair flooding so i came off silent running so i could repair or i would have sunk. but doing this only gave away my postion

and they all swarmed me again the noise from the pinging from 5 DD`s was horrendous

needless to say after a few DC runs i was killed

hope you enjoyed the report

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-23-07, 07:22 AM

Ah... the port raiders... won't you stop doing this again and again?

Mooncatt · 01-23-07, 07:24 AM

:rotfl: i know what can i say im a bad man!!!!
couldnt help myself it was just such a crap patrol and i was annoyed with only 3 ships sunk

mookiemookie · 01-23-07, 07:24 AM

Like I said. Eeeeeveryone wants to be Gunther Prien

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-23-07, 07:30 AM

Yes... that happened even to me last night. I saved my career, extremely bored after not sinking anything for almost a month, and decided to try port raiding as a 'single mission mode' (intended to reload my career back after having some fun and proceeding as usually, without this port crap). Went to Dakar. Blown on a mine/subnet [?]. Had to surface. Spotted by a schooner. Damaged heavily (fuel leaks and no fuel any more, damaged batteries, diesel destroyed, h.i. about 60%). After leaving Dakar there was no hope - 2k kms from nearest resupplu ship that cannot even repair my boat, thrice as far to nearest base without fuel... I'll never try to entertain myself that way again.

01-23-07, 07:01 AM	#1
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Bad Day At The Office as the title suggests it wasnt a good day at sea. i was assigned to AM24 in my VIIB so the shortest route was through the shetlands and orkney islands. on the way there we didnt see much only 2 C2`s and a coastal merchant heading towards scapa, needless to say they didnt make it as i past scapa i picked up on a few DD`s patroling i got past them no trouble and fended off an air attack too. having seen the DDs i thought there must be something in scapa flow due to the activity, since my grid wasnt too far away from scapa i made the decision to patrol my grid and if uneventful i would try an attack there. my grid did proove to be empty so i made my way to scapa. there were 3 DD`s and and a tug patroling the west entrance i dived to 15m and 2knts silent running however a hunt 1 crossed my bow at 500m one fish fired and she went down stern first surprisngly this didnt raise the alarm. no further probs in getting in after this. as i got further in i picked up numerous contacts.....2 stationary DD`S an aux cruiser and the revenge class (happy days) as i got to within 3000m of the revenge i was picked up by 2 hunt 1 they were pinging like mad they made 3 dc runs and missed as they prepared for another run i came to PD depth and fired all i had at the revenge. 3 hits but no cigar i tried to make a sneaky exit but by now i had 5 DD`s on me god knows where they came from and each took its turn to have a pop. i suffered slight damage minor flooding and hull down to 97% after this they seemed to have lost me but i had to repair flooding so i came off silent running so i could repair or i would have sunk. but doing this only gave away my postion and they all swarmed me again the noise from the pinging from 5 DD`s was horrendous needless to say after a few DC runs i was killed hope you enjoyed the report __________________

01-23-07, 07:22 AM	#2
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	Ah... the port raiders... won't you stop doing this again and again? __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to

01-23-07, 07:24 AM	#3
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: i know what can i say im a bad man!!!! couldnt help myself it was just such a crap patrol and i was annoyed with only 3 ships sunk __________________

01-23-07, 07:24 AM	#4
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Like I said. Eeeeeveryone wants to be Gunther Prien __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-23-07, 07:30 AM	#5
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	Yes... that happened even to me last night. I saved my career, extremely bored after not sinking anything for almost a month, and decided to try port raiding as a 'single mission mode' (intended to reload my career back after having some fun and proceeding as usually, without this port crap). Went to Dakar. Blown on a mine/subnet [?]. Had to surface. Spotted by a schooner. Damaged heavily (fuel leaks and no fuel any more, damaged batteries, diesel destroyed, h.i. about 60%). After leaving Dakar there was no hope - 2k kms from nearest resupplu ship that cannot even repair my boat, thrice as far to nearest base without fuel... I'll never try to entertain myself that way again. __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to