Best Kill?

CptWilkins · 07-02-07, 06:48 AM

I just had mine.

I was attacking a convoy, and things had gone a touch pear-shaped, with my aft torpedo tubes flooded I was a sitting duck, half poking out of the water at about a 45 degree angle, with a Minekaze destroyer bearing down on me. What happened next was beautiful.

I waited until it was coming directly for me, and then set my last remaining aft torpedo to Minimum depth, and set it for Contact. Because of my angle, it was shot at a diagonal angle downwards before correcting itself and aiming upwards, connecting in such a way that it directly hit the absolute bottom of the ship, splitting it in two. This got me thinking, what has been the most improbable/fun sinking you've commited?

I didn't get any pics, so please accept this crude MS paint pic as a basic idea of what happened:

As a melancholy footnote, HMAS Ned Kelly sank in the South China Sea during this action, taking all hands with it.

ReallyDedPoet · 07-02-07, 07:19 AM

Nice effort with paint, never seen one of these explained that way, that's dedication

That was a hell of a kill. In that regard I have nothing to report as of yet, at least that dramatic.

RDP

Steel_Tomb · 07-02-07, 08:50 AM

Thats priceless, the DD must have been like "lol your so going to die..." *boom* :rotfl:

nice one.

Bando · 07-02-07, 08:52 AM

Yesterday I crippled a Kongo BB. She was dead in the water. After waiting deep for 2 hours the TF was gone and I could come to PD. I had 1 torpedo left, so I aimed carefully. The torpedo went out and exploded as a premature or something (I did not see a torpedo impact message) but it did that right under the Kongo. She broke and sank.

I considered this to be a coincidence of big proportions, ...................didn't complain though.

reg
Bando

switch.dota · 07-02-07, 09:11 AM

My moment of SH glory was in early '43 with my Porpoise class. I had 4 Mk 14s left and contacted a convoy. 6 ships, 3 escorts. I got close enough to ID the targets but I feared I'd go down with whatever kills I could get, seeing as how my sub had taken near-critical damage in the past.

I shadowed the covoy and remembered the formation. The next day I was In a perfect attack possition and I managed to sneak past one of the side escorts, coming to within some 500m of the convoy. At that point I had tankers on the ~270 bearing (aob 0), ~220, ~310 and some ~325. I let loose a volley of two torps at the ~325 one and one stern fish for each of the ~270 and ~220 ones. The angles were pretty steep and I didn't expect much. I dived as deep as I could safely and ran silently at 1knot. Eventually I got a torpedo impact followed by a unit destroyed message. It was a bit early since I had just fired the stren shots and the two bow torps weren't due yet. Before I realised what was going on I got another impact-unit destroyed combination. Then two more such combos.

Curiosity got the best of me so I switched to external cam, only to see 4 flaming wreckages!

It appears my second torpedo, which I had aimed astern of the farthest tanker had intersected the path of the closer tanker and scored a critical hit. The other bow torp found it's mark and the two stern torpedoes hit nearly at the same time. The advantage of being directly in front of one of the colums was that I didn't need estimate ranges too much: I was like ping the merchant @ 220 and use that range as an estimation.

The funny part is I got out unharmed. The reason? No DD ever came after me! The two nearest escorts were pretty far away and upon returing didn't manage to get a fix on any sub (lots of DCing in the distance).

SteamWake · 07-02-07, 10:04 AM

I guess my most memorable kill was a 'hollywood' moment. Where a large tanker was being screened by smaller merchants.

I looked up the depth for the tanker @ 27' depth of the smaller merchant @ 12'.

I set the depth for 20' lined up on the tanker and fired. The torpedo(s) scooted right under the little merchant and slammed into and sank the tanker.

The whole convoy went crazy as the ship in the middle of them suddenly burst into flames.

STEED · 07-02-07, 11:42 AM

My best kill was what I called one in a million, an Aircraft carrier I found and no escorts.

SteamWake · 07-02-07, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

My best kill was what I called one in a million, an Aircraft carrier I found and no escorts.

I found two carriers at anchor (photo recon mission) and sank them both.

One went up with one torpedo ! Really I had fired two and was lining up the stern tubes when the first one hit and up she went !

tycho102 · 07-02-07, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CptWilkins

Because of my angle, it was shot at a diagonal angle downwards before correcting itself and aiming upwards, connecting in such a way that it directly hit the absolute bottom of the ship, splitting it in two. This got me thinking, what has been the most improbable/fun sinking you've commited?

I lol'd. Awesome job with paint.

Well, I'd have to say my first port sneak. Very shallow water (~22m) and I was cruising slow. A destroyer ran right over top of me, right down the length of my boat. My boat was rocking a bit, but apparently the rear AA gun ripped him a new one right down the length of his keel. Knocked the AA gun completely out, but no damage otherwise. The destroyer sunk not but 1km in front of me while he was trying to turn left, and I had to cut hard to avoid him. After that, all the other sub chasers and torpedo boats left...as if to say "f*ck that! I'm out of here!"

Cruised right on out and returned to base. Didn't get credit for the destroyer, but I did happen across a modern liner which I dropped with the deck gun.

STEED · 07-02-07, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

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Originally Posted by STEED

My best kill was what I called one in a million, an Aircraft carrier I found and no escorts.

I found two carriers at anchor (photo recon mission) and sank them both.

One went up with one torpedo ! Really I had fired two and was lining up the stern tubes when the first one hit and up she went !

Hear you go boss your snaps shots hang on here's some more as you can see those Aircraft Carriers are scrap metal.

SteamWake · 07-02-07, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

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Originally Posted by STEED

My best kill was what I called one in a million, an Aircraft carrier I found and no escorts.

I found two carriers at anchor (photo recon mission) and sank them both.

One went up with one torpedo ! Really I had fired two and was lining up the stern tubes when the first one hit and up she went !

He you boss your snaps shots hang on here's some more as you can see those Aircraft Carriers are scrap metal.

I took before pictures... un fortunatly It wouldent let me take afters :p

OrlandoM3 · 07-02-07, 03:37 PM

I completely believe your story especially if you are willing to go through the detailed paint pictures to display what happened. My best kill was sneaking into port on SH3 and torping a bunch of capital ships before they knew what hit them!

UnSalted · 07-02-07, 05:11 PM

First days of the war. Attacked a convoy NW of Luzon. Missed with one of the torpedos from the stern tube as I tried a fore-aft two ship kill. The other torp hit and crippled a medium freighter I was aiming at. I had to wait a couple of minutes before firing the next two from the bow tubes at another medium freigher and sank him with 2 hits. I then dove, did a 180 and tried hiding under the convoy. As I dove I heard "Torpedo impact" for the fourth time. The torp that "missed" had gone on to hit another ship ahead in the third ship lane. Took the rest of the morning to outwait the escorts and surface. After I came up to look for the cripple, I noticed I'd sunk 2 ships already. Got the third one chased down later that afternoon.

I'd rather be lucky than good.

Reaves · 07-02-07, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I guess my most memorable kill was a 'hollywood' moment. Where a large tanker was being screened by smaller merchants.

I looked up the depth for the tanker @ 27' depth of the smaller merchant @ 12'.

I set the depth for 20' lined up on the tanker and fired. The torpedo(s) scooted right under the little merchant and slammed into and sank the tanker.

The whole convoy went crazy as the ship in the middle of them suddenly burst into flames.

I had a similar moment. I wanted a heavy cruiser that was shielded by a merchant. Dropped the torp depth and the fish ducked right under the merchant to hit the cruiser nicely. I awarded myself a beer for my efforts.

Steel_Tomb · 07-03-07, 05:18 AM

I did that the other day, misjudged the speed of one of the lead ships in the convoy, fired two fish on a spread, the first one went behind her so I thought damn one missed. The other one smashed into her engine room leaving her dead in the water, DD's were coming towards me pretty smartish so I made for the depths, then out of nowhere "Torpedo impact!" What the hell? External view, a tanker the other side of the convoy had split in two lol...lucky shot! Got the escorts a tad confused thats for sure.

07-02-07, 06:48 AM	#1
CptWilkins Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 49 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Best Kill? I just had mine. I was attacking a convoy, and things had gone a touch pear-shaped, with my aft torpedo tubes flooded I was a sitting duck, half poking out of the water at about a 45 degree angle, with a Minekaze destroyer bearing down on me. What happened next was beautiful. I waited until it was coming directly for me, and then set my last remaining aft torpedo to Minimum depth, and set it for Contact. Because of my angle, it was shot at a diagonal angle downwards before correcting itself and aiming upwards, connecting in such a way that it directly hit the absolute bottom of the ship, splitting it in two. This got me thinking, what has been the most improbable/fun sinking you've commited? I didn't get any pics, so please accept this crude MS paint pic as a basic idea of what happened: As a melancholy footnote, HMAS Ned Kelly sank in the South China Sea during this action, taking all hands with it. __________________ Commander of HMAS Bushranger, Pride of the Asiatic.

07-02-07, 07:19 AM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice effort with paint, never seen one of these explained that way, that's dedication That was a hell of a kill. In that regard I have nothing to report as of yet, at least that dramatic. RDP __________________ Back in the Day

07-02-07, 11:42 AM	#7
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	My best kill was what I called one in a million, an Aircraft carrier I found and no escorts. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

07-02-07, 03:37 PM	#12
OrlandoM3 Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 46 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I completely believe your story especially if you are willing to go through the detailed paint pictures to display what happened. My best kill was sneaking into port on SH3 and torping a bunch of capital ships before they knew what hit them! __________________

07-02-07, 08:50 AM	#3
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats priceless, the DD must have been like "lol your so going to die..." boom :rotfl: nice one.

07-02-07, 08:52 AM	#4
Bando Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Where you don't see me Posts: 607 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Yesterday I crippled a Kongo BB. She was dead in the water. After waiting deep for 2 hours the TF was gone and I could come to PD. I had 1 torpedo left, so I aimed carefully. The torpedo went out and exploded as a premature or something (I did not see a torpedo impact message) but it did that right under the Kongo. She broke and sank. I considered this to be a coincidence of big proportions, ...................didn't complain though. reg Bando

07-02-07, 09:11 AM	#5
switch.dota Captain Join Date: May 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 492 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My moment of SH glory was in early '43 with my Porpoise class. I had 4 Mk 14s left and contacted a convoy. 6 ships, 3 escorts. I got close enough to ID the targets but I feared I'd go down with whatever kills I could get, seeing as how my sub had taken near-critical damage in the past. I shadowed the covoy and remembered the formation. The next day I was In a perfect attack possition and I managed to sneak past one of the side escorts, coming to within some 500m of the convoy. At that point I had tankers on the ~270 bearing (aob 0), ~220, ~310 and some ~325. I let loose a volley of two torps at the ~325 one and one stern fish for each of the ~270 and ~220 ones. The angles were pretty steep and I didn't expect much. I dived as deep as I could safely and ran silently at 1knot. Eventually I got a torpedo impact followed by a unit destroyed message. It was a bit early since I had just fired the stren shots and the two bow torps weren't due yet. Before I realised what was going on I got another impact-unit destroyed combination. Then two more such combos. Curiosity got the best of me so I switched to external cam, only to see 4 flaming wreckages! It appears my second torpedo, which I had aimed astern of the farthest tanker had intersected the path of the closer tanker and scored a critical hit. The other bow torp found it's mark and the two stern torpedoes hit nearly at the same time. The advantage of being directly in front of one of the colums was that I didn't need estimate ranges too much: I was like ping the merchant @ 220 and use that range as an estimation. The funny part is I got out unharmed. The reason? No DD ever came after me! The two nearest escorts were pretty far away and upon returing didn't manage to get a fix on any sub (lots of DCing in the distance).

07-02-07, 10:04 AM	#6
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I guess my most memorable kill was a 'hollywood' moment. Where a large tanker was being screened by smaller merchants. I looked up the depth for the tanker @ 27' depth of the smaller merchant @ 12'. I set the depth for 20' lined up on the tanker and fired. The torpedo(s) scooted right under the little merchant and slammed into and sank the tanker. The whole convoy went crazy as the ship in the middle of them suddenly burst into flames.

07-02-07, 05:11 PM	#13
UnSalted Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 130 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First days of the war. Attacked a convoy NW of Luzon. Missed with one of the torpedos from the stern tube as I tried a fore-aft two ship kill. The other torp hit and crippled a medium freighter I was aiming at. I had to wait a couple of minutes before firing the next two from the bow tubes at another medium freigher and sank him with 2 hits. I then dove, did a 180 and tried hiding under the convoy. As I dove I heard "Torpedo impact" for the fourth time. The torp that "missed" had gone on to hit another ship ahead in the third ship lane. Took the rest of the morning to outwait the escorts and surface. After I came up to look for the cripple, I noticed I'd sunk 2 ships already. Got the third one chased down later that afternoon. I'd rather be lucky than good.

07-03-07, 05:18 AM	#15
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I did that the other day, misjudged the speed of one of the lead ships in the convoy, fired two fish on a spread, the first one went behind her so I thought damn one missed. The other one smashed into her engine room leaving her dead in the water, DD's were coming towards me pretty smartish so I made for the depths, then out of nowhere "Torpedo impact!" What the hell? External view, a tanker the other side of the convoy had split in two lol...lucky shot! Got the escorts a tad confused thats for sure.