armed trawlers...indestructable???

[Steel_Tomb]

Serously...I put about 10 shells into him and he just kept sailing away shooting his main gun at me, I lost every time. Can't stay under any longer only got about 6% battery left, and although he hasn't got DC rails anymore im low on air and theres a second trawler WITH dc's inbound. How do I get out of this?

[bigboywooly]

Surface and run
Alter course slightly to avoid his guns
You will be faster than him unless in a type 2

[The Munster]

And jettison stuff out the stern to block it's path as you're running away, like crates of grapefruit, Bernhard etc. always works.
:rotfl:

[Steel_Tomb]

I cant run they just blast me with the deck gun which is one of the main guns from a DD im dead within a minute. Even if I put about 10 shells in it and its completely ablaze they just keep firing with the machine guns and all of a sudden my uboat is destroyed even though I'm quite happily going flank speed on the surface.

[bigboywooly]

Well if you are in that much of a bind you really only have 3 choices

Surface and run altering course very often
PD and blow the thing out the water
Die

[maillemaker]

If you have any torpedoes and you can get him to chase you while at PD, send a magnetic under his butt and blow him away.

[Penelope_Grey]

10 shells would not have been enough to put an armed Trawler out of commision. He is probably flooding quite badly and could well sink in the hour if you got him enough below the waterline.

However like Woolz said... you either run for it on the surface. Try to blast him with a torp at PD... or simply surrender. (surface and be blown away then change it in commander)

Basically when faced with heavy machine gun fire the U-boat would succumb and a blast or two from the cannons and they were done for quite genuinely.

[Steel_Tomb]

I'm out of fish, there is one in the external storage but can't get it out and loaded in time . I really don't want to surrender I got my first carrier the previous patrol want to get this one to at least '42.

I know its cheating but should I just start the patrol from when I was in base? lol

[STEED]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Well if you are in that much of a bind you really only have 3 choices

Surface and run altering course very often
PD and blow the thing out the water
Die

Option number 4, go down the pub.

Option number 5, you should know better.

[Steel_Tomb]

Lol, have a few pints..."RAMMING SPEED!"

Anyway, call it cheating...i don't care lol. Loaded up a save from before I entered the harbour, headed north to find a TF with HMS Rodney and a Revenge class BB in!! Aimed at the rodney, it was a long shot (about 5500m!)...fired four fish, all missed *cry* that would have put me at the top of the u-boat aces chart that kill! Decided to call it a night and head home. That patrol was obviously jinxed so thought I wouldn't push me luck to much .

[STEED]

That's the spirit.

[Canovaro]

Next time try to ram its belly with the conning tower, I did it a couple of times but that was before using GWX.

[TarJak]

Dive and GTF outta there!

[ReM]

Originally Posted by Canovaro

Next time try to ram its belly with the conning tower, I did it a couple of times but that was before using GWX.

The magic periscope, destroying any ship with a thin pipe of metall when touching its belly....some guys even used this as tactics with stock SHIII

Maybe you could use the grid killer mod....it obliterates anything on the surface within your grid.....don't know where to get it though....

Say your prayers, turtles...

[CapZap1970]

Originally Posted by ReM

The magic periscope, destroying any ship with a thin pipe of metall when touching its belly....some guys even used this as tactics with stock SHIII

Maybe you could use the grid killer mod....it obliterates anything on the surface within your grid.....don't know where to get it though....

Say your prayers, turtles...

First time I hear about it....
CapZap