H.M.S. Nelson.........GOES DOWN!!

Nerazzurri · 12-03-07, 03:22 PM

This afternoon I ran into the Nelson and sank her

I had already been on patrol, sinking 28,000t and had 6 torpedoes left. So I thought I'd hang around off the N.W. tip of Ireland for a few days.

Got a radio contact for a convoy to the north, so I got in it's path in plenty time, across its bows. Periscope up, a little look - front row of the convoy comes into sight, nicely in line. So I'm thinking, that's odd, where's the destroyers? Second line comes into view in line behind the first with a warship in it; again I'm thinking that's odd a destroyer being in there (bear in mind I've only been playing SH3 for 2 or 3 weeks LOL). Click on it on the map and lo and behold it's the Nelson! I was GOBSMACKED!

After I'd got over the shock/excitement I didn't have much work to do. The way I'd positioned myself, she was going to sail across my bow on a perpindicular course, at about 500 metres! Happy days. Not only that - when I had initially seen the hydrophone contacts I'd stopped my boat half way between the warship and a madium tanker; so I could have an aft shot at that too.

Everything went to plan - a torpedo in Nelsons magazine and one in her fuel bunker, she went down in minutes. I actually couldn't believe how easily she went down. After I'd confirmed there were no other warships I surfaced to create havoc with the deck gun.

So I'd sunk 2 with torps and went on to sink another 5 with the deck gun before breaking off to chase a couple of large ones that had broken away. I had 2 torpedoes remaining. I had hoped to sink the large merchant with 1 and the large cargo with the other (I was out of gun ammo) but in the end I'd to use the last torp to finish off the large merchant.

So in all I sank 8 ships from the convoy of 13 (I ignored the other 4 small merchants/freighters) for a total of 103,725t. And with the tonnage of the other 4 ships before that, I came home with 12 kills (pretty good for a VIIb, I think) for 132,026t.

I know I'm playing on only 41% realism (I have been increasing it slightly and gradually) but I'm well pleased with myself! Especially as that was only my second convoy encounter. I've read of people on here who have played for quite some time and not seen a capital ship at all. So to see one after 2 or 3 weeks gaming I'm really surprised and pleased.

P.S. I have a few screenies just in case anyone wants to see them.

Keelbuster · 12-03-07, 03:27 PM

Bravo - wish I could have been there. But with the description, I almost was - gritting my teeth as the torps cracked her fuel bunker - flinching and bouncing as the 88 shells ripped through merchant steel.

Good job Kaleun!

BulSoldier · 12-03-07, 03:30 PM

Congratulations from me ! I play for a 2 months and began from 100% . It is hard sometimes but you are right i saw only once a battleship (queen elizabeth i think(with the many board guns) and in another encounter a carrier ( this time manged to sink it

)
In any case, Keep up the good work fellow Kaleun !

Rotary Crewman · 12-03-07, 03:42 PM

Good work, still waiting to see my big battleship. Then again, I usually end up having about 3 eels left by the time I reach my patrol area

Nerazzurri · 12-03-07, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rotary Crewman

Good work, still waiting to see my big battleship. Then again, I usually end up having about 3 eels left by the time I reach my patrol area

Your time will come, I'm sure. And if two were enough for the Nelson, think what you could do with your three! :hmm:

Happy hunting.

Jimbuna · 12-03-07, 04:50 PM

Your first BB is always the most memorable

Steel_Tomb · 12-03-07, 05:04 PM

I think my first BB was a Revenge Class...caught it around AM grid in the middle of the night. I didn't have the best firing position, but I only had one chance as she sailing at great speed. I fired a spread shot of all four forward tubes set to impact, the first passed infront of her bow, but the other three impacted under A and B turret, followed by the last midships, was really dissapointed not to see her magazine or fuel bunkers go up but I still got a nice entry in the logbook. She came to a stop and was adrift for about 15 minutes until she finally went down to 'ol Davie Jones' locker! (Thats the Royal Navy for you lol...damage control is pretty darn good!) I had to dissapear quickly though as I didn't want to chance it with the DD escorts, escaped quite easily. I play with all options enabled apart from external camera, whats the point of having eye candy if you can't see it

.

I think I've got screens somewhere on my photobucket album too so I'll post them if anyone wants to see the damage.

Congratulations on your first BB kill Nerazzurri...always an achievement!

EDIT: Found the only screenshot I took, Revenges' last moments!

(I've just noticed, this isn't the right screen, shes going down stern first...I've hit the same convoy a few times on different careers so I think this is a later kill)

U49 · 12-03-07, 05:35 PM

Well down Herr Kaleun

That's at least the EK1 for you!

Nerazzurri · 12-03-07, 05:58 PM

@Steel Tomb

Nice screenie mate.

BTW How do you post pics directly to the forum in posts, rather than inserting URL links?? :hmm:

sonicdestroyer · 12-03-07, 06:01 PM

is it possible to see the screens?

Nerazzurri · 12-03-07, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonicdestroyer

is it possible to see the screens?

If someone tells me how to post without URLs, yes.

I have a screenie of Nelson in my scope. No 'after' ones because I was busy with the convoy

U49 · 12-03-07, 06:33 PM

Is Dowly's HOWTO ok?

read here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107399

I do it exactly the way he described it.

Nerazzurri · 12-03-07, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by U49

Is Dowly's HOWTO ok?

read here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107399

I do it exactly the way he described it.

Still waiting for a confirmed registration email from imageshack - GOD they're slow.

Doing it the way described in the how to, does your image appear in the thread, rather than just a link?

U49 · 12-03-07, 07:06 PM

No need for registration....

I never registered.

The difference is mainly that they delete your files if they are not used for a specifc time ...

And see here

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125326
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=124902

Nice picture, and if nobody cares anymore they will be gone

Nerazzurri · 12-03-07, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by U49

No need for registration....

I never registered.

The difference is mainly that they delete your files if they are not used for a specifc time ...

And see here

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125326
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=124902

Nice picture, and if nobody cares anymore they will be gone

I tried uploading without registration and I kept getting a page failure, so I thought I'd try registering to see if that made any difference :hmm:

BTW Nice explosion under the smoke stack

12-03-07, 03:22 PM	#1
Nerazzurri Sonar Guy Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 392 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	H.M.S. Nelson.........GOES DOWN!! This afternoon I ran into the Nelson and sank her I had already been on patrol, sinking 28,000t and had 6 torpedoes left. So I thought I'd hang around off the N.W. tip of Ireland for a few days. Got a radio contact for a convoy to the north, so I got in it's path in plenty time, across its bows. Periscope up, a little look - front row of the convoy comes into sight, nicely in line. So I'm thinking, that's odd, where's the destroyers? Second line comes into view in line behind the first with a warship in it; again I'm thinking that's odd a destroyer being in there (bear in mind I've only been playing SH3 for 2 or 3 weeks LOL). Click on it on the map and lo and behold it's the Nelson! I was GOBSMACKED! After I'd got over the shock/excitement I didn't have much work to do. The way I'd positioned myself, she was going to sail across my bow on a perpindicular course, at about 500 metres! Happy days. Not only that - when I had initially seen the hydrophone contacts I'd stopped my boat half way between the warship and a madium tanker; so I could have an aft shot at that too. Everything went to plan - a torpedo in Nelsons magazine and one in her fuel bunker, she went down in minutes. I actually couldn't believe how easily she went down. After I'd confirmed there were no other warships I surfaced to create havoc with the deck gun. So I'd sunk 2 with torps and went on to sink another 5 with the deck gun before breaking off to chase a couple of large ones that had broken away. I had 2 torpedoes remaining. I had hoped to sink the large merchant with 1 and the large cargo with the other (I was out of gun ammo) but in the end I'd to use the last torp to finish off the large merchant. So in all I sank 8 ships from the convoy of 13 (I ignored the other 4 small merchants/freighters) for a total of 103,725t. And with the tonnage of the other 4 ships before that, I came home with 12 kills (pretty good for a VIIb, I think) for 132,026t. I know I'm playing on only 41% realism (I have been increasing it slightly and gradually) but I'm well pleased with myself! Especially as that was only my second convoy encounter. I've read of people on here who have played for quite some time and not seen a capital ship at all. So to see one after 2 or 3 weeks gaming I'm really surprised and pleased. P.S. I have a few screenies just in case anyone wants to see them. __________________ GWX v3.0 Gold, Commander v3.2. WINDOWS 10, G3258 @ 3.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, GTX 960 2Gb.

12-03-07, 03:27 PM	#2
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Bravo - wish I could have been there. But with the description, I almost was - gritting my teeth as the torps cracked her fuel bunker - flinching and bouncing as the 88 shells ripped through merchant steel. Good job Kaleun! __________________

12-03-07, 03:30 PM	#3
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Congratulations from me ! I play for a 2 months and began from 100% . It is hard sometimes but you are right i saw only once a battleship (queen elizabeth i think(with the many board guns) and in another encounter a carrier ( this time manged to sink it ) In any case, Keep up the good work fellow Kaleun ! __________________ By the hour !

12-03-07, 03:42 PM	#4
Rotary Crewman Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The cold part of a Helicopter, the back. Posts: 395 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good work, still waiting to see my big battleship. Then again, I usually end up having about 3 eels left by the time I reach my patrol area __________________

12-03-07, 04:50 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Your first BB is always the most memorable __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-03-07, 05:04 PM	#7
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think my first BB was a Revenge Class...caught it around AM grid in the middle of the night. I didn't have the best firing position, but I only had one chance as she sailing at great speed. I fired a spread shot of all four forward tubes set to impact, the first passed infront of her bow, but the other three impacted under A and B turret, followed by the last midships, was really dissapointed not to see her magazine or fuel bunkers go up but I still got a nice entry in the logbook. She came to a stop and was adrift for about 15 minutes until she finally went down to 'ol Davie Jones' locker! (Thats the Royal Navy for you lol...damage control is pretty darn good!) I had to dissapear quickly though as I didn't want to chance it with the DD escorts, escaped quite easily. I play with all options enabled apart from external camera, whats the point of having eye candy if you can't see it . I think I've got screens somewhere on my photobucket album too so I'll post them if anyone wants to see the damage. Congratulations on your first BB kill Nerazzurri...always an achievement! EDIT: Found the only screenshot I took, Revenges' last moments! (I've just noticed, this isn't the right screen, shes going down stern first...I've hit the same convoy a few times on different careers so I think this is a later kill) __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.* Last edited by Steel_Tomb; 12-03-07 at 07:24 PM.

12-03-07, 05:35 PM	#8
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wonderful! Well down Herr Kaleun That's at least the EK1 for you! __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%

12-03-07, 05:58 PM	#9
Nerazzurri Sonar Guy Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 392 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	@Steel Tomb Nice screenie mate. BTW How do you post pics directly to the forum in posts, rather than inserting URL links?? :hmm: __________________ GWX v3.0 Gold, Commander v3.2. WINDOWS 10, G3258 @ 3.8Ghz, 8GB RAM, GTX 960 2Gb.

12-03-07, 06:01 PM	#10
sonicdestroyer Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	is it possible to see the screens?

12-03-07, 06:33 PM	#12
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Screenshots Is Dowly's HOWTO ok? read here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107399 I do it exactly the way he described it. __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%

12-03-07, 07:06 PM	#14
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No need for registration.... I never registered. The difference is mainly that they delete your files if they are not used for a specifc time ... And see here http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125326 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=124902 Nice picture, and if nobody cares anymore they will be gone __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%