The one that DIDN"T get away!

[Fr8monkey]

OK. Here I am traveling to BE61 to do my tour. I round England and get a convoy contact 50K north of Ireland. It id the first tour in my canpaign, Sept 6, 1939. I do the standard approach and get about 2K from the lead of the convoy and I notice there are NOescorts!! I torp 4 ships and then say "What the hell. The fox is in the hen house and the farmer has gone to town!"

I the surface and start shooting at everything in site. It was a running battle and when I was done 12 ships from Her Magesty's fleet are on the bottom. 58,000 tons!

That isnt the best part. I start heading back to the starting point, and I run across a freighter that is only half sunk... I mean literally! Bow up[ out of the water and stern completly submerged. I look at the map and there is no wreck icon. No torps, no cannon shells I even used all th AA ammo to finish off a Tramp Steamer. I slide up to the stricken ship and sit and think..... What if I nudged it? I start @ 2 knots and tap the ship.... nothing. I back off about 100m. Try it @ 5Kn. Damage to torp #2. Hmmmmm. So I manuver the sub over the sunken stern and submerge. An internal explosion tn the steamer cought me off guard and I hit Flank speed. I then go to the bridge and look over the rear rail and see the stubborn ship slip beneath the waves.

I'm just sorry I didn't get any screenies.

[its a viic]

Originally Posted by Fr8monkey

OK. Here I am traveling to BE61 to do my tour. I round England and get a convoy contact 50K north of Ireland. It id the first tour in my canpaign, Sept 6, 1939. I do the standard approach and get about 2K from the lead of the convoy and I notice there are NOescorts!! I torp 4 ships and then say "What the hell. The fox is in the hen house and the farmer has gone to town!"

I the surface and start shooting at everything in site. It was a running battle and when I was done 12 ships from Her Magesty's fleet are on the bottom. 58,000 tons!

That isnt the best part. I start heading back to the starting point, and I run across a freighter that is only half sunk... I mean literally! Bow up[ out of the water and stern completly submerged. I look at the map and there is no wreck icon. No torps, no cannon shells I even used all th AA ammo to finish off a Tramp Steamer. I slide up to the stricken ship and sit and think..... What if I nudged it? I start @ 2 knots and tap the ship.... nothing. I back off about 100m. Try it @ 5Kn. Damage to torp #2. Hmmmmm. So I manuver the sub over the sunken stern and submerge. An internal explosion tn the steamer cought me off guard and I hit Flank speed. I then go to the bridge and look over the rear rail and see the stubborn ship slip beneath the waves.

I'm just sorry I didn't get any screenies.

Congratulations!! Are you playing gwx? If not try it. I am currently still playing 1.3

[onelifecrisis]

Originally Posted by Fr8monkey

So I manuver the sub over the sunken stern and submerge.

LMAO

Good thinking!

[Blacklight]

So I manuver the sub over the sunken stern and submerge.

Do you get credit for sinking a ship like that ?

[Fr8monkey]

GWX 2.0 and I DID get credit. Probably why I got 3 Iron crosses on that mission. I got the idea that if I was out on the ship, if I jumped up and down real hard maybe it would go down. Out of the box thinking. I am still kicking myself for not getting screenshots ( untill )

[bookworm_020]

Don't wory too much over the screen shots. Many of us have missed the oppertunity as well!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by Fr8monkey

GWX 2.0 and I DID get credit. Probably why I got 3 Iron crosses on that mission. I got the idea that if I was out on the ship, if I jumped up and down real hard maybe it would go down. Out of the box thinking. I am still kicking myself for not getting screenshots ( untill )

High marks for creative thinking!

[Blacklight]

I'm waiting for someone here to find and post information about a real U-boat that pulled this off. :rotfl: