A good haul....Scrap one drydock!

Freiwillige · 03-15-08, 07:35 PM

Went to AN13 and upon ariving got radio notice of a fleet 60 km due north. Found fleet and put 4 torpedo's into the direction of several heavy cruisers and one Battleship. The battleship was the same class as the Royal Oak which I had sunk in my last patrol but I didnt make any strikes and was forced under by some dogged escorts.

After all of that I patrolled my grid then decided to raid Lock ewe. It was easy getting in under the surface. And I sank their drydock! I also got a heavy tanker.

Well worth the trip!

1 13,000 ton tanker
1 Floating drydock 33,000 ton
and several tugboats, fishing boats and tramp steamers for a total of 56,000 tons!

FIREWALL · 03-15-08, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Went to AN13 and upon ariving got radio notice of a fleet 60 km due north. Found fleet and put 4 torpedo's into the direction of several heavy cruisers and one Battleship. The battleship was the same class as the Royal Oak which I had sunk in my last patrol but I didnt make any strikes and was forced under by some dogged escorts.

After all of that I patrolled my grid then decided to raid Lock ewe. It was easy getting in under the surface. And I sank their drydock! I also got a heavy tanker.

Well worth the trip!

1 13,000 ton tanker
1 Floating drydock 33,000 ton
and several tugboats, fishing boats and tramp steamers for a total of 56,000 tons!

Nice Patrol

I gotta start sinkin more drydocks

Platapus · 03-15-08, 08:11 PM

Was the dry dock difficult to sink?

bb-subs · 03-15-08, 08:20 PM

Don't you love the raiding. I stopped the RN from shooting up Calais after the channel was reopened, but the raiding was Freetown and Alexandria. Both were well worth the time.

Grant

Freiwillige · 03-15-08, 09:11 PM

The drydock took 1 torpedo and sank instantly! But a word of advice there are two drydocks on a shallow keel and one a deep keel (13 meters) I found the shallow keel and wasted three torpedos before I figured out that they were going under it. So I had to manualy change the torpedo depth to 0 before I could hit it.

Also it would be cooler to find a drydock with a ship in it!:rotfl:

Brag · 03-16-08, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

The drydock took 1 torpedo and sank instantly! But a word of advice there are two drydocks on a shallow keel and one a deep keel (13 meters) I found the shallow keel and wasted three torpedos before I figured out that they were going under it. So I had to manualy change the torpedo depth to 0 before I could hit it.

Also it would be cooler to find a drydock with a ship in it!:rotfl:

Greedy, greedy, greedy :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

NealT · 03-16-08, 10:12 AM

Drydocks are quite easy...take only 1 torp set at shallow depth and right in the middle...they go down for me every time...

BTW - if you like Scapa, there is one in perfect position in the Western portion...just hang a right at the first place you can, stick your scope up, go almost to the end of the island on your left, and Walla! It will show up at a 90 degree angle across your bow at 0 degrees...Torpedo Los and down she goes...

Platapus · 03-16-08, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

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Also it would be cooler to find a drydock with a ship in it!:rotfl:

Dry dock with the Ark Royal inside?

One torpedo 100,000 tons what renown!

Jimbuna · 03-16-08, 10:51 AM

No addotional tonnage for ships

Letum · 03-16-08, 03:46 PM

The ship in it would just float anyway!

Freiwillige · 03-16-08, 05:36 PM

(Fritz von Titz approves this post)

Not if their repairing torpedo damage!

SmokinTep · 03-17-08, 05:40 AM

I'm going to have to get in on this drydock craze............

Kipparikalle · 03-17-08, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SmokinTep

I'm going to have to get in on this drydock craze............

We're in same boat mate, let's enjoy this madness before its over!
To the Scapa!

03-15-08, 07:35 PM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	A good haul....Scrap one drydock! Went to AN13 and upon ariving got radio notice of a fleet 60 km due north. Found fleet and put 4 torpedo's into the direction of several heavy cruisers and one Battleship. The battleship was the same class as the Royal Oak which I had sunk in my last patrol but I didnt make any strikes and was forced under by some dogged escorts. After all of that I patrolled my grid then decided to raid Lock ewe. It was easy getting in under the surface. And I sank their drydock! I also got a heavy tanker. Well worth the trip! 1 13,000 ton tanker 1 Floating drydock 33,000 ton and several tugboats, fishing boats and tramp steamers for a total of 56,000 tons!

03-15-08, 08:11 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Was the dry dock difficult to sink? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-15-08, 08:20 PM	#4
bb-subs Bosun Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 65 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	port raiding Don't you love the raiding. I stopped the RN from shooting up Calais after the channel was reopened, but the raiding was Freetown and Alexandria. Both were well worth the time. Grant

03-16-08, 10:51 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No addotional tonnage for ships __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-16-08, 03:46 PM	#10
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The ship in it would just float anyway! __________________

03-15-08, 09:11 PM	#5
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The drydock took 1 torpedo and sank instantly! But a word of advice there are two drydocks on a shallow keel and one a deep keel (13 meters) I found the shallow keel and wasted three torpedos before I figured out that they were going under it. So I had to manualy change the torpedo depth to 0 before I could hit it. Also it would be cooler to find a drydock with a ship in it!:rotfl:

03-16-08, 10:12 AM	#7
NealT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 2 Meters Below Jimbuna Posts: 1,060 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Drydocks are quite easy...take only 1 torp set at shallow depth and right in the middle...they go down for me every time... BTW - if you like Scapa, there is one in perfect position in the Western portion...just hang a right at the first place you can, stick your scope up, go almost to the end of the island on your left, and Walla! It will show up at a 90 degree angle across your bow at 0 degrees...Torpedo Los and down she goes...

03-16-08, 05:36 PM	#11
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	(Fritz von Titz approves this post) Not if their repairing torpedo damage!

03-17-08, 05:40 AM	#12
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm going to have to get in on this drydock craze............