Finally my first carrier!

gord96 · 05-07-08, 09:24 AM

After playing this game for over 2 years I had never seen a capital ship or aircraft carrier before. Last night in U-9 on my first patrol on April '40 that all changed.

As the German navy sailed in support of the invasion of Norway, little type II/B U-9 sailed in a fierce storm off the northwestern tip of Scandinavia. As she went deep to avoid the endless tossing, she picked up some contacts heading straight for her. U-9 surfaced and ran flank speed in the cold dark to intercept. As we closed to within 4000m I found out that the HMS Implaceable, an Illustrious class carrier, was leading a task force SW. Waiting and watching until the right moment I unleashed 3 eels at her. It only took two to send the big boat to the bottom very quickly in the storm.

My only regret is that it was too dark to really get a good shot off the sinking (OLCE2 mod really makes the night realistic!

). Oh well it was nice to finally bag a big ship.

05-07-08, 09:24 AM	#1
gord96 Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Finally my first carrier! After playing this game for over 2 years I had never seen a capital ship or aircraft carrier before. Last night in U-9 on my first patrol on April '40 that all changed. As the German navy sailed in support of the invasion of Norway, little type II/B U-9 sailed in a fierce storm off the northwestern tip of Scandinavia. As she went deep to avoid the endless tossing, she picked up some contacts heading straight for her. U-9 surfaced and ran flank speed in the cold dark to intercept. As we closed to within 4000m I found out that the HMS Implaceable, an Illustrious class carrier, was leading a task force SW. Waiting and watching until the right moment I unleashed 3 eels at her. It only took two to send the big boat to the bottom very quickly in the storm. My only regret is that it was too dark to really get a good shot off the sinking (OLCE2 mod really makes the night realistic! ). Oh well it was nice to finally bag a big ship. Last edited by gord96; 05-07-08 at 12:15 PM.