Brave? Daring?...Lucky?....Successful !!!

maddysad · 10-27-08, 06:13 AM

Hi fellow Kauliens

Playing GWX2.1 (Fantastic

..Never fails to suprise)
and having suffered various graphics problems (SORTED) find myself setting out from Wilhemsaven 1st Jan 1940....

Its my 3rd patrol (AM54 classVIIB) and nothing to report and we are sailing up East coast of UK when contact comes through about lone merchant heading West into approx Newcastle.
Change course...lets have a look (I dont like going too close to shore) Spot the Merchant and 1 Torpedo does the job (04.00 Jan 4 1940) I'm 7-10Km from coast..Order return to course.....
Radio report convoy heading WSW a few Kms North of my position

(going to Newcastle??)....Order FLANK Speed NNW to intercept....Decks awash When My Lookout shouts "Ship Spotted " (04.30) Through the binoculars I see a J+K class 15 degrees off bow at 1800m

He hasn't spotted me....I proceed Still doing 13 knots decks awash
I spot 2 large cargo, 2 passenger, 2 Ore ships, 1 Southhampton Class within a 20 degree radius ranging from 1500m - 3000m with various smaller targets dotted around and my watch has spotted submarine escort x2
I fire off 4x forward tubes (Target Large cargo x2) and hope my crew(changed to have max experience) can reload in time to take in Ore/Passenger ships (most distant)
I am 400m short of Large cargo when torpedo strikes and all hell breaks loose ...Star shells go up and tracer is flying...Dive to 20m......another 3 explosions...Periscope depth....I see behind me 2 Cargo ships in flames and Ore ship Passenger ship a couple of degrees port and starboard off bow...range 900 and 1500....Tubes 1+2 ready...1 for each... FIRE.....Reload Reload Reload Tube 3 ready, Ore ship fire....Tube 4 Ready, Passenger ship Fire....(04.57)
Wheres the Navigator..Whats the depth....70m

Go 65m silent running 1 knot .....Ive got 3 destroyers combing the area but I survive unscathed and have the cheek to surface and take another lone cargo less than an hour later with the deck gun

Navigator....forget the patrol area......we're going out for a few Schnapps when we get home

For the patrol I sink 57000 tons (7 ships..1 got in the way somewhere)

Best hour I've spent on GWX2.1

Thanks guys

maddysad

HansVonBeehan · 10-27-08, 07:32 AM

Well done mate!

Brag · 10-27-08, 07:43 AM

Good show. The drinks are on you!

rifleman13 · 10-27-08, 07:45 AM

Excellent first patrol, Kaleun!

Better safe than sorry!

Red Heat · 10-27-08, 09:12 AM

Well done!

nikbear · 10-27-08, 02:22 PM

An excellent result

Jimbuna · 10-27-08, 03:20 PM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

bookworm_020 · 10-27-08, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

Should have sunk the Southampton as well!

BasilY · 10-27-08, 10:41 PM

Make the aggressive move at the right time and you are the genius, make the same move at the wrong time and you are fish meat. May your luck stay with you till 1945.

SandyCaesar · 10-28-08, 01:10 AM

You're exactly what the KM needs!

Although...what happened to the Southampton? You don't mean that you let it go, do you? Onkel Donitz isn't going to be pleased with 11000tons of warship slipping away...

10-27-08, 06:13 AM	#1
maddysad Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 50 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Brave? Daring?...Lucky?....Successful !!! Hi fellow Kauliens Playing GWX2.1 (Fantastic ..Never fails to suprise) and having suffered various graphics problems (SORTED) find myself setting out from Wilhemsaven 1st Jan 1940.... Its my 3rd patrol (AM54 classVIIB) and nothing to report and we are sailing up East coast of UK when contact comes through about lone merchant heading West into approx Newcastle. Change course...lets have a look (I dont like going too close to shore) Spot the Merchant and 1 Torpedo does the job (04.00 Jan 4 1940) I'm 7-10Km from coast..Order return to course..... Radio report convoy heading WSW a few Kms North of my position (going to Newcastle??)....Order FLANK Speed NNW to intercept....Decks awash When My Lookout shouts "Ship Spotted " (04.30) Through the binoculars I see a J+K class 15 degrees off bow at 1800m He hasn't spotted me....I proceed Still doing 13 knots decks awash I spot 2 large cargo, 2 passenger, 2 Ore ships, 1 Southhampton Class within a 20 degree radius ranging from 1500m - 3000m with various smaller targets dotted around and my watch has spotted submarine escort x2 I fire off 4x forward tubes (Target Large cargo x2) and hope my crew(changed to have max experience) can reload in time to take in Ore/Passenger ships (most distant) I am 400m short of Large cargo when torpedo strikes and all hell breaks loose ...Star shells go up and tracer is flying...Dive to 20m......another 3 explosions...Periscope depth....I see behind me 2 Cargo ships in flames and Ore ship Passenger ship a couple of degrees port and starboard off bow...range 900 and 1500....Tubes 1+2 ready...1 for each... FIRE.....Reload Reload Reload Tube 3 ready, Ore ship fire....Tube 4 Ready, Passenger ship Fire....(04.57) Wheres the Navigator..Whats the depth....70m Go 65m silent running 1 knot .....Ive got 3 destroyers combing the area but I survive unscathed and have the cheek to surface and take another lone cargo less than an hour later with the deck gun Navigator....forget the patrol area......we're going out for a few Schnapps when we get home For the patrol I sink 57000 tons (7 ships..1 got in the way somewhere) Best hour I've spent on GWX2.1 Thanks guys maddysad __________________ "All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?" - Emperor Hirohito (1940)

10-27-08, 07:32 AM	#2
HansVonBeehan Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ramsgate, Kent Posts: 114 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Well done mate! __________________ Cmdr. Mike Beehan Leutnant z. S. Hans von Beehan IC2,IC1,GC,KCOSDG Commander U-181, Type IXD2 1st Flotilla, Brest.

10-27-08, 07:43 AM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Good show. The drinks are on you! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

10-27-08, 09:12 AM	#5
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Well done! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

10-27-08, 02:22 PM	#6
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	An excellent result __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

10-27-08, 07:45 AM	#4
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Excellent first patrol, Kaleun! Better safe than sorry!

10-27-08, 03:20 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-27-08, 10:41 PM	#9
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Make the aggressive move at the right time and you are the genius, make the same move at the wrong time and you are fish meat. May your luck stay with you till 1945.

10-28-08, 01:10 AM	#10
SandyCaesar Chief Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: HMS Thanatus Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You're exactly what the KM needs! Although...what happened to the Southampton? You don't mean that you let it go, do you? Onkel Donitz isn't going to be pleased with 11000tons of warship slipping away... __________________ Vanvikan, Feb. 2009: ordinary human, KIA, night 4 HMS Thanatus, May 2009: ??? human, KIA, night 7