My First Career Capital Ship

Ancient Mariner · 09-15-09, 09:19 AM

Well it's been a long time coming...finally bagged a capital ship and it was tough.

I came across a mid Atlantic convoy heading toward liverpool rough 500km west of the Rockallbanks,thinking it was gonna be a cake walk I closed in from the SSW,the weather was poor but in the distance i made ou a shape of a BB,the Nelson infact surrounded by a few merchants and with what looked like no escorts,mint I thought a real treat.

What i hadn't noticed was an escort(A&D) coming up fast from the West,by the time i had closed to round 3km from the nelson it was nearly upon me and had radio'd it's mate,now the chase was on.I slipped to 60m @ quiet running,but when i saw the the target getting away I got the proverbial "white line fever"

and went hell bent for leather. I slipped through a ew depth charge attacks and got into position,fire tubes 1,3,4 running at 1m with impact fuses,"los!" time ran out and 1 had hit.

After some hair raising manouvers and a wait that seemed like hours i had another 2 ready,same setup,"LOS!!" just i got 2 of 2,cool she had 3 in her

,the list was bad,one screw wasn't turning but those pesky DD's were raining hell on me.

Then wasserbomben & bang i was hit,tubes 2-4 were destroyed heavy flooding in forward torp room,good thing i have a great damage control crew. I decided to shadow and wait for darkness.

I ended up getting away and ahead of the convoy around 19.00 and waited,had I been spotted?not yet,then in what would be a dumb move i surfaced and was seen!!! The DD's raced in,i was at periscope depth,i ran to the center of the convoy hoping they'd get stuck in the confusion,but instead i got rammed & lost my scopes

So i turned and blindly shot off an eel,now again luck is with me cause after 30 seconds,there was a massive explosion followed by "she's going down!" Yuss,i had taken a DD by sheer luck. I retreated again to reload my solitary tube and repair damage sustained.

When tube1 was ready a cam in again,fired at the Nelson but the fish bounced off

Hastily with a last relaod and a better AoB I opened fire from around 1800m away and time dragged until with a splash and an explosion i hit her again in the listing side,I knew she was now doomed and didnt think that she would turn and fire at me

She got off 2 salvoes in my direction minor machine gun hits but nothing significant(yes i was attacking on the surface with my UZO,no scopes),she went down finally I bagged a career capital ship ,a promotion,an Iron Cross,medals all round for the crew and a bit of work for the dock workers.

Oberleutnant z S Joseph Becker
21 Nov '39
3rd patrol-70726 Tons
DiD
80% Realism
Gwx 3 gold + Sh3cmmdr

KeptinCranky · 09-15-09, 09:53 AM

LOL a pop-up attack with the UZO vs. a Battleship

Awesome but very very suicidal, well done

were you silly enough to attack from the side it was listing towards? and if so, dit it try to train its main guns on you?

Ancient Mariner · 09-15-09, 10:03 AM

Well yea i knew things could've gone horribly awry,there was no moon,heavy clouds & my blacked out Viib was running with decks awash.

Yea she did,the crash dive that followed the first rounds of her big guns was nerve wracking,wont be doing that in a hurry again

Edit: Had no option but UZo my scopes were knocked out in an earlier attack,i had 1 eel left to attack convoy but thought I had pushed my luck a little bit earlier on

Damo · 09-15-09, 10:28 AM

I noticed DiD in your sig.

Does it stand for Death is Definite??

Well done, but think of all that cargo and supplies that made it to the enemy...

Doenitz won't be pleased.

Pohl · 09-15-09, 11:04 AM

Leader of Kriegsmarine at that time was Raeder (I think), instead of using the UZO you could have tried to use the hydrophones unless they got destroyed =/

nikbear · 09-15-09, 11:27 AM

Good hit,bet you had a sweat on

those moments waiting for the 'She's going down' cheer seem to take forever

Mopy · 09-15-09, 09:59 PM

Crazy Kapitain! But well done on your first career BB sinking

I've only sunk one Revenge so far in this career. Never seen anything > than 31,000. I'd love to stumble upon something larger.

Ancient Mariner · 09-16-09, 05:26 AM

Well the way I see it,they may have got some supplies,but the loss of a Capital Ship well that would make life easier for the KM.

Well as I see it you'd have to be half mad to go onto a Uboat in the war & as 1 of my fave sayings goes "Those who dare to fail greatly,succeed greatly"

09-15-09, 09:19 AM	#1
Ancient Mariner Torpedoman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somewhere north of Auckland Posts: 114 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	My First Career Capital Ship Well it's been a long time coming...finally bagged a capital ship and it was tough. I came across a mid Atlantic convoy heading toward liverpool rough 500km west of the Rockallbanks,thinking it was gonna be a cake walk I closed in from the SSW,the weather was poor but in the distance i made ou a shape of a BB,the Nelson infact surrounded by a few merchants and with what looked like no escorts,mint I thought a real treat. What i hadn't noticed was an escort(A&D) coming up fast from the West,by the time i had closed to round 3km from the nelson it was nearly upon me and had radio'd it's mate,now the chase was on.I slipped to 60m @ quiet running,but when i saw the the target getting away I got the proverbial "white line fever" and went hell bent for leather. I slipped through a ew depth charge attacks and got into position,fire tubes 1,3,4 running at 1m with impact fuses,"los!" time ran out and 1 had hit. After some hair raising manouvers and a wait that seemed like hours i had another 2 ready,same setup,"LOS!!" just i got 2 of 2,cool she had 3 in her,the list was bad,one screw wasn't turning but those pesky DD's were raining hell on me. Then wasserbomben & bang i was hit,tubes 2-4 were destroyed heavy flooding in forward torp room,good thing i have a great damage control crew. I decided to shadow and wait for darkness. I ended up getting away and ahead of the convoy around 19.00 and waited,had I been spotted?not yet,then in what would be a dumb move i surfaced and was seen!!! The DD's raced in,i was at periscope depth,i ran to the center of the convoy hoping they'd get stuck in the confusion,but instead i got rammed & lost my scopes So i turned and blindly shot off an eel,now again luck is with me cause after 30 seconds,there was a massive explosion followed by "she's going down!" Yuss,i had taken a DD by sheer luck. I retreated again to reload my solitary tube and repair damage sustained. When tube1 was ready a cam in again,fired at the Nelson but the fish bounced off Hastily with a last relaod and a better AoB I opened fire from around 1800m away and time dragged until with a splash and an explosion i hit her again in the listing side,I knew she was now doomed and didnt think that she would turn and fire at me She got off 2 salvoes in my direction minor machine gun hits but nothing significant(yes i was attacking on the surface with my UZO,no scopes),she went down finally I bagged a career capital ship ,a promotion,an Iron Cross,medals all round for the crew and a bit of work for the dock workers. Oberleutnant z S Joseph Becker 21 Nov '39 3rd patrol-70726 Tons DiD 80% Realism Gwx 3 gold + Sh3cmmdr

09-15-09, 10:28 AM	#4
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	I noticed DiD in your sig. Does it stand for Death is Definite?? Well done, but think of all that cargo and supplies that made it to the enemy... Doenitz won't be pleased. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

09-15-09, 11:04 AM	#5
Pohl Sparky Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 157 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Leader of Kriegsmarine at that time was Raeder (I think), instead of using the UZO you could have tried to use the hydrophones unless they got destroyed =/ __________________ Current Careers: U-177 Type IXD2, 10th Flotilla March 13, 1943 U-3502 Type XXI, 7th/13th Flotilla April 14, 1942 100% realism, GWX 3.0, SH3 Commander 3.2

09-15-09, 11:27 AM	#6
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Good hit,bet you had a sweat onthose moments waiting for the 'She's going down' cheer seem to take forever __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

09-15-09, 09:53 AM	#2
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	LOL a pop-up attack with the UZO vs. a Battleship Awesome but very very suicidal, well done were you silly enough to attack from the side it was listing towards? and if so, dit it try to train its main guns on you?

09-15-09, 10:03 AM	#3
Ancient Mariner Torpedoman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somewhere north of Auckland Posts: 114 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Well yea i knew things could've gone horribly awry,there was no moon,heavy clouds & my blacked out Viib was running with decks awash. Yea she did,the crash dive that followed the first rounds of her big guns was nerve wracking,wont be doing that in a hurry again Edit: Had no option but UZo my scopes were knocked out in an earlier attack,i had 1 eel left to attack convoy but thought I had pushed my luck a little bit earlier on

09-15-09, 09:59 PM	#7
Mopy Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 118 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Crazy Kapitain! But well done on your first career BB sinking I've only sunk one Revenge so far in this career. Never seen anything > than 31,000. I'd love to stumble upon something larger.

09-16-09, 05:26 AM	#8
Ancient Mariner Torpedoman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Somewhere north of Auckland Posts: 114 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Well the way I see it,they may have got some supplies,but the loss of a Capital Ship well that would make life easier for the KM. Well as I see it you'd have to be half mad to go onto a Uboat in the war & as 1 of my fave sayings goes "Those who dare to fail greatly,succeed greatly"