Dear Mr. Churchill..

ParaB · 03-04-10, 04:28 PM

In case you're worrying about the whereabouts of (parts of) the British Expedionary Forces enroute to France in 10 unescorted troop transports, accompanied by four large cargo ships, you need not to worry anymore. Seems like they, during one foggy, cold october night, barely 30 miles off the english coast, had the misfortune of running right across the course of our humble pleasure boat.

Enough negative vibes! I thought this forum could need something positive. Something like "your best catches in SH5" or sumfink.

As I've wrote above, I just ran into an unprotected troop convoy, and boy did I have fun! Weather was atrocious but I managed to sink 70,000+ tons in 3 1/2 hours.

From the 1st salvo of four eels three actually hit three different troop ships, two of those (hit in the bow section) sinking in less than a minute, submerging like giant u-boats at full speed. Quite scary, actually. While the 3rd one took 3 torpedoes to go down. All in all the sinkings felt pretty dynamic, varying on where the targets where hit. As I've said, really enjoyed that action.

But just to make sure we're still in the SH5 forum: when I returned from patrol and met my flotilla commander he just...said nothing. And sent me on the next patrol. No Ritterkreuz . No pat on the back. Not even a bloody cigar...

Oh well...

*sigh*

Nisgeis · 03-04-10, 05:39 PM

Mr. Churchill responds to your taunt:

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'Dear Sir, I am in the smallest room of the house and your letter is before me. Very soon it will be behind me.'

frau kaleun · 03-04-10, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

'Dear Sir, I am in the smallest room of the house and your letter is before me. Very soon it will be behind me.'

ParaB · 03-04-10, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

Mr. Churchill responds to your taunt:

Good one.

Sunfighter · 03-04-10, 07:07 PM

I was wondering who did this when i passed by...

ParaB · 03-04-10, 07:18 PM

Wasn't me.

The ones I met all sank like they're supposed to. Not doing such muppetry...

Oberon · 03-04-10, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

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Sunfighter · 03-04-10, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ParaB

Wasn't me.

The ones I met all sank like they're supposed to. Not doing such muppetry...

It tried to do it correctly, it was a troop ship sunk in port shallow water. back end dipped down and hit bottom, the front was lifted up, and the stress from that snapped it like a twig....just.....it didnt exactly land right as the snapped part fell into the bottom half and just got stuck. Though after about 15 minutes of constant banging noise it finally was pushed away from the back end and it settled down...but it was funny as hell seeing just this front end of a ship sticking way up out of the water.

ParaB · 03-04-10, 09:03 PM

Hehe...

I saw something similar when I torpedoed the BB Nelson in Scapa Flow.

Sunfighter · 03-04-10, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ParaB

Hehe...

I saw something similar when I torpedoed the BB Nelson in Scapa Flow.

Did any patrol boats from the area come and look for you? I went into Scapa and sunk the Hook and that troop ship, and not a damn ship even decided to move. Even the destroyer patrols just continued on their own regular patrol pattern.... I was just like

. No more harbor raiding for me till thats either fixed or something...even if it will drop me out of that top 100 for tonnage...i get the feeling a good number of those top people just sit in a harbor and nail everything without fear.

ParaB · 03-04-10, 09:09 PM

There were three patrol boats doing...I don't know what but they certainly weren't chasing me. I decided to skip further harbour raids too until that behaviour is fixed. I also came upon what looked like hunter/killer groups in 1939 (!) in the south-western approaches, and they seemed to have been both deaf and blind. Probably drunk, too.

ndvsky · 03-04-10, 09:14 PM

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Cptn_Enth · 03-04-10, 09:37 PM

Para,

I, too had an interesting end to my patrol off the English coast last night. Low on eels, I'd just dived to periscope depth to avoid detection from Tommy obervation aircraft, when my sonarman sings out that he's picked up multiple contacts about 30k meters off to the Northeast of our current position. I plot an intercept course, and move ahead of the convoy as fast as our diesels would take us, and as luck would have it, it's an unescorted convoy led by 3 heavy troop carriers and a small host of freighters and tankers. I plot my attacks on the troop carriers first, and release my eels... a few minutes later, the exquisite sound of torpedo detonations reverberate through my boat, and the crew cheers wildly, as I raise my periscope up to witness the carnage we've just wrought.

All three troop carriers were burning lustily, and apparently I'd missed with one of my fish and hit a tanker that just happened to be in the column behind. It, too, was erupting in fireballs as secondary explosions tore it apart, spraying flaming petrol for a hundred meters and more in every direction. At that point, I was out of torpedoes, but still had a full magazine of shells for my trusty 88, and surfaced about a kilometer in front of the lead freighter, and opened fire...

Nearly 20 minutes later, with my magazines completely spent, I headed NE away from the remnants of the convoy...in all, 8 ships were sent to the bottom and the remaining two escaped with heavy damage...

And like you...my flotilla commander remained disturbingly impassive. No thanks, no accolades for me or my valiant crew, not even a round or two at the O-Club...Nicht. Nothing. Or as our Italian allies would say, "We got gottz..."

Oh well...

I did see something odd during a successful sinking - my torpedo hit a large freighter just forward of the stern mast and in the ensuing explosion, sheared the stern off at the bulkhead. The foreward half of the ship immediately began sinking as the stern half slewed around to port, coming about almost 90 degrees before slipping beneath the surface. My guess is that the rudder was jammed hard to port and slew the aft end of the ship around while the fore end continued on unabated.

Happy times!

03-04-10, 04:28 PM	#1
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Dear Mr. Churchill.. In case you're worrying about the whereabouts of (parts of) the British Expedionary Forces enroute to France in 10 unescorted troop transports, accompanied by four large cargo ships, you need not to worry anymore. Seems like they, during one foggy, cold october night, barely 30 miles off the english coast, had the misfortune of running right across the course of our humble pleasure boat. Enough negative vibes! I thought this forum could need something positive. Something like "your best catches in SH5" or sumfink. As I've wrote above, I just ran into an unprotected troop convoy, and boy did I have fun! Weather was atrocious but I managed to sink 70,000+ tons in 3 1/2 hours. From the 1st salvo of four eels three actually hit three different troop ships, two of those (hit in the bow section) sinking in less than a minute, submerging like giant u-boats at full speed. Quite scary, actually. While the 3rd one took 3 torpedoes to go down. All in all the sinkings felt pretty dynamic, varying on where the targets where hit. As I've said, really enjoyed that action. But just to make sure we're still in the SH5 forum: when I returned from patrol and met my flotilla commander he just...said nothing. And sent me on the next patrol. No Ritterkreuz . No pat on the back. Not even a bloody cigar... Oh well... sigh

03-04-10, 09:37 PM	#13
Cptn_Enth Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY, NY Posts: 29 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Para, I, too had an interesting end to my patrol off the English coast last night. Low on eels, I'd just dived to periscope depth to avoid detection from Tommy obervation aircraft, when my sonarman sings out that he's picked up multiple contacts about 30k meters off to the Northeast of our current position. I plot an intercept course, and move ahead of the convoy as fast as our diesels would take us, and as luck would have it, it's an unescorted convoy led by 3 heavy troop carriers and a small host of freighters and tankers. I plot my attacks on the troop carriers first, and release my eels... a few minutes later, the exquisite sound of torpedo detonations reverberate through my boat, and the crew cheers wildly, as I raise my periscope up to witness the carnage we've just wrought. All three troop carriers were burning lustily, and apparently I'd missed with one of my fish and hit a tanker that just happened to be in the column behind. It, too, was erupting in fireballs as secondary explosions tore it apart, spraying flaming petrol for a hundred meters and more in every direction. At that point, I was out of torpedoes, but still had a full magazine of shells for my trusty 88, and surfaced about a kilometer in front of the lead freighter, and opened fire... Nearly 20 minutes later, with my magazines completely spent, I headed NE away from the remnants of the convoy...in all, 8 ships were sent to the bottom and the remaining two escaped with heavy damage... And like you...my flotilla commander remained disturbingly impassive. No thanks, no accolades for me or my valiant crew, not even a round or two at the O-Club...Nicht. Nothing. Or as our Italian allies would say, "We got gottz..." Oh well... I did see something odd during a successful sinking - my torpedo hit a large freighter just forward of the stern mast and in the ensuing explosion, sheared the stern off at the bulkhead. The foreward half of the ship immediately began sinking as the stern half slewed around to port, coming about almost 90 degrees before slipping beneath the surface. My guess is that the rudder was jammed hard to port and slew the aft end of the ship around while the fore end continued on unabated. Happy times! __________________ Cptn. Enth USS Drum Squadron 98 "Blackwater Pirannahs" Pearl Harbor, HI

03-04-10, 07:07 PM	#5
Sunfighter A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 78 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was wondering who did this when i passed by...

03-04-10, 07:18 PM	#6
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Wasn't me. The ones I met all sank like they're supposed to. Not doing such muppetry...

03-04-10, 09:03 PM	#9
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Hehe... I saw something similar when I torpedoed the BB Nelson in Scapa Flow.

03-04-10, 09:09 PM	#11
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	There were three patrol boats doing...I don't know what but they certainly weren't chasing me. I decided to skip further harbour raids too until that behaviour is fixed. I also came upon what looked like hunter/killer groups in 1939 (!) in the south-western approaches, and they seemed to have been both deaf and blind. Probably drunk, too.