Damn. Hit a mine.

maillemaker · 04-14-10, 08:15 AM

Well, after giving up waiting in the mouth of the channel for a warship that never came, I cruised up around the west cost of Ireland and was north of England when I was alerted to a convoy south of me in shallow water.

I hammered in at flank speed to intercept at high TC, and suddenly there was the sound of spraying water and "death by collision".

I don't know what I hit. I was on the surface. I can only assume it was a mine? Do mines show as "death by collision"?

Steve

04-14-10, 08:15 AM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Damn. Hit a mine. Well, after giving up waiting in the mouth of the channel for a warship that never came, I cruised up around the west cost of Ireland and was north of England when I was alerted to a convoy south of me in shallow water. I hammered in at flank speed to intercept at high TC, and suddenly there was the sound of spraying water and "death by collision". I don't know what I hit. I was on the surface. I can only assume it was a mine? Do mines show as "death by collision"? Steve