Whelp.. My first captain/crew is dead

Chris1999 · 09-24-10, 11:06 AM

Piggybacking off my post about 1943 being a bad year, I was humming around AM13, had completed my patrol, was going to go into the mid atlantic away from iceland and england and maybe catch a convoy..

had a submarine full of torpedos, an experienced crew, and headed for the convoy routes. Yeah, we had to crash dive 3,4 times a day to avoid DC's from planes, but, its how it is now, right?

2 days of crash diving later, I get a report of a boat thats within 100km of me.. so.. I divert to go stalk. submerge and hum over there to see if I can hear her. never get wind of it after hanging around on her projected line for half a day, so, back on my southwesterly course.

surface the boat to get some battery charge. 5 min later radar detector is going off. crash dive. and switch course 90 degrees.

go to external camera to watch the show. oh, the b-24 really screwed up and bracketed me with her payload. I'll be safely below 30' by the time she makes another pass.

Wait.. whats that... 5 more B-24s? all on a bombing run final approach? whew, the first one missed.. the second one missed.. the third one missed.. the fourt.... (dead)

the u-802 sinks to the seafloor with 230,000 tons of shipping to her name. and my shiny golden knights cross with oak leaves, swords, and diamonds goes with it.

sigh.

start my new campaign in 1939. have already had 3 misfires of the magneto torpedos! awesome. at least I havent seen any airplanes.

09-24-10, 11:06 AM	#1
Chris1999 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 10 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Whelp.. My first captain/crew is dead Piggybacking off my post about 1943 being a bad year, I was humming around AM13, had completed my patrol, was going to go into the mid atlantic away from iceland and england and maybe catch a convoy.. had a submarine full of torpedos, an experienced crew, and headed for the convoy routes. Yeah, we had to crash dive 3,4 times a day to avoid DC's from planes, but, its how it is now, right? 2 days of crash diving later, I get a report of a boat thats within 100km of me.. so.. I divert to go stalk. submerge and hum over there to see if I can hear her. never get wind of it after hanging around on her projected line for half a day, so, back on my southwesterly course. surface the boat to get some battery charge. 5 min later radar detector is going off. crash dive. and switch course 90 degrees. go to external camera to watch the show. oh, the b-24 really screwed up and bracketed me with her payload. I'll be safely below 30' by the time she makes another pass. Wait.. whats that... 5 more B-24s? all on a bombing run final approach? whew, the first one missed.. the second one missed.. the third one missed.. the fourt.... (dead) the u-802 sinks to the seafloor with 230,000 tons of shipping to her name. and my shiny golden knights cross with oak leaves, swords, and diamonds goes with it. sigh. start my new campaign in 1939. have already had 3 misfires of the magneto torpedos! awesome. at least I havent seen any airplanes.