Best Escape?

Admiral Donuts · 07-07-12, 11:40 PM

What are some your best escapes?

For me, two come to mind:

In the first Silent Hunter, I attacked a convoy at night. If you played that game, you’ll remember the destroyers were relentless. Nothing seemed to work to get away. Oxygen and batteries almost depleted.

Battle surfaced into the night ready to go down swinging. Climbed onto the bridge and several hundred yards away, saw that we were outside a circle of 7 Japanese destroyers taking turns making depth charge runs over what they thought was our position. Watched in awe for a few minutes and then crept away at 1/3 ahead.

The other one happened the other day. At night, penetrated the destroyer screen at periscope depth. Was almost ready to shoot when they must have detected my scope by radar because they started pinging. A quick sweep showed 3 destroyers charging in on me with a bone in their teeth. Had to quickly adjust the TDC and fired a spread in the convoy.

Crashed dived but the destroyers blanketed me on their first run. Significant flooding in the control room, damaged the batteries, hydrophones, diesels, and e-motors with a few injuries. Heard 3 detonations on the convoy. The DC crews managed to keep us afloat until I could eventually lose the destroyers.

Surfaced into the night and found ourselves alone. Closed the water-tight doors to the control room to contain the flooding that eventually went to 100%. Had never been damaged like that before (thanks IRAI). Couldn’t dive the rest of the night. Eventually stopped the flooding and limped back to port.

Obviously, I'll have to adjust my tactics if I want to make it to Oktoberfest. Prost!

Some fun.

07-07-12, 11:40 PM	#1
Admiral Donuts Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 27 Downloads: 203 Uploads: 0	Best Escape? What are some your best escapes? For me, two come to mind: In the first Silent Hunter, I attacked a convoy at night. If you played that game, you’ll remember the destroyers were relentless. Nothing seemed to work to get away. Oxygen and batteries almost depleted. Battle surfaced into the night ready to go down swinging. Climbed onto the bridge and several hundred yards away, saw that we were outside a circle of 7 Japanese destroyers taking turns making depth charge runs over what they thought was our position. Watched in awe for a few minutes and then crept away at 1/3 ahead. The other one happened the other day. At night, penetrated the destroyer screen at periscope depth. Was almost ready to shoot when they must have detected my scope by radar because they started pinging. A quick sweep showed 3 destroyers charging in on me with a bone in their teeth. Had to quickly adjust the TDC and fired a spread in the convoy. Crashed dived but the destroyers blanketed me on their first run. Significant flooding in the control room, damaged the batteries, hydrophones, diesels, and e-motors with a few injuries. Heard 3 detonations on the convoy. The DC crews managed to keep us afloat until I could eventually lose the destroyers. Surfaced into the night and found ourselves alone. Closed the water-tight doors to the control room to contain the flooding that eventually went to 100%. Had never been damaged like that before (thanks IRAI). Couldn’t dive the rest of the night. Eventually stopped the flooding and limped back to port. Obviously, I'll have to adjust my tactics if I want to make it to Oktoberfest. Prost! Some fun.