Close call!

Zero Niner · 09-28-06, 08:22 AM

Last night I was doing the convoy attack exam to re-acquaint myself with SH3. I had penetrated to the centre column & sunk the lead escort. I hit the C2 with a torp, but only managed to damage, not sink it. Then I manoeuvred to get my stern tube to bear on the ships in the outer column.
I guess I concentrated too much on the map, when I took a look ou tthe periscope I saw nothing but the hull of a ship.
This was how close I was to colliding with it. fortunately emergency back & full left rudder prevented an embarrasing incident

Respenus · 09-28-06, 08:41 AM

Uff! Check your

next time

I'm sure we all had such close encounters.

I remember taking the exam myself, not so long ago and I managed to sunk the Armed Traveler and a C2. But a completely forgot to see the destroyer. And it found me. Out of the blue "Destroyer in attack run!". I go into the outside view, and it was couple hundred metres away from me. CRASH DIVE! I just just managed to dive and to miss hitting him. But then a DC hit the hull (not next but on it). You can guess what happened. I got a compartment filled with water, even before I can't to deep.

And I also had the next misses like yours and hits, when a destroyer hit your conning tower with its hull and you lose all you flak guns!

I was a strange world outhere and we can be gratefull we can also restart the game. The real Keluens didn't have a save function

Crawlerz · 09-28-06, 10:42 AM

amen to that!

SteamWake · 09-28-06, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Respenus

Uff! Check your

next time

I'm sure we all had such close encounters.

Im usually alerted to such an encounter by a loud crashing sound followed by jets of water and wimpering crew.

HunterICX · 09-28-06, 11:39 AM

I had the same thing, but then on the surface....

WutWuzDat · 09-28-06, 01:06 PM

Hey, I have been runover... so there!:p

SteamWake · 09-28-06, 01:13 PM

My favorite is crusing the surface in bad weather with limited visibility.

"Ship Spotted !.... half a second later.... BOOM Crash !"

Saukko · 09-28-06, 01:17 PM

I usually use tactic launching torpedoes in the middle of convoy, sometimes cargoships "block" escorts and their own noise hide my boat's noise. But there is a price to pay as I often return port with scratches and bruises in my u-boat's hull and conning tower.

Biggles · 09-28-06, 03:49 PM

last time a DD run over me he went to the bottom of the sea

Richard Zapp · 09-28-06, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

My favorite is crusing the surface in bad weather with limited visibility.

"Ship Spotted !.... half a second later.... BOOM Crash !"

Mine too......

Steeltrap · 09-28-06, 06:47 PM

Funny that this actually happened to Peter Cremer in U-333.....his target (a tanker with avgas - ouch!) altered course 90 degrees at the last minute. Cremer raised periscope only to see BLACK - the side of the ship!

Ran him over and did plenty of damage. He did point out that, had he hit the tanker at that range, the explosion of its cargo would most likely have killed all involved - his boat and the tanker!

Qairyl · 09-28-06, 09:01 PM

This is my closest close call ever...I peeked out for a second just to see what my new boat looked like underwater (had never used an XXI much before) and this is what I was greeted with!

-Qairyl

Pants · 09-28-06, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

My favorite is crusing the surface in bad weather with limited visibility.

"Ship Spotted !.... half a second later.... BOOM Crash !"

Oh yeah i have had this myself with stock SH3, sitting on the surface ready with deck gun..when watchcrew shout "Ship Spotted" i turn around only to see a C3 running over my Aft deck..I'm sure Bernard was manning the watch crew station

Soviet_Warlord · 09-28-06, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qairyl

This is my closest close call ever...I peeked out for a second just to see what my new boat looked like underwater (had never used an XXI much before) and this is what I was greeted with!

-Qairyl

wow... thats crazy.

For some reason, mines in SHIII scare me more than anything else... they are just so creepy.

bookworm_020 · 09-28-06, 09:55 PM

Got to love the close calls with mines, In World War 1 more U-boats were lost to mines than any other cause.

Reminds me of a Churchill quote,

"There is no greater thrill than to be shot at, without result"

09-28-06, 08:22 AM	#1
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Close call! Last night I was doing the convoy attack exam to re-acquaint myself with SH3. I had penetrated to the centre column & sunk the lead escort. I hit the C2 with a torp, but only managed to damage, not sink it. Then I manoeuvred to get my stern tube to bear on the ships in the outer column. I guess I concentrated too much on the map, when I took a look ou tthe periscope I saw nothing but the hull of a ship. This was how close I was to colliding with it. fortunately emergency back & full left rudder prevented an embarrasing incident

09-28-06, 10:42 AM	#3
Crawlerz Bosun Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	amen to that! __________________ Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

09-28-06, 11:39 AM	#5
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I had the same thing, but then on the surface.... __________________

09-28-06, 01:06 PM	#6
WutWuzDat Planesman Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: I can't remember... In front of a PC? Posts: 185 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey, I have been runover... so there!:p __________________ - Adam ©1988 - 2008. All rights reserved. Life is like a roll of toliet paper, the older you get, the faster it goes!

09-28-06, 03:49 PM	#9
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	last time a DD run over me he went to the bottom of the sea __________________

09-28-06, 08:41 AM	#2
Respenus Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,169 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Uff! Check your next time I'm sure we all had such close encounters. I remember taking the exam myself, not so long ago and I managed to sunk the Armed Traveler and a C2. But a completely forgot to see the destroyer. And it found me. Out of the blue "Destroyer in attack run!". I go into the outside view, and it was couple hundred metres away from me. CRASH DIVE! I just just managed to dive and to miss hitting him. But then a DC hit the hull (not next but on it). You can guess what happened. I got a compartment filled with water, even before I can't to deep. And I also had the next misses like yours and hits, when a destroyer hit your conning tower with its hull and you lose all you flak guns! I was a strange world outhere and we can be gratefull we can also restart the game. The real Keluens didn't have a save function

09-28-06, 01:13 PM	#7
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	My favorite is crusing the surface in bad weather with limited visibility. "Ship Spotted !.... half a second later.... BOOM Crash !"

09-28-06, 01:17 PM	#8
Saukko Electrician's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 136 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I usually use tactic launching torpedoes in the middle of convoy, sometimes cargoships "block" escorts and their own noise hide my boat's noise. But there is a price to pay as I often return port with scratches and bruises in my u-boat's hull and conning tower.

09-28-06, 06:47 PM	#11
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Funny that this actually happened to Peter Cremer in U-333.....his target (a tanker with avgas - ouch!) altered course 90 degrees at the last minute. Cremer raised periscope only to see BLACK - the side of the ship! Ran him over and did plenty of damage. He did point out that, had he hit the tanker at that range, the explosion of its cargo would most likely have killed all involved - his boat and the tanker!

09-28-06, 09:01 PM	#12
Qairyl Bosun Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 66 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	This is my closest close call ever...I peeked out for a second just to see what my new boat looked like underwater (had never used an XXI much before) and this is what I was greeted with! -Qairyl __________________ U-527 IXC At Sea October 1944

09-28-06, 09:55 PM	#15
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Got to love the close calls with mines, In World War 1 more U-boats were lost to mines than any other cause. Reminds me of a Churchill quote, "There is no greater thrill than to be shot at, without result" __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"