My First Port Infiltration

Heinz Niebel · 10-01-06, 07:12 PM

3rd Patrol, 1st Infiltration. Scapa Flow. Preceeding in during the early morning hours in silent mode. Snuck up close to a Class "C" Destroyer, and a Troop Transport. The only ships currently in harbor. Sent two fish into the Transport, and one into the Destroyer. The Transport sunk immediatly, but the Destroyer took awhile. While I was slowly sneaking back out I got reports that it soon succumbed to the depths.

Class "C" meets the bottom of Scapa Flow.

Eerie side shot.

Full length of the sunken ship.

The remains of the Transport.

Sailing to, or back from the attack.

spork542 · 10-01-06, 08:24 PM

Good port, isn't it?

_Seth_ · 10-02-06, 01:08 AM

You have just lost your Port virginity! Congratulation!!!!!

mr chris · 10-02-06, 02:08 PM

Good work Heinz Niebel

Maybe one day i will get up enough balls to go to scarpa

gord96 · 10-02-06, 02:52 PM

look at the tiny little uboat. so cute. lol..nice work!

AVGWarhawk · 10-02-06, 02:58 PM

That little boat is cool but darn few torpedos

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yobert · 10-02-06, 05:13 PM

I have been there 2 times also but there is ALWAYS heavy fog when i go there =(

JU_88 · 10-02-06, 05:23 PM

Scapas actually quite easy to infiltrate from the west (or east if you have GW)
in fact you can sail in to scapa on the surface night or day with out too much hassle during 1939-40.
Enter via the south and you will not likely ever come out again!
You can always park your boat in the little cove just out side of scapa flow (northern most island) and peek in to see if there is any good tonnage in the bay before you bother to make an entrance - very gamey thing to do but still.

andy_311 · 10-03-06, 05:14 AM

Its never been one of my fav ports to infiltrate,I think I was lucky enough to sink a carrier in there twice (GW)but normally I go through Scapa West to East when returning to Bergan 44-45.

Hybris · 10-03-06, 06:10 PM

(Coming from the South)
If you avoid the shore guns on the western shore near were I most of the time find a pair of fishing boats then you can get some good early war tonnage. Then depending on the number of torps you have left you can leave quietly to the west or take out a any destroyers that are usually found pratically beached on the islands to the south and south west. Either way as long as you don't do anything stupid Scapa is pretty easy to get in and out of.

But heres my question: Has anyone tried to infultrate Gibarlter and survive?

stabiz · 10-03-06, 06:35 PM

Yes! (But I have only 50% success rate. Been there twice :rotfl

Proof (somewhat):

10-01-06, 07:12 PM	#1
Heinz Niebel Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My First Port Infiltration 3rd Patrol, 1st Infiltration. Scapa Flow. Preceeding in during the early morning hours in silent mode. Snuck up close to a Class "C" Destroyer, and a Troop Transport. The only ships currently in harbor. Sent two fish into the Transport, and one into the Destroyer. The Transport sunk immediatly, but the Destroyer took awhile. While I was slowly sneaking back out I got reports that it soon succumbed to the depths. Class "C" meets the bottom of Scapa Flow. Eerie side shot. Full length of the sunken ship. The remains of the Transport. Sailing to, or back from the attack.

10-01-06, 08:24 PM	#2
spork542 Chief Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 328 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Good port, isn't it? __________________

10-02-06, 01:08 AM	#3
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	You have just lost your Port virginity! Congratulation!!!!! __________________

10-02-06, 02:08 PM	#4
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Good work Heinz Niebel Maybe one day i will get up enough balls to go to scarpa __________________

10-02-06, 02:58 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	That little boat is cool but darn few torpedos. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-02-06, 02:52 PM	#5
gord96 Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	look at the tiny little uboat. so cute. lol..nice work!

10-02-06, 05:13 PM	#7
yobert A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 77 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I have been there 2 times also but there is ALWAYS heavy fog when i go there =(

10-02-06, 05:23 PM	#8
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Scapas actually quite easy to infiltrate from the west (or east if you have GW) in fact you can sail in to scapa on the surface night or day with out too much hassle during 1939-40. Enter via the south and you will not likely ever come out again! You can always park your boat in the little cove just out side of scapa flow (northern most island) and peek in to see if there is any good tonnage in the bay before you bother to make an entrance - very gamey thing to do but still. Last edited by JU_88; 10-02-06 at 05:27 PM.

10-03-06, 05:14 AM	#9
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Its never been one of my fav ports to infiltrate,I think I was lucky enough to sink a carrier in there twice (GW)but normally I go through Scapa West to East when returning to Bergan 44-45.

10-03-06, 06:10 PM	#10
Hybris Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Periscope Depth... Posts: 237 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	(Coming from the South) If you avoid the shore guns on the western shore near were I most of the time find a pair of fishing boats then you can get some good early war tonnage. Then depending on the number of torps you have left you can leave quietly to the west or take out a any destroyers that are usually found pratically beached on the islands to the south and south west. Either way as long as you don't do anything stupid Scapa is pretty easy to get in and out of. But heres my question: Has anyone tried to infultrate Gibarlter and survive? __________________ "His masters voice!" "FASTER! FAAAASSSTTER!" "All submariners have one universal wish regardless of nation, cause, or creed. That wish is that the boat goes up and stay up one more time then it goes down." ~Hybris 8/22/07

10-03-06, 06:35 PM	#11
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Yes! (But I have only 50% success rate. Been there twice :rotfl Proof (somewhat): __________________