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Zedwardson · 08-03-12, 11:45 AM

Had a odd, fun patrol.

6/40 new guy, in a IX.

I am off the North east coast of Britain, getting out of the North Sea to the North Atlantic (Note to self, soon I will be forced more to the east as patrols are picking up off the coast. Might not be able to do the Shetland/Orkney passage runs anymore.)

I find a 5000 ton freighter, reported it in to HQ, and since it is calm, man the deck gun and head flank speed to it, thinking I can pound the ship to bits and save my torpedoes. I have started to manually shell the ship when suddenly I get a call "We are being engaged!" I look to my watch officer, a Hunt class DD is 16000 meters away flying with a Bone in is teeth. So I pound the freighter with the deck gun till shells start to fly around me. I curse, the ship is down to two knots and burning, but I play DiD, so I order a change in course and dive. Then run silently and wait for the Hunt Class. The Hunt class starts depth charging, but is well away. after a while, the depth charging stops, and the Hunt class is is going away, so I pop up to Scope depth to find out whats going on.

The freighter is dead in the water, and the Hunt Class is going in a line. So I launch two Eels at the freighter, and a tight spread to the Hunt class.

Both eels to the freighter are duds, blowing up before they reach it. After a few german cuss words, then i see the Hunt class change direction due to the blasts. Dang it. I get my crews to reload. and as soon as I have a Eel ready, I launch again at the freighter.

ANOTHER dud.

I was waiting for the next Eel to load as the Hunt Class changes directions. Suddenly the Merchant explodes, and the DD goes nuts, firing away. And I am going "What the HECK?"

The German air-force finished off the merchant (I guess it was Norway based) and claimed my kill.

Then I had the exciting time of being bombed north of Britain while putting the externals eels into the main racks on on the surface so I couldn't dive (I play that I can only load externals on the surface in calm weather, and can't dive while doing that). Lucky I was not sunk.

However, not all was lost. I was off Portugal when I get a notice to hunt down two cruse ships/transports. In a dark and stormy night, I came across two RMS Aquitania class ships only going 12 knots. (I though they would be faster, but I didn't gripe) I got ahead of the rear one, Turned towards it, and fired a spread of four torpedoes. 3 hit and it sunk quickly. So I quickly caught up with the other one, same tactic, and it was put on the bottom as well. Suddenly a Escort cam screaming down to find out what was going on. I dived and found a long range contact with what appeared to be a Odd, single line convoy, but they got the slip over the night.

Still, 80k tons on the first patrol for my new commander is a good day.

08-03-12, 11:45 AM	#4255
Zedwardson Sparky Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 154 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Had a odd, fun patrol. 6/40 new guy, in a IX. I am off the North east coast of Britain, getting out of the North Sea to the North Atlantic (Note to self, soon I will be forced more to the east as patrols are picking up off the coast. Might not be able to do the Shetland/Orkney passage runs anymore.) I find a 5000 ton freighter, reported it in to HQ, and since it is calm, man the deck gun and head flank speed to it, thinking I can pound the ship to bits and save my torpedoes. I have started to manually shell the ship when suddenly I get a call "We are being engaged!" I look to my watch officer, a Hunt class DD is 16000 meters away flying with a Bone in is teeth. So I pound the freighter with the deck gun till shells start to fly around me. I curse, the ship is down to two knots and burning, but I play DiD, so I order a change in course and dive. Then run silently and wait for the Hunt Class. The Hunt class starts depth charging, but is well away. after a while, the depth charging stops, and the Hunt class is is going away, so I pop up to Scope depth to find out whats going on. The freighter is dead in the water, and the Hunt Class is going in a line. So I launch two Eels at the freighter, and a tight spread to the Hunt class. Both eels to the freighter are duds, blowing up before they reach it. After a few german cuss words, then i see the Hunt class change direction due to the blasts. Dang it. I get my crews to reload. and as soon as I have a Eel ready, I launch again at the freighter. ANOTHER dud. I was waiting for the next Eel to load as the Hunt Class changes directions. Suddenly the Merchant explodes, and the DD goes nuts, firing away. And I am going "What the HECK?" The German air-force finished off the merchant (I guess it was Norway based) and claimed my kill. Then I had the exciting time of being bombed north of Britain while putting the externals eels into the main racks on on the surface so I couldn't dive (I play that I can only load externals on the surface in calm weather, and can't dive while doing that). Lucky I was not sunk. However, not all was lost. I was off Portugal when I get a notice to hunt down two cruse ships/transports. In a dark and stormy night, I came across two RMS Aquitania class ships only going 12 knots. (I though they would be faster, but I didn't gripe) I got ahead of the rear one, Turned towards it, and fired a spread of four torpedoes. 3 hit and it sunk quickly. So I quickly caught up with the other one, same tactic, and it was put on the bottom as well. Suddenly a Escort cam screaming down to find out what was going on. I dived and found a long range contact with what appeared to be a Odd, single line convoy, but they got the slip over the night. Still, 80k tons on the first patrol for my new commander is a good day. __________________ SH3 - GWX3 & Commander 3.2 Realism- 43%, D.I.D. (I play with unlimited fuel and with Auto-ID targets)