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Bubblehead1980 · 06-27-22, 04:38 PM

Dark Waters
March 20, 1943
North Atlantic Convoy Lanes.
U-409 Type VIIC
100 difficulty map contacts off, cam on

Probably my best submerged attack on convoy in Dark Waters so far.
Managed to get inside convoy submerged. One torpedo, one ship. Fired four TII G7e bow torpedoes, sunk two ships outright, another followed.

Fourth, the ship slowed and torpedo hit the bow of Type A Hog Island Freighter, nearly blowing it off. Switched to stern tube to hit a ship close crossing stern. While plotting its speed, raised scope for next mark when could hear the sounds of ship very close, quickly scanned around with scope to see the mangled bow of the freighter filling the lens(!) Seems although severely damaged, she decided to come over to ram our scope. Ordered
down scope and emergency dive to 25 meters but it was too late.

U Boat shook, groaned, noises of steel colliding, then damage reports piled in as lights flicked on and off. The freighter had rammed our boat , which pushed us for a time from 12 meters to 20.

The ramming caused severely damage to propulsion room and control room bulkhead, with heavy flooding, blew ballast and surfaced at full speed, hoping to survive long enough to pump water and try for some escape.

Also, with one torpedo left and the vessel that just rammed us astern...fired stern tube from 400 meters, hitting the Hog Island Type aim amidships, blowing large visible hull in the vessel...revenge for the ramming.

As raced through the convoy on surface, fighting flooding and heavy seas, took gunfire. Nothing large hit but some machine gun fire from a nearby merchant hit us. Used AA guns to sweep the deck of the freighter from 900 meters. Must have killed gunners as gunfire ceased.

Progress was made during this time, as damage control pumped some water from control room, but propulsion room was full and weighing down the boat, which was riding at 6-7 meters in water.
A destroyer was spotted astern, jogging in and out among the columns trying to catch the U boat.

However, at 1306, in spite of some water pumped, U Boat sunk from the surface . Blew ballast, tried everything could, including blowing ballast repeatedly until tanks dry, but unable to surface. Descent was slowed at 200 meters by water being pumped from control room but propulsion room remained flooded and unable to stop the descent. Passed 260 meters...off the gauge and a few minutes later, hit crush depth.

Few shots, happened fast so was not able to get the moment I was rammed in screenshot, just immediate aftermath.

06-27-22, 04:38 PM	#5287
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 6,922 Downloads: 550 Uploads: 42	Dark Waters March 20, 1943 North Atlantic Convoy Lanes. U-409 Type VIIC 100 difficulty map contacts off, cam on Probably my best submerged attack on convoy in Dark Waters so far. Managed to get inside convoy submerged. One torpedo, one ship. Fired four TII G7e bow torpedoes, sunk two ships outright, another followed. Fourth, the ship slowed and torpedo hit the bow of Type A Hog Island Freighter, nearly blowing it off. Switched to stern tube to hit a ship close crossing stern. While plotting its speed, raised scope for next mark when could hear the sounds of ship very close, quickly scanned around with scope to see the mangled bow of the freighter filling the lens(!) Seems although severely damaged, she decided to come over to ram our scope. Ordered down scope and emergency dive to 25 meters but it was too late. U Boat shook, groaned, noises of steel colliding, then damage reports piled in as lights flicked on and off. The freighter had rammed our boat , which pushed us for a time from 12 meters to 20. The ramming caused severely damage to propulsion room and control room bulkhead, with heavy flooding, blew ballast and surfaced at full speed, hoping to survive long enough to pump water and try for some escape. Also, with one torpedo left and the vessel that just rammed us astern...fired stern tube from 400 meters, hitting the Hog Island Type aim amidships, blowing large visible hull in the vessel...revenge for the ramming. As raced through the convoy on surface, fighting flooding and heavy seas, took gunfire. Nothing large hit but some machine gun fire from a nearby merchant hit us. Used AA guns to sweep the deck of the freighter from 900 meters. Must have killed gunners as gunfire ceased. Progress was made during this time, as damage control pumped some water from control room, but propulsion room was full and weighing down the boat, which was riding at 6-7 meters in water. A destroyer was spotted astern, jogging in and out among the columns trying to catch the U boat. However, at 1306, in spite of some water pumped, U Boat sunk from the surface . Blew ballast, tried everything could, including blowing ballast repeatedly until tanks dry, but unable to surface. Descent was slowed at 200 meters by water being pumped from control room but propulsion room remained flooded and unable to stop the descent. Passed 260 meters...off the gauge and a few minutes later, hit crush depth. Few shots, happened fast so was not able to get the moment I was rammed in screenshot, just immediate aftermath.