Beware the Channel!

Rob Jacobsen · 04-11-22, 02:14 PM

Geez, it's hot down here!

I'm in a IIA during June 1940 (SH3), having departed from Brest toward grid AN 52 (about 2 grids east of the Firth of Forth). I sank a big cargo ship with 3 fish SSW of Dover, ran SSE for a bit and was picked up by a patrol boat. I had to escape that boat and 5 destroyers by running deep and silent through the night before I resumed my course at slow during the following day, still running deep. I'll probably be dangerously low on oxygen before I can safely surface at night. I have only 2 torpedoes left, and I'm far from my patrol grid.

One lesson: I shouldn't switch right away from attack to cruise mode after a torpedo attack. I need to keep the forward torpedo room manned until the tubes are reloaded.

One afterthought: I neglectfully attacked the cargo ship in cruise mode, with no one in the torpedo room. All torps hit, but I was surprised I needed 3. I wonder if the first would have done the job if I'd had a competent crew in the torpedo room.

04-11-22, 02:14 PM	#1
Rob Jacobsen Mate Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Irvington, NY, USA Posts: 54 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Beware the Channel! Geez, it's hot down here! I'm in a IIA during June 1940 (SH3), having departed from Brest toward grid AN 52 (about 2 grids east of the Firth of Forth). I sank a big cargo ship with 3 fish SSW of Dover, ran SSE for a bit and was picked up by a patrol boat. I had to escape that boat and 5 destroyers by running deep and silent through the night before I resumed my course at slow during the following day, still running deep. I'll probably be dangerously low on oxygen before I can safely surface at night. I have only 2 torpedoes left, and I'm far from my patrol grid. One lesson: I shouldn't switch right away from attack to cruise mode after a torpedo attack. I need to keep the forward torpedo room manned until the tubes are reloaded. One afterthought: I neglectfully attacked the cargo ship in cruise mode, with no one in the torpedo room. All torps hit, but I was surprised I needed 3. I wonder if the first would have done the job if I'd had a competent crew in the torpedo room.