bill44
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Ater the sucess of her first raid Lutzows crew could not wait for another chance to get at the British.
She sailed out in to the Atlantic, then down the western side of the British Isle, at 23:44 she was illuminated in the searchlights of two destroyers, they were barley 3000 yards away she rang up full speed and turned to starboard, and opened fire, within two minutes HMS Lucifer was fatally mauled, and turned away, her companion, HMS Lassoo was blasted to pieces, one shell touching off her magazine, she was gone in less than 30 seconds, not one of her crew survived.
HMS Ferret was the next to feel Lutzows wrath, then the light cruiser Champion, FL Botha was equally smashed to a wreck, before she too succumbed to a devestating magazing explosion, that left just 3 survivors.
This group that the Lutzow had run in to was in fact the screen for the BCS, not one of the BC's pressed home an attack, seeing his chance, Lutzows captain swung his ship to starboard and dissappeared in to the night, but not before claiming the destroyers Mastiff and Morris. Her tally for the 12 minute action was 9 ships. She had suffered minor damage, none of the destroyers guns had got through her armour, and she had 9 casualties.
Morning founf her far out in the Atlantic, where she spotted the AMC Otway, and the chase was on, she closed the disitance to 7000 yards before her loo outs spotted smoke some 320000 yards behind her, it was the BCS, but as they could only make 20 knots, she was in no hurry to get out of the area, and she had the Otway in her sights.
Otway turned and presented her stern to Lutzow, but she began scoring hits, and damage began to tell, Otways speed fell off, she had seen the smoke of the BC'S and her captain was heartened by it, but soon his heart sank when he saw the BC's break off and head away, the cowards were leaving him to be slaughtered, more shells slammed in to Otway, and she lost more speed, fires raged below decks, power was cut and her pumps could not keep up, she had not fired one shell at her attacker. She listed further and further to port before slipped stern first under the sea.
She sailed out in to the Atlantic, then down the western side of the British Isle, at 23:44 she was illuminated in the searchlights of two destroyers, they were barley 3000 yards away she rang up full speed and turned to starboard, and opened fire, within two minutes HMS Lucifer was fatally mauled, and turned away, her companion, HMS Lassoo was blasted to pieces, one shell touching off her magazine, she was gone in less than 30 seconds, not one of her crew survived.
HMS Ferret was the next to feel Lutzows wrath, then the light cruiser Champion, FL Botha was equally smashed to a wreck, before she too succumbed to a devestating magazing explosion, that left just 3 survivors.
This group that the Lutzow had run in to was in fact the screen for the BCS, not one of the BC's pressed home an attack, seeing his chance, Lutzows captain swung his ship to starboard and dissappeared in to the night, but not before claiming the destroyers Mastiff and Morris. Her tally for the 12 minute action was 9 ships. She had suffered minor damage, none of the destroyers guns had got through her armour, and she had 9 casualties.
Morning founf her far out in the Atlantic, where she spotted the AMC Otway, and the chase was on, she closed the disitance to 7000 yards before her loo outs spotted smoke some 320000 yards behind her, it was the BCS, but as they could only make 20 knots, she was in no hurry to get out of the area, and she had the Otway in her sights.
Otway turned and presented her stern to Lutzow, but she began scoring hits, and damage began to tell, Otways speed fell off, she had seen the smoke of the BC'S and her captain was heartened by it, but soon his heart sank when he saw the BC's break off and head away, the cowards were leaving him to be slaughtered, more shells slammed in to Otway, and she lost more speed, fires raged below decks, power was cut and her pumps could not keep up, she had not fired one shell at her attacker. She listed further and further to port before slipped stern first under the sea.
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