The Flying Dutchman

scrag · 11-14-2007, 12:15 AM

Okay had a radar contact on this and when I saw it I laughed - it is ghost ship moving at high speed looks like the flying dutchman - anyone else ever see it?

Torplexed · 11-14-2007, 12:25 AM

Better check your equipment. How do you get radar contact with a ghostly apparition?

mookiemookie · 11-14-2007, 09:23 AM

Yep, I have some screenshots of me in the Luzon Straight with the Flying Dutchman on my tail.

stabiz · 11-14-2007, 09:36 AM

I have never seen it.:hmm:

reallydedpoet · 11-14-2007, 09:40 AM

Elder-Pirate had posted this pic in an earlier thread. Have not seen it myself.

RDP

STEED · 11-14-2007, 01:07 PM

Not met it yet.

darqen27 · 04-16-2012, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Elder-Pirate had posted this pic in an earlier thread. Have not seen it myself.

RDP

I tried my all with this one, you cant do anything to it, cant even ram it

sarat567 · 12-18-2011, 03:15 PM

It's funny how I found it in the Luzon strait (As Always). I Happen to use a mod where you have a modern submarine, Top speed 36 knots. I don't remember the exact speed of this ghost ship, but it was something around 35 as I barely caught up with it with full speed. Strange how it suddenly disappeared...

USS Drum · 12-18-2011, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarat567

It's funny how I found it in the Luzon strait (As Always). I Happen to use a mod where you have a modern submarine, Top speed 36 knots. I don't remember the exact speed of this ghost ship, but it was something around 35 as I barely caught up with it with full speed. Strange how it suddenly disappeared...

You know your replying to a thread that is two years old?

I'm goin' down · 12-19-2011, 01:17 AM

As I write this, the Barbarinna is in contact of the Dutchman. Date: 06/24/44. North of Luzon. Coordinates: N 21'08", E 121'02"; Time: 0252 hrs. It is heading due east, right at my position; however my deck gun is taking too long to load, so I will probably just be able to wave as it sails by.

Note: First shot with deck gun was short. But I got two more shots off at a range of 2,000 yds with the deck gun. Both passed through the target. It is moving away in a northerly/easterly direction at 23.5 kts.

It is real.

Raptor22ADF · 12-29-2011, 06:48 PM

And now you can build a model of it, and it glows in the dark as well!

I'm goin' down · 03-25-2012, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

As I write this, the Barbarinna is in contact of the Dutchman. Date: 06/24/44. North of Luzon. Coordinates: N 21'08", E 121'02"; Time: 0252 hrs. It is heading due east, right at my position;

None of the posts, except the brilliant one above, provide the coordinates for an intercept. Posting intercept information will aid others.

MKalafatas · 03-30-2012, 02:21 PM

Kudos to the developers! The fabled existence of this ghost ship adds interest to the game. Late afternoon in the S-boat, December 1941, 20 miles due south of Formosa, I stumbled upon a faint sonar contact, 6700 yards distant, due east. Visibility was perfect but nothing was in sight.

I hit the throttle --- no simple matter with enemy aircraft on patrol. Four hours at flank speed brought me no closer. As dusk fell I peered into the grey horizon, expecting the appearance of the ghostly apparition.

Alas, nothing appeared. No ghost --- no ship --- nothing but a persistent but invisible sonar contact 6700 yards away, moving at precisely 11 knots --- just fast enough to tease, but too fast to catch in the S-boat. I gave up the chase.

Could this have been the Flying Dutchman of lore?

denny927 · 04-02-2012, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

None of the posts, except the brilliant one above, provide the coordinates for an intercept. Posting intercept information will aid others.

you right, trying to load my old precious savegame where I was face to face with the ghost ship, but after so much time, savegame dont work anymore....

from what I remember was just south luzon straight, bearing NE, I think jan-feb 42, midnight time(dont remember exact hour)....sadly I cant be more precise due to savegame corrupted by a lot of mods in and out

ForestWild · 04-08-2013, 07:13 PM

http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/fo...20Ghost%20Ship

Stock SH4 1.4, I am encountering this Blue-Green shimmering Ghost Ship January 17, 1942, nearing sundown, it trails red blood in its wake. It is under attack by 3 Japanese ships and 1 plane and firing back. It is following me at my surface flank speed of 18 knots near 21'9"N, 122'21"E, just north of the islands north of Luzon in the Luzon Straits. It has chased and scared my crew pretty badly, and we were running crazy to get away for a long time. Later in the night, out of torpedoes on the way back to base to refit, we barely survived a Japanese attack, but they amazingly depth charged themselves in shallow waters! Go figure . . .

http://s1068.photobucket.com/user/fo...20Ghost%20Ship

Quote:

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

As I write this, the Barbarinna is in contact of the Dutchman. Date: 06/24/44. North of Luzon. Coordinates: N 21'08", E 121'02"; Time: 0252 hrs. It is heading due east, right at my position; however my deck gun is taking too long to load, so I will probably just be able to wave as it sails by.

Note: First shot with deck gun was short. But I got two more shots off at a range of 2,000 yds with the deck gun. Both passed through the target. It is moving away in a northerly/easterly direction at 23.5 kts.

It is real.

11-14-2007, 12:15 AM	#1
scrag Medic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Posts: 161 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	The Flying Dutchman Okay had a radar contact on this and when I saw it I laughed - it is ghost ship moving at high speed looks like the flying dutchman - anyone else ever see it? __________________

11-14-2007, 12:25 AM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Washington Territory Posts: 5,488 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Better check your equipment. How do you get radar contact with a ghostly apparition? __________________ "Mobilis in Mobili"

11-14-2007, 09:23 AM	#3
mookiemookie I should buy a boat. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 1	Yep, I have some screenshots of me in the Luzon Straight with the Flying Dutchman on my tail. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

11-14-2007, 09:36 AM	#4
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,237 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I have never seen it.:hmm: __________________

11-14-2007, 09:40 AM	#5
reallydedpoet Mariner Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 8,623 Downloads: 654 Uploads: 2	Elder-Pirate had posted this pic in an earlier thread. Have not seen it myself. RDP __________________ Advanced Search Option - Google Search for SUBSIM Stan Rogers - Gordon Lightfoot - Stompin' Tom Last edited by reallydedpoet; 11-14-2007 at 09:54 AM.

11-14-2007, 01:07 PM	#6
STEED Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Republic of STEED Posts: 15,876 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 36	Not met it yet. __________________ STEEDS U-BOAT SKINS & LITTLE MODS New Link> http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/STEED1984 *My U-Boat Skins now on SubSims.* Trust nothing Central Banks the IMF & Bank of England & your local Bank say. Question everything they say..Don't sit back and go along with it, Ponzi is the name & Ponzi is the game.

12-18-2011, 03:15 PM	#8
sarat567 Watch Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 23 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	followed it It's funny how I found it in the Luzon strait (As Always). I Happen to use a mod where you have a modern submarine, Top speed 36 knots. I don't remember the exact speed of this ghost ship, but it was something around 35 as I barely caught up with it with full speed. Strange how it suddenly disappeared...

12-19-2011, 01:17 AM	#10
I'm goin' down "Fire tube 1! Fire tube 2! Dive!" Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,958 Downloads: 796 Uploads: 0	I have it in my sights. As I write this, the Barbarinna is in contact of the Dutchman. Date: 06/24/44. North of Luzon. Coordinates: N 21'08", E 121'02"; Time: 0252 hrs. It is heading due east, right at my position; however my deck gun is taking too long to load, so I will probably just be able to wave as it sails by. Note: First shot with deck gun was short. But I got two more shots off at a range of 2,000 yds with the deck gun. Both passed through the target. It is moving away in a northerly/easterly direction at 23.5 kts. It is real. __________________ Signatures and emblems of the Barbarinna, which violated the site size rules and have have been voluntarily removed, were created the world renowned GUNFIGHTER. Last edited by I'm goin' down; 12-20-2011 at 03:46 PM.

12-29-2011, 06:48 PM	#11
Raptor22ADF Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Near Loch Mich Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And now you can build a model of it, and it glows in the dark as well! __________________ Ensign, why is every third ping a knocking noise?

03-30-2012, 02:21 PM	#13
MKalafatas Machinist's Mate Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Springboro OH Posts: 125 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I wonder.... Kudos to the developers! The fabled existence of this ghost ship adds interest to the game. Late afternoon in the S-boat, December 1941, 20 miles due south of Formosa, I stumbled upon a faint sonar contact, 6700 yards distant, due east. Visibility was perfect but nothing was in sight. I hit the throttle --- no simple matter with enemy aircraft on patrol. Four hours at flank speed brought me no closer. As dusk fell I peered into the grey horizon, expecting the appearance of the ghostly apparition. Alas, nothing appeared. No ghost --- no ship --- nothing but a persistent but invisible sonar contact 6700 yards away, moving at precisely 11 knots --- just fast enough to tease, but too fast to catch in the S-boat. I gave up the chase. Could this have been the Flying Dutchman of lore? __________________ "Not all those who wander are lost." - JRR Tolkien

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