Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged)

[swdw]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

I decided to take, and print, a screen shot of a victim going down, to show a mate and hit ctrl & F11 at the appropriate time - nothing? I went into paint, nothing to paste? Suggestions?

For me, the right ctrl key won't work. It has to be the left ctrl key. The picture is saved in the Silent Hunter 4 root folder

[Red Devil]

many thanks

[piersyf]

I hit a small freighter (1800 tons) with a torp near the stern. Big boom then I saw a dark column standing straight up in the air, wrapped in flames. I went external to have a closer look, and found the aft section still had the guts of the ship attached, and the bows were missing a deck! Totally weird effect, added to by the fact it was at night so these shots have been adjusted so you can see better...

ps, not sure i posted this correctly...


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[Red Devil]

I suspect in a way its to do with metal properties, if the sim designers did their physics. If some ships are hit in a certain way, it breaks their back (keel) and sections can "fall off".

[AJ!]

[AJ!]

woops sorry bout the size

[Red Devil]

Your pic is way too big, its not even opening om ny super newbie pc!!! It should be about 800 x600 max and as few kbs as possible.

ah, it opened.

[Gunfighter]

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

Your pic is way too big, its not even opening om ny super newbie pc!!! It should be about 800 x600 max and as few kbs as possible.

ah, it opened.

I won't argue that it's too big, because it is; but I had to ask how super your newbie PC is? Because on my 3-year-old P4 with recently installed 2 GB of RAM it opened instantly.

[Red Devil]

quad core 3gb RAM. It did open but very reluctantly. All to do with memory; this time, it opened instantly but still too big, not even going to bother scrolling.

[Syxx_Killer]

If it is taking a long time to load, it is more likely your internet connection. The properties for that picture say it is only 175kb. 175kb is nothing regardless what size it is.

[piersyf]

First patrol ex Pearl Harbor. My first RSRD patrol. Had no idea it would be so long...

Patrol Log, SS Nautilus SS168

Depart Pearl Harbor 11:00 Dec 8. Sea calm, sky clear.

Arrive Midway 13.00 Dec 15. Fuel use 5%. Topped off tanks. Weather remained fine and sea remained calm through entire leg.

Depart Midway 17:00 Dec 15. Sea calm, sky clear.

12:30 Jan 5. Enter patrol area, Bashi channel. Heavy swell. Seas to 20’. Bridge restricted to watch only. Fuel reserve 88%.

00:02 Jan 10. Move inshore. Hopes of calmer seas coupled with ability to monitor coastal traffic.

12:28 Jan 11. Sound contact, warship and multiple merchants. Seas calm, sky clear. Very good visibility. Visual contact shows 1 destroyer escorting 5 merchants. Position boat to shoreward to allow attack regardless of direction convoy takes.

15:18 Jan 11. Attack sequence completed. First kills! 2 merchants sunk for a total of around 9000 tons. Crew performance good. 13 torpedoes fired for 7 good solutions. 2 hits on port side of destroyer. Set to shallow and magnetic influence they must have detonated prematurely, but in both instances the blast lifted the stern clear of the water. DD developed a strong list to port and fires started on deck, but was still able to make 12kts. 3 hits on merchants with good detonations, 1 dud and one deep runner.
16:34. Surface the boat to pursue remainder of convoy. Send contact report and status report. ComSubPac orders boat to move to Japan – Luzon Strait – Singapore shipping lane and continue hunting with remaining 7 torps, but with 3 merchants and a DD still in contact, decide to finish off the convoy, make a run to Balikpapan and resupply before heading to new location.
22:40. Track convoy moving south at 7.5 kts. Move to position to attack facing east. Dive to periscope depth. Plan to attack last ship in line and hope to draw DD into attacking us so as to sink it with torps and engage merchants with guns. DD refuses to be drawn, even when we surface and pound tail end Charlie down to moving at 3 kts. Occasional shots at long range seems as much as he is willing to do. 6 of the remaining torps fired with 3 hits, sinking a further 2 merchants. Convoy now consists of 1 merchant and one sick DD.

00:08 Jan 12. Contact broken. One torpedo and 24 rds per gun not enough to finish the DD and the merchant. Visual contact lost 00:32. Well out to sea now. Sky clear, seas are calm. All is good with the world! Nautilus comes through without a scratch.

00:01 Jan 13. Clear skies, calm sea. Making 14 kts heading for Balikpapan. Close enough that extra fuel consumption won’t be significant loss.

20:43 Jan 17. Tie up at Balikpapan, fuel reserves 77%. Some cloud, seas calm. Preparations underway for defence of Balikpapan by Dutch as Japanese have secured Tarakan to the north. Original plan to allow crew 24 hrs rest is reduced to 12 hrs. Plan to shove off at 08:45. Take on fuel, ammo, torpedoes and reprovision.

08:45 Jan 18. Seas choppy, waves to 4’. Heavy rain. Visibility very short. Ideal time to slip out of harbour.

14:20 Jan 20. Warship sighted bearing 046. Move to intercept on surface as weather conditions favourable.
15:13. 1 CL and 9 DD’s. Contact report sent. ComSubPac orders contact broken. Not disagreeing.

16:10 Jan 28. Enter second patrol area. Sea calm, sky clear, visibility unlimited.

13:20 Feb 1. First a/c sighting on radar. Dive to avoid detection.

20:16 Feb 1. Leave patrol area. Intend visiting Okinawa and examining port defences.

00:01 Feb 2. ComSubPac orders Nautilus to Singapore. Decide to continue investigation of Okinawa before heading south.
11:35. Go to periscope depth on approach Itoman harbor, Okinawa.
11:40. Sound contact, warship.
17:36. Go to action stations. In position to engage screen. Sound man has only identified single DD guarding harbour entrance. DD identified as Asashio class.
DD changed course, possible that periscope was sighted. Waters very shallow. No pinging, sub stationary. DD passes directly overhead with boat at 50’. As DD passes order all ahead flank. 4 depth charges dropped, but late. No damage. Destroyer presumably speculating on our presence. Periscope raised and solution determined for short range shot from stern tubes. 2 fish shot at range of 700yds, one hit.
18:00. DD down at bows but still underway. Reduce to slow and enter harbour.
18:47. Stationary in middle of Itoman harbor. 3 auxiliary gunboats and 8 merchants tied up. Execute leisurely attacks as damaged DD unwilling to enter harbour. Will deal with him on exit.
22:04. Complete attacks. 3 merchants and DD destroyed. Of the 18 torpedoes fired 8 were duds. A lot of tonnage left untouched because of that.

11:05 Feb 14. Tie up in Darwin. Replenish supplies, crew allowed 24hrs rest. Opportunity to post Valentines home, although they won’t get there until Christmas…

11:00 Feb 15, depart Darwin for Singapore.

01:26 Feb 21. top off tanks Tjilitjap.

04:58 Feb 24. Enter 3rd patrol area off Singapore.

00:01 Feb 28. No sightings. Decide to investigate Singapore harbor.

16:08. Warship sighted at Singapore breakwater. Stationary small gunboat.
21:58. Enter Singapore harbor. Heavy rain, visibility 1000yds.
22:13 Gunboat sunk.
22:49 Merchant sunk. No other shipping present. Decide to investigate Changi.

04:09 Mar 1. Enter channel near Changi. Very heavy rain, visibility 600yds. Sight and sink 1 minelayer and a small tanker.
05:08. Rain stops and sky starts to clear catching us on the surface 250yds off shore.
07:33. Sight small fishing boat. Sink it with gunfire. Head to new patrol area 300nm NE of Singapore.

15:17 Mar 2. Enter 4th patrol area.

00:01 Mar 6. No sightings. Heading home via Okinawa again.

06:11 Mar 15. Arrive off Itoman harbour. No sound contacts. Visibility near zero.
06:25 Sound contact, warship. Range and bearing indicate screen for Naha harbor to the north.
10:23. Inside Itoman harbor. Visibility 800yds due to heavy rain. Sight 2 ships damaged from our previous visit. 1 has sunk the other still afloat, if barely.
15:52.. Rain easing. Last attack completed. Assessing results and preparing to leave. Sunk were old medium oiler (11:20), old medium oiler (12:19), small old oiler (15:04), medium modern split merchant (15:52).
16:47. Chase tug out of Itoman, surface and sink with gunfire. Turn boat around and head north to Naha. 4 torpedoes remaining.
22:07. Arrive NW Naha 4000yds from breakwater. Enter harbor. I DD and 4 gunboats patrolling, however DD is to the south and gunboats are stationary. Sink 2 oilers in harbor (23:36 and 23:41)and 1 large modern composite merchant tied to outer breakwater (23:59). No attempt by enemy to locate us. All torps expended. The Darwin torps were very good, only 2 duds out of 20. Set course for Pearl. 4,900 miles to home. Set course, order ahead full. A week saved is worth the fuel.

03:03 March 31. Arrive Pearl, 48% fuel remaining, 60 torpedoes expended. First patrol ends after 113 days. Credited with 3 warships and 18 merchants for just under 70,000 tons.

[Gunfighter]

1 Cruising with the Task Force 2 Mediiiiiicc 3 Its Raining Sir

[Captain Vlad]

Testing out my new photobucket album...how ya'll like this one?

[ChanceBS]

Some shots from a patrol in the Bismark Sea. Oct 1943. The patrol turned up a small convoy and I was able to send 1 destroyer and 6 Merchants to the bottom. They never figured out where I was as not one depth charged dropped near the sub. All torps were expended as I am a lousy shot so we exited the area.
Later that night a radar contact was picked up and I submerged to avoid. A large convoy of tankers and troop ships w/escorts went by at 8000 yards! And I am out of torps. After they went by I surfaced and called in the location of the convoy via radio. I actually rec'd a response from HQ telling us nice find.
A few seconds later I relized that 3 destroyers had hung back expecting me. They all opened fire and we took 5 or six direct hits. We crashed dived but once below the surface the sub flooded in the engine room and forward torpedo room. We were going down. The stern dropped so far below the bow, that we were almost vertical about 70-80 degrees. We went through 300 feet. Becuase of the angle I ordered Flank speed.
The screws were barely turning but it was enough to hold us. we stopped sinking. I could not believe it.
Repairs took another 2 hours of real time as i did not dare to accelerate the time. Two hours of Pressure hull fixed sir to Heavy flooding. The destroyers finaly moved on and we Surfaced!
We surfaced and went home. Crew was banged up a bit but no deaths. And I got a pretty cool Medal. My first ever in the entire series.
One of the most exciting Missions I have ever done in SH4. I had to share this one.
Thanks to my crew and only them I made it home.
(REAL FLEET BOAT 1.4 Mod in use)
Why some of my friends think this sim is boring I will never understand.