Flying Dutchman

S4SS109 · 05-21-16, 03:22 PM

Hello, Guys
I've been playing SH4 for quite some time, And lurking the forums as well,
Sorry I've never posted before, Just never had something to say until now.

I'm currently on pause and have saved game as well because I've never seen this before in all my years at sea and under it. I just got freaked out !

I've encountered the Flying Dutchman

not kidding either
Currently patrolling the Straight of Luzon summer 1943 and radioed a contact report (Passenger liner/fubuki convoy) got the return msg engage convoy, so I surfaced from 33 feet and start to run at flank to get ahead of the convoy and up pops this anomaly on radar speeding at the enemy convoy seeming to attack it. I thought it was a Pt boat from shape and the speed it was going on the map so I did the next ship view etc and low and behold the Dutchman a 46 gun three masted sailing vessel !! sparkling and bedazzled in greenish mist I'm just baffled. I took 3 screenies, Like I said game is on pause this moment. Anybody ever encounter this ?

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razark · 05-21-16, 03:34 PM

LIES!

Another user posting pictures of empty ocean, claiming to have found a ship which clearly does not exist. When will this madness end?!?

Edit:
And Welcome to Subsim!

S4SS109 · 05-21-16, 03:38 PM

So I just went to look again, It's definitely there and steaming for the japs and they are starting to shelling it !!

S4SS109 · 05-21-16, 03:48 PM

I'm out of range still and cannot help him engage, But the Dutchman just tacked and looks like he's going to try and cross the T on them

Aktungbby · 05-21-16, 04:09 PM

S4SS109!

SHHHH! we see it too; we just don't talk about it!

S4SS109 · 05-21-16, 04:23 PM

I feel awful, I really wanted to help him out , Thanks for the Welcomes guys !

depthtok33l · 05-21-16, 06:50 PM

Lucky, I've been playing this game for sometime and I've never encountered it. The only "rare" encounter that I had is with a Japanese submarine.

max-peck · 05-21-16, 08:08 PM

I have seen it once, in seven years of playing.

Consider yourself lucky

And welcome aboard

S4SS109 · 05-21-16, 08:57 PM

Lucky ? Okay ! So Being me I've stopped it and captured her so to speak, The Japs really don't like her at all and I've already defended her against two air attacks and shot down one flying boat and damaged a Betty bomber. What should I do with her?? If I could grapple it, I'd try towing her back to Pearl !! Anyone have an Idea what to do with it ? It's a friendly ship I'm right along side her. We're both dead stopped and it won't move seems like it wants me to help it ? Or I'm supposed to do something.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p....28.22_005.png Here is the whole album of pics http://s130.photobucket.com/user/_NE...?sort=2&page=1

S4SS109 · 05-21-16, 09:36 PM

Anyone.. Come in Over... C'mon Need Help here,

Diopos · 05-21-16, 11:35 PM

Practically, I don't think there is something you need to do. Just carry on ...

Just for the fun of it I'd try to ram the ghost! Who knows ... maybe your sub turns green and misty afterwards !!!

.

adrians69 · 05-22-16, 04:19 AM

You're lucky, I've had SH4 since release day 1 and still never seen her. Good find. I don't think there's anything you can do with it. You can't even shoot it as it has no damage files!!

Jimbuna · 05-22-16, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

LIES!

Another user posting pictures of empty ocean, claiming to have found a ship which clearly does not exist. When will this madness end?!?

Edit:
And Welcome to Subsim!

LOL

Welcome to SubSim S4SS109

S4SS109 · 05-22-16, 06:33 AM

Well, I've spent almost 6 hours now real time around her, under her and defending her, The only advice I can give to any other wayward sailor is stay clear of her.

The Nips have this ghost ship under a almost continual air attack, about every 45 minutes or so flying out of Formosa, And having expended nearly all our 40 mike mike ammunition and not being able too push, tow or coerce it into moving again as the pig boat will pass right through it, So I'm abandoning our captured prize. It does not seem to be following us as I'd hoped it might. An Continuing on with the mission. I wrote down the coordinates marked it on the chart and will swing back by on our return trip to check on her again.

I'm starting to think it is possible the rations have gone bad aboard or Carl the Cook caught and prepared some poisonous fish by accident.

aanker · 05-22-16, 10:32 AM

Welcome, you can sail right through her to find out for sure if you're seeing things.

I want some of what you've been drinking! ...... Aktungbby sure did a cool Photoshop job up there didn't he, sure looks real : )

Happy Hunting!

05-21-16, 03:22 PM	#1
S4SS109 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Davy Jones Locker Posts: 11 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Flying Dutchman Hello, Guys I've been playing SH4 for quite some time, And lurking the forums as well, Sorry I've never posted before, Just never had something to say until now. I'm currently on pause and have saved game as well because I've never seen this before in all my years at sea and under it. I just got freaked out ! I've encountered the Flying Dutchman not kidding either Currently patrolling the Straight of Luzon summer 1943 and radioed a contact report (Passenger liner/fubuki convoy) got the return msg engage convoy, so I surfaced from 33 feet and start to run at flank to get ahead of the convoy and up pops this anomaly on radar speeding at the enemy convoy seeming to attack it. I thought it was a Pt boat from shape and the speed it was going on the map so I did the next ship view etc and low and behold the Dutchman a 46 gun three masted sailing vessel !! sparkling and bedazzled in greenish mist I'm just baffled. I took 3 screenies, Like I said game is on pause this moment. Anybody ever encounter this ? [IMG]<a href="http://s130.photobucket.com/user/_NEPTUNE_/media/SH4%20Fing%20Dutchma/SH4Img2016-05-21_15.31.01_886.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p274/_NEPTUNE_/SH4%20Fing%20Dutchma/SH4Img2016-05-21_15.31.01_886.png" border="0" alt=" photo SH4Img2016-05-21_15.31.01_886.png"/></a>[/IMG] http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p....30.44_288.png http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p....31.58_602.png

05-21-16, 03:34 PM	#2
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,725 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	LIES! Another user posting pictures of empty ocean, claiming to have found a ship which clearly does not exist. When will this madness end?!? Edit: And Welcome to Subsim! __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

05-21-16, 04:09 PM	#5
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,882 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! S4SS109! SHHHH! we see it too; we just don't talk about it! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

05-21-16, 08:08 PM	#8
max-peck Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 752 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 0	I have seen it once, in seven years of playing. Consider yourself lucky And welcome aboard __________________ -------------------------------------------------- Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force If the only tool you have is a hammer, pretty soon everything starts to look like a nail FOTRS Ultimate http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=226270 The future of SH4 - coming to a PC near you soon

05-21-16, 08:57 PM	#9
S4SS109 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Davy Jones Locker Posts: 11 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Lucky ? Okay ! So Being me I've stopped it and captured her so to speak, The Japs really don't like her at all and I've already defended her against two air attacks and shot down one flying boat and damaged a Betty bomber. What should I do with her?? If I could grapple it, I'd try towing her back to Pearl !! Anyone have an Idea what to do with it ? It's a friendly ship I'm right along side her. We're both dead stopped and it won't move seems like it wants me to help it ? Or I'm supposed to do something. http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p....28.22_005.png Here is the whole album of pics http://s130.photobucket.com/user/_NE...?sort=2&page=1 Last edited by S4SS109; 05-21-16 at 09:06 PM.

05-21-16, 03:38 PM	#3
S4SS109 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Davy Jones Locker Posts: 11 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	So I just went to look again, It's definitely there and steaming for the japs and they are starting to shelling it !!

05-21-16, 03:48 PM	#4
S4SS109 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Davy Jones Locker Posts: 11 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I'm out of range still and cannot help him engage, But the Dutchman just tacked and looks like he's going to try and cross the T on them

05-21-16, 04:23 PM	#6
S4SS109 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Davy Jones Locker Posts: 11 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I feel awful, I really wanted to help him out , Thanks for the Welcomes guys !

05-21-16, 06:50 PM	#7
depthtok33l Sparky Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 156 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Lucky, I've been playing this game for sometime and I've never encountered it. The only "rare" encounter that I had is with a Japanese submarine.

05-21-16, 09:36 PM	#10
S4SS109 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Davy Jones Locker Posts: 11 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Anyone.. Come in Over... C'mon Need Help here,

05-21-16, 11:35 PM	#11
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Practically, I don't think there is something you need to do. Just carry on ... Just for the fun of it I'd try to ram the ghost! Who knows ... maybe your sub turns green and misty afterwards !!! . __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

05-22-16, 04:19 AM	#12
adrians69 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 206 Downloads: 299 Uploads: 0	You're lucky, I've had SH4 since release day 1 and still never seen her. Good find. I don't think there's anything you can do with it. You can't even shoot it as it has no damage files!! __________________ "Huntin', hidin' & killin' since Silent Service '83" Click here to view my MS Flight Simulator X, Silent Hunter, Space Shuttle Mission Simulator, X Plane 11 & Train Simulator 2020 screenshots!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrians69/

05-22-16, 06:33 AM	#14
S4SS109 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Davy Jones Locker Posts: 11 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Well, I've spent almost 6 hours now real time around her, under her and defending her, The only advice I can give to any other wayward sailor is stay clear of her. The Nips have this ghost ship under a almost continual air attack, about every 45 minutes or so flying out of Formosa, And having expended nearly all our 40 mike mike ammunition and not being able too push, tow or coerce it into moving again as the pig boat will pass right through it, So I'm abandoning our captured prize. It does not seem to be following us as I'd hoped it might. An Continuing on with the mission. I wrote down the coordinates marked it on the chart and will swing back by on our return trip to check on her again. I'm starting to think it is possible the rations have gone bad aboard or Carl the Cook caught and prepared some poisonous fish by accident.

05-22-16, 10:32 AM	#15
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	Welcome, you can sail right through her to find out for sure if you're seeing things. I want some of what you've been drinking! ...... Aktungbby sure did a cool Photoshop job up there didn't he, sure looks real : ) Happy Hunting! __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."