Ships sink in bad weather

[aloe1]

Hi i was surprised to find this cargo ship sinking of its own accord, it was bad weather and i checked the hull of it for damage, but it appears that ships can get flooded and sink on their own, no damage to hull though and i lined myself up for a finishing touch with a tin fish fired and the computer crashed aghhhhhhhhhhhhh

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes, extremely bad weather will swamp and sink ships.
Computer crashes do suck...no doubt:nope:

[aloe1]

I think that is great, i went back after saving and managed to find the same ship, again it had got swamped, one tin fish and she was gone 1000 tons for me and one torp what a bargain he. Thanks.

[Jimbuna]

The game treats flooding the same as gunfire/torpedo damage etc :yep:

[RDDR]

The same experience happened with me on a patrol off St John's NFLD.
I had been playing hide and seek from Corvettes and DE's for several days looking for unescorted targets.
I had passed on two small coastal boats around St Mary's Bay,and then late afternoon on day 2 a big weather front rolled in.
It was so rough that even with my scope fully extended the waves made it difficult to see not much of anything..Then "Bingo".
A large merchant about two miles away.
When I got within 700 meters I saw it was just out there floundering and listing to port going nowhere.
I just sat there for about five minutes watching it,no escort,all alone, and seemingly in lots of trouble. Hauled around 40 degrees to port and sent one torpedo into her right flank and she just heaved up and slipped under in less than a couple of minutes.
That has been the only time I've experienced this situation.

[Jimbuna]

You'll often see an Elco in very heavy weather 'on fire'...that's an example of how the game copes with damage :yep:

[Iron Budokan]

Sometimes you can just slightly damage a ship but she'll go down anyway because of the bad weather. I always thought this was pretty cool.:yep: