Whats does it take to sink the Hood?

[treblesum81]

I ask because I just unloaded all 4 fore tubes (with confirmed hits) into the side of it and it didn't go down. I know its sinkable from posts here... but there's no way I could even keep up with 22kts in my VIIB, let alone flank them and get into firing position again...

[KeptinCranky]

I sank her in much the same scenario with 3 eels, one aimed at 5m impact for the Y and B turrets each(closest to the center of the ship) and one magnetic eel right between the smokestacks...that broke her keel and sank her

[treblesum81]

Well, I did save this attack so I can have another go at it (only other quality military target I've ever gotten was an Illustrious class carrier), but I only have about a 45 sec window because of his speed to get impacts off at a good angle for guaranteed detonation... I'll have to give that a try...

Also, if you've got a high quality target like that, would you even bother with the 2 revenge class BB's behind it?

[mfa_uk]

Just an observation, but if you have a serious target you REALLY want to get and cant due to speed etc... why not see if you can put a torp into its props and rudder, aim to disable, then set yourself up so you can get to the sweet spot.

Just a thought

[onelifecrisis]

I've only sunk her once, and that was very recently. I fired a salvo of four torps, and scored three hits, but that just immobilised her. A fourth hit (fired after the DDs had given up depth charging me) sank her... just.

[NealT]

I have done it with one shot between A and B turrets.

Then again, I have put 6 into her and it never budged...

[melnibonian]

I sunk her once with one torpedo under the front gun turret and a second time with two torpedoes under the second bow turret and the engine room.

[Dowly]

Whats does it take to sink the Hood?

Water. :know:

[bgeorgalas]

try to hit her in the front part (near the ancorage) just 1 or 2 meters swallower than her depth with impact and see what happens....It usually takes 2 eels to make her slow down enough for you to catch up with her once the escorts leave the place....

sunked her twice in the present career.... :)

playing at 72% realism with NO manual targeting


generally i find that auxiliary cruisers, large merchants, liners and generally big ships go down easier once hit near the ancorage.....

[Sailor Steve]

Whats does it take to sink the Hood?

Water. :know:
One well-placed shell.

[Dowly]

Whats does it take to sink the Hood?
Water. :know: One well-placed shell.

AND WATER! :stare:

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, you win. Many years ago I had a conversation about naval wargaming, and I was observing that even battleships shooting at each other don't normally just sink from flooding, at least not flooding from shell fire. My friend observed that that wasn't true: "Hood sank from flooding caused by shellfire. Sure, there was a catastrophic explosion, but still..."

[Dowly]

"Hood sank from flooding caused by shellfire. Sure, there was a catastrophic explosion, but still..."

So, it was the water! Imagine if it would've been milk. :o

[Yorktown_Class]

Ive never had a problem,in fact I sank it twice in two patrols,I thought once it was sunk in a career,it was gone till the next career,but I guess it respawns soon after sinking.But the first took 3 topedos to slow it down and one final shot once I got in front of it and waited for her.
The second went down with 4 comfirmed hits.

[Jimbuna]

Whats does it take to sink the Hood?

Water. :know:
One well-placed shell.

I saw this thread and one answer came immediately to mind :p ......then I read your post :damn:

[Tessa]

Early in the war I managed to run into her twice in one patrol and sunk both times with 3 magnetic shots, few patrols later found a pair of them docked in Liverpool. Was my most successfull patrol ever with 256,000 tons with my VIIB.

To sink her in 3 or less you're pretty much have to use magnetic settings. If it's rough weather you gotta spend all 4 and hope that there's enough critical hits to flood and sink it. 1 shot sinking was aimed right under the B turret, about a meter behind the center of the cupolla. 2 shot sinking aim each one to detonate between each set of turrets, and 3 shot sinking aim in the middle under the smoke stack.

Haven't come across it in awhile , but for magnetic aiming you need to set it a bit lower than usual. The shape of the keel is really strange, its concave. Had a spread of 3 set at 11.9 meters (think its draft was 11.1?) and the two turrets will detonate but the middle will bounce off the bottom. Need to lower it to about 12.1 to ensure all 3 explode at their proper places.

[Brag]

Battleships and heavy cruisers have a thick armor belt from just above the waterline, down a few meters. Impact torpedoes will not be very effective.

Two mag torpedoes will usually do the job. :know:

[rls669]

After a long time away from SH3 I just reinstalled with GWX. I just happened to be starting a patrol on April 8 1940 so I headed for Norway . . . so many task forces the biggest danger is getting run over :)

Came across the Nelson (well, actually it came up from astern and I barely had time to dive before I was spotted), put 4 torps into the side as it went by. That slowed it down to 8 kts and I managed to put one into the props before it got too far. Once it stopped one more under the turrets sank it.

That was half the battle. The other half involved the 9 escorting destroyers . . .

[Hitman]

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by Dowly
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Whats does it take to sink the Hood?

Water. :know:

One well-placed shell.


AND WATER! :stare:


In fact what you need is LESS AIR inside the hull ;) It doesn't matter if the space is filled with water or with unexploded shells, as long as there isn't air -or anything lighter than water- anymore, it will sink. :know:

[barrass808]

sank her tonight for the first time with two torps aimed under the forward turrets at 6m. lots of fire works....