Anyone ever ran into one of these in the middle of the night? (pics)

[popcorn2721]

Hello, Ive been lurking on this board for a while and am making my first thread today. Last night I was off the coast of Sydney, Canada hunting the shipping lanes after docking with the Belchin supply boat. The weather was horrid and you couldn't see a damned thing. Shortly after sinking the first cargo vessel the SO picked up a contact that was "stationary" yet "closing" at long range. I ordered the WO out of the break room and onto the deck looking forward to cranking a few fish into some allied tonnage. With the engines running full flank, I watched the contact dissapper...and continued to follow the general direction of the contact. No more than 5 min later I am greeted with the angry sounds of collision and steel grinding (hey it was 2am and I was not expecting this). So I hit back emergency and was amazed to see this monster tearing into my boat.:o
I hung around till morning to get a few screenies of this iceberg for every one to see...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/popcorn2721/iceburginthemiddleofthemorningobser.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/popcorn2721/iceburginthemiddleofthemorning.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/popcorn2721/iceburginthemiddleofthenigh2t.jpg

It wasnt the first time I have seen an iceberg in the game...but never have I seen one with such mass...it was truly shocking.

Hope you enjoy the pics...

[flag4]

wow....dude, those 'bergs are like neat.

and yes

only in 1969 in 'Cisco..... :sunny:

[Red Heat]

ooooooooooooaaaaaaaaauuuu!!!
You felt exactly the same witch the Captain of the H.M.S."Titanic" felt dont you? :lol:

[ichso]

Huh ? Is it just me or do those ice bergs look like they're floating in the air ? :o

[popcorn2721]

Huh ? Is it just me or do those ice bergs look like they're floating in the air ? :o
yeah, i thought so too... I think it was because of an anomaly in the SHIII engine. The weather was really horrid, with the swells dropping my boat to 15 meters (looked like it would drown the crew on the con).
I have seen debris and life boats bounce out of the water like that, and I think its just the limits of the engine itself. The berg didnt actually move like it was bouncing...hell, it didnt move when I hit it.
lol
hey can you blow these things up?

[ichso]

I never even have faced such a thing by day yet :cry:

Otherwise I would have played Titanic.
"Crushed ice for your drink ? Someone ?" :cool:

[Jimbuna]

Met a few on my travels over the years http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9296/iceberg1fw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1624/iceberg2xt8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9339/iceberg8ep4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1222/iceberg10ck4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Red Heat]

It will be a very nice strategical U-Boat base, for us and got everything we need, its movel, we can keep the food longer in the ice, suberb coktails with fresh ice, and a natural camouflage all the year! :rotfl:
Nice screenshots, jimbuna... :up:

[ichso]

Hm kind of slippery for a base, don't you think ? :lol:

[Myxale]

Mee too; still un-Iced!:shifty:

Never seen one:88)

[Venatore]

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q237/Venatore/Silent%20Hunter%203/301.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q237/Venatore/Silent%20Hunter%203/308.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q237/Venatore/Silent%20Hunter%203/305.jpg

[Hylander_1314]

Met a few on my travels over the years http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9296/iceberg1fw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1624/iceberg2xt8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9339/iceberg8ep4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1222/iceberg10ck4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The pic while submerged should have shown a mass about 75% larger than what you saw on the surface. Sometimes the submerged portion is upwards of 85% larger than what you see above the waves.

[nikimcbee]

Mee too; still un-Iced!:shifty:

Never seen one:88)

Same here, but I don't think I sail very often where they are though. How far north do you need to go?

[popcorn2721]

Mee too; still un-Iced!:shifty:

Never seen one:88)
Same here, but I don't think I sail very often where they are though. How far north do you need to go? I was in grid BC quadrant 7... this is the farthest south ive ever seen one. All of the other ones Ive seen (including a tight group of three bergs ID'd by my SO as a "convoy") have been east of Greenland.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q237/Venatore/Silent%20Hunter%203/301.jpg


Wow, thats some amazing "figuring"on those icebergs...nice pics. It seems like Im always encountering bad weather when I run across them.


I am wondering if anyone has approached the modders about correcting the mass issues with burgs? I personally thing that would be even more amazing to see 70%more ice underwater...this as we say "is just the tip of the iceberg".

http://londoncoder.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/iceberg.jpg

[Delareon]

very nice pics. I should do a travel into the north just for finding some icebergs ;)
Didnt u get any warning about that monsters from your lookouts maybe?

[Jimbuna]

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5940/gwx10412fa5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6449/iceberg6yx2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1923/iceberg7px9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/162/arcticwolfpack1bd6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4930/arcticwolfpack2ju5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6441/arcticwolfpack3oj1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8045/arcticwolfpack5cc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[predavolk]

I normally hunt down in the tropics, so I've never seen one, but cool pics! i just got a couple of books on the St. Lawrence U-Boat war vs. Canada (I imagine it was pretty limited!) so I'm thinking of heading to Canada for a change. Maybe I'll make a detour to get some ice for our drinks!

[Madox58]

@Venatore,

Didn't you do the graphics mod in your screen shots?
And didn't your daughter name it?

I don't remember the name at the moment but I know I have it
on one of the servers here at home.
:rock:

[Venatore]

@Venatore,

Didn't you do the graphics mod in your screen shots?
And didn't your daughter name it?

I don't remember the name at the moment but I know I have it
on one of the servers here at home.
:rock:
Gee; Privateer how good is your memory :D your are correct, the mod is called "ICE AGE", I sat there for about an hour thinking up stupid/lame mod names when she walked passed and said "what ya doing Dad" I said "I'm trying to make create a name for this ice berg mod" she turn and walked away, as she did she glanced over her shoulder and said "call it ICE AGE"..................:shifty: I was going to call that [not]......daughters...........they think they are always more knowledgeable than fathers......this time she was correct :doh:

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q237/Venatore/Silent%20Hunter%203/300.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q237/Venatore/Silent%20Hunter%203/310.jpg

[Frank0001]

Gee; Privateer how good is your memory :D your are correct, the mod is called "ICE AGE", I sat there for about an hour thinking up stupid/lame mod names when she walked passed and said "what ya doing Dad" I said "I'm trying to make create a name for this ice berg mod" she turn and walked away, as she did she glanced over her shoulder and said "call it ICE AGE"..................:shifty: I was going to call that [not]......daughters...........they think they are always more knowledgeable than fathers......this time she was correct :doh:
[/quote]

That's hilarious! And a great name for a mod like this, hehe.

Will there be an Ice Age II? :up: (not that there's anything wrong with this one)

[Venatore]

Will there be an Ice Age II? :up: (not that there's anything wrong with this one)


Frank0001,

The short answer is "Yes" ;)

[Frank0001]

Nice, I'm looking forward to it! You already did such a good job on #1

[Madox58]

@Venatore

Very cool!
:up:

Perhaps we need to put a Polar bear one one of them?
;)
:rotfl:

[Venatore]

Perhaps we need to put a Polar bear one one of them?

Now that would be cool, a very beary good idea :hmm:

[Madox58]

I got one here now.
:yep:
I was thinking I should animate it some so it's not frozen.
:rotfl:

[VIICDriver]

Nice pics, hopefully one day I'll get to encounter one.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

The pic while submerged should have shown a mass about 75% larger than what you saw on the surface. Sometimes the submerged portion is upwards of 85% larger than what you see above the waves.

300%-500% of what you see over surface, i.e. three to five times more is under water than above water. :)