Where is HMS Hood ? [Archive] - SUBSIM Radio Room Forums

Shadowblade

08-23-08, 11:55 AM

Hi, I have read several threads about meeting the Hood in Plymouth (e.g. Sept. 3, 1939). Well, I can´t find her there - when I arrive, I find only small and patrol ships (Aug 27 - Sept 4. 1939). I have tried also arrive and wait for beginnig of war with Britain, but have no luck. I am using GWX 2.1, what happened with Hood ? Was Hood removed or is that some kind of spawning problem ? Are there any conditions when to arrive to meet this warship there?
thnx

Chisum

08-23-08, 12:10 PM

She is in the deep I sank her !

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=140610&page=2

:p

KeptinCranky

08-23-08, 12:31 PM

Oh she's out there allright, hang out between Scapa and Loch Ewe in 1939 and you have a good chance of finding her :up:

Chisum

08-23-08, 12:36 PM

I don't saw HMS Hood at Plymouth sep 3 but she was in this haven 11-25 november 1939.

http://www.hmshood.com/history/timeline4.htm

Brag

08-23-08, 07:40 PM

Don't let Chisum Hood-wink you :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Redwine

08-23-08, 08:35 PM

Where is HMS Hood ?
Here it is... :dead:

I had found it in a sunny day, and hited it with two torps... i think so, it must to be more strong, may be i need to edit the files for it.

I need to edit the big gun turrets textures too... after install my last magamod, it adds those light blue gun turrets.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1593/sh3img2282008133044609pu3.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img2282008133044609pu3.jpg)http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6830/sh3img228200813304375vn9.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img228200813304375vn9.jpg)http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2568/sh3img2282008133151843oo3.th.jpg (http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sh3img2282008133151843oo3.jpg)

Jimbuna

08-24-08, 07:58 AM

Welcome aboard Kaleun Shadowblade.....I have checked the scripted data layer and the Hood is definitely docked at Plymouth prior to the commencement of hostilities. http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

Shadowblade

08-24-08, 09:24 AM

thnx jimbuna, but despite several attempts I cant find Hood before war declaration there (maybe British intelligence somehow found my cunning plan and warned Hood :shifty: ?). So I cant reliable identify her weak spots (those boxes in recognition manual - position and depth settings for torpedoes), this would be easy action in peacetime. Now I am making ambush near Scapa Flow (TF - Hood, with 2 Revenge class BBs) and this info would be very useful for her elimination.

Jimbuna

08-24-08, 04:19 PM

Good hunting Kaleun http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

Shadowblade

09-09-08, 11:09 AM

ambush was succesfull - I sank her with 2 torps :)

Oh she's out there allright, hang out between Scapa and Loch Ewe in 1939 and you have a good chance of finding her :up:

yes, that is true - later I was very surprised (really ghost ship meeting), when I meet lonely HMS Hood heading to Loch Ewe, so I sank her again :arrgh!:

StarLion45

09-09-08, 11:21 AM

:roll: Hi there Shadowblade !
:cool: Do you have evidence that you sink HMS Hood:cool:

Shadowblade

09-09-08, 12:20 PM

:cool: Do you have evidence that you sink HMS Hood:cool:

Hi StarLion45, yes :yep: I can post this evidence this Friday, if you want it :)

Jimbuna

09-09-08, 02:43 PM

I'll settle for the ships crest :p

Steeltrap

09-10-08, 10:33 PM

Redwine

09-11-08, 06:21 AM

2 torps? Blah.....

Not to spoil the fun of the hunt, but I think the SHIII damage model is seriously flawed when it comes to major warships. Yes, there were occasions when major ships were sunk by surprisingly little orndance (Ark Royal by a single torp, although it was in the worst possible location from the ship's perspective re damage control), but these should be exceptions.

People potting Hood and Rodney and KGV etc with one or two torps gets my goat for some reason.....
You can drop down torpedo power (this will affect all ships) , or you can increase HitPoints and/or armor for battleships... into ship .zon file.

It take time if you need to do to all ships in the game, but to easy to do.

I am doing that now... because i found two torps for a battleship too low, the problem is, when i do it, ship sinks by flooding and dont have those amazing explosions with lot of "particles"

:up::up::up:

Shadowblade

09-12-08, 07:02 PM

2 StarLion45: evidence(s):

1st HMS Hood (TF) - 2 torps - 1st aimed at fore ammo bunker, 2nd at engine room (T1, impact, medium speed)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3776/pictfzp2.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pictfzp2.jpg)
log
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2662/pictflogsw8.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pictflogsw8.jpg)

2nd HMS Hood (Scapa Flow)- single torp aimed at fore ammo bunker (critical hit) (T1, impact, slow speed, depth 1 m (torp nets))
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2686/picscapaoo9.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picscapaoo9.jpg)
3rd HMS Hood (without escort, probably on move from Scapa Flow to Loch Ewe) - 2 torps - 1st aimed at fore ammo bunker (critical hit), 2nd at aft ammo bunker (T1, impact, medium speed, depth 1 m (it worked in Scapa Flow;) ))
log for 2nd and 3rd ship
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3900/pic23logbf6.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic23logbf6.jpg)

(GWX 2.1, realism 80%)

StarLion45

09-14-08, 01:54 AM

:D Herr kaleun !
The whole U-boat Waffe , is very proud to serve with you:lol:
Mein Gott , if more of our kaleuns could be like you:p
Now :

:stare: BE MORE AGRESSIVE:stare:
:rotfl: :rotfl: (Only joking)

Wreford-Brown

09-14-08, 07:07 AM

2 torps? Blah.....

Not to spoil the fun of the hunt, but I think the SHIII damage model is seriously flawed when it comes to major warships. Yes, there were occasions when major ships were sunk by surprisingly little orndance (Ark Royal by a single torp, although it was in the worst possible location from the ship's perspective re damage control), but these should be exceptions.

People potting Hood and Rodney and KGV etc with one or two torps gets my goat for some reason.....

The Belgrano was sunk by just 2 torpedoes during the Falklands War, and the third one impacted but didn't explode (sounds familiar...).
The Captain decided to use Mk8 torpedoes whose design dates back to 1925 rather than the newer Mk24 homing torpedoes as he was unsure of their reliability.

Kielhauler1961

09-14-08, 09:16 AM

Belgrano was just a poor, worn-out 44 year old light cruiser of the Brooklyn class, built before the 2nd World War. With her motley crew of conscripts who probably didn't have a clue about damage control she was easy meat. Over half of all Argentine war dead in that conflict went down with her. She never stood a chance.

Funny you should mention the Belgrano, given your forum name. The captain of the submarine, HMS Conqueror, was Commander Chris Wreford-Brown. You're not related by any chance?

Redwine

09-14-08, 10:30 AM

[quote=Steeltrap] The Belgrano was sunk by just 2 torpedoes during the Falklands War, and the third one impacted but didn't explode (sounds familiar...).

The Captain decided to use Mk8 torpedoes whose design dates back to 1925 rather than the newer Mk24 homing torpedoes as he was unsure of their reliability.
The ARA Gral. Belgrano was a Brooklyn Class (Light Cruiser) (Ex USS Phoenix CL-46), a "goliath" BB as HMS Hood must be much much more strong...

Really, it was sunk by a only one shot, because the second torp blasted the ship's bow with no danger for the ship survavability. The torp at midship was the cause of the sink...

Belgrano was just a poor, worn-out 44 year old light cruiser of the Brooklyn class, built before the 2nd World War. With her motley crew of conscripts who probably didn't have a clue about damage control she was easy meat. Over half of all Argentine war dead in that conflict went down with her. She never stood a chance.
Thats correct, plus...

The "Captain" of the ARA Gral. Belgrano was sailing with the "waterproof' compartements opened and not sealed.
May be he was into a "vacations travel", may he was not in know there was a battle near around...

Any way...a 270kg explosives ( x2 ) into a light cruiser must be too much.

I rised up all my BB hitpoints up to 1200HP, with my torp settings i need almost 4 300Kg torps to kill a BB inmediatelly, 3 of them can stop the ships after half hour, with two, they scape withy no problems.

With 200kg torps, i need more torps.

Ocasionally, a copule of torps can kill the ship, but it is due to the "critical" probability at zones.cfg files, but no happens too often.

I am thinking to rise up Hitpoints up to 1600HP.

What must be the correct number of torps to kill a big BB ?

Wreford-Brown

09-14-08, 01:02 PM

Funny you should mention the Belgrano, given your forum name. The captain of the submarine, HMS Conqueror, was Commander Chris Wreford-Brown. You're not related by any chance?

No relation, but I was surprised when I signed up that no other Brits on the forum had taken the name of the only nuclear submarine captain to have sunk an enemy ship in combat.

astak9

09-15-08, 05:01 PM

She is in the deep I sank her !

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=140610&page=2

:p

And so did I:rock:

Herr Doktor

05-26-10, 08:05 PM

Hey all

I am very excited...just stumbled onto Hood in Scapa Flow while searching for what I was expecting to be the spawning of an Auxiliary Cruiser as used to be the case in SH3 vanilla. Sept 15, 1939 just past 01:00 and Hood is parked with the lights off and no keys in the ignition. Good thing too because I have only 2 torpedoes left...used the rest on destroyers and a floating drydock that I found nestled among some islands in the southwest corner of the same bay. Going to be a nice bit of tonnage if I can get Hood to sink.

GWX 3.0 Gold with SHC (new user)

Shandiir

05-26-10, 09:26 PM

I just had the luck in July 1940 to catch the Hood in the middle if a merchant convoy heading to the Uk from the Atlantic. After 3 torps 38100 tonnes goes to the bottom! She took a long time to go down. :arrgh!:

Sailor Steve

05-26-10, 09:53 PM

What must be the correct number of torps to kill a big BB ?
The biggest, IJN Yamato, was hit by 11 torpedoes and 8 bombs. It's doubtful whether that many were actually needed, but it's uncertain. An Iowa class should probably take at least 6, the KGV class about the same, maybe 5. Hood was older and 4 should probably be enough.

Just guessing though. Others probably have a better idea.

Jimbuna

05-27-10, 05:34 AM

Save youe eels, probably one hit from your deck gun would suffice for the Hood :O:

Lost At Sea

06-02-10, 10:35 PM

Spotted a convoy with HMS Hood + Revenge Class battleship on Feb 17 '40. Located at AM33, heading SW. Limited DD escort.
Juicy target and "easy" torp solution. Night attack, submerged.

Fired 4 torps at Hood from 3.8k. Dove as deep as my VIIB boat could take and pulled back. Got 2 premature detonations, 1 hit and 1 miss.
From the sound of it, HMS Hood is still going more or less full speed and DDs are looking way off.

Won't be easy to get back in once reloaded:cry:

on GWX 3.0

Lost

Dissaray

06-03-10, 03:07 AM

I was making transit for the Rockwall Bank to make my asigned rounds and got word of a task force just south west of me and heading in my general direction. It was my first patrol in my new IXb, early '40 and I figured I would check it out seeing as it was an easy intercept. It was just about dawn, the nav map hadn't switched over to daylight mode but visiblity was good, when the watch called out a contact. I took a peek at it thru the UZO and found a very large looking thing and asked the watch officer for a range and he rattled off some numbers that put it way out there. I identified it as the Hood, and my fortunes were looking up as it wasn't alone. The Revenge was right behind it.

Long story short I moved in all clandestinely, like a ninja but more underwater and German, just like they teach you. The four or so Tribal class escort ships hadn't the slightest clue I was there. I had set up two torpidos, one for each BB, preset with depth under keel and magnetic pistols. The plan was to punch a hole in the botom of them both in hopes of disabling the engens and finishing the job when the escorts stoped inturpting us. Unfortunatly I missed the mark on the hood, used the wrong torpido too, and took her by the fule bunkers at the water line. I put two more down range and both hit, one on target at the engens and the other forward of the fore magazene. My one shot on the Revenge missed wide and infront of the ship all together.

Needless to say my introduction wasn't greeted kindly by the Brits. They let me have it. The Hood opend up with its entire battery, main guns and all. This blasted my attack and obs scope off, along with most of the bridge I should think. Blinded I went hard over to port and once I had my aft tubes in the general direction of their last known position I fired both tubes in hopes of killing the Hood or wounding the Revenge. After the eels were away it was all dive and hide games. Unfortunatly my IXb isn't very good at the diving or the hiding part of that game. We were ramed, then shelled again and then depth charged. It was at this point that I knew things were lost and went to get a drink, I drank to the fallen you see, by the time I came back, drink in hand, it was all over. Boat distroyed, all crew lost. :( But next time they will not be so lucky... Probly.

Lockhart

06-16-10, 09:38 AM

Just found the Hood approaching Scapa Flow from the West (grid AN15) on 6th Sep 1939 (in GWX). She was travelling with HMS Renown and HMS Repulse and 4 destroyers in a very loose defending formation.

Playing with a Type XXI (i.e. cheating) I managed to sink all three battleships and two destroyers. With a slower boat and without acoustic torpedoes it's probably still quite possible to sink one, or maybe two, of the battleships and live to tell the tale.

Jimbuna

06-16-10, 10:05 AM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

maillemaker

06-16-10, 10:26 AM

frau kaleun

06-16-10, 11:27 AM

I always give capital ships my full attention and they get a full spread of 4 torpedoes when I have a shot at them.

They may sink with less, but I never let the opportunity pass without a full effort.

:yep:

Especially since the chances of getting into good position for a second salvo are pretty slim, given the fact that you're usually submerged and can't keep up with their speed... and may need to concentrate on not getting killed by the escorts who may well detect you even if you don't get a hit the first time around.

Apache312

06-16-10, 10:02 PM