Critical flooding. Stuck on bottom at 90m. Any hope?

[SgtSabre]

I was lining up a stern shot on a Norwiegian-flagged cargo ship 45km north of the northern coast of England on a clear night in September of 1940. I let two electric torpedoes go, let my speed remain at 2knts in reverse, and watched through the periscope.

Just over one minute later there was a horrendous explosion. I started taking heavy flooding in the control room, radio and listening room, and bow torpedo room. Flank speed and blowing ballast had no effect. I ended up bottomed in 90m of water. And there I sit.

First, I'm almost in shock. The ship was alone. It was night, so no airplanes, right? Was this a circular-run? Second, is there any hope here? Hull damage says "000", the three rooms mentioned above are completely flooded. Before flooding was complete it said "repair time 53 minutes, flood time 2 minutes."

Is it worth it to wait, or is this a lost cause?

[Wolfling04]

Sounds like a circle runner to me.

Is bulkhead damage for the three flooded rooms @1 or is it a decimal point like ..73 or .90, something like that.

If the Bulkhead damage is any amount less then 1, then I would stick it out and see if repairs are made and the flooding is under control.

[DarkFish]

for bulkhead damage it doesn't seem to matter if it's 1 or 0.99 damage.
I would wait a few minutes and see if it's repairable. If it's only getting worse or you run out of fuel, reload.
Otherwise, just play on.

[MoN]

If you hit the ground while having flodding in OM you will bump into the ground over and over which will cause additional damage and destroy the boat. At least that´s what I´ve been experiencing.

[CaptJodan]

If you hit the ground while having flodding in OM you will bump into the ground over and over which will cause additional damage and destroy the boat. At least that´s what I´ve been experiencing.


Yes. This is a "feature" I really hope is absent in SH5.