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kapuhy
03-01-19, 06:22 AM
...a Polish sub torpedoing German task force?

Baltic Operations, 1.09.2019, I spot Schleswig-Holstein training battleship with 2 destroyers. While looking at them through binoculars (still only stacks and superstructure visible over horizon), suddenly there's an explosion on one of the destroyers. I assumed they were duking it out with Polish destroyers that were supposed to be in area, but after approaching I haven't found any Polish DD.

What I did find was a hydro contact, fast sounding screw but apparently very slowly following German task force. Nothing was visible on surface in this direction though.

GeneralDeath99
03-09-19, 11:20 PM
Yes, most likely they did get attacked by a Polish sub. I remember once during a new playthrough I ended up spotting a sub. in the area and even ended up sink it it after many tries. It turned out to be a Polish sub.

n3uro
04-02-19, 04:33 AM
you mean this one?
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/542421376942866442/561942233457229824/unknown.png?width=1202&height=677

:)

i found it the other day in the same AO and similar circumstances. It didn't engage the german surface group (which i also had lurking about), but i stumbled on it while patrolling, and managed to take a pic. It definitely looks like a british U-class, one of which was passed on to poland (although much later, around the end of 1940). I had assumed it was a british sub keeping an eye on things but it might represent some other earlier polish model in game. Or maybe it is indeed a british sub but was engaged by mistake by german ships in your game?

XenonSurf
04-02-19, 05:41 AM
The results when you watch AI units are unpredictable, it's totally possible that the german units get attacked by planes or subs. Yes, there are polish subs in the aerea, I have spotted isolated ones more times, they are very hard to shoot and sink, so I will refrain next time, it's a vaste of torpedos...:)

Mussalo
04-02-19, 01:16 PM
you mean this one?

Wow that is a creepy picture!

kapuhy
04-03-19, 02:39 AM
Nice picture n3uro! Reminds me of stories of nuclear submarines stalking each other during Cold War...

And yes, the U-Class subs in Baltic Operations represent 5 Polish submarines that historically were there as part of Plan Worek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worek_Plan). These were not really U-Class subs of course but Silent Hunter 5 lacks models for any other Allied submarine.

Aktungbby
04-03-19, 10:05 AM
Klonest!:Kaleun_Salute: & WELCOME BACK: N3URO!:Kaleun_Salute: