U-869 the lost U-Boat

[Venatore]

I was watching the doc of Hilter's Lost U-Boat on Austar last night and it ended with part two to follow next week. I couldent wait so I found the web site ....take the tour it very interesting.


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/

[Kpt. Lehmann]

It is the story of U-869 that started my obsession with U-boats. :ping:

READ SHADOW DIVERS TOO!!! It is the book that the documentary is based on... and it is a page turner. I read it in about 36 hours... just couldn't put it down. :yep:

[Venatore]

I can't believe it took six years for the U-boat to give up it's Identity and they lost three divers in the process. I was in these forums last night when the wife came scrambling down the hallway shouting theres a u-boat documentry on! well to me that was the same as ALARM!!!!!!. These men in the documentry were outstanding, they weren't taking stuff to sell it,stealing objects off the boat, and trying to make a profit, they just wanted to find out why this u-boat was there and which u-boat it was? then to find and locate the only surviver (still living) wow!

I will locate "SHADOW DIVERS" and buy it ! thanks for your feedback.

[The Noob]

Wait...is that that boat wich should have been sunk near Gibraltar but failed to recieve it's new orders and thus got sunk near the US coast?

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Wait...is that that boat wich should have been sunk near Gibraltar but failed to recieve it's new orders and thus got sunk near the US coast?

Yes.:ping: It appears that it was sunk by its own torpedo. Probably a T5 circle-runner. They fired it and it turned back on them. (apparently)

[Venatore]

Poor bastards got all that bloody way just to have their fish turn against them :nope: Does the captain know if he has a wild fish now making it's way back towards them ? :hmm:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

It appears that there was some warning... based on the location of the crew's remains... It would seem they were in the process of a crash dive...

That being said, it was also standard proceedure to order a crashdive after firing an acoustic torpedo... due to the possibility of it turning into a circle-runner.

This also happened late in the war... when crew quality was degraded by attrition... It is possible that the soundman didn't report quickly... or a hundred other things.

[The Noob]

I watched that too some time ago. Good documentary, but those poor U-Boat men...Killed by thier own Torpedo...:-?

Venatore,

I don't want to be a "Abuse Nazi", but what reason does it have that you write in HUGE letters? Does that have any Special benefit? Or do you forgot your Glasses someware and write that huge so you can read your own Text?

[yobert]

On discovery civilization here in Sweden atlest there is about submarins in WW2 pretty offen

[Venatore]

................:nope:

[Kingcobra24]

Venatore & Noob...

This is an adult forum. We are ALL here to enjoy ourselves, to enjoy talking about SH3 and other submarine simulations, and to enjoy being here with many others with like interests.
When you take potshots at one another, it merely shows less than adult attitude, and usually ends up getting worse rather than better. I'm sure the moderators will be the first to tell you that the best way for them to end these little snowball fights is to remove one or the other...possibly both, if both were guilty of infractions.
Let's let bygones be bygones, and start fresh. Move forward, not into the past.
Thanks, guys. :up::rock:

[Venatore]

.............:up:

[Reece]

Thanks Venator, I did some research and am ordering the Book & the DVD movie!:D
Cheers.

[Jimbuna]

Thanks Venator, I did some research and am ordering the Book & the DVD movie!:D
Cheers.

Reece...any chance you can post the info for me...I'd be interested in ordering too :D TIA

[Venatore]

yep.. I ran down to Bookworld today and ordered it as well:yep:

[rasmus1896]

now i got a question.

is there any cyrcle-runners in sh3?
i just would not like to be killed by myself;)

[Reece]

Can be purchased here:
http://shop.wgbh.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=11051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&categoryId=10222&sortBy=KEYWORD&pageSize=10&pageNumber=1&subcategoryId=10299

Cheers.:up:

[Jimbuna]

Can be purchased here:
http://shop.wgbh.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=11051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&categoryId=10222&sortBy=KEYWORD&pageSize=10&pageNumber=1&subcategoryId=10299

Cheers.:up:

Much appreciated ;)

[Qairyl]

now i got a question.

is there any cyrcle-runners in sh3?
i just would not like to be killed by myself;)

Yeah...one almost nailed my conning tower. I caught it on video; I'll upload it if anyone wants to see.

-Qairyl

[Kpt. Lehmann]

now i got a question.

is there any cyrcle-runners in sh3?
i just would not like to be killed by myself;)

Yeah...one almost nailed my conning tower. I caught it on video; I'll upload it if anyone wants to see.

-Qairyl

By all means! Please do.:cool:

[VoodooPriest]

now i got a question.

is there any cyrcle-runners in sh3?
i just would not like to be killed by myself;)
Yes, there are.
I once fired a Zaunkönig at a pursuing destroyer and watched the action in free view as I wanted to see how the thing works. And it worked quite well. Although it missed the destroyer in the first run, it turned around to home in anew. I still remember thinking "cool, it even turns around to chase the target!" Then I realised that the destroyer was passing over me just aft of my conning tower, so that I suddenly was in between it and my own torpedo. Unfortunately I lost my nerves and ordered a crashdive, which - as you all know - implies flank speed...
Well, what can I say, "all stop" probably would have been the better thing to order...
I guess the destroyer probably laughed its arse off...
:damn: