Had an afternoon to myself so watched it again and I'll readily admit the more I see it the more I like it.

The main oddity of the film is how it portrayed the U-boats as having some personnel vendetta against Greyhound to the extent that they all ultimately revealed their own positions, in trying to sink Greyhound, where realistically they would have used their inherent stealth to avoid the escorts and sneak into the convoy. At this point in the war, escorts by and large still had an extremely hard time even 'generalizing' the location of submerged U-boats.

Good movie, but obviously dramatized. An elegy to the War in the Atlantic for the Playstation Generation.


I think Tom Hank's age really helped him in this role and didn't really detract (people now days just look younger), but I think his best work was in depicting Mr. Roger's. His acting here is just perfunctory.

This even works out in Silent Hunter IV with American boats. I've had situations where it was safer to slip past a Japanese coastal patrol on the surface rather than submerged

too me this movie was like watching the new movie midway i just cant get into it

Shouldn’t Kretschmer have been giving the orders? Or was it a case of not being able to countermand them in time?

Not necessarily. I.e., standard sailors on watch wouldn't/couldn't/shouldn't wait for the skipper's order to crash dive upon spotting an airplane. But maybe so (your point), not sure.
In terms of a countermand, guess not. Once picked up on asdic at close quarters, surfacing wouldn't have been an option anyway.

He was below and the order was given before he was aware of the situation as I understand events.

:salute: Thanks !

He warn't called 'Silent Otto' fer nuthin'!:doh: I Came across this easy to read site for all the :subsim: novice bilgerats to conveniently absorb!:O: https://naval-encyclopedia.com/battl...e-atlantic.php

I see. I wonder if strong words were exchanged in the aftermath. Things like this are why I’d prefer a job working alone. 🤔

Here's the U-99 Interrogation post sinking. It gives all the details:

https://web.archive.org/web/20121219...et/U-99INT.htm

Good read, thanks ! :up:

Despite the thread topic, I won't comment on "Greyhound", as everything has been said already and I agree with the majority of comments.


I too found "The Cruel Sea" to be exceptional and enjoyed the part where the U-boat was hiding under the men in the water and the decision made to attack. You don't find too many films these days that deal with the hard realities of war, unfortunately.


Another decent, somewhat obscure and hard to find film is "Of Sharks and Little Fish". It portrays a sailor's life in the Kriegsmarine aboard ship and later transferred to U-boats. I understand from those more knowledgeable than I, it is a pretty accurate depiction of what life was really like for the average sailor onboard.