| Larrywb57 |
02-11-17 06:59 PM |
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Originally Posted by propbeanie
(Post 2464895)
Is that two ship-sunk icons on the map? or just one and the center of the circle you drew? The Whale Factory ship (NCVW) has a draft of 7.1 meters (22 feet), while the Large Old Tanker (T07B) has a draft of 9.3 meters, or about 29 feet. I've had this before myself, where one vessel "masks" another. I aim at the visible target, the torps run deep and pass beneath the target, and hit the next vessel, which has a deeper draft. In fact, look at this one, at about the 2:30 to 3:00 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQAUs0FZAlw
You'll see 2 torps pass beneath the Catapult ship and one impact the bow of the Bismarck in a test mission for Fall of the Rising Sun.
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Propbeanie,
Sorry it has taken me so long to reply to your message. Between my job and the commune to and from, I don't have much time left in the day.
When I first spotted the ship through the scope, it was ID as a 'Whale Factory Ship". I closed to 7,000 yards and fired four torpedoes. I did a 180 degree turn and started to leave the area because it was daylight and very shallow water. Not much room for a submarine to maneuver in. I like to follow the torpedoes as they go towards the target with the outside camera. As I got closer to the target, something didn't look right. So I paused the action and went to take a closer look at the target. What I saw was at least to me, very interesting. I took a screenshot of the target and resumed the action. Later I took the screenshot of the map as to report what I saw.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=9351
When the torpedoes hit, The Whale Factory Ship sunk and the bow was above water. The bow started moving away from the Large Old Tanker to where it is on the map. I fired four aft torpedoes at the Large Old Tanker which sunk it where it was without moving. Moments later, radar pick up a ship coming to where the ship sunk, which turned out to be a destroyer.
Hope this explains the icons on the map.
Larry |
