I'm in a VIIB in 1941, and I'm regularly pushing down to 150-160m. This is the point where my 1st officer starts getting worried about "approaching critical depth" and all the sailors in the control room start getting twitchy, looking round and breathing hard.

I really love the animation detail - really adds feeling to the game... :up:

I'm saving up for a VIIC... then I'll go deeper.

No worries for you. German submarines were constructed for 90m(!!!!) in a type VII.
Regulations required for 2,5 times construction safety: -> 90m x 2,5 = 225m minimum depth from factory... :rock:
Most ship yards produced with the promise to hold the limit with a little more safety (it was the production culture) ...

An now read more about the "construction" depth of a VIIC/41 or a XXI... (2,5 safetey again)

Of course for the "new" XXI they learend later from mistakes like plastic steel deformation of special parts in 180m, but these were clearly identified as mistakes.

PS: My most used sub ist VIIB or VIIC and I *always* take it down to 210m as my standard evasion manouver. When those nasty RN tin can become nasty I go deeper, just to make sure... 230... is the next level of making my nervous

U49 I'll have to remember that the next time I run into a heavily defended convoy! If only my patrol coordinates would allow me to go to such depths :nope:

It's because I'm an atlantic guy... You won't find the wreck of my sub's sitting on the continental shelf without any air.... the last test will always the one to check what the promise of the shipyard is worth of .... :dead:

Just to be certain, you do this while still having 100% of your hull integrity right? :lol:

Right, approved certified and returned to harbor ..... :lol:

And even with 100% reality.... no, not in the moment I prefer 90% as I want the external camera ....:rotfl:

503m but as you can see, I had 2 steel colums to suport the hull...

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3064/deepdt3.jpg

This happen when reloading a mission...weird

And the max deep in the game, playing today. Had to go to 235m to escape a party of one destroyer, two black swans and some corvertes that decide to hunt me just because I crashed their party and sunk just a liberty cargo...

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1559/deep2mu6.jpg

Made it to a slight 405 meters and lived to tell the tale mate! :arrgh!: Amazed I only did it twice!

:o yes! But my 503m was a kind of glitch since I could'nt move around, the game stoped but the deep meter was the only thing working and going going down...I think that 503 m is the max deep tha game allow us to go, if possible...ehehehh

I also experienced a problem when I was at 405 meters..the "meter glasses" broke/busted and the lights turned on and off..and no it wasn't no Depth Charges or me hitting the bottom of the sea..probably too deep aye?:huh:

I started a career just for fun outta the med in 42, good times. Limped home after the 1st patrol after being jumped by somethin at night with a leigh light, and then 2nd patrol i ran into a task force with a carrier - first cv i've seen ingame. motored along to try get ahead, somehow i stood out amongst the massive wwaves and got taken on by 4 destroyers.

I thought of this thread and thought it was a perfect chance to test out a VIIC in mint condition... took her to 270 with nothin more than a few squeeks. not game to go much further tho

I've been to 230m in my VIIB and the crew wasn't the only one twitching.

There are a few reports/experiences of really deep dives, 500 metres being quite common. Usually in a VIIC/41 or a XXI.

IIRC the deepest I've been was in the ol VIIC in 44...bloody black swans (yes...plural!:dead:) picked me up on their ASDIC. I dived to about 360m, which even then wasn't enough. I had DC's...or maybe hedgehogs hit me all over the conning tower and aft sections. Flooding was critical and within moments the hull imploded...another DiD career is over!

i went over 420m with type VII something before i died due to leaks.i even posted the screenie of it in the humorous sh3 ss thread