How deep have you gone?
 

Below is an excerpt from the book Black May.

Numerous efforts were made by the British to determine the maximum diving depth of VIIC, the most numerous U-boat type. In 1942 RN submariners tested the captured U-570 (renames H.M.S. Graph) and found that her thick hull survived the atmospheres of pressure at 200 meters (656 feet). The deepest measurement taken by asdic during the war was 238 meters (780 feet). Gunter Hessler, who commanded U-107 until November 1941, the served on Donitz's BdU staff, wrote after the war that by summer of 1942 new Type VIICs had been strengthened to a standard of 200 meters, "which in practice meant that in an emergency they could go down to 300 meters without harm. From interrogations of U-boat prisoners the British learned that most Commanders considered 200 meters the deepest safe depth when under attack, but that "good evidence" indicated that in the summer of 1943 one boat involuntarily dived to 340 meters (1115 feet) without breaking up. Interesting is the finding that as late as easrly 1943 the maximum depth setting for British D/Cs was 550 feet. In June of that year both the D/C and asdic recorder settings would be readjusted to 750 feet.

After reading this I got to thinking; how deep have you been able to go and lived to talk about it?:lurk: :lurk:

I've taken an undamaged VIIC to 240M on many occasions and to 260M once and lived.

My grave is in 300 meters :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Get a VIIC/41 and you can go to 425m and li ve to tell the tale!:arrgh!:

Made it to 400+ meters today after taking an almost direct hit to my VIIB. Flooding was too severe to make it back up but I didnt pop untill after 400 even after taking a hit to the pressure hull.

Just 220m by accident so far. Reflexively crash dived while in TC. It's sad when you blow tanks and the boat proceeds another 40m towards its doom before levelling out. It's one of the scariest things I've ever experienced in a video game. :huh:

I'm glad you qualified your question with the "and lived to tell abought it" :lol:!

285 meters IXC April 44. I figured "why not?" as I was being pursued by 3 DE's who apparently had nothing better to do :nope:. Sonar conditions were excellent (for them). After about 6 hours real-time, 2 had left and the other was out of dc's. It was a buggar but I got away.

Only to be sunk about 10 days later by a Liberator :damn:.

1400 - mind you it was in an Akula in Dangerous Waters:rotfl:

:D Chock

You meen balz is down there to?:huh: If so we are going to have a party! :p

Well over 240 meters..........

Only 100 meters so far, haven't been in deep enough waters to really go deep lately, still patrolling off Ireland.

Did collide with something (probably an uncharted sea mount) in the Firth of Clyde whilst trying to sneak into the base there, unfortunately it destroyed my forward torpedo tubes and got me stuck on the bottom at 15 odd meters for an hour or so while I had to get the flooding under control.

As if that wasn't lucky enough, after I aborted the run into the Clyde, I was spotted on the surface by an aircraft which attacked me (no damage) but then called in a Destroyer which merrily dropped a happy string of DCs directly across my foredeck.

Thought about poor U-35 and Alfrons Elric last night and decided not to go DID as usual and try again, otherwise I'll never get past the start of 1940 :lol: I'm still quite new to this sim so I want to get the hang of things.

I hit 503 metres by accident when i interupted a crash dive and didnt notice i was sinking slowly.
At 503m my boat dissapeared, could still see inside but had no control over anything...

Im using NYGM 2.2, it has a terrible pressure damage model, my hull integrity% was still high 90s!

In game, I've been to around 280m in a XXI in 1944. I think that's abot the deepest I've pushed a command so far.


:D In real life - about 3300m in the DSV Alvin (actually, just checked, officially 3511m max depth on any of my dives)

That's a little deeper than the 20 feet depth I've made while snorkelling :hmm:...

389 meters in a XXI. I was :smug: :arrgh!: :88) :sunny: when I got up.

"which in practice meant that in an emergency they could go down to 300 meters without harm"

That's the VIIC/41, right? I've never got it that deep.. while being alive. /me is off to do some research.