Can this be done? Hidding under a ship?
 

Hi


Can this be done? Can you follow an enemy ship by positioning yourself directly under a ship? say a tanker? again I have seen this in a few movies and have a couple friends that live in a giant dick them self and they say yes,
but I have not seen it possible in SH3.

has any one ever attempted this???

basically hiding in the baffle.... no, this is an engine limitation and if you have already attacked, the ship may accelerated to 10 kts and you won't be able to keep up submerged.

It is possible in the game, if you attack a convoy. The real-life problem is that real submarines don't have external views, so getting under a merchant and staying there is extremely difficult, to say the least.

I've only ever hidden under merchants in convoys that have stopped after i torpedoed them to avoid DDs hunting me.

Plus, unless the merchant is going real slow, it's gonna drain your batteries real quick!

The escorts can still detect and attack you (if they're fitted with K guns) whilst your under a stationary merchant.

If it is still underway, the noise of your propellors will give you away in any case.

The way this is done is you immobilize the enemy ship to the point where it isn't moving. You then use your obs. periscope to guide yourself underneath the ship.

I have done this a few times, no more than five though. I used this technique to evade destroyers in Scapa Flow. It will work because the destroyers will not ram the ship your hiding under to get at you for a depth charge attack.

now like I said I have only done this a few times so anything can happen I guess. Good luck

Just hope the ship doesn't sink on top of you or explode :D

HI

I have found a pic with this done in SH3 heres the link
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=84773&page=21

Well anyways I was wondering about a moving ship but this is good enough.
however I'll prob never have a successful go at it.

Thanks!

Always remember one thing.....you can never hide from the ships sensors because they can even detect you through a land mass in game :yep::DL

Thats funny you mention that, I had that happen last time I tried to hide under a tramp steamer. Let's just say it was unpleasent

I sat under under a Battleship dead in the water and slowly going down, the escorts were not happy. But they knew I was there, had to move off after a while or have 38,000 tons of battleship parking on top of my U-Boat.

..... slowly dragging you down to where the Titanic already lies ......

I guess the point is it works in a pinch, though it's not exactly on my list of top maneuvers :)

yes! it works! I sat under the half submerged wreckage of a tanker (12 meters of water) and was able to out wait and outlive the inevitable destroyer reprisals. In 12 meters of water it was the only thing to do, but it worked nicely. I was lucky because the wreckage had settled and i found a good nook underneath. I couldn't be sure if this technique masks your profile when being pinged but it does prevent the destroyers from getting in close and they are unable to drop charges. Another, similar technique that worked was to bring my boat right up to the shore and tuck it in there sideways, the destroyers cannot drop cans on you in this scenario as well