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Killed by exploding ship

All right another sign of the realism of SH3. Intercepted enemy convoy in Grid CG72. Sank both escorts( an armed trawler and a auxillary cruiser), but stupidly had tried to shoot it out on the surface with the cruiser before realizing the idiocy of this and went to periscope depth and sank her with torpedoes. Hull integrity was at 39%. Surfaced and started chasing down merchants with my deck gun and remaining fish. Sank 4 C2's, a C3, plus the two escorts and was just finishing off a 5th C2 when it exploded and flaming debris landed all around and very quickly I got damage reports and then the hull caved and that was that. Killed by falling debris from an exploding ship. Simply unbelievable. :yep:

Had once a shot down hurricane crashing into my boats butt... hull down to 41%... that sucked also...

I once had my deck gun taken out by a lifeboat off a T3 tanker while I was hiding under it.

Didn't even get credit for the kill either.

Re: Killed by exploding ship

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Originally Posted by TAW_CZAREJS

Not so unbelievable. The real-life U-132 (KL Vogelsang) was sunk by debris raining down from the explosion of an ammunition ship, which had been torpedoed by another U-boat...

Very believable - and happened to me more than once. Tought me well to stay away from the ships for like 400m at least.

The following incident happened during WW1.

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From Der Krieg Zur See: Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten ed. Arno Spindler (German official history):

The Loss of U 28, KapitÃ¤nleutnant Georg Schmidt, on 2.9.1917

On 19.8.[19]17 U 28 left Emden for the war on shipping in the Arctic Sea. Officially confirmed newspaper reports state that, on 2.9.17 at 1155 a.m., 85 miles NbE1/2E from North Cape, in position 72Â°34N, 27Â°56E, the U-Boat attacked the armed English steamer Olive Branch, 4649 t., carrying munitions from England for Archangel. Since the steamer was not sunk by a torpedo hit, U 28 came to close range to finish her with gunfire. The second shell hit the cargo of munitions, which detonated with an enormous explosion, whereby the U-Boat was so badly damaged that it sank. Some men of the crew of U 28 were seen swimming, but were not picked up by the Olive Branch's lifeboats. No survivors.

The First World War German submarine U 28 was sunk in remarkable circumstances. One account, in Under the Black Ensign by R.S. Gwatkin-Williams (London: Hutchinson, 1926), says that when the cargo of ammunition carried by the British ship Olive Branch was touched off by one of U 28's shells in a close range surface bombardment, a truck carried as deck cargo was blown into the air, only to land (from a great height) on the U-Boat, sinking it.

Althouth this version first appears in print several years after the event, it is feasible that the blast of the explosion, followed by the resultant tidal wave could have laid the submarine over far enough to swamp her open hatches.

A heavy lorry crashing down on deck would have contributed to the damage, though probably not sufficiently to be fatal to a strongly built vessel like a submarine.

Incoming truck! :o

I had something similar happen. I was along side a C3 unloading on it, when it exploded. Messed my sub up.

Run over by a truck... at sea. What a way to die. :hmm:

Ouch! First you're in the hurt locker, then you're in Davey Jones' locker!

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Originally Posted by Sfinx

The following incident happened during WW1.

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A heavy lorry crashing down on deck would have contributed to the damage, though probably not sufficiently to be fatal to a strongly built vessel like a submarine.

Incoming truck! :o

Maybe that's why they sank the truck in Operation Petticoat...

Going under sinking ships,not a good Idea either. :damn:

my U-flak special with 3 * twin 37's had a great time doing a channel dash on the surface, 47 planekills....
i could have won Battle of britain alone :-)

allthough, my first channel run ended after 4 planes, last, a Short Sunderland...was killed, only to come smashing down on my forward deck, instant kill...

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Originally Posted by Type941

Very believable - and happened to me more than once. Tought me well to stay away from the ships for like 400m at least.

Aye cap'n--- 400m at least!

Sunkin ships make for great portecion but ya beter wait for the explosions first ;) I aint been sunk by derbris yet just destroyers I miss with my torp.