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Originally Posted by NealT
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Originally Posted by Cohaagen
Do you think a real-life captain, having received three hits to the bow, would continue to order maximum revolutions so as to make the torpedo holes bigger and force even more water into the ship, as they do in SH3?
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The Captain of the Titanic did... |
I don't recall the Titanic being hit by any torpedoes. It isn't a particularly good example to use - it's not so much a case of comparing apples and oranges, more like comparing apples and bowling balls. It's also the exact opposite of what actually occurred - one of the first things the First Officer on the Titanic ordered was for engines full astern or all stop, depending on which account you read.
Quite a few ships in WW2 lost their bows to torpedoes or weather. It's much more survivable than you might think, certainly more than when a ship loses its stern. HMS Liverpool, HMCS Saguenay, USS Minneapolis, blah blah
