Thanks for your replies!
Testing is not that easy because you have to have certain amounts of hull damage and you can't do it yourself. Or maybe you can, by ramming one of your allied ships in the harbour...
Listening to your answers, there seems to be no clear relationship.
Just before logging in I was at sea and a nasty Japanese tanker managed to damage my hull: 49%. That was a good moment to dive for hell.
My Salmon with a test depth of 250 feet was crushed at 300 feet. No warning, no recovery time, four/five things broke down at the same moment and flooding started in all compartments. A emergency surface did not work at all. The boat really imploded within seconds.
Made me think, the maximum depth does not change. But maybe hull damage gives you less warnings? Like, 'your hull is damaged, that's your fault, now you start diving too, we will teach you'.
Normally, you get all kinds of warnings, the popping sound, some flooding in a compartment etc. and you have time to surface.
Just a thought, anyone?
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