Has Anyone Witnessed the Sinking of the Hood in the Denmark Straight During Game?

Professor M · 05-06-16, 10:24 AM

If so, please give the date, time and location (grid reference) here so that others may. If not possible, for any reason, please leave a comment to that effect.

I have 06:01 hours, 24th May, 1941 for the sinking time but no grid reference. I have tried following HMS Hood until 03:12 U-Boat time (01:12 local time) but she just disappears.

Time to get back to sea.

Fahnenbohn · 05-06-16, 11:49 AM

I assume you play with GWX.

Here are the references you are searching for this battle :
- grid = AD5436
- date and hour = May 24, 1941, at 03:17

I also watched the GWX battle some time ago, but it's not realistic at all. So, i've made a mission that recreates this event, based on historical data. The result is quite impressive ! The Hood is sunk, the Prince of Wales can't launch smoke and thus can't escape, so she's sunk too ! The Prinz Eugen is sometimes sunk, and the Bismark little damaged. Unfortunately, you have to add some special mods that i've created for a realistic scenario. The Hood doesn't explode, but the battle lasts 10 or 15 minutes !

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Originally Posted by Professor M

Time to get back to sea.

Why not to try that ? : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=225823

F.

Professor M · 05-11-16, 09:21 AM

Thanks for your reply, Fahnenbohn. Yes, I am using GWX. I will give that time and location a good look over soon

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I will also give your link another look over when I return. Unfortunately, I am land locked for for the next week or two but will come back to this as it seems to have some promise.

Fahnenbohn · 05-21-16, 02:08 PM

Professor M · 06-05-16, 09:43 AM

Sorry for the delay, Fahnenbohn, just got back and had a few things to take care of. I have since tried to locate the Hood by following your grid reference but did not have your xxxx grid installed. I have downloaded it and attempted to install it as per your instructions but it was not visible or I have not installed it correctly

I will have another go at installing it but as I am not sure what I have missed I am not confident of being able to get it working

Do you have an image of the navigational map location in case I can't get the mod' to work?

Fahnenbohn · 06-05-16, 10:22 AM

Happy to have news from you. Here is a screenshot of my nav. map and my menu_1024_768.ini file. Do you see the grids at the top of the screen ? It's draggable.

Fahnenbohn · 06-05-16, 10:33 AM

05-06-16, 10:24 AM	#1
Professor M Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: AN71 Posts: 47 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 2	Has Anyone Witnessed the Sinking of the Hood in the Denmark Straight During Game? If so, please give the date, time and location (grid reference) here so that others may. If not possible, for any reason, please leave a comment to that effect. I have 06:01 hours, 24th May, 1941 for the sinking time but no grid reference. I have tried following HMS Hood until 03:12 U-Boat time (01:12 local time) but she just disappears. Time to get back to sea. __________________ *Give 'em beans!*

05-11-16, 09:21 AM	#3
Professor M Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: AN71 Posts: 47 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 2	Thanks for your reply, Fahnenbohn. Yes, I am using GWX. I will give that time and location a good look over soon . I will also give your link another look over when I return. Unfortunately, I am land locked for for the next week or two but will come back to this as it seems to have some promise. __________________ *Give 'em beans!*

06-05-16, 09:43 AM	#5
Professor M Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: AN71 Posts: 47 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 2	Sorry for the delay, Fahnenbohn, just got back and had a few things to take care of. I have since tried to locate the Hood by following your grid reference but did not have your xxxx grid installed. I have downloaded it and attempted to install it as per your instructions but it was not visible or I have not installed it correctly I will have another go at installing it but as I am not sure what I have missed I am not confident of being able to get it working Do you have an image of the navigational map location in case I can't get the mod' to work? __________________ *Give 'em beans!*

06-05-16, 10:33 AM	#7
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Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	Happy to have news from you. Here is a screenshot of my nav. map and my menu_1024_768.ini file. Do you see the grids at the top of the screen ? It's draggable.