Depth Limit - When are you too deep?

UnterseeBoogeyMan · 04-28-07, 11:10 AM

I am currently shadowing and sniping at a very large convoy guarded by a Class C Submarine and two Black Swan DDs. As I go below the waves riding ot yet another depth charge attack, I had a question. I am at 160 meters at 1 knot on silent running. I have toyed with the idea of going deeper into the red. When I approach the line between yellow and red, I hear "Approaching critical depth, sir". Does that mean once I'm in the red I'm hosed, as in RIP or does that mean when you hit red you start suffering damage from bolts flying loose? At what depth have you found is the true 'critical depth'? This is a Type VII B by the way.

Also have another question - its' November, 1939. I dive right after I loose my torpedoes and I am at 50 -60 meters n my way to 100 + when the DDs arrive on scene. I do change course quite a lot, and I get pinged sporadically, where sometimes I can hear the ping bounce off my ship back to the DD. I have not taken damage yet, but they are dropping depth charges close to my position, albeit they are set to explode way to shallow. Once in a while I hear a loud one, but the ratio of shallow to deeper DCs is 4:1. Judging from this, do they know where I am and can't compute my depth so early in the war? Or, are they jut flailing about. Knowing this, I will switch things up down the road. Mainly becuase I know they'll get wiser and actually set the depth on their charges right, maybe on this patrol (I have two fish left to burn up).

04-28-07, 11:10 AM	#1
UnterseeBoogeyMan Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Land of Cholla Cactus and Red Chile Posts: 224 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Depth Limit - When are you too deep? I am currently shadowing and sniping at a very large convoy guarded by a Class C Submarine and two Black Swan DDs. As I go below the waves riding ot yet another depth charge attack, I had a question. I am at 160 meters at 1 knot on silent running. I have toyed with the idea of going deeper into the red. When I approach the line between yellow and red, I hear "Approaching critical depth, sir". Does that mean once I'm in the red I'm hosed, as in RIP or does that mean when you hit red you start suffering damage from bolts flying loose? At what depth have you found is the true 'critical depth'? This is a Type VII B by the way. Also have another question - its' November, 1939. I dive right after I loose my torpedoes and I am at 50 -60 meters n my way to 100 + when the DDs arrive on scene. I do change course quite a lot, and I get pinged sporadically, where sometimes I can hear the ping bounce off my ship back to the DD. I have not taken damage yet, but they are dropping depth charges close to my position, albeit they are set to explode way to shallow. Once in a while I hear a loud one, but the ratio of shallow to deeper DCs is 4:1. Judging from this, do they know where I am and can't compute my depth so early in the war? Or, are they jut flailing about. Knowing this, I will switch things up down the road. Mainly becuase I know they'll get wiser and actually set the depth on their charges right, maybe on this patrol (I have two fish left to burn up).