What was that sound off our hull?

[Wolfehunter]

I have been close to many sinking ships in my career. But this was too close for comfort. A good third of my crew had to change their shorts including myself. I don't think we will ever get that smell out of our ship.


Here’s what happened, I’m order by the BDU to patrol ET53. A long cruise for my old VIIC U-boat, she’s been acting up lately. I believe it has to do with her time of the month if you get my meaning.


Anyhow I finish off 2 nice cargo ships along the way. Nearing CG 87 I gets a report by a nearby U-boat attacking a large convoy. So I’m close I have 9 torpedoes left my crew is aching to sink some ships. We make some course corrections. 3 hours later we are ahead and waiting for the prey.

1 am in the morning my weapons officer see’s a black swan destroyer. We dive to periscope depth. I say get the aft torpedo’s ready. We’ll wait till she gets behind us. Bam she’s hit and starts sinking. Great I’m saying now we have a nice big opening in the front column. My sonar guy tells me 5 more destroyers surrounding us. Huh what did you say?

I order the nav officer to plot a course directly into the middle of the convoy. I’m guessing big bertha ships are right there waiting for us. Nobody hears us yet so I take a peak. Oh yes I see some ship have been damage already and my luck a large tanker heading to me. I check behind me to see who’s limping for my master distraction plan. One med Cargo limping so I send my last aft torpedo at it and hope it’s not a dud. This should draw off some destroyer’s hehehe.

Dang it a darn dude again. Oh well no more time Large tankers is in range and ready for my pain. 2 torpedoes hit the tanker and it isn’t looking too good for him. I leave him to his slowly dying fate.

I set myself up for a large cargo vessel and shoot off 2 more torpedoes. Dang it one hit one dud again. She too tough and moving out of my range before I can pick her off, I need to find easier prey.

My sonar guy tell me that he barely hears 2 ships limping far behind the convoy. I make course correction and head for the kill. This wolf is going for the weak injured prey. My luck one Coastal freighter and a small Merchant, but 2 destroyers searching for my comrade hmmm what to do 2 torpedoes left? I take out the Small Merchant first then finish off Coastal Freighter last. That really ticked off the destroyers. Now they were looking for me. I’m diving deep and heading away. 2 hours later I’m at 155 meters deep and came close to being pinged. Thanking god for my luck with the rough winds and waters above.

We were about to come off silent running when I hears and explosion right above us. WHAT THE HELL. Then this loud screeching sound then things rubbing off our hull? My eyes stare at my First office and we realize were under a sinking ship about to hit us. Some of our crew starts panicking. I even break a nasty sweat.

I can’t believe Small Merchant didn’t sink till it was just over us 2 hours later. But I have a horseshoe up my rearend and we barely made it back to port alive. I had to drink hard that night.

Here is the proof,
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Hellshot1.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Hellshot2.jpg

Too close that time. But still a nice successful patrol
Drinks are on me.

[Platapus]

So being hit by a sinking hulk is modeled in the game?

Wow

I wonder if a submerged submarine was ever hit by a sinking hulk. Since the sub would probably not survive data might be a bit scarce.

[Brag]

Several Kaleuns have reported similar situations , at least one of our chaps gut sunk by a sinking ship.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Platapus

So being hit by a sinking hulk is modeled in the game?

Wow

I wonder if a submerged submarine was ever hit by a sinking hulk. Since the sub would probably not survive data might be a bit scarce.

Hi!

Yes, the hulks are modeled on their way down. I don't know if a sub was ever hit by a hulk going down, but a sub or two might have been too close to a merchant ship filled with explosives when the merchant detonated - something on the order of a 7-8 kiloton nuclear detonation).

Pablo

[Wolfehunter]

I was completely caught off guard when those sunken ship pieces hit my ship and made some realy scary sounds. I was soo happy that small merchant didn't actually hit me. I have a 5.1 surround elite X-Fi pro sound system which is bonus to the enviromental sounds. That big bang above me then the ship wailing and then screeching sounds.. Yup I have to respect those captains out there who may have really been there.

[SmokinTep]

I came close once to being sunk by a tanker I had sunk and got a little to close to.

[mcf1]

I was dragged once by a carrier.
I've been playing a LAN game with a friend of mine.
There was heavy fog and i couldn't even see my bow, any way to make it a short story, my friend hit a carrier but it didn't seem to be sinking so a decided to finish it of but i had only 2 stern torps left so i decided to pass underneath it position myself and shoot. WRONG MOVE
She actually started sinking and while i was underneath she hit me and dragged me
about 150m deep before I could free myself.

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by mcf1

I was dragged once by a carrier.
I've been playing a LAN game with a friend of mine.
There was heavy fog and i couldn't even see my bow, any way to make it a short story, my friend hit a carrier but it didn't seem to be sinking so a decided to finish it of but i had only 2 stern torps left so i decided to pass underneath it position myself and shoot. WRONG MOVE
She actually started sinking and while i was underneath she hit me and dragged me
about 150m deep before I could free myself.

I'm amazed you made it and can tell the story. And I thought I had a horse shoe up my rearend.:hmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Pablo

I wonder if a submerged submarine was ever hit by a sinking hulk. Since the sub would probably not survive data might be a bit scarce.

Actually, the highest scoring submarine ace ever, World War 1 Germany's Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere, reported at one time having a sinking merchant land on top of his boat and drag it down. He said that they escaped at all was pure luck.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Actually, the highest scoring submarine ace ever, World War 1 Germany's Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere, reported at one time having a sinking merchant land on top of his boat and drag it down. He said that they escaped at all was pure luck.

http://uboat.net/history/wwi/part4.htm

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...5/ai_n16061337

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

http://uboat.net/history/wwi/part4.htm

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200405/ai_n16061337

Interesting reading Jim.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Wolfehunter

Interesting reading Jim.

I've mote on him....tis just a matter of digging it out

[mcf1]

Here is another one happened yesterday. too close if you ask me

[Sailor Steve]

During his war time career, he fired only four torpedoes (one miss) and sank his victims (194 ships totalling 454,000 tons) always strictly according to prize rules with his boat's 88 mm deck gun. His patrol performance was outstanding: in April/May 1916 he sank 23 ships, totalling 68,000 tons on a five week patrol and in July/August 1916 in four weeks he sank 54 ships, totalling 91,150 tons.

I talked to U-boat.net's proprieter years ago and I thought he had fixed that. According to Edwin Gray's U-boat War: 1914-1918 la Perriere fired a lot more than four torpedoes during his career. It was on the four-week, 54-ship, 91,150-ton patrol that he only fired four. Still a major accomplishment, but not quite the same thing. Also, he fired over 900 rounds from his deck gun, so he has to have docked somewhere several times, because there's no way he could carry that many.

[GoldenRivet]

The book "torpedo junction" contains a part where one of the paukenschlag boats had a sinking ship coming down on top of them.