Sub caught in a explosion?

Von Talon · 09-15-09, 01:32 PM

I was attacking to Passenger/Cargo -ship with my deck gun. I didn't want to waste a torpedo to it. After lot of shells, the ship started to sink. I was about 50-100m (quite close). "She is going down" -message appeared. After 5 minutes, the ship started to explode. Suddenly, I get alot of damage reports.
My sub was severly damaged: Batteries destroyed, Diesel engines destroyed, bridge destroyed, deck and flak gun destroyed. Almost every part of my sub was destroyed and critical leak in every compartment. And every watch was dead. First, I thought that I was under attack, and I ordered to dive (dumbest decision EVER). Then I realized that I was caught in the explosion. Well, I noticed that my sub couldn't hold periscope depth, and asked from the navigator: Whats the depth under keel? -46 meters, he answered. As you can guess, I sank to the bottom. I ordered everyone to fix the boat. Luckily, I had many repair fellows becouse my sub gets damaged very easily

I managed to pump the water out and fix some critical parts, and then surfaced. Was my sub cought in the explosion of the enemy vessel?
I can't find any other explanation for this.

JU_88 · 09-15-09, 01:40 PM

Yep, you were way too close and got caught in the blast, stay at about 700m and you should be ok.
besides, you need to be at that distance to score keel shots with the deck gun and torpedos wont detonate until 400m.

sergei · 09-15-09, 01:59 PM

Oh hell yeah. You were lucky to get away with it.

I'd torpedoed a large freighter that left it dead in the water. What the hell I thought. The sea is calm and it's early war so I figure I'll surface and finish her off with the deck gun.
Like you I got nice and close so I could look at the pretty explosions.

The ship goes up like the Fourth of July.
I get damage reports from EVERYWHERE. There's flooding EVERYWHERE. And most of my crew seem to be dead. 5 minutes later the broken remains of my sub were on the bottom.
After that my minimum safe distance for deck gun action is 1000m.

Brag · 09-15-09, 03:20 PM

Yup!

Klose kabooms kause killer krash

Red Heat · 09-15-09, 03:59 PM

All aways remember... you all always can take an enemy with you!

Brag · 09-15-09, 04:25 PM

In real life, can't remember which boat was sunk by a truck lashed on deck of a ship. An explosion sent the truck flying and it landed on top of the U-boat

Red Heat · 09-15-09, 04:30 PM

I remember that story too, Brag...it was the only uboot sunk by those circunstances, and i cant remember witch uboot...may be in the u-boat net!

Patkins1983 · 09-15-09, 04:33 PM

I am currently trying to get targets with the deck gun at around 10km. Its going well and that should be a nice safe distance if the ship has high explosives on board.

Mittelwaechter · 09-15-09, 05:40 PM

SM U 28 - WWI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-28_(Germany)

bojan811 · 09-15-09, 06:20 PM

Long ago, I stumbled on convoj and after kiling all DD, i started shooting merchant ships with deck gun. I was firing at one ship at 200 m distance and when he explode I finish my career as a submarine was completely destroyed by explosions. So you had luck with your carrer. But i must admit that my boat was a little bigger than yours, some 10,000 T biger.

cawimmer430 · 09-15-09, 08:24 PM

I had a similar experience once. I learned my lesson. Enjoy the fireworks from a safe distance.

By the way, don't you guys just hate it when THIS happens?

I was deep inside enemy territory near Liverpool (I love hunting in that region!) finishing off a small merchant with my deck gun.

Suddenly two Hurricanes pop out of nowhere and one of them scores a direct hit on my conning tower. One watch officer dead, deck gun crew ok. I immediately went to flank speed and dove to 25 m, then assessed the damage. Conning tower and flak gun completely destroyed. Deck gun ok. Command room lightly damaged. Both my attack and observation periscope were totally destroyed. I was blind on the surface.

Here's my problem. I was deep within English territory and couldn't even place lookouts on the conning tower. My only choice was to travel submerged underwater by day, and at full speed at night, which is still risky given my location and proximity to patrolling enemy warships. Well, this tactic worked for me and I've never felt so happy to return home to Brest for repairs. Amazingly I didn't encounter any enemy warships or merchants on the way out via hydrophone when traveling submerged.

U-46 Commander · 09-16-09, 06:27 AM

Same here. Got to close to a boat (Filled with ammo and Explosives as I later found out) It blew up, and brought my hull integrity down to about 60%. I headed back to my base, and was put out of the war for about two months!

Lt.Fillipidis · 09-19-09, 06:12 AM

In addition to all that said.
Never pass near a sinking ship even submerged.
Many ships explode when sinking rather when the torp hits so if your nearby, submerged, *something* might hit you.

Found out the not-so-hard way since a tiny piece landed on me causing some damage.

U2222 · 09-19-09, 07:45 AM

Not necessarily the result of u-boat action but an article on ammunition ship explosions
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ms/ship/ae.htm

kdv · 09-19-09, 09:51 PM

I've never noticed, but if you return from a mission with severe damage, does it take longer between missions to simulate repair times?

Been there with the ammo ships, get a little cocky, too close - wreck the uboat in the explosions. Now no closer than 500m when shooting.

09-15-09, 01:32 PM	#1
Von Talon A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Finland Posts: 80 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 0	Sub caught in a explosion? I was attacking to Passenger/Cargo -ship with my deck gun. I didn't want to waste a torpedo to it. After lot of shells, the ship started to sink. I was about 50-100m (quite close). "She is going down" -message appeared. After 5 minutes, the ship started to explode. Suddenly, I get alot of damage reports. My sub was severly damaged: Batteries destroyed, Diesel engines destroyed, bridge destroyed, deck and flak gun destroyed. Almost every part of my sub was destroyed and critical leak in every compartment. And every watch was dead. First, I thought that I was under attack, and I ordered to dive (dumbest decision EVER). Then I realized that I was caught in the explosion. Well, I noticed that my sub couldn't hold periscope depth, and asked from the navigator: Whats the depth under keel? -46 meters, he answered. As you can guess, I sank to the bottom. I ordered everyone to fix the boat. Luckily, I had many repair fellows becouse my sub gets damaged very easily I managed to pump the water out and fix some critical parts, and then surfaced. Was my sub cought in the explosion of the enemy vessel? I can't find any other explanation for this. __________________ Water is important. If there would be no water, no one could learn to swim and everybody would drown.

09-15-09, 01:59 PM	#3
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Oh hell yeah. You were lucky to get away with it. I'd torpedoed a large freighter that left it dead in the water. What the hell I thought. The sea is calm and it's early war so I figure I'll surface and finish her off with the deck gun. Like you I got nice and close so I could look at the pretty explosions. The ship goes up like the Fourth of July. I get damage reports from EVERYWHERE. There's flooding EVERYWHERE. And most of my crew seem to be dead. 5 minutes later the broken remains of my sub were on the bottom. After that my minimum safe distance for deck gun action is 1000m. Last edited by sergei; 09-15-09 at 03:14 PM.

09-15-09, 03:20 PM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Yup! Klose kabooms kause killer krash __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

09-15-09, 03:59 PM	#5
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	All aways remember... you all always can take an enemy with you! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

09-15-09, 04:25 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	In real life, can't remember which boat was sunk by a truck lashed on deck of a ship. An explosion sent the truck flying and it landed on top of the U-boat __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

09-15-09, 01:40 PM	#2
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Yep, you were way too close and got caught in the blast, stay at about 700m and you should be ok. besides, you need to be at that distance to score keel shots with the deck gun and torpedos wont detonate until 400m.

09-15-09, 04:30 PM	#7
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	I remember that story too, Brag...it was the only uboot sunk by those circunstances, and i cant remember witch uboot...may be in the u-boat net! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

09-15-09, 04:33 PM	#8
Patkins1983 Watch Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lancaster,UK Posts: 30 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I am currently trying to get targets with the deck gun at around 10km. Its going well and that should be a nice safe distance if the ship has high explosives on board.

09-15-09, 05:40 PM	#9
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	SM U 28 - WWI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-28_(Germany) __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

09-15-09, 06:20 PM	#10
bojan811 Engineer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 207 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	Long ago, I stumbled on convoj and after kiling all DD, i started shooting merchant ships with deck gun. I was firing at one ship at 200 m distance and when he explode I finish my career as a submarine was completely destroyed by explosions. So you had luck with your carrer. But i must admit that my boat was a little bigger than yours, some 10,000 T biger.

09-15-09, 08:24 PM	#11
cawimmer430 Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I had a similar experience once. I learned my lesson. Enjoy the fireworks from a safe distance. By the way, don't you guys just hate it when THIS happens? I was deep inside enemy territory near Liverpool (I love hunting in that region!) finishing off a small merchant with my deck gun. Suddenly two Hurricanes pop out of nowhere and one of them scores a direct hit on my conning tower. One watch officer dead, deck gun crew ok. I immediately went to flank speed and dove to 25 m, then assessed the damage. Conning tower and flak gun completely destroyed. Deck gun ok. Command room lightly damaged. Both my attack and observation periscope were totally destroyed. I was blind on the surface. Here's my problem. I was deep within English territory and couldn't even place lookouts on the conning tower. My only choice was to travel submerged underwater by day, and at full speed at night, which is still risky given my location and proximity to patrolling enemy warships. Well, this tactic worked for me and I've never felt so happy to return home to Brest for repairs. Amazingly I didn't encounter any enemy warships or merchants on the way out via hydrophone when traveling submerged.

09-16-09, 06:27 AM	#12
U-46 Commander Lieutenant Join Date: May 2008 Location: The absolutely most exciting state!! Iowa! Posts: 251 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	Same here. Got to close to a boat (Filled with ammo and Explosives as I later found out) It blew up, and brought my hull integrity down to about 60%. I headed back to my base, and was put out of the war for about two months! __________________ "Loved By Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All."-The U-boats.

09-19-09, 06:12 AM	#13
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	In addition to all that said. Never pass near a sinking ship even submerged. Many ships explode when sinking rather when the torp hits so if your nearby, submerged, something might hit you. Found out the not-so-hard way since a tiny piece landed on me causing some damage.

09-19-09, 07:45 AM	#14
U2222 Sparky Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: High Peak, UK Posts: 156 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Not necessarily the result of u-boat action but an article on ammunition ship explosions http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ms/ship/ae.htm __________________ A Big Thank You To All The Modders Who Make Sub Simming Such A Deep Experience

09-19-09, 09:51 PM	#15
kdv Loader Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 85 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I've never noticed, but if you return from a mission with severe damage, does it take longer between missions to simulate repair times? Been there with the ammo ships, get a little cocky, too close - wreck the uboat in the explosions. Now no closer than 500m when shooting.