Well I didn't know...

ryanglavin · 03-07-10, 09:09 AM

Well I didn't bloody know that an exploding ship could damage your hull integrity and cause flooding... nearly ended my patrol before it started...

frau kaleun · 03-07-10, 09:30 AM

How close were you when it exploded? I'm curious because I've always wondered how close was too close.

Paul Riley · 03-07-10, 09:39 AM

Probably if you were right next to/behind it,like 50m or even less.Wouldnt at all be surprising,if you have ever seen what can be done with a petrol bomb imagine what a ship full of the stuff can do...well,diesel in this case

Minimum safe distance for me would probably be no less than 300m and still get a great fireworks display.

maillemaker · 03-07-10, 11:48 AM

LOL

I lost some crew members on deck a while back while I was gunning them with the deck gun and the ship exploded and killed my deck crew.

Last night I was gunning a ship and it rammed, me, and pinned me against it's hull. It was burning, and then exploded and sank my ship.

I've got a picture of me pinned against the bow of the ship just before it exploded, but I can't get it to upload right now.

Steve

Paul Riley · 03-07-10, 12:03 PM

hahaha,classic stuff.Can't imagine Doenitz been pleased though.

RConch · 03-07-10, 03:03 PM

I have gotten few chances in a convoy attack to hit an Ammo ship, missed them all.

However has anyone hit one, I wonder if it damaged or sunk any ships around it.

There is at least one U-boat that was believed lost by being too close to its victim when it blew.

ryanglavin · 03-07-10, 03:39 PM

ha it was a rinky dink coastal freighter, and I was within 50 Meters of it. All stopped, and it was disabled with a few below decks shots. I let the crew get some experience, so they start shooting the deck, cargo, command tower, and eventually the whole thing pretty much mushroom clouds at once, and that nearly killed me later in the patrol. The game CTD'ed anyways, so it didn't really matter

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Jimbuna · 03-07-10, 03:43 PM

Blast radius = 100 metres

Paul Riley · 03-07-10, 04:15 PM

Almost as powerful as what I produced after last night's dinner

Jimbuna · 03-07-10, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Almost as powerful as what I produced after last night's dinner

Paul Riley · 03-07-10, 04:52 PM

frau kaleun · 03-07-10, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Blast radius = 100 metres

I'm not sure now if that's the closest I should get to an exploding ship, or just the minimum safe distance from Jimbuna's loo.

Jimbuna · 03-07-10, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I'm not sure now if that's the closest I should get to an exploding ship, or just the minimum safe distance from Jimbuna's loo.

LOL

Sailor Steve · 03-07-10, 06:13 PM

Oh yeah, they can get you. My shortest career was the one I never got to. I was playing the Gunnery Training mission in the Academy. I was shelling a ship from very close range when it exploded, taking me with it.

Jimbuna · 03-07-10, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Oh yeah, they can get you. My shortest career was the one I never got to. I was playing the Gunnery Training mission in the Academy. I was shelling a ship from very close range when it exploded, taking me with it.

You should have wrapped yourself in jimbunas loo roll

03-07-10, 09:09 AM	#1
ryanglavin Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Evading that Hunter/Killer Group on my Tail Posts: 584 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Well I didn't know... Well I didn't bloody know that an exploding ship could damage your hull integrity and cause flooding... nearly ended my patrol before it started... __________________

03-07-10, 09:39 AM	#3
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Probably if you were right next to/behind it,like 50m or even less.Wouldnt at all be surprising,if you have ever seen what can be done with a petrol bomb imagine what a ship full of the stuff can do...well,diesel in this case Minimum safe distance for me would probably be no less than 300m and still get a great fireworks display. __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

03-07-10, 12:03 PM	#5
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	hahaha,classic stuff.Can't imagine Doenitz been pleased though. __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

03-07-10, 03:03 PM	#6
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	I have gotten few chances in a convoy attack to hit an Ammo ship, missed them all. However has anyone hit one, I wonder if it damaged or sunk any ships around it. There is at least one U-boat that was believed lost by being too close to its victim when it blew. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

03-07-10, 03:39 PM	#7
ryanglavin Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Evading that Hunter/Killer Group on my Tail Posts: 584 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	ha it was a rinky dink coastal freighter, and I was within 50 Meters of it. All stopped, and it was disabled with a few below decks shots. I let the crew get some experience, so they start shooting the deck, cargo, command tower, and eventually the whole thing pretty much mushroom clouds at once, and that nearly killed me later in the patrol. The game CTD'ed anyways, so it didn't really matter . __________________

03-07-10, 09:30 AM	#2
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	How close were you when it exploded? I'm curious because I've always wondered how close was too close.

03-07-10, 11:48 AM	#4
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	LOL I lost some crew members on deck a while back while I was gunning them with the deck gun and the ship exploded and killed my deck crew. Last night I was gunning a ship and it rammed, me, and pinned me against it's hull. It was burning, and then exploded and sank my ship. I've got a picture of me pinned against the bow of the ship just before it exploded, but I can't get it to upload right now. Steve

03-07-10, 03:43 PM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Blast radius = 100 metres __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-07-10, 04:15 PM	#9
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Almost as powerful as what I produced after last night's dinner __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

03-07-10, 04:52 PM	#11
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	__________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes

03-07-10, 06:13 PM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh yeah, they can get you. My shortest career was the one I never got to. I was playing the Gunnery Training mission in the Academy. I was shelling a ship from very close range when it exploded, taking me with it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo