Minor Damage - any effect?

Tolkemec · 10-25-10, 06:18 AM

This weekend I torpedoed a small merchant and to finish him up I decided to surface and shot its cargo with my AA (still in my ol'Type IIa and its June 1940!), which worked fine by the way. But I was up for a little suprise.

Before I surfaced the sonar man caught, in the same bearing as my small merchant, a warship. I just disregarded him with contempt (he loses any contact every 5 minutes and I have reaquire it for him and show him how it is done), and thought he was wrong.

So I surfaced.

Then I shot my small merchant. From time to time I heard (and saw) bullets above my head but thought that somehow muy victim had a kind of machine gun although I couldn't see it.

I finally sunk her and decided to go arround it, to continue my patrol. Then, just as I went around its stern, I saw it: a ASW trawler racing towards me, shooting angrily! He was at 1.500 yards or something so... you guessed it:

ALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARM

It took me 2 hours real time to shake him off. At least he did 9 runs with depth charges (at least 40 explosions) that shook U-15 for the first time in my war. I took minor damage in every compartment: compressor, electric and diesel engines, dive planes, etc...

So, these are my questions:

1.- After its 9 runs, the ASW kept pinpointing me, but didn't fire any more charges... did it spend them all (so more or less 30-40?)?

2.- Has the minor damage any effect on the performance of the boat? I didn't notice any. Even with damage in my dive planes, I could change and keep depth np. The compressor was damaged but I had my full load of compressed air, batteries were shaked but didn't lose power, etc...

Thx!

10-25-10, 06:18 AM	#1
Tolkemec Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: BCN Posts: 118 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Minor Damage - any effect? This weekend I torpedoed a small merchant and to finish him up I decided to surface and shot its cargo with my AA (still in my ol'Type IIa and its June 1940!), which worked fine by the way. But I was up for a little suprise. Before I surfaced the sonar man caught, in the same bearing as my small merchant, a warship. I just disregarded him with contempt (he loses any contact every 5 minutes and I have reaquire it for him and show him how it is done), and thought he was wrong. So I surfaced. Then I shot my small merchant. From time to time I heard (and saw) bullets above my head but thought that somehow muy victim had a kind of machine gun although I couldn't see it. I finally sunk her and decided to go arround it, to continue my patrol. Then, just as I went around its stern, I saw it: a ASW trawler racing towards me, shooting angrily! He was at 1.500 yards or something so... you guessed it: ALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARM It took me 2 hours real time to shake him off. At least he did 9 runs with depth charges (at least 40 explosions) that shook U-15 for the first time in my war. I took minor damage in every compartment: compressor, electric and diesel engines, dive planes, etc... So, these are my questions: 1.- After its 9 runs, the ASW kept pinpointing me, but didn't fire any more charges... did it spend them all (so more or less 30-40?)? 2.- Has the minor damage any effect on the performance of the boat? I didn't notice any. Even with damage in my dive planes, I could change and keep depth np. The compressor was damaged but I had my full load of compressed air, batteries were shaked but didn't lose power, etc... Thx!