Destroyer top speed

Rongel · 02-25-12, 01:08 PM

I had a nice encounter today that started me to think about the destroyers speed. I spotted good sized convoy at about 03:30 and it seemed to have only two escorts. I only had one torpedo left but still decided to make a stealthy surface attack. Torpedo hit on target and I ran away before the destroyers saw me.

When things had cooled down, I decided to start stalking the convoy and send contact reports. The distance was about 12 000 meters. Morning came and everything was okay, until I spotted a destroyer coming straight at me in 8000 meters! I was spotted (maybe they intercepted my contact reports)! So I ordered flank speed, and quickly turned the u-boat around. I ran to the engine room and ordered to redline the engines and soon my speed was no less than 22 knots!

I checked the SOAN and saw that destroyers top speed was 35 knots. Things didn't look good. But still slowly I was gaining distance! The destroyer was coming straight at me, but I could outrun it! It must had travelled only half speed.

So the question is: Is there a hard coded values for the ship speeds? The .sim file shows that the top speed is 35 knots but I have never ever seen that kind of speeds. Even the superfast patrol boat seems to be going only 15 knots or so. Did the earlier games had this kind of behavior? Can this be fixed?

02-25-12, 01:08 PM	#1
Rongel Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Finland Posts: 859 Downloads: 174 Uploads: 0	Destroyer top speed I had a nice encounter today that started me to think about the destroyers speed. I spotted good sized convoy at about 03:30 and it seemed to have only two escorts. I only had one torpedo left but still decided to make a stealthy surface attack. Torpedo hit on target and I ran away before the destroyers saw me. When things had cooled down, I decided to start stalking the convoy and send contact reports. The distance was about 12 000 meters. Morning came and everything was okay, until I spotted a destroyer coming straight at me in 8000 meters! I was spotted (maybe they intercepted my contact reports)! So I ordered flank speed, and quickly turned the u-boat around. I ran to the engine room and ordered to redline the engines and soon my speed was no less than 22 knots! I checked the SOAN and saw that destroyers top speed was 35 knots. Things didn't look good. But still slowly I was gaining distance! The destroyer was coming straight at me, but I could outrun it! It must had travelled only half speed. So the question is: Is there a hard coded values for the ship speeds? The .sim file shows that the top speed is 35 knots but I have never ever seen that kind of speeds. Even the superfast patrol boat seems to be going only 15 knots or so. Did the earlier games had this kind of behavior? Can this be fixed?