Unseen at night at under 800 metres?

Captain Nemo · 07-03-06, 09:28 AM

I was playing a single mission the other day called Happy Times which is set in 1940. Your mission, if you havent' played this one, is to sink 25,000 tons of shipping. The convoy you are attacking is lightly escorted. Anyway, after sinking a few merchants and a destroyer, it was getting dark so I decided to surface and finish a couple of ships off on the surface with my deck gun. I managed to sink about four more merchants without any interference from the British escorts. At one point a Hunt class destroyer came within 800 metres of my boat and it just went past without firing a single shot, although I admit at this point I had stopped using the deck gun. Is this right? Were British destroyer crews unable to spot a U-Boat at that distance at night? I am using stock SHIII patched to v1.4.

Nemo

Mooncatt · 07-03-06, 10:15 AM

i would tend to say yes, think bout it a sub on the surface has a low profile

Redwine · 07-03-06, 11:00 AM

In the early war my be. Terence Robertson in his book "La herradura dorada" may be in english "The golden horseshoe" (due to the emblem of Kpt Krestchmer and his sub) wrote, Kpt Krestchmer tells he was able to pass at night between two merchants separated by 1 km without be spoted.

Remember Kpt. krestchmer perform many sucessful night attack on surface at early war times.

Mooncatt · 07-03-06, 12:57 PM

yup true just think its pitch balck out at sea at night too, u would probably struggle to see ya hand in front of ya face

07-03-06, 09:28 AM	#1
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Unseen at night at under 800 metres? I was playing a single mission the other day called Happy Times which is set in 1940. Your mission, if you havent' played this one, is to sink 25,000 tons of shipping. The convoy you are attacking is lightly escorted. Anyway, after sinking a few merchants and a destroyer, it was getting dark so I decided to surface and finish a couple of ships off on the surface with my deck gun. I managed to sink about four more merchants without any interference from the British escorts. At one point a Hunt class destroyer came within 800 metres of my boat and it just went past without firing a single shot, although I admit at this point I had stopped using the deck gun. Is this right? Were British destroyer crews unable to spot a U-Boat at that distance at night? I am using stock SHIII patched to v1.4. Nemo

07-03-06, 11:00 AM	#3
Redwine Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, , Argentina. Posts: 1,962 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	In the early war my be. Terence Robertson in his book "La herradura dorada" may be in english "The golden horseshoe" (due to the emblem of Kpt Krestchmer and his sub) wrote, Kpt Krestchmer tells he was able to pass at night between two merchants separated by 1 km without be spoted. Remember Kpt. krestchmer perform many sucessful night attack on surface at early war times. __________________ . "SH III and SH IV Mods" "Manual TDC Tutorial" "SH2 Downloads Selection" Last edited by Redwine; 07-03-06 at 02:12 PM.

07-03-06, 10:15 AM	#2
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	i would tend to say yes, think bout it a sub on the surface has a low profile

07-03-06, 12:57 PM	#4
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yup true just think its pitch balck out at sea at night too, u would probably struggle to see ya hand in front of ya face