Sinking Moored Capital Ships

11-10-06, 03:37 PM

Hi Folks,

Is that possible to attack an enemy port and hit a moored ship ?

Moored Capital Ships:
1939/09/15 - 1939/10/10, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1939/10/04 - 1939/10/14, Battleship Revenge, Scapa Flow

tks!
Renegado.

bigboywooly · 11-10-06, 03:46 PM

Hi and welcome to Subsim
Yes it is possible to attack an enemy port but IIRC the enemy ports dont have too many ships in the stock game

And yes its more than possible to sink them

mr chris · 11-10-06, 03:48 PM

Hello and welcome to subsim.

It is very possible indeed.
If you play stock SH3 the ports will be empty as but if you play with one of the super mods GW1.1a or NYGM , UBWA, IUB you will find the harbours full of life and plenty of targets for your torpedos.
Hope this helps

tycho102 · 11-10-06, 03:54 PM

Use electric torpedoes at their absolute maximum range -- steam torpedoes are likely to result in your death, but it's possible if you set them to slow and make seriously good time during your escape. Achieve a nearly perpendicular shot. Fire what you've got, and make an immediate about-face and start sneaking out the door. Stay nice and quiet while all the AI's head for the afflicted boat, far away from you.

AVGWarhawk · 11-10-06, 03:56 PM

The only thing that sucks about the ports...mines, sub nets, warships on top of you in shallow waters, sometime you sink the ships moored and you do not get credit because it does not sink completely. With that said, do you really want to take your crew on a pleasure cruise to hell? DARN RIGHT I DO!!! Good luck to you. I usually stay away from the ports. But hey, thats just me

MRV · 11-10-06, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

The only thing that sucks about the ports...mines, sub nets, warships on top of you in shallow waters, sometime you sink the ships moored and you do not get credit because it does not sink completely.

aaahhhh shh.... this is the reason why I dont get credit after sneaking into Portland with LSH3 and having the Battleship sunk by 3 Torps and Flooding.

So I guess that if you really want to have fun inside ports sinking huge ships, you have to make them explode somehow. (target Magazines or Fuel Bunkers and hope for the best)

AVGWarhawk · 11-10-06, 04:10 PM

It is one of things when the ship hits bottom and that is it. No nothing but 4 empty torpedoe tubes. I'm not sure were the cut off is during the sinking process where you are credited.

melnibonian · 11-10-06, 04:12 PM

Hello and welcome to SubSim

if you are playing GW or NYGM then yes do go ahead and raid ports. In the stock game ports are usually empty. If you do go to raid a port remember a few simple rules.

1. Use the weather to your advantage. Raid in bad weather or at night.
2. Go to periscope depth at about 20-25km from the harbour to avoid the patrol boats. Use silent running and be quick. Aim the ship you want hit it hard and get out as soon as possible.
3. I always hit the warships first. That way they cannot be used against you. After that merchants are easy targets.
4. Be very careful of mines and subnets. They can have you killed
5. Try to hit the targets at critical areas to avoid them flood and sit on the bottom of the sea, as you might lose renown.

Good Luck and Good Shooting

Krumenacker · 11-10-06, 11:59 PM

Yeah, what they said. Also you may get lucky and only have one or two patrol craft patrolling the harbor. This means the starboard watch is active and the larboard watch is resting. Put a torpedoe into the patrol sleeping at the dock, and they won't wake up when you sink the fat tanker. Some say a fish on a 300 tonner is a waste, but personally I like to buy the Admiral of the Yard a Beck's when I RETURN. He has never failed to replace that "wasted torp".

rasmus1896 · 11-11-06, 04:18 AM

more moored capital ships in ports

1939/11/01 - 1940/01/05, Battleship Nelson, Loch Ewe
1940/03/01 - 1940/05/01, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1940/03/07 - 1940/04/25, Aircraft Carrier Illustrious, Scapa Flow
1940/04/01 - 1940/06/01, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1940/05/17 - End of war, Fiji Light Cruiser, Loch Ewe
1940/05/24 - 1940/06/30, Dido Light Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1940/12/11 - 1940/12/31, Battleship King George V, Scapa Flow
1941/02/01 - 1941/02/17, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1941/02/10 - 1941/03/20, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1942/02/03 - 1942/02/28, Battleship King George V, Scapa Flow

andy_311 · 11-11-06, 06:00 AM

I would also like to say most ports can also be attacked on the surface,with the exception of Scapa,Firth of Forth,loch ewe, but at loch ewe just sail to the back of the gun installations and fire away.
If you feel adventerous have a sail across the altlantic and raid Norfolk, there's a carrier in there,also there's 2 light cruisers and a passenger liner in Dover.

stabiz · 11-11-06, 06:08 AM

Go to New York, I emptied my IXD2 there. To much to kill, including a fat, nice liner just below the statue of liberty.

Jimbuna · 11-11-06, 06:35 AM

Welcome aboard Renegado

There are loads of great harbours to raid (except in stock game)...I particularly like New York for the added scenic value...good hunting

Kapitan · 11-11-06, 07:02 AM

Also theres a liner in sierra leone havnt got to it yet but will do soon also theres two cruisers in gibralter if you can get through.

MRV · 11-11-06, 07:50 AM

I tried to sneak into Portland a few days ago in mid 1940 with the Campaign-Files of LSH3 and GW (the Rest). Thats where that thing with the Battleship happens. Except this it was quite exciting......mit those mods there are about 2 Liners in that harbour, 3 Troop Transports, a few cruisers and in the middle a Carrier and a Battleship.
(Realistic placement, t think, looks just like that one day on my vacation a few years ago, when a US-Carrier-Group made a stop at Funchal Harbour, Madeira, claiming the whole inside of the Port for itself with the Carrier and and 2 Ticonderoga-Cruisers)

Anyway, what really was fun was that it felt a bit like in that Stealth-Games like Hitman. I sneaked in unnoticed, passing by a T3-Tanker at the harbour entrance and gave it a little greeting from my aft tube.
It exploded immitiately, now this obviously caused panic as the WHOLE HARBOUR WOKE UP, about 5 or 6 Destroyers, Trawlers and Corvettes startet searching for me.

I still torpedoed the Carrier and the Battleship, with the Carrier sinking and the Battleship doing that annoying laying on the seafloor mentioned above.

And by the Way: I survived, but my boat was junk afterwards, "red" conning tower, aft tubes destroyed, flodding......

11-10-06, 03:37 PM	#1
Renegado Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Sinking Moored Capital Ships Hi Folks, Is that possible to attack an enemy port and hit a moored ship ? Moored Capital Ships: 1939/09/15 - 1939/10/10, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow 1939/10/04 - 1939/10/14, Battleship Revenge, Scapa Flow tks! Renegado.

11-10-06, 03:46 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Hi and welcome to Subsim Yes it is possible to attack an enemy port but IIRC the enemy ports dont have too many ships in the stock game And yes its more than possible to sink them __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-10-06, 03:48 PM	#3
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Hello and welcome to subsim. It is very possible indeed. If you play stock SH3 the ports will be empty as but if you play with one of the super mods GW1.1a or NYGM , UBWA, IUB you will find the harbours full of life and plenty of targets for your torpedos. Hope this helps __________________

11-10-06, 03:54 PM	#4
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Use electric torpedoes at their absolute maximum range -- steam torpedoes are likely to result in your death, but it's possible if you set them to slow and make seriously good time during your escape. Achieve a nearly perpendicular shot. Fire what you've got, and make an immediate about-face and start sneaking out the door. Stay nice and quiet while all the AI's head for the afflicted boat, far away from you. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

11-10-06, 03:56 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The only thing that sucks about the ports...mines, sub nets, warships on top of you in shallow waters, sometime you sink the ships moored and you do not get credit because it does not sink completely. With that said, do you really want to take your crew on a pleasure cruise to hell? DARN RIGHT I DO!!! Good luck to you. I usually stay away from the ports. But hey, thats just me __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-10-06, 04:10 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It is one of things when the ship hits bottom and that is it. No nothing but 4 empty torpedoe tubes. I'm not sure were the cut off is during the sinking process where you are credited. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-10-06, 04:12 PM	#8
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Hello and welcome to SubSim if you are playing GW or NYGM then yes do go ahead and raid ports. In the stock game ports are usually empty. If you do go to raid a port remember a few simple rules. 1. Use the weather to your advantage. Raid in bad weather or at night. 2. Go to periscope depth at about 20-25km from the harbour to avoid the patrol boats. Use silent running and be quick. Aim the ship you want hit it hard and get out as soon as possible. 3. I always hit the warships first. That way they cannot be used against you. After that merchants are easy targets. 4. Be very careful of mines and subnets. They can have you killed 5. Try to hit the targets at critical areas to avoid them flood and sit on the bottom of the sea, as you might lose renown. Good Luck and Good Shooting

11-10-06, 11:59 PM	#9
Krumenacker Watch Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 19 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah, what they said. Also you may get lucky and only have one or two patrol craft patrolling the harbor. This means the starboard watch is active and the larboard watch is resting. Put a torpedoe into the patrol sleeping at the dock, and they won't wake up when you sink the fat tanker. Some say a fish on a 300 tonner is a waste, but personally I like to buy the Admiral of the Yard a Beck's when I RETURN. He has never failed to replace that "wasted torp".

11-11-06, 04:18 AM	#10
rasmus1896 Sparky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Eesti Estonia Posts: 153 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	more moored capital ships in ports 1939/11/01 - 1940/01/05, Battleship Nelson, Loch Ewe 1940/03/01 - 1940/05/01, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow 1940/03/07 - 1940/04/25, Aircraft Carrier Illustrious, Scapa Flow 1940/04/01 - 1940/06/01, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow 1940/05/17 - End of war, Fiji Light Cruiser, Loch Ewe 1940/05/24 - 1940/06/30, Dido Light Cruiser, Scapa Flow 1940/12/11 - 1940/12/31, Battleship King George V, Scapa Flow 1941/02/01 - 1941/02/17, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow 1941/02/10 - 1941/03/20, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow 1942/02/03 - 1942/02/28, Battleship King George V, Scapa Flow

11-11-06, 06:00 AM	#11
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	I would also like to say most ports can also be attacked on the surface,with the exception of Scapa,Firth of Forth,loch ewe, but at loch ewe just sail to the back of the gun installations and fire away. If you feel adventerous have a sail across the altlantic and raid Norfolk, there's a carrier in there,also there's 2 light cruisers and a passenger liner in Dover.

11-11-06, 06:08 AM	#12
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Go to New York, I emptied my IXD2 there. To much to kill, including a fat, nice liner just below the statue of liberty. __________________

11-11-06, 06:35 AM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome aboard Renegado There are loads of great harbours to raid (except in stock game)...I particularly like New York for the added scenic value...good hunting __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-11-06, 07:02 AM	#14
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Also theres a liner in sierra leone havnt got to it yet but will do soon also theres two cruisers in gibralter if you can get through. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

11-11-06, 07:50 AM	#15
MRV Frogman Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 296 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I tried to sneak into Portland a few days ago in mid 1940 with the Campaign-Files of LSH3 and GW (the Rest). Thats where that thing with the Battleship happens. Except this it was quite exciting......mit those mods there are about 2 Liners in that harbour, 3 Troop Transports, a few cruisers and in the middle a Carrier and a Battleship. (Realistic placement, t think, looks just like that one day on my vacation a few years ago, when a US-Carrier-Group made a stop at Funchal Harbour, Madeira, claiming the whole inside of the Port for itself with the Carrier and and 2 Ticonderoga-Cruisers) Anyway, what really was fun was that it felt a bit like in that Stealth-Games like Hitman. I sneaked in unnoticed, passing by a T3-Tanker at the harbour entrance and gave it a little greeting from my aft tube. It exploded immitiately, now this obviously caused panic as the WHOLE HARBOUR WOKE UP, about 5 or 6 Destroyers, Trawlers and Corvettes startet searching for me. I still torpedoed the Carrier and the Battleship, with the Carrier sinking and the Battleship doing that annoying laying on the seafloor mentioned above. And by the Way: I survived, but my boat was junk afterwards, "red" conning tower, aft tubes destroyed, flodding......