Rough Seas at night

robj250 · 01-06-08, 04:44 AM

I've never had this happen before in all my missions.
The seas are rough, no skyline as it is pitch black out, and I mean black out.
It is October 3 '43 at 3 AM and I'm in the middle of a convoy and can't see a darn thing with my periscope up. On the TDC screen I can see all the lines and at a magnification of 250M I could see a ship, so I went back to my periscope, it was a small merchant 157 m from me. I made a slow turn 360° with the periscope and saw no other ships, BUT I was right in the middle of the convoy and I can hear the ships; BUT could not see them in the periscope. There was no moon and if there was it wouldn't show because of the dark clouds. It was pissing down rain, yep, a really bad weather condition, the worse I've ever seen.
Anyone ever have this happen before?

Rob

Uncle Goose · 01-06-08, 06:04 AM

Yep, had the same things happening. Real bitch if you stumble on a convoy because you can fire torpedo's but can't see any results. Best thing is to follow them and hope for better weather.

Sailor Steve · 01-06-08, 04:13 PM

That's why we have night surfaced attacks. In weather that bad a real periscope would show nothing at all. Just black.

Brag · 01-06-08, 04:42 PM

Fog, rain at night, it is almost impossible to do an attack. And the blasted bad weather lasts for ages. I once followed a convoy for 5 days until weather cleared

Jimbuna · 01-06-08, 04:44 PM

There's also a good chance there was some fog about Rob :hmm:

robj250 · 01-06-08, 06:27 PM

Thanks for your replies everyone. It is daylight now, but still the same type of weather and I have a convoy close to me, so I'm gonna take a crack at it.

Rob

Capt. Shark Bait · 01-06-08, 06:28 PM

what you could do in situations like that is run with the deck awash enuff to use the bridge targeting

01-06-08, 04:44 AM	#1
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Rough Seas at night I've never had this happen before in all my missions. The seas are rough, no skyline as it is pitch black out, and I mean black out. It is October 3 '43 at 3 AM and I'm in the middle of a convoy and can't see a darn thing with my periscope up. On the TDC screen I can see all the lines and at a magnification of 250M I could see a ship, so I went back to my periscope, it was a small merchant 157 m from me. I made a slow turn 360° with the periscope and saw no other ships, BUT I was right in the middle of the convoy and I can hear the ships; BUT could not see them in the periscope. There was no moon and if there was it wouldn't show because of the dark clouds. It was pissing down rain, yep, a really bad weather condition, the worse I've ever seen. Anyone ever have this happen before? Rob

01-06-08, 04:13 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's why we have night surfaced attacks. In weather that bad a real periscope would show nothing at all. Just black. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-06-08, 04:42 PM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Fog, rain at night, it is almost impossible to do an attack. And the blasted bad weather lasts for ages. I once followed a convoy for 5 days until weather cleared __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-06-08, 04:44 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There's also a good chance there was some fog about Rob :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-06-08, 06:28 PM	#7
Capt. Shark Bait Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: in a convergance zone Posts: 1,186 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	what you could do in situations like that is run with the deck awash enuff to use the bridge targeting __________________ Leiser und tödlicher edler Ritter der Tiefe Corsair Vengeance M70; ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z; FX 8350; Asus 7870; Samsung SyncMaster 2243SWX; coolmax CUG950B 950w psu; 8GB Kingston HyperX DDR3; Corsair M4 SSD 128GB, WD 1TB; x18 DVR212D; 7SP1

01-06-08, 06:04 AM	#2
Uncle Goose Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 113 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Yep, had the same things happening. Real bitch if you stumble on a convoy because you can fire torpedo's but can't see any results. Best thing is to follow them and hope for better weather.

01-06-08, 06:27 PM	#6
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your replies everyone. It is daylight now, but still the same type of weather and I have a convoy close to me, so I'm gonna take a crack at it. Rob