Beware the Channel!

[Rob Jacobsen]

Geez, it's hot down here!

I'm in a IIA during June 1940 (SH3), having departed from Brest toward grid AN 52 (about 2 grids east of the Firth of Forth). I sank a big cargo ship with 3 fish SSW of Dover, ran SSE for a bit and was picked up by a patrol boat. I had to escape that boat and 5 destroyers by running deep and silent through the night before I resumed my course at slow during the following day, still running deep. I'll probably be dangerously low on oxygen before I can safely surface at night. I have only 2 torpedoes left, and I'm far from my patrol grid.

One lesson: I shouldn't switch right away from attack to cruise mode after a torpedo attack. I need to keep the forward torpedo room manned until the tubes are reloaded.

One afterthought: I neglectfully attacked the cargo ship in cruise mode, with no one in the torpedo room. All torps hit, but I was surprised I needed 3. I wonder if the first would have done the job if I'd had a competent crew in the torpedo room.

[Pisces]

And not just the surface. Have a peek below at the right timeframe if you are playing GWX 3.

[Mad Mardigan]

Originally Posted by Pisces

And not just the surface. Have a peek below at the right timeframe if you are playing GWX 3.

+1

Yep...


There be Mines here...




M. M.

[Mad Mardigan]

Rob Jacobsen.!

[Rob Jacobsen]

I survived! It's hard to explain to non-subsim people the excitement of spending hours crawling under water with no "action." By the way, I'm running slow at 80 meters deep during the late evening, miles from the site of the destroyer sinking, and still a warship closed in and a plane dropped ordnance near me. Call me cynical, but I think they're following the orange arrow above me in free-view mode!

[Rob Jacobsen]

Originally Posted by Pisces

And not just the surface. Have a peek below at the right timeframe if you are playing GWX 3.

I'm new to this version, just plain SH 3. I clicked on your link but don't know what the downloads are all about. But thanks for supplying them.

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by Rob Jacobsen

I'm new to this version, just plain SH 3. I clicked on your link but don't know what the downloads are all about. But thanks for supplying them.

Oh, you don't need to do anything with them if you don't know what it is. Some are pdf documents illustrating tracking tools or bearings-only methods of finding the target course. It's not really historically authentic, but with a bit large margin of error it works in Silenthunter-like games. Others are about long gone/not used mods. Just stuff I wanted to share with people here that often got lost through timed-out filesharing sites links.

[Rob Jacobsen]

Originally Posted by Pisces

And not just the surface. Have a peek below at the right timeframe if you are playing GWX 3.

These are terrific.

[CTU_Clay]

Hi Rob;
1. Have you tried silent running? You can activate it by pushing the "Z" key on your keyboard. That should activate Silent Running.
2. Check the crush depth of a IID.
3. If the water depth under your IID is sufficient for a deep dive, crash-dive to a little just above your crush depth. (remember to throttle your dive speed to a/head slow when you have about 30m to go.)
4. Change course after you activate silent running to either port or starboard from your original course.

This works for me.

Best Regards,

-clay

[blackswan40]

Quick Reference Card PDF download link below

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/dow...o=file&id=5617

[CTU_Clay]

Thanks for the illustration cards Andy.

-clay

[Rob Jacobsen]

Originally Posted by CTU_Clay

Hi Rob;
1. Have you tried silent running? You can activate it by pushing the "Z" key on your keyboard. That should activate Silent Running.
2. Check the crush depth of a IID.
3. If the water depth under your IID is sufficient for a deep dive, crash-dive to a little just above your crush depth. (remember to throttle your dive speed to a/head slow when you have about 30m to go.)
4. Change course after you activate silent running to either port or starboard from your original course.

This works for me.

Best Regards,

-clay

Thanks for the advice, Clay. I do use silent running at times, though I'm chary of using it during action. I need my crew reloading and repairing and not dropping equipment on their stockinged feet.

Sound advice on slowing before reaching crush depth! I learned that in a hurry once when I overshot the leveling out, and I got quite an earful from my OD.