Tanker takes 5 torps no problem?

SUBMAN1 · 04-20-07, 10:25 PM

How can people be sinking Battleships when I plug a 10K ton tanker with 5 torps in all different spots and it still cruises along at 6 knots?

-S

akdavis · 04-20-07, 10:29 PM

Hi. Tankers by nature are designed to carry large amounts of liquid. When you blow a hole in tanker, you are simply replacing liquid with liquid. The other compartments can all be flooded to neatly compensate for any additional, unplanned liquids you might give the tanker. The liquids tankers carry are not necessarily volatile either, so don't plan on 1 torpedo causing a massive secondary explosion.

In real life, it was not uncommon for tankers to take more than 5 torpedos without sinking.

Size isn't everything.

79TransAm · 04-20-07, 10:31 PM

I was wondering the same thing, but that explanation makes sense

nfitzsimmons · 04-20-07, 11:08 PM

I just put 5 torps into a modern large tanker, and it just kept sailing merrily along. On the other hand, in the same convoy I put one into an old medium freighter, and he stopped dead. Didn't sink, though. I evaded the escorts, waited until the rest of the convoy left, then sank her with my deck gun, since I was winchester on torpedos.

Krupp · 04-20-07, 11:41 PM

I've been noticing, when setting up shooting ranges in the mission editor, that the japanese warships seem to be easier to sink than many merchants or tankers.

It is weird that a battleships, fleet carriers and other large warships, with a torpedo belt and effective damage controlling plus compartmentalization (which definitely should be implemented in the game,but apparently their not) inside the ship goes so easily down, compared to the weary merchants.

I'm not saying it's true, but after firing hundreds of torpedoes, it certainly feels so.

-Pv- · 04-21-07, 01:55 AM

I quick inspection of the SH4 documentation will show tankers are among the most durable of the ships in the game. Expect to work them over hard. As a reward, they are also the highest tonnage of the merchant ships. If you can get more magnetic hits under the keel, it takes fewer hits (as does these types of hits with all ships.)
-Pv-

04-20-07, 10:25 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tanker takes 5 torps no problem? How can people be sinking Battleships when I plug a 10K ton tanker with 5 torps in all different spots and it still cruises along at 6 knots? -S __________________

04-20-07, 10:29 PM	#2
akdavis Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 597 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi. Tankers by nature are designed to carry large amounts of liquid. When you blow a hole in tanker, you are simply replacing liquid with liquid. The other compartments can all be flooded to neatly compensate for any additional, unplanned liquids you might give the tanker. The liquids tankers carry are not necessarily volatile either, so don't plan on 1 torpedo causing a massive secondary explosion. In real life, it was not uncommon for tankers to take more than 5 torpedos without sinking. Size isn't everything. __________________ -AKD

04-20-07, 10:31 PM	#3
79TransAm Bosun Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I was wondering the same thing, but that explanation makes sense __________________ Jones

04-20-07, 11:08 PM	#4
nfitzsimmons Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 180 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	I just put 5 torps into a modern large tanker, and it just kept sailing merrily along. On the other hand, in the same convoy I put one into an old medium freighter, and he stopped dead. Didn't sink, though. I evaded the escorts, waited until the rest of the convoy left, then sank her with my deck gun, since I was winchester on torpedos. __________________ "I'd say he was a sadistic, sodomistic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse." - Woody Allen

04-20-07, 11:41 PM	#5
Krupp Weps Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've been noticing, when setting up shooting ranges in the mission editor, that the japanese warships seem to be easier to sink than many merchants or tankers. It is weird that a battleships, fleet carriers and other large warships, with a torpedo belt and effective damage controlling plus compartmentalization (which definitely should be implemented in the game,but apparently their not) inside the ship goes so easily down, compared to the weary merchants. I'm not saying it's true, but after firing hundreds of torpedoes, it certainly feels so. __________________ "Gentlemen, we have no choice. Total engagement. Die with dignity."

04-21-07, 01:55 AM	#6
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I quick inspection of the SH4 documentation will show tankers are among the most durable of the ships in the game. Expect to work them over hard. As a reward, they are also the highest tonnage of the merchant ships. If you can get more magnetic hits under the keel, it takes fewer hits (as does these types of hits with all ships.) -Pv-