How did it stay afloat

papa_smurf · 02-04-08, 02:56 PM

Okay had an unusual situation happen on my 3rd patrol in my type IIA.
Left kiel on my next patrol, not much sighted for about 4 days, I then get a hydrophone contact at long range and started to plot. Once the contact was identified (small freighter) and I was in a good firing position, I fired one eel at it set to magnetic, 1.5m under keel and got a direct hit. The vessel started to slow down and stopped dead after 12 minuest, then started to sink, BUT it got to within a few meters of sinking and stopped!

Last I saw it was still there, and still refusing to sink.
Anyone else had this happen to them?
(I know I could of used a second eel, but I was conserving my supply of torpedoes)

TomcatMVD · 02-04-08, 04:04 PM

An air bubble?
When boarding ships for scuttling, the U-boats crews would brake most of the glasses on the compartmens to prevent the forming of those.

nikbear · 02-04-08, 04:27 PM

I've had it happen all the time with passenger/cargo's

to the point that I don't even bother trying to sink them anymore

if only churchill knew GB's starvation worries would have been solved by a large fleet of the damned things

harzfeld · 02-04-08, 08:04 PM

No need to board on a merchant to break glasses, that what flak guns are for.

It would be nice if UBI or GWX work on modelling the glasses onto merchants in the next verisons, making them breakable using flak or deck gun to vent the air bubbles in order to help floating ships to sink, and to of course save torpedos.

GoldenRivet · 02-04-08, 08:16 PM

perhaps the water is very shallow? hahaha

did you get credit for the sinking?

CapZap1970 · 02-04-08, 10:05 PM

I don't know, but this POS stayed afloat for more than 50 hours...

i had to stay there as if nothing else would be important... At the end, weather became very rough and decided to leave, I suppose it finally sunk, but since I moved away from it, I was never credited the renown for this... you know!

The worst part is that I didn't have not one marble to throw at it to finish the job, I was tempted to load Bernard into tube Nbr. 1 and fire him :rotfl:
CapZap

gimpy117 · 02-06-08, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomcatMVD

An air bubble?
When boarding ships for scuttling, the U-boats crews would brake most of the glasses on the compartmens to prevent the forming of those.

wait...boarding...now i klnow why U-532 was carrying guns and grenades...

the same thing happened with a polish dd with my s-boot, direct midships hit...stern underwater...still chugging along at 4 knots!!! ARRG!

Ivan Putski · 02-06-08, 11:38 PM

One hell of a good bilge pump.

Dekessey · 02-06-08, 11:50 PM

That is weird. A ship in such state shouldn't last long.

02-04-08, 02:56 PM	#1
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	How did it stay afloat Okay had an unusual situation happen on my 3rd patrol in my type IIA. Left kiel on my next patrol, not much sighted for about 4 days, I then get a hydrophone contact at long range and started to plot. Once the contact was identified (small freighter) and I was in a good firing position, I fired one eel at it set to magnetic, 1.5m under keel and got a direct hit. The vessel started to slow down and stopped dead after 12 minuest, then started to sink, BUT it got to within a few meters of sinking and stopped! Last I saw it was still there, and still refusing to sink. Anyone else had this happen to them? (I know I could of used a second eel, but I was conserving my supply of torpedoes) __________________

02-04-08, 04:04 PM	#2
TomcatMVD Weps Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: MVD, UY Posts: 359 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	An air bubble? When boarding ships for scuttling, the U-boats crews would brake most of the glasses on the compartmens to prevent the forming of those. __________________

02-04-08, 04:27 PM	#3
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I've had it happen all the time with passenger/cargo's to the point that I don't even bother trying to sink them anymore if only churchill knew GB's starvation worries would have been solved by a large fleet of the damned things __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

02-04-08, 08:16 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	perhaps the water is very shallow? hahaha did you get credit for the sinking? __________________

02-04-08, 10:05 PM	#6
CapZap1970 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: La Paz, Bolivia Posts: 1,965 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 51	I don't know, but this POS stayed afloat for more than 50 hours... i had to stay there as if nothing else would be important... At the end, weather became very rough and decided to leave, I suppose it finally sunk, but since I moved away from it, I was never credited the renown for this... you know! The worst part is that I didn't have not one marble to throw at it to finish the job, I was tempted to load Bernard into tube Nbr. 1 and fire him :rotfl: CapZap __________________

02-04-08, 08:04 PM	#4
harzfeld Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 135 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No need to board on a merchant to break glasses, that what flak guns are for. It would be nice if UBI or GWX work on modelling the glasses onto merchants in the next verisons, making them breakable using flak or deck gun to vent the air bubbles in order to help floating ships to sink, and to of course save torpedos.

02-06-08, 11:38 PM	#8
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	One hell of a good bilge pump. __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."

02-06-08, 11:50 PM	#9
Dekessey Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 112 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	That is weird. A ship in such state shouldn't last long.