What happens when your uboat gets rammed by a destroyer ?

THE_MASK · 03-01-10, 04:16 AM

ParaB · 03-01-10, 05:49 AM

I'd say an apology by the DD skipper would be much appreciated.

Leandros · 03-01-10, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ParaB

I'd say an apology by the DD skipper would be much appreciated.

Yes, but does it happen....?.....I think that was the question.....

THE_MASK · 03-01-10, 05:52 AM

Hi ParaB , actually i hope to see a sinking sub at least .

ParaB · 03-01-10, 05:58 AM

Just kidding... well, I hope that a DD crashing into a sub at full speed will cause a bit more damage than in (stock) SHIII where you'd usually get a bent periscope or two.

I think I even remember one time after a ramming the DD actually sunk while I had a damaged AA mount...

russ555 · 03-01-10, 06:50 AM

IRRC there was a bug in SH3 where if you hit a DD just right u could sink it and take no damage yourself

Chicony · 03-01-10, 06:56 AM

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What happens when your uboat gets rammed by a destroyer ?

... the destroyer will sink

Sailor Steve · 03-01-10, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ParaB

I'd say an apology by the DD skipper would be much appreciated.

I agree with the general concensus. SH3 and SH4 had problems with destroyers sinking after ramming you, and your boat pretty much unharmed. The destroyer should take some damage, but the player shouldn't be around to see how much.

ddrgn · 03-01-10, 01:36 PM

I got rammed and notice no difference from SH4

03-01-10, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ddrgn

I got rammed and notice no difference from SH4

oh well, im not surprised if this wasnt corrected

both the DD and the sub should get badly damaged in a collision

too often people think the DD shouldnt sink but thats not reality, ramming a sub was in fact likely to sink the destroyer or at least cause significant flooding because they were designed for speed and not as a battering ram

Letum · 03-01-10, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Webster

ramming a sub was in fact likely to sink the destroyer or at least cause significant flooding

Got anything to back that up?

Ramming subs was very common in the reports on uboat.net, but no sinkings are listed for the DDs.

kaa13 · 03-02-10, 11:23 AM

http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-66.htm

Sailor Steve · 03-02-10, 11:30 AM

The biggest problem for the u-boat is the pressure hull. No matter that it's thicker and tougher than the thin hull plates of a destroyer, 1200-to-2400 tons of ship making 12 knots or better has a fair chance of rupturing the pressure hull, and once that happens the u-boat is no longer a submarine - it's now a very big torpedo boat with only one cannon vs four or five.

Problem two is that the sub is at that point attempting to get crew out on deck to fight or get them below to dive. The hatches are open. No matter where the boat is struck, if it rolls over enough to get the bridge underwater even for a moment, the ocean is now running down the hatches and inside the sub. Bad news there.

In any case, it's always bad for a submarine to be rammed by a surface ship.

brandtryan · 03-01-10, 08:40 AM

hopefully you hear some gawd awful screeching noise, everyone in the boat is freaking out running around like chickens with their heads cut off, someone is screaming ALARM, the boat is flooding, and you, the captain, are readying stern torpedoes for a snapshot.

DMB3428 · 03-01-10, 11:10 AM

when down in the command room you will see your crew fall over when the sub gets hit and tilts to one side, and yes there is a terrible screeching sound

03-01-10, 04:16 AM	#1
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	What happens when your uboat gets rammed by a destroyer ? What happens when your uboat gets rammed by a destroyer ?

03-01-10, 01:36 PM	#9
ddrgn Korvettenkapitän Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 918 Downloads: 362 Uploads: 30	I got rammed and notice no difference from SH4 __________________ ddrgn mods: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=217261

03-02-10, 11:30 AM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The biggest problem for the u-boat is the pressure hull. No matter that it's thicker and tougher than the thin hull plates of a destroyer, 1200-to-2400 tons of ship making 12 knots or better has a fair chance of rupturing the pressure hull, and once that happens the u-boat is no longer a submarine - it's now a very big torpedo boat with only one cannon vs four or five. Problem two is that the sub is at that point attempting to get crew out on deck to fight or get them below to dive. The hatches are open. No matter where the boat is struck, if it rolls over enough to get the bridge underwater even for a moment, the ocean is now running down the hatches and inside the sub. Bad news there. In any case, it's always bad for a submarine to be rammed by a surface ship. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-01-10, 08:40 AM	#14
brandtryan Engineer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Indianapolis, United States Posts: 214 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 0	hopefully you hear some gawd awful screeching noise, everyone in the boat is freaking out running around like chickens with their heads cut off, someone is screaming ALARM, the boat is flooding, and you, the captain, are readying stern torpedoes for a snapshot. __________________ from Brandt

03-01-10, 05:49 AM	#2
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I'd say an apology by the DD skipper would be much appreciated.

03-01-10, 05:52 AM	#4
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Hi ParaB , actually i hope to see a sinking sub at least .

03-01-10, 05:58 AM	#5
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Just kidding... well, I hope that a DD crashing into a sub at full speed will cause a bit more damage than in (stock) SHIII where you'd usually get a bent periscope or two. I think I even remember one time after a ramming the DD actually sunk while I had a damaged AA mount...

03-01-10, 06:50 AM	#6
russ555 Watch Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 17 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	IRRC there was a bug in SH3 where if you hit a DD just right u could sink it and take no damage yourself

03-02-10, 11:23 AM	#12
kaa13 Nub Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-66.htm

03-01-10, 11:10 AM	#15
DMB3428 Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 29 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	when down in the command room you will see your crew fall over when the sub gets hit and tilts to one side, and yes there is a terrible screeching sound