Oct. 1939, was I in the wrong to deck gun a little English 12ton Schooner?

Shrike37 · 06-21-09, 01:22 PM

It was Oct. 1939 and I saw a sail on the horizon. As I got closer, it turned out to be a little 12 ton, three sailed, English Schooner. It looked more like a pleasure boat than a cargo ship. As I got close she began to zigzag in a futile attempt at evasion. Anyway I gave my deck gun crew some practice and we sank it after 2 hits.

Was this bad form or a valid target?

Task Force · 06-21-09, 01:23 PM

Nope, i gun them all the time...

Torplexed · 06-21-09, 01:53 PM

In real life you likely would have put a few shots across the bow, let the crew take to life rafts or a dinghy and maybe even given them some supplies before sinking their schooner or yacht. Maybe you would have gone aboard and scuttled it yourself.

But it's a game and there is no real crew, so you just sink it.

The_Yugster · 06-21-09, 02:47 PM

In real life you would just need to ram it! Or turn the flack gun on it.

GoldenRivet · 06-21-09, 05:03 PM

i sink schooners or pleasure boats only if it is obvious that they have spotted me.

otherwise, why sink a young tommy out on a sunday afternoon pleasure cruise?

Captain Birdseye · 06-21-09, 05:27 PM

Is small boats like this radioing your position in modeled in the game?

Kapt Z · 06-21-09, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

Is small boats like this radioing your position in modeled in the game?

I don't know for certain. That would be the major reason I might avoid rather than engage such a small vessel.

TigerShark808 · 06-21-09, 06:51 PM

Rambing it! Only option!

Highbury · 06-21-09, 07:21 PM

Ramming would not have been done unless in desparation.. even though the schooner is wood, a U Boat is not solid steel and would probably take damage. No Captain would risk that for no reason. You can bet it would damage you in game too.

I try to "role play" my decisions how a real Captain would make them. Good example is this; in the Pacific, I spot what comes up on my map as a small convoy. Look closely and it is a Sampan, a Big Sampan and a fishing boat. Looking through binocs I see what look to be female human models on the Sampans.. not gonna shoot them.. but wait.. fishing boat has 2 MG's and guys in Naval uniforms.. target! Needless to say the Sampans sailed on without their "escort". I try to use the same logic process to what I kill when I am in U Boats as well.

cj95 · 06-21-09, 07:32 PM

Where do I download the 'sunbathing female models' MOD?

Platapus · 06-21-09, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Highbury

Looking through binocs I see what look to be female human models on the Sampans..

So you fell for the ole "human female on the Sampan" trick eh?

That's just what they wanted you to do.

vonCrandall · 06-21-09, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

Is small boats like this radioing your position in modeled in the game?

I have always wondered this as well.

Normally, if I see them and feel I am not detected, I submerge.

PavelKirilovich · 06-21-09, 10:32 PM

Nope. Flying the Red Ensign? Legit target in 10/39. You don't want to waste an eto/ato on them, but the one or two 88mm rounds it takes are a valid expenditure.

They're either picquet boats or pleasure cruisers, and the only people who can afford to pleasure cruise in 1940s England, typically speaking, are the upper classes... and I just read Das Kapital for ****s und giggles.

Shadowblade · 06-22-09, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

Is small boats like this radioing your position in modeled in the game?

I suspect all enemy ships, so I always gun them down

nikbear · 06-22-09, 05:02 AM

Sink the Damn thing!I hate those Blinking English toffy nosed snobs in they're cutsie little sailing boats

Don't they know there's a war on!

Blast them to kingdom come,and they can take they're stiff upper lip and cucumber sandwiches with them as well

:rotfl:

06-21-09, 01:22 PM	#1
Shrike37 Watch Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 28 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Oct. 1939, was I in the wrong to deck gun a little English 12ton Schooner? It was Oct. 1939 and I saw a sail on the horizon. As I got closer, it turned out to be a little 12 ton, three sailed, English Schooner. It looked more like a pleasure boat than a cargo ship. As I got close she began to zigzag in a futile attempt at evasion. Anyway I gave my deck gun crew some practice and we sank it after 2 hits. Was this bad form or a valid target?

06-21-09, 01:23 PM	#2
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Nope, i gun them all the time... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

06-21-09, 05:03 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	i sink schooners or pleasure boats only if it is obvious that they have spotted me. otherwise, why sink a young tommy out on a sunday afternoon pleasure cruise? __________________

06-21-09, 06:51 PM	#8
TigerShark808 Engineer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 2074 nautical miles south west of San Francisco! Posts: 212 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Rambing it! Only option! __________________ GWX3GOLD OLC "Gold" MkIId SH3 Commander D.I.D 100% Realism ! SWCs-AtlanticReaper Skin <---because it is badass!

06-21-09, 10:32 PM	#13
PavelKirilovich Machinist's Mate Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canadian Coast Posts: 123 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Nope. Flying the Red Ensign? Legit target in 10/39. You don't want to waste an eto/ato on them, but the one or two 88mm rounds it takes are a valid expenditure. They're either picquet boats or pleasure cruisers, and the only people who can afford to pleasure cruise in 1940s England, typically speaking, are the upper classes... and I just read Das Kapital for ***s und giggles. __________________ Winter Garden on the North Atlantic* Currently: U128 (Type IXC), U180 (Type IXD2), U198 (Type IXD2) operating in the I.O. Previously: U48 (Type VIIB), U568 (Type VIIC) [Completed 1940-1945 career in Type VIIs, in the Atlantic] Running: SH3 v1.4b w/ GWX 2.1

06-21-09, 01:53 PM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	In real life you likely would have put a few shots across the bow, let the crew take to life rafts or a dinghy and maybe even given them some supplies before sinking their schooner or yacht. Maybe you would have gone aboard and scuttled it yourself. But it's a game and there is no real crew, so you just sink it.

06-21-09, 02:47 PM	#4
The_Yugster Watch Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 19 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In real life you would just need to ram it! Or turn the flack gun on it.

06-21-09, 05:27 PM	#6
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Is small boats like this radioing your position in modeled in the game?

06-21-09, 07:21 PM	#9
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	Ramming would not have been done unless in desparation.. even though the schooner is wood, a U Boat is not solid steel and would probably take damage. No Captain would risk that for no reason. You can bet it would damage you in game too. I try to "role play" my decisions how a real Captain would make them. Good example is this; in the Pacific, I spot what comes up on my map as a small convoy. Look closely and it is a Sampan, a Big Sampan and a fishing boat. Looking through binocs I see what look to be female human models on the Sampans.. not gonna shoot them.. but wait.. fishing boat has 2 MG's and guys in Naval uniforms.. target! Needless to say the Sampans sailed on without their "escort". I try to use the same logic process to what I kill when I am in U Boats as well.

06-21-09, 07:32 PM	#10
cj95 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 258 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 0	Where do I download the 'sunbathing female models' MOD?

06-22-09, 05:02 AM	#15
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Sink the Damn thing!I hate those Blinking English toffy nosed snobs in they're cutsie little sailing boats Don't they know there's a war on!Blast them to kingdom come,and they can take they're stiff upper lip and cucumber sandwiches with them as well:rotfl: __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.