What has hit me?

Schroeder · 07-15-09, 01:37 PM

On a foggy and stormy evening in January 1940 U 36 was travelling through the straight between the Hebrides and the Scottish coast. Due to the horrible weather Kaptln Schroeder decided to dive to 60m to listen around while continuing the journey. During a rare phase of high TC U36 was all of a sudden and without warning hit by something. The radio and hydrophone operators were dead on the spot (at least the Kaleun believes so because the game didn't drop out of TC until U36 hit the bottom at 120m) and some minor flooding and other damages were reported throughout the boat.
Now I wonder what hit me. A mine in 60m depth? First I think I was to deep for one and second a mine should send my boat to the bottom in a one way fashion. My damage was rather minor except for the two destroyed periscopes

and my first dead crewmen ever

(although their compartment only took very light damage and no flooding so what the hell has killed them?).
My sonarman didn't report any contacts and I highly doubt the RAF had shown up in the middle of a foggy night to bomb a stealthy sub at 60m depth.

My only suggestion is that Bernanrd was the cook on my boat and gave some some food to the radio compartment crew that wasn't ok to eat anymore. That gave the men so much gas that they finally exploded. This caused their death and the damage throughout the boat. Case closed.

And now seriously: What has hit me and why doesn't the TC drop out until it is too late???

If it had been deeper I had dived straight to Oblivion without even realising that something had happened!!!

BTW after the repairs U36 surfaced again and sank a small freighter with her deck gun on her way home.

07-15-09, 01:37 PM	#1
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	What has hit me? On a foggy and stormy evening in January 1940 U 36 was travelling through the straight between the Hebrides and the Scottish coast. Due to the horrible weather Kaptln Schroeder decided to dive to 60m to listen around while continuing the journey. During a rare phase of high TC U36 was all of a sudden and without warning hit by something. The radio and hydrophone operators were dead on the spot (at least the Kaleun believes so because the game didn't drop out of TC until U36 hit the bottom at 120m) and some minor flooding and other damages were reported throughout the boat. Now I wonder what hit me. A mine in 60m depth? First I think I was to deep for one and second a mine should send my boat to the bottom in a one way fashion. My damage was rather minor except for the two destroyed periscopes and my first dead crewmen ever (although their compartment only took very light damage and no flooding so what the hell has killed them?). My sonarman didn't report any contacts and I highly doubt the RAF had shown up in the middle of a foggy night to bomb a stealthy sub at 60m depth. My only suggestion is that Bernanrd was the cook on my boat and gave some some food to the radio compartment crew that wasn't ok to eat anymore. That gave the men so much gas that they finally exploded. This caused their death and the damage throughout the boat. Case closed. And now seriously: What has hit me and why doesn't the TC drop out until it is too late??? If it had been deeper I had dived straight to Oblivion without even realising that something had happened!!! BTW after the repairs U36 surfaced again and sank a small freighter with her deck gun on her way home. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.