Knowing when a ship is sunk

Tuee · 01-01-06, 04:43 PM

If a hit ship shows signs of flooding (e.g. lower waterline, "tilting" either forwards or laterally, etc.) will it sink eventually, even if the "enemy ship destroyed" hasn't been given yet, and the sunk-ship icon hasn't appeared on the map yet?

Once, I hit a C2 with a single torp below the stern; the whole back end of the boat tilted down and was swamped below the water, but the sinking seemed to stop there-- after some amount of waiting with time compression on, it didn't look like it would sink any further. I didn't want to spend another eel, so I gave her some encouragment with the deck gun, which worked nicely-- but I wonder if I could have just left it.

Same with battleships-- in some of the single missions, two fish below the keel (depth of 10m when firing on a Revenge) slowed her to 3 kts and caused some obvious tilting, but I'm not sure if it was a completely fatal wound or not. How can one tell?

Also, could someone direct me to a thread or article on effective tactics for sinking destroyers?

One more: what is the absolute minimum range for the torpedoes?

Happy new year to all! Tuee

01-01-06, 04:43 PM	#1
Tuee Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Knowing when a ship is sunk If a hit ship shows signs of flooding (e.g. lower waterline, "tilting" either forwards or laterally, etc.) will it sink eventually, even if the "enemy ship destroyed" hasn't been given yet, and the sunk-ship icon hasn't appeared on the map yet? Once, I hit a C2 with a single torp below the stern; the whole back end of the boat tilted down and was swamped below the water, but the sinking seemed to stop there-- after some amount of waiting with time compression on, it didn't look like it would sink any further. I didn't want to spend another eel, so I gave her some encouragment with the deck gun, which worked nicely-- but I wonder if I could have just left it. Same with battleships-- in some of the single missions, two fish below the keel (depth of 10m when firing on a Revenge) slowed her to 3 kts and caused some obvious tilting, but I'm not sure if it was a completely fatal wound or not. How can one tell? Also, could someone direct me to a thread or article on effective tactics for sinking destroyers? One more: what is the absolute minimum range for the torpedoes? Happy new year to all! Tuee