Realism question, safe distance to target and torpedo detonation

seafarer · 01-24-08, 12:40 PM

Has happened to me too, in both SHIV and SHIII.

The first few days I had SHIV, I surfaced after torpedoing a large merchant in order to finish it off with the deck gun. Once I got the word she was done for, I continued to close, to watch the sinking up close. A series of explosions began to rip through her as we got very close (coming up on her port side from astern) - I ended up with leaks bursting out all over, and my deck gun crew killed (they were on deck watching the show after securing the gun)

Sailor Steve · 01-24-08, 01:22 PM

Yes, I too had a ship explode, but in SH3. I was using the deck gun, and was so close that the explosion killed me instantly. Unfortunately this was during the deck gun training school, so it was a very short career indeed.

M. Sarsfield · 01-24-08, 02:29 PM

I think I had a torpedo hit a freighter at 600 yards and it rocked the hell out of my boat... and we were submerged. I ran the periscope around thinking a DD had snuck up on me Das Boot style.

01-24-08, 12:40 PM	#1
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Has happened to me too, in both SHIV and SHIII. The first few days I had SHIV, I surfaced after torpedoing a large merchant in order to finish it off with the deck gun. Once I got the word she was done for, I continued to close, to watch the sinking up close. A series of explosions began to rip through her as we got very close (coming up on her port side from astern) - I ended up with leaks bursting out all over, and my deck gun crew killed (they were on deck watching the show after securing the gun) __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

01-24-08, 01:22 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yes, I too had a ship explode, but in SH3. I was using the deck gun, and was so close that the explosion killed me instantly. Unfortunately this was during the deck gun training school, so it was a very short career indeed. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-24-08, 02:29 PM	#3
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think I had a torpedo hit a freighter at 600 yards and it rocked the hell out of my boat... and we were submerged. I ran the periscope around thinking a DD had snuck up on me Das Boot style. __________________ MJS USS Batfish Volunteer/Reenactor www.ss310.com www.ussbatfish.com Communism killed over 100M people and all that I got was this lousy signature.* *http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM

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