How did it stay afloat

GoldenRivet · 02-04-08, 10:17 PM

cap zap... did you have any AA amo? i have seen before that shooting the boxes on deck can sometimes produce enough of an explosion so as to be the straw that broke the camels back so to speak and finally force one of these things uner.

might try that next time?

Blacklight · 02-05-08, 12:20 AM

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Okay had an unusual situation happen on my 3rd patrol in my type IIA.
Left kiel on my next patrol, not much sighted for about 4 days, I then get a hydrophone contact at long range and started to plot. Once the contact was identified (small freighter) and I was in a good firing position, I fired one eel at it set to magnetic, 1.5m under keel and got a direct hit. The vessel started to slow down and stopped dead after 12 minuest, then started to sink, BUT it got to within a few meters of sinking and stopped!

Last I saw it was still there, and still refusing to sink.
Anyone else had this happen to them?
(I know I could of used a second eel, but I was conserving my supply of torpedoes)

The ship was carrying a much needed supply of cork to the battlefront.

Sniper_Fox · 02-05-08, 12:31 AM

cork sinks when wet for at least and hour... thats some damn good cork then!:rotfl:

papa_smurf · 02-06-08, 02:36 PM

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The ship was carrying a much needed supply of cork to the battlefront.

Must of been, but who for I wonder............:hmm:

Blacklight · 02-06-08, 03:53 PM

Wait.. I just intercepted this British coded message. It says "We still havn't recieved our shipment of 10000000000000000000000000000000 ping pong balls for use in the front. We fear the ship may be lost.." :hmm:

flag4 · 02-06-08, 04:03 PM

fill it's rear end with about 200 rounds from your flak gun - around the props, the stern area - it'll blow !!, but stay well clear coz i got blasted

down into the davy dark - dark grumbly sea - all hands.

Blacklight · 02-06-08, 04:51 PM

I actually had a watch crew member killed when a smoke stack blew off one of those ships, went airborn, and landed right on top of the conning tower !

It was a rather comical death.

CapZap1970 · 02-07-08, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

cap zap... did you have any AA amo? i have seen before that shooting the boxes on deck can sometimes produce enough of an explosion so as to be the straw that broke the camels back so to speak and finally force one of these things uner.

might try that next time?

I know... But believe me, not even potatoes in the galley to toss at it... Bernard ate them all!! :rotfl:
CapZap

Brag · 02-07-08, 07:15 AM

I had a ship with its snout burried underwater. It kept going until destroyers from Gibraltar came to the rescue and drove me off.

gimpy117 · 02-07-08, 07:18 AM

it's those damn hit points....we need a natural sinking mod like those pampered sh4 sailors!

Blue_Ninja63 · 02-07-08, 12:06 PM

I was at the end of one patrol where I had two torpedos left and came across a Large merchant I got into firing position and launched the first torpedo it was a dud. I launched the second and it impacted amidships followed the thing for 8 hrs real time until she came to a dead stop. Weather was bad so deck gun and flak guns were useless

I tried time compression and it stayed afloat, I had to leave as Warships were incoming fast. I will never know if it sank or not after I was out of visual range. The captain of that vessel was very lucky that day I'll tell you.

02-04-08, 10:17 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,727 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	cap zap... did you have any AA amo? i have seen before that shooting the boxes on deck can sometimes produce enough of an explosion so as to be the straw that broke the camels back so to speak and finally force one of these things uner. might try that next time? __________________

02-05-08, 12:31 AM	#3
Sniper_Fox Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North of Malta, shadowing your pretty little C3 Cargo! Posts: 212 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	cork sinks when wet for at least and hour... thats some damn good cork then!:rotfl: __________________ Im a one U-boat wolfpack. Ive hit the bottom of the Mediterranian at 250 metres in my VIIC and brought that babe back up, and still made it back to La Spezia. Ive sunk more destroyers than I have merchants...youll wish you never sailed into U-87s hunting grounds. When you pull into port, dont lull yourself into a false sense of security, your mines and subnets are just a petty challenge for my crew and I.

02-06-08, 03:53 PM	#5
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Wait.. I just intercepted this British coded message. It says "We still havn't recieved our shipment of 10000000000000000000000000000000 ping pong balls for use in the front. We fear the ship may be lost.." :hmm: __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

02-06-08, 04:03 PM	#6
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	fill it's rear end with about 200 rounds from your flak gun - around the props, the stern area - it'll blow !!, but stay well clear coz i got blasted down into the davy dark - dark grumbly sea - all hands. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

02-06-08, 04:51 PM	#7
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I actually had a watch crew member killed when a smoke stack blew off one of those ships, went airborn, and landed right on top of the conning tower ! It was a rather comical death. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

02-07-08, 07:15 AM	#9
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I had a ship with its snout burried underwater. It kept going until destroyers from Gibraltar came to the rescue and drove me off. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

02-07-08, 07:18 AM	#10
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	it's those damn hit points....we need a natural sinking mod like those pampered sh4 sailors!

02-07-08, 12:06 PM	#11
Blue_Ninja63 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Coquitlam, BC Canada Posts: 117 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I was at the end of one patrol where I had two torpedos left and came across a Large merchant I got into firing position and launched the first torpedo it was a dud. I launched the second and it impacted amidships followed the thing for 8 hrs real time until she came to a dead stop. Weather was bad so deck gun and flak guns were useless I tried time compression and it stayed afloat, I had to leave as Warships were incoming fast. I will never know if it sank or not after I was out of visual range. The captain of that vessel was very lucky that day I'll tell you. __________________ Blue_Ninja63 Seedrache Commander www.seedrache.webs.com

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