Killed in Dover harbor.

prowler3 · 11-18-08, 05:59 PM

I'm still trying to figure out how I got destroyed. It's 2000 hours on Jan 24, 1940. I sneak into the outer harbor where lies 2 fat troop transports and a Chatham class. Quiet as a mouse I sneak in without anyone knowing and line up on the troop transports...I am at periscope depth and "silent running" until just before the double 2's salvos. I unleash the fish and get a kill on one transport and before I can see how well I did on the 2nd transport...I get destroyed. By what? I'm at periscope depth yet I take immense amounts of damage, lose all my diesel fuel and go down like a cheap...well...you know what I mean. I have no idea what happened. I was at a dead stop with 7 meters below the keel so, I didn't run into a pier or anything. Now, I did have the periscope up and I saw searchlights from the transports, and possibly the Chatham, come on after the first 2 torps hit. If they see the 'scope can guns get me at periscope depth? I can't figure any other way I received SO much damage within seconds of my first strikes.

I know I'll get some "what the heck are you doing in Dover harbor?" responses...I'm trying to kill something big, fat and unmoving! :p

Myxale · 11-18-08, 06:11 PM

Mines! Or you were to close to the Explosion or something along the lines!:hmm:
Does it matter...you dead!:rotfl:

BTW, the Dover harbour is cool! Was there with a W@W patrol used a Type 2A. Sneaked in an left some mines back!

prowler3 · 11-18-08, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Myxale

Mines! Or you were to close to the Explosion or something along the lines!:hmm:
Does it matter...you dead!:rotfl:

BTW, the Dover harbour is cool! Was there with a W@W patrol used a Type 2A. Sneaked in an left some mines back!

I was well inside the harbor, inside the seawall and at dead stop for over 5 minutes...so I doubt it was mines. Yes, I am dead :p ...but I would like to know why and by who or what. Now..."close to the explosion"...is that something that's modelled in GWX 2.1? I've done this type of thing in vanilla SH3 and WAC without any damage. I was 1200 meters away from the nearest troop transport, so I doubt it was "collateral damage".

I believe it was deck mounted guns, firing on my telescope sighting...anyone have a comment? Can these guns "reach out and touch me", at periscope depth, if they can locate me by my leaving the periscope up?

Thanks!

GoldenRivet · 11-18-08, 08:27 PM

yes... a 5" shell can penetrate water.

hehe

if they see your periscope they will fire everything they have at it.

some of what they throw at you will hit you and inflict damage

TarJak · 11-18-08, 08:53 PM

WTF were you doing in Dover?

Stay out of the harbours and shallow water. It'll get you killed. Oh too late...

gAiNiAc · 11-18-08, 09:01 PM

Bah!

I've snuck in and out of Scapa on more than one occasion!

11-18-08, 05:59 PM	#1
prowler3 XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado, for now. Any RED State, ASAP. Posts: 401 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Killed in Dover harbor. I'm still trying to figure out how I got destroyed. It's 2000 hours on Jan 24, 1940. I sneak into the outer harbor where lies 2 fat troop transports and a Chatham class. Quiet as a mouse I sneak in without anyone knowing and line up on the troop transports...I am at periscope depth and "silent running" until just before the double 2's salvos. I unleash the fish and get a kill on one transport and before I can see how well I did on the 2nd transport...I get destroyed. By what? I'm at periscope depth yet I take immense amounts of damage, lose all my diesel fuel and go down like a cheap...well...you know what I mean. I have no idea what happened. I was at a dead stop with 7 meters below the keel so, I didn't run into a pier or anything. Now, I did have the periscope up and I saw searchlights from the transports, and possibly the Chatham, come on after the first 2 torps hit. If they see the 'scope can guns get me at periscope depth? I can't figure any other way I received SO much damage within seconds of my first strikes. I know I'll get some "what the heck are you doing in Dover harbor?" responses...I'm trying to kill something big, fat and unmoving! :p

11-18-08, 06:11 PM	#2
Myxale Admiral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PQ AN 25 Posts: 2,178 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	Mines! Or you were to close to the Explosion or something along the lines!:hmm: Does it matter...you dead!:rotfl: BTW, the Dover harbour is cool! Was there with a W@W patrol used a Type 2A. Sneaked in an left some mines back! __________________ SH3+GWX SH5+WoS Still Sailing....still Deep

11-18-08, 08:27 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	yes... a 5" shell can penetrate water. hehe if they see your periscope they will fire everything they have at it. some of what they throw at you will hit you and inflict damage __________________

11-18-08, 09:01 PM	#6
gAiNiAc Weps Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 369 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Bah! I've snuck in and out of Scapa on more than one occasion! __________________

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11-18-08, 08:53 PM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	WTF were you doing in Dover? Stay out of the harbours and shallow water. It'll get you killed. Oh too late...