Suicide Crash Dive!

[TheDudTorpedo]

If you use SH3 Commander you can randomly vary the crush depth (ie. the max dive depth) with each patrol. So sometimes, you might crush at 150m, at other times deeper - one player on these forums has dived to 400m and lived to tell the tale.

Good Hunting,
Dud

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by TheDudTorpedo

If you use SH3 Commander you can randomly vary the crush depth (ie. the max dive depth) with each patrol. So sometimes, you might crush at 150m, at other times deeper - one player on these forums has dived to 400m and lived to tell the tale.

Good Hunting,
Dud

Does SH3 Commander vary crush depth by that much? I use this feature of Commander but would expect to be able to dive into the red i.e. deeper than 160m with a boat that is in tip top condition. If the boat has taken a battering different kettle of fish as you would expect the hull integrity to be reduced. When evading a severe depth charge attack I often go down to 160m or more and as msalama has mentioned, don't start to worry until I pass the 220m mark.

Nemo

[Gaijin]

Tried it last night in my VIIC, heading out on a new patrol, fresh, with no damage. Got to 295m before things started to pop. Made it back up ok though.

Man, I love the VIIC.

[FIREWALL]

With malfunctions ticked on SHC when I hit crash dive the telegraph goes to stop every time.

Is this normal in a VIIb in 1939 ?

[RoaldLarsen]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

With malfunctions ticked on SHC when I hit crash dive the telegraph goes to stop every time.

Is this normal in a VIIb in 1939 ?

You are experiencing one of the various engine malfunctions. I expect that if, when surfaced, you selected All Ahead Flank, you would find the telegraph switching to Stop as well.

When leaving port on a patrol I always test my top speed, and my periscopes. If they are not working properly, I abort the patrol.

[Zajc3w]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

With malfunctions ticked on SHC when I hit crash dive the telegraph goes to stop every time.

Is this normal in a VIIb in 1939 ?

From You have VIIb in 1939??
I'm playing with GWX3.0 and in 17.December.1939 thereis no VIIb avaliable yet.

Hmmm. at 1.08.1939 there was one for upgrade in 2 flotilla but lack of renown then, later VIIB dissapears from "upgrade list".WTF?? in wilhelshafen aslo no VIIB but IX is alredy for 9000. stuck on IIA

[Hanomag]

My deepest dive... and I lived to tell the tale... the Type IX, there is no substitute!

[meduza]

I didn't know that IX can withstand such a depth. Once I went below 400m, but that was with Type VIIC/42, and that boat can go very deep. With Type IX I never dared going below 270m.