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cawimmer430 · 12-06-09, 07:57 AM

I'm not sure if this was a bug in the game but after attacking a convoy somewhere off Iceland I was depth charged and seriously damaged.

Both my electric engines were destroyed, one diesel engine damaged beyond repair, my compressor was kaputt and both my rudders where destroyed. To make matters worse I had serious flooding in various compartments. I was sinking like a brick. Depth under keep was about 299 meters and I ended up landing on the ocean floor. By then the flooding was under control.I figured I would wait until the enemy convoy was gone and then surface. I rigged the boat for silent running and waited.

Once the enemy was gone I tried surfacing. No effect. Blowing the ballast? Also no effect. Both electric engines were kaputt which meant no underwater propulsion for me. I guess with my compressor destroyed I was to be stuck on the ocean floor until I ran out of air. What a horrible way to die.

But yeah, stuck at 299 meters and still in one piece...

RConch · 12-06-09, 08:19 AM

I had read that a Type IXc under attack and damaged had gone as deep as a 1,000ft+ and made it back to the surface. If it is true, that must have been one terrifying ride.

Cambaz · 12-06-09, 08:35 AM

I made 330 m. when I get my brand new VIIC and the boat holds on well, but I lost all the gauge and dial glasses they were all exploded because of pressure

these boats are really tough... trust the German engineering

MaelstromT26 · 12-08-09, 10:33 PM

On one attack on a large convoy (BE 63, October 1940) I was depth charged and suffered flood damage to the two bow compartments of my Type VIIB. The torp compartment was fixed with a full repair crew at ~360m and finally imploded at roughly 370m. How did I manage that???

12-06-09, 08:19 AM	#2
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	I had read that a Type IXc under attack and damaged had gone as deep as a 1,000ft+ and made it back to the surface. If it is true, that must have been one terrifying ride. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

12-06-09, 08:35 AM	#3
Cambaz Gunner Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: İstanbul/TÜRKİYE Posts: 92 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I made 330 m. when I get my brand new VIIC and the boat holds on well, but I lost all the gauge and dial glasses they were all exploded because of pressure these boats are really tough... trust the German engineering __________________

12-06-09, 07:57 AM	#1
cawimmer430 Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure if this was a bug in the game but after attacking a convoy somewhere off Iceland I was depth charged and seriously damaged. Both my electric engines were destroyed, one diesel engine damaged beyond repair, my compressor was kaputt and both my rudders where destroyed. To make matters worse I had serious flooding in various compartments. I was sinking like a brick. Depth under keep was about 299 meters and I ended up landing on the ocean floor. By then the flooding was under control.I figured I would wait until the enemy convoy was gone and then surface. I rigged the boat for silent running and waited. Once the enemy was gone I tried surfacing. No effect. Blowing the ballast? Also no effect. Both electric engines were kaputt which meant no underwater propulsion for me. I guess with my compressor destroyed I was to be stuck on the ocean floor until I ran out of air. What a horrible way to die. But yeah, stuck at 299 meters and still in one piece...

12-08-09, 10:33 PM	#4
MaelstromT26 Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: CA45 Posts: 8 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	On one attack on a large convoy (BE 63, October 1940) I was depth charged and suffered flood damage to the two bow compartments of my Type VIIB. The torp compartment was fixed with a full repair crew at ~360m and finally imploded at roughly 370m. How did I manage that???