I think that plane just stole my kill.

[ryanglavin]

Originally Posted by Luckless

No, it was clearly sunk by the bombs aimed in my general direction. I'm just annoyed that my AA mount appeared to have zero effect besides lighting a few fires on deck. It is suppose to be a 20mm, which is still going to rip a nice little hole at the water line of an unarmoured ship.

What is the longest a ship can stay dead in the water with one end dipping below the waves before it sinks? I've never stuck around to see if a boat can recover and take off again, and will usually just shove another fish under it to get the tonnage.

If you hit the ship in the bow, it seems to have a better chance of sinking

Quoting Otto Kretschmers Ship log (in volume 1 clar blair pg 198-199)

"At 700 meters, hit forward of amidships. Vessel of some 6500 tons sinks within 20 seconds. I nowproceed head on into the convoy. All ships zig zagging independently."
"Fire a bow torpedo at a large freighter. As teh ship turns towards us,, the torpedo passes ahead of her and hits an even larger ship after a run of 1740 meters. This ship is of some 7000 tons is hit abreast the foremast."
"Fire bow torpedo at the next large vessel of some 7000 tons. Range 975 meters. Hit abreast foremast."
"Third attempt (Third attempt because previous 2 had gyroscope failures)at the same target from a range of 720 meters. Hit forward of the bridge. Bow sinks rapidly level with the water."
"Hit aft of amidships. Ship drops astern, somewhat lower in the water. As torpedoes have been expended, I wait to see if she will sink further before I settle her with gunfire." (proves bow shots sink faster then stern shots. He got half credit with the last ship, as U-123, ((Moehle was the captain)), The ship was a 3106 tonner.