Invulnerable British Sub

Noren · 03-29-10, 11:59 AM

But there is the famous sinking of a submerged german sub, of the norwegian coast by a english sub. The english captain fired a 4 torpedo spread and had a fortunate hit, to him it was worth it (german subs must have been priority targets).

Now, if I was the captain I dont think I would have surface and manned the deckgun. what if the enemy sub raced to me and fired a spread? A prolonged crashdive could take minutes and then baaaam!

(or, I could pick up the deck-crew later haha)

msxyz · 03-29-10, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Noren

But there is the famous sinking of a submerged german sub, of the norwegian coast by a english sub. The english captain fired a 4 torpedo spread and had a fortunate hit, to him it was worth it (german subs must have been priority targets).

Now, if I was the captain I dont think I would have surface and manned the deckgun. what if the enemy sub raced to me and fired a spread? A prolonged crashdive could take minutes and then baaaam!

(or, I could pick up the deck-crew later haha)

There was a famous battle between a british and an Italian submarine in WW2.

It's remembered because, at a certain point, the two vessels, unaware of each other position, surfaced one near the other. Caught by surprise, the men from the two subs rushed towards the deck guns. An italian gunner, probably in an attempt to distract the enemy, threw a shoe at the British

In the excitement of the battle, probably it looked to the terrified British as a hand grenade.

We don't know if this shoe was the turning point of the battle, but at the end the british sub was sunk. Desperation is the mother of virtue!

PS: the story of the shoe may be just a legend about the proverbial italian ingenuity ... or not.

loerelau · 03-29-10, 12:44 PM

Brilliant story

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Also like the story of the Dutch submarine near Gibraltar... Dutch sub did see a german submarine (u-95) signaling him, the captain of u-95 didn't know that it was a Dutch model that looked like a german u-boat... Dutch captain fired torpedoes, and the u-95 went down!

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u95.htm

mcarlsonus · 03-29-10, 12:56 PM

"There ain't no cure for, 'stupid!' "

Nico09 · 03-29-10, 01:20 PM

Sunk with Deck gun, still no credit for it though

SabreHawk · 03-29-10, 01:44 PM

Well you see sinking subs is not the job of Uboats, and unless specificly ordered to do so then leave them alone.

Your job as a Uboat captain is to sink enemy shipping, not warships. That is unless it is part of your mission under orders.

To spend torpedos or any ammo on a sub is simply wasting them when they could have bagged a merchant, which as I said is what the Uboats were out there for.

Nico09 · 03-29-10, 03:47 PM

Im sorry, but if a uboat captain or any other sub captain could have the opportunity to sink another sub i would have thought he would take it, considering the amount of damage they can inflict on there convoys/warships, so to say leave them alone doesn't really add up to me.

In this game the obj/missions/patrols are flawed as has been mentioned in other posts.

I will sink anything i can as long as it does not jeopardise whatever the mission i am on, not that there are any mission/patrols it can ruin.

Nico

03-29-10, 01:44 PM	#6
SabreHawk Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 530 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Well you see sinking subs is not the job of Uboats, and unless specificly ordered to do so then leave them alone. Your job as a Uboat captain is to sink enemy shipping, not warships. That is unless it is part of your mission under orders. To spend torpedos or any ammo on a sub is simply wasting them when they could have bagged a merchant, which as I said is what the Uboats were out there for. __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind"

03-29-10, 11:59 AM	#1
Noren 中国水兵 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 284 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	But there is the famous sinking of a submerged german sub, of the norwegian coast by a english sub. The english captain fired a 4 torpedo spread and had a fortunate hit, to him it was worth it (german subs must have been priority targets). Now, if I was the captain I dont think I would have surface and manned the deckgun. what if the enemy sub raced to me and fired a spread? A prolonged crashdive could take minutes and then baaaam! (or, I could pick up the deck-crew later haha)

03-29-10, 12:44 PM	#3
loerelau Gunner Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 93 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Brilliant story . Also like the story of the Dutch submarine near Gibraltar... Dutch sub did see a german submarine (u-95) signaling him, the captain of u-95 didn't know that it was a Dutch model that looked like a german u-boat... Dutch captain fired torpedoes, and the u-95 went down! http://www.uboat.net/boats/u95.htm

03-29-10, 12:56 PM	#4
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	"There ain't no cure for, 'stupid!' "

03-29-10, 01:20 PM	#5
Nico09 Gunner Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 93 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Sunk with Deck gun, still no credit for it though

03-29-10, 03:47 PM	#7
Nico09 Gunner Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 93 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Im sorry, but if a uboat captain or any other sub captain could have the opportunity to sink another sub i would have thought he would take it, considering the amount of damage they can inflict on there convoys/warships, so to say leave them alone doesn't really add up to me. In this game the obj/missions/patrols are flawed as has been mentioned in other posts. I will sink anything i can as long as it does not jeopardise whatever the mission i am on, not that there are any mission/patrols it can ruin. Nico