One ship, one torpedo?

[Lonecrow]

I hit a merchant in a port docked and one hit I actually saw it break in half!! So far about 200 torpedoes and 1 has been a one shot kill.

[Sailor Steve]

It always pays to read the actual reports before believing the hype. Kretschmer did indeed sink many ships with one shot. A large number of them were smaller (2000 tons or less) but at least one large tanker exploded and broke in half. On the other hand one 6000-to freighter took two torpedoes and 88 rounds from the deck gun, plus an unspecified number of gun rounds from Prien in U-47. It varied a lot in real life, but ships of 5000 tons or more usually needed at least two torpedoes to put down.
http://uboat.net/men/kretschmer.htm

[Ducimus]

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What sailor steve said.

[Subnuts]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

http://uboat.net/men/kretschmer.htm

I'm going to take a minute to see how Kretschmer's "one ship, one torpedo" strategy worked against ships over 5,000 tons.

Danmark (10,500 tons motor tanker) - Hit by one torpedo, breaks in half, entire crew survives, after part stays afloat for 9 days.

Tiberton (5,225 ton merchant carrying iron ore) - Sinks in 30 seconds, entire crew lost.

Loch Maddy (4,996 ton merchant carrying wheat, timber, and aircraft) - Hit by one torpedo, crew abandon ships. Sunk by second torpedo five hours later, breaks in two, stern section salvaged by tug and later beached.

Humber Arm (5,750 ton merchant carrying newsprint, steel, pulp, and lumber) Ship sinks after single torpedo hit.

Auckland Star (13,212 ton merchant carrying lead, steel, hides, wheat, and refrigerated goods) - Hit by single torpedo at 0557, hit again by single torpedoes at 0633 and 0711, capsizes at 0733.

Clan Menzies (7,336 ton merchant carrying wheat, grain, dried fruit, zinc, and general cargo) - First torpedo misses, second hits and ship sinks after an hour.

Jamaica Progess (5,475 ton merchant carrying fruit) Hit by first torpedo at 0138, second at 0244. Sinks.

Jersey City (6,322 ton merchant in ballast) Sunk by single torpedo.

Alexia (8,016 ton motor tanker) Torpedoed, fails to sink, later shelled, remains afloat. Same ship later survives being torpedoed three times by U-510 in 1942.

Lucerna (6,556 ton motor tanker) Hit by single torpedo and later shelled, survives.

Strinda (10,973 ton motor tanker) Hit by single torpedo in wing bunker, crew abandons ship, ship later returns to port under own power.

Elmbank (5,156 ton merchant carrying general cargo) Hit by single torpedo at 0447, falls behind convoy, U-99 commences shelling at 0600, fires 88 shells, U-47 shells her at 1500, setting her on fire, U-99 eventually sinks her with another torpedo.

Invershannon (9,154 ton motor tanker) Hit at 0312, sunk by coup de grâce eight hours later.

Thalia (5,875 ton merchant carrying steel, lead, and zinc) Sinks in 40 seconds after being hit by single torpedo in the bow.

Casanare (5,376 ton merchant carrying bananas) Sinks after one torpedo.

Laurentic (18,724 ton armed merchant cruiser) Sinks after being hit by four torpedoes between 2250 and 0453.

Patroclus (11,314 ton armed merchant cruiser) Sinks after being hit by five torpedoes between 0002 and 0525.

Forfar (16,402 ton armed merchant cruiser) Sinks after being hit by five torpedoes between 0546 and 0657.

Conch (8,376 ton motor tanker) Hit four times between 0525 and 0932 by two U-boats, the abandoned ship sunk the next day by U-99.

Farmsum (5,237 ton merchant) First two torpedoes hit the stern and cause little apparent damage, third hits amidships, ship sinks in three minutes.

Terje Viken (20,638 ton whale factory ship) Hit by two torpedoes at 0505. Crew abandons ship after third hit, ship capsizes some 14 hours later.

Beduin (8,136 ton motor tanker) Hit by one torpedo aft of pump room, later breaks in half. Both halves remain afloat, the forepart shelled and sunk by a British trawler, the after part taken in tow but sinks two days later.

Ferm (6,593 ton motor tanker) Hit by single torpedo, crew abandons ship. Taken in tow, but sinks the next day.

Stupid Noob.

[mobucks]

i think you want to hit the keel a few feet or maybe meters below it and have it go off on mag. det. and that is how you see ships practicly snap like a toothpick out of the water.

i tried it in the first patch of sh5 and using the torp cam it seemed bugged and never would go off. And trust me i tried it a lot. Only a direct contact det ever worked, but i got 1 torp 1 kill shots many times in SH5 with the BARF mod and Torp Crit Hit mod. All were direct contact as close on the keel as i could though, no pressure bubble mag det below the ship keel worked.... maybe later in the campaign but i wouldnt put money on it.