How did it stay afloat - Page 2

gimpy117 · 02-06-08, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TomcatMVD

An air bubble?
When boarding ships for scuttling, the U-boats crews would brake most of the glasses on the compartmens to prevent the forming of those.

wait...boarding...now i klnow why U-532 was carrying guns and grenades...

the same thing happened with a polish dd with my s-boot, direct midships hit...stern underwater...still chugging along at 4 knots!!! ARRG!

Ivan Putski · 02-06-08, 11:38 PM

One hell of a good bilge pump.

Dekessey · 02-06-08, 11:50 PM

That is weird. A ship in such state shouldn't last long.

CapZap1970 · 02-07-08, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

cap zap... did you have any AA amo? i have seen before that shooting the boxes on deck can sometimes produce enough of an explosion so as to be the straw that broke the camels back so to speak and finally force one of these things uner.

might try that next time?

I know... But believe me, not even potatoes in the galley to toss at it... Bernard ate them all!! :rotfl:
CapZap

Brag · 02-07-08, 07:15 AM

I had a ship with its snout burried underwater. It kept going until destroyers from Gibraltar came to the rescue and drove me off.

gimpy117 · 02-07-08, 07:18 AM

it's those damn hit points....we need a natural sinking mod like those pampered sh4 sailors!

Blue_Ninja63 · 02-07-08, 12:06 PM

I was at the end of one patrol where I had two torpedos left and came across a Large merchant I got into firing position and launched the first torpedo it was a dud. I launched the second and it impacted amidships followed the thing for 8 hrs real time until she came to a dead stop. Weather was bad so deck gun and flak guns were useless

I tried time compression and it stayed afloat, I had to leave as Warships were incoming fast. I will never know if it sank or not after I was out of visual range. The captain of that vessel was very lucky that day I'll tell you.

02-06-08, 11:38 PM	#17
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	One hell of a good bilge pump. __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."

02-07-08, 07:15 AM	#20
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I had a ship with its snout burried underwater. It kept going until destroyers from Gibraltar came to the rescue and drove me off. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

02-07-08, 12:06 PM	#22
Blue_Ninja63 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Coquitlam, BC Canada Posts: 117 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I was at the end of one patrol where I had two torpedos left and came across a Large merchant I got into firing position and launched the first torpedo it was a dud. I launched the second and it impacted amidships followed the thing for 8 hrs real time until she came to a dead stop. Weather was bad so deck gun and flak guns were useless I tried time compression and it stayed afloat, I had to leave as Warships were incoming fast. I will never know if it sank or not after I was out of visual range. The captain of that vessel was very lucky that day I'll tell you. __________________ Blue_Ninja63 Seedrache Commander www.seedrache.webs.com

02-06-08, 11:50 PM	#18
Dekessey Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 112 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	That is weird. A ship in such state shouldn't last long.

02-07-08, 07:18 AM	#21
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	it's those damn hit points....we need a natural sinking mod like those pampered sh4 sailors!