Anyone ever ran into one of these in the middle of the night? (pics)

popcorn2721 · 05-16-08, 11:27 AM

Hello, Ive been lurking on this board for a while and am making my first thread today. Last night I was off the coast of Sydney, Canada hunting the shipping lanes after docking with the Belchin supply boat. The weather was horrid and you couldn't see a damned thing. Shortly after sinking the first cargo vessel the SO picked up a contact that was "stationary" yet "closing" at long range. I ordered the WO out of the break room and onto the deck looking forward to cranking a few fish into some allied tonnage. With the engines running full flank, I watched the contact dissapper...and continued to follow the general direction of the contact. No more than 5 min later I am greeted with the angry sounds of collision and steel grinding (hey it was 2am and I was not expecting this). So I hit back emergency and was amazed to see this monster tearing into my boat.

I hung around till morning to get a few screenies of this iceberg for every one to see...

It wasnt the first time I have seen an iceberg in the game...but never have I seen one with such mass...it was truly shocking.

Hope you enjoy the pics...

flag4 · 05-16-08, 02:42 PM

wow....dude, those 'bergs are like neat.

and yes

only in 1969 in 'Cisco.....

Red Heat · 05-16-08, 02:59 PM

ooooooooooooaaaaaaaaauuuu!!!
You felt exactly the same witch the Captain of the H.M.S."Titanic" felt dont you?

ichso · 05-16-08, 03:10 PM

Huh ? Is it just me or do those ice bergs look like they're floating in the air ?

popcorn2721 · 05-16-08, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ichso

Huh ? Is it just me or do those ice bergs look like they're floating in the air ?

yeah, i thought so too... I think it was because of an anomaly in the SHIII engine. The weather was really horrid, with the swells dropping my boat to 15 meters (looked like it would drown the crew on the con).
I have seen debris and life boats bounce out of the water like that, and I think its just the limits of the engine itself. The berg didnt actually move like it was bouncing...hell, it didnt move when I hit it.
lol
hey can you blow these things up?

ichso · 05-16-08, 03:43 PM

I never even have faced such a thing by day yet

Otherwise I would have played Titanic.
"Crushed ice for your drink ? Someone ?"

Jimbuna · 05-16-08, 04:28 PM

Met a few on my travels over the years

Red Heat · 05-16-08, 04:41 PM

It will be a very nice strategical U-Boat base, for us and got everything we need, its movel, we can keep the food longer in the ice, suberb coktails with fresh ice, and a natural camouflage all the year! :rotfl:
Nice screenshots, jimbuna...

ichso · 05-16-08, 04:59 PM

Hm kind of slippery for a base, don't you think ?

Myxale · 05-16-08, 05:02 PM

Mee too; still un-Iced!

Never seen one

Venatore · 05-16-08, 06:49 PM

Hylander_1314 · 05-16-08, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Met a few on my travels over the years

The pic while submerged should have shown a mass about 75% larger than what you saw on the surface. Sometimes the submerged portion is upwards of 85% larger than what you see above the waves.

nikimcbee · 05-17-08, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Myxale

Mee too; still un-Iced!

Never seen one

Same here, but I don't think I sail very often where they are though. How far north do you need to go?

popcorn2721 · 05-17-08, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myxale

Mee too; still un-Iced!

Never seen one

Same here, but I don't think I sail very often where they are though. How far north do you need to go?

I was in grid BC quadrant 7... this is the farthest south ive ever seen one. All of the other ones Ive seen (including a tight group of three bergs ID'd by my SO as a "convoy") have been east of Greenland.

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Originally Posted by Venatore

Wow, thats some amazing "figuring"on those icebergs...nice pics. It seems like Im always encountering bad weather when I run across them.

I am wondering if anyone has approached the modders about correcting the mass issues with burgs? I personally thing that would be even more amazing to see 70%more ice underwater...this as we say "is just the tip of the iceberg".

Delareon · 05-17-08, 11:12 AM

very nice pics. I should do a travel into the north just for finding some icebergs

Didnt u get any warning about that monsters from your lookouts maybe?

05-16-08, 11:27 AM	#1
popcorn2721 Gunner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ill Posts: 93 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Anyone ever ran into one of these in the middle of the night? (pics) Hello, Ive been lurking on this board for a while and am making my first thread today. Last night I was off the coast of Sydney, Canada hunting the shipping lanes after docking with the Belchin supply boat. The weather was horrid and you couldn't see a damned thing. Shortly after sinking the first cargo vessel the SO picked up a contact that was "stationary" yet "closing" at long range. I ordered the WO out of the break room and onto the deck looking forward to cranking a few fish into some allied tonnage. With the engines running full flank, I watched the contact dissapper...and continued to follow the general direction of the contact. No more than 5 min later I am greeted with the angry sounds of collision and steel grinding (hey it was 2am and I was not expecting this). So I hit back emergency and was amazed to see this monster tearing into my boat. I hung around till morning to get a few screenies of this iceberg for every one to see... It wasnt the first time I have seen an iceberg in the game...but never have I seen one with such mass...it was truly shocking. Hope you enjoy the pics... __________________ Silent Hunter III v1.4b GWX2.0 GWX2.1 GWX3.0 Uboat Commander 3.2 Life Boats final Torpedo Damage final Silent Hunter 4...more on that later Last edited by popcorn2721; 05-16-08 at 01:44 PM.

05-16-08, 02:42 PM	#2
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	wow....dude, those 'bergs are like neat. and yes only in 1969 in 'Cisco..... __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

05-16-08, 02:59 PM	#3
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	ooooooooooooaaaaaaaaauuuu!!! You felt exactly the same witch the Captain of the H.M.S."Titanic" felt dont you? __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

05-16-08, 03:10 PM	#4
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Huh ? Is it just me or do those ice bergs look like they're floating in the air ? __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

05-16-08, 03:43 PM	#6
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	I never even have faced such a thing by day yet Otherwise I would have played Titanic. "Crushed ice for your drink ? Someone ?" __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

05-16-08, 04:28 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Met a few on my travels over the years __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-16-08, 04:41 PM	#8
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	It will be a very nice strategical U-Boat base, for us and got everything we need, its movel, we can keep the food longer in the ice, suberb coktails with fresh ice, and a natural camouflage all the year! :rotfl: Nice screenshots, jimbuna... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

05-16-08, 04:59 PM	#9
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Hm kind of slippery for a base, don't you think ? __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

05-16-08, 05:02 PM	#10
Myxale Admiral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PQ AN 25 Posts: 2,178 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	Mee too; still un-Iced! Never seen one __________________ SH3+GWX SH5+WoS Still Sailing....still Deep

05-16-08, 06:49 PM	#11
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0

05-17-08, 11:12 AM	#15
Delareon Planesman Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 192 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	very nice pics. I should do a travel into the north just for finding some icebergs Didnt u get any warning about that monsters from your lookouts maybe?