Where is HMS Hood ? - Page 2

Shadowblade · 09-12-08, 07:02 PM

2 StarLion45: evidence(s):

1st HMS Hood (TF) - 2 torps - 1st aimed at fore ammo bunker, 2nd at engine room (T1, impact, medium speed)

log

2nd HMS Hood (Scapa Flow)- single torp aimed at fore ammo bunker (critical hit) (T1, impact, slow speed, depth 1 m (torp nets))

3rd HMS Hood (without escort, probably on move from Scapa Flow to Loch Ewe) - 2 torps - 1st aimed at fore ammo bunker (critical hit), 2nd at aft ammo bunker (T1, impact, medium speed, depth 1 m (it worked in Scapa Flow

))
log for 2nd and 3rd ship

(GWX 2.1, realism 80%)

StarLion45 · 09-14-08, 01:54 AM

Herr kaleun !
The whole U-boat Waffe , is very proud to serve with you

Mein Gott , if more of our kaleuns could be like you:p
Now :

BE MORE AGRESSIVE

:rotfl: :rotfl: (Only joking)

Wreford-Brown · 09-14-08, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

2 torps? Blah.....

Not to spoil the fun of the hunt, but I think the SHIII damage model is seriously flawed when it comes to major warships. Yes, there were occasions when major ships were sunk by surprisingly little orndance (Ark Royal by a single torp, although it was in the worst possible location from the ship's perspective re damage control), but these should be exceptions.

People potting Hood and Rodney and KGV etc with one or two torps gets my goat for some reason.....

The Belgrano was sunk by just 2 torpedoes during the Falklands War, and the third one impacted but didn't explode (sounds familiar...).
The Captain decided to use Mk8 torpedoes whose design dates back to 1925 rather than the newer Mk24 homing torpedoes as he was unsure of their reliability.

Kielhauler1961 · 09-14-08, 09:16 AM

Belgrano was just a poor, worn-out 44 year old light cruiser of the Brooklyn class, built before the 2nd World War. With her motley crew of conscripts who probably didn't have a clue about damage control she was easy meat. Over half of all Argentine war dead in that conflict went down with her. She never stood a chance.

Funny you should mention the Belgrano, given your forum name. The captain of the submarine, HMS Conqueror, was Commander Chris Wreford-Brown. You're not related by any chance?

Redwine · 09-14-08, 10:30 AM

[quote=Wreford-Brown]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

The Belgrano was sunk by just 2 torpedoes during the Falklands War, and the third one impacted but didn't explode (sounds familiar...).

The Captain decided to use Mk8 torpedoes whose design dates back to 1925 rather than the newer Mk24 homing torpedoes as he was unsure of their reliability.

The ARA Gral. Belgrano was a Brooklyn Class (Light Cruiser) (Ex USS Phoenix CL-46), a "goliath" BB as HMS Hood must be much much more strong...

Really, it was sunk by a only one shot, because the second torp blasted the ship's bow with no danger for the ship survavability. The torp at midship was the cause of the sink...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kielhauler1961

Belgrano was just a poor, worn-out 44 year old light cruiser of the Brooklyn class, built before the 2nd World War. With her motley crew of conscripts who probably didn't have a clue about damage control she was easy meat. Over half of all Argentine war dead in that conflict went down with her. She never stood a chance.

Thats correct, plus...

The "Captain" of the ARA Gral. Belgrano was sailing with the "waterproof' compartements opened and not sealed.
May be he was into a "vacations travel", may he was not in know there was a battle near around...

Any way...a 270kg explosives ( x2 ) into a light cruiser must be too much.

I rised up all my BB hitpoints up to 1200HP, with my torp settings i need almost 4 300Kg torps to kill a BB inmediatelly, 3 of them can stop the ships after half hour, with two, they scape withy no problems.

With 200kg torps, i need more torps.

Ocasionally, a copule of torps can kill the ship, but it is due to the "critical" probability at zones.cfg files, but no happens too often.

I am thinking to rise up Hitpoints up to 1600HP.

What must be the correct number of torps to kill a big BB ?

Wreford-Brown · 09-14-08, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kielhauler1961

Funny you should mention the Belgrano, given your forum name. The captain of the submarine, HMS Conqueror, was Commander Chris Wreford-Brown. You're not related by any chance?

No relation, but I was surprised when I signed up that no other Brits on the forum had taken the name of the only nuclear submarine captain to have sunk an enemy ship in combat.

astak9 · 09-15-08, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chisum

She is in the deep I sank her !

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=140610&page=2

:p

And so did I

Herr Doktor · 05-26-10, 08:05 PM

Hey all

I am very excited...just stumbled onto Hood in Scapa Flow while searching for what I was expecting to be the spawning of an Auxiliary Cruiser as used to be the case in SH3 vanilla. Sept 15, 1939 just past 01:00 and Hood is parked with the lights off and no keys in the ignition. Good thing too because I have only 2 torpedoes left...used the rest on destroyers and a floating drydock that I found nestled among some islands in the southwest corner of the same bay. Going to be a nice bit of tonnage if I can get Hood to sink.

GWX 3.0 Gold with SHC (new user)

05-26-10, 09:26 PM

I just had the luck in July 1940 to catch the Hood in the middle if a merchant convoy heading to the Uk from the Atlantic. After 3 torps 38100 tonnes goes to the bottom! She took a long time to go down.

Sailor Steve · 05-26-10, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redwine

What must be the correct number of torps to kill a big BB ?

The biggest, IJN Yamato, was hit by 11 torpedoes and 8 bombs. It's doubtful whether that many were actually needed, but it's uncertain. An Iowa class should probably take at least 6, the KGV class about the same, maybe 5. Hood was older and 4 should probably be enough.

Just guessing though. Others probably have a better idea.

Jimbuna · 05-27-10, 05:34 AM

Save youe eels, probably one hit from your deck gun would suffice for the Hood

Lost At Sea · 06-02-10, 10:35 PM

Spotted a convoy with HMS Hood + Revenge Class battleship on Feb 17 '40. Located at AM33, heading SW. Limited DD escort.
Juicy target and "easy" torp solution. Night attack, submerged.

Fired 4 torps at Hood from 3.8k. Dove as deep as my VIIB boat could take and pulled back. Got 2 premature detonations, 1 hit and 1 miss.
From the sound of it, HMS Hood is still going more or less full speed and DDs are looking way off.

Won't be easy to get back in once reloaded

on GWX 3.0

Lost

Dissaray · 06-03-10, 03:07 AM

I was making transit for the Rockwall Bank to make my asigned rounds and got word of a task force just south west of me and heading in my general direction. It was my first patrol in my new IXb, early '40 and I figured I would check it out seeing as it was an easy intercept. It was just about dawn, the nav map hadn't switched over to daylight mode but visiblity was good, when the watch called out a contact. I took a peek at it thru the UZO and found a very large looking thing and asked the watch officer for a range and he rattled off some numbers that put it way out there. I identified it as the Hood, and my fortunes were looking up as it wasn't alone. The Revenge was right behind it.

Long story short I moved in all clandestinely, like a ninja but more underwater and German, just like they teach you. The four or so Tribal class escort ships hadn't the slightest clue I was there. I had set up two torpidos, one for each BB, preset with depth under keel and magnetic pistols. The plan was to punch a hole in the botom of them both in hopes of disabling the engens and finishing the job when the escorts stoped inturpting us. Unfortunatly I missed the mark on the hood, used the wrong torpido too, and took her by the fule bunkers at the water line. I put two more down range and both hit, one on target at the engens and the other forward of the fore magazene. My one shot on the Revenge missed wide and infront of the ship all together.

Needless to say my introduction wasn't greeted kindly by the Brits. They let me have it. The Hood opend up with its entire battery, main guns and all. This blasted my attack and obs scope off, along with most of the bridge I should think. Blinded I went hard over to port and once I had my aft tubes in the general direction of their last known position I fired both tubes in hopes of killing the Hood or wounding the Revenge. After the eels were away it was all dive and hide games. Unfortunatly my IXb isn't very good at the diving or the hiding part of that game. We were ramed, then shelled again and then depth charged. It was at this point that I knew things were lost and went to get a drink, I drank to the fallen you see, by the time I came back, drink in hand, it was all over. Boat distroyed, all crew lost.

But next time they will not be so lucky... Probly.

Lockhart · 06-16-10, 09:38 AM

Just found the Hood approaching Scapa Flow from the West (grid AN15) on 6th Sep 1939 (in GWX). She was travelling with HMS Renown and HMS Repulse and 4 destroyers in a very loose defending formation.

Playing with a Type XXI (i.e. cheating) I managed to sink all three battleships and two destroyers. With a slower boat and without acoustic torpedoes it's probably still quite possible to sink one, or maybe two, of the battleships and live to tell the tale.

Jimbuna · 06-16-10, 10:05 AM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

09-12-08, 07:02 PM	#16
Shadowblade Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 781 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	2 StarLion45: evidence(s): 1st HMS Hood (TF) - 2 torps - 1st aimed at fore ammo bunker, 2nd at engine room (T1, impact, medium speed) log 2nd HMS Hood (Scapa Flow)- single torp aimed at fore ammo bunker (critical hit) (T1, impact, slow speed, depth 1 m (torp nets)) 3rd HMS Hood (without escort, probably on move from Scapa Flow to Loch Ewe) - 2 torps - 1st aimed at fore ammo bunker (critical hit), 2nd at aft ammo bunker (T1, impact, medium speed, depth 1 m (it worked in Scapa Flow )) log for 2nd and 3rd ship (GWX 2.1, realism 80%) __________________ Kapitänleutnant Vlad von Carstein - U-Flotilla Saltzwedel - U-123, Type IXB SH3 GWX 3.0

09-14-08, 01:54 AM	#17
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Ach ,Zeer gut Herr kaleun ! The whole U-boat Waffe , is very proud to serve with you Mein Gott , if more of our kaleuns could be like you:p Now : BE MORE AGRESSIVE :rotfl: :rotfl: (Only joking)

05-27-10, 05:34 AM	#26
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Save youe eels, probably one hit from your deck gun would suffice for the Hood __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-16-10, 10:05 AM	#30
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-14-08, 09:16 AM	#19
Kielhauler1961 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East of the Firth of Forth Posts: 273 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Belgrano was just a poor, worn-out 44 year old light cruiser of the Brooklyn class, built before the 2nd World War. With her motley crew of conscripts who probably didn't have a clue about damage control she was easy meat. Over half of all Argentine war dead in that conflict went down with her. She never stood a chance. Funny you should mention the Belgrano, given your forum name. The captain of the submarine, HMS Conqueror, was Commander Chris Wreford-Brown. You're not related by any chance?

05-26-10, 08:05 PM	#23
Herr Doktor Nub Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey all I am very excited...just stumbled onto Hood in Scapa Flow while searching for what I was expecting to be the spawning of an Auxiliary Cruiser as used to be the case in SH3 vanilla. Sept 15, 1939 just past 01:00 and Hood is parked with the lights off and no keys in the ignition. Good thing too because I have only 2 torpedoes left...used the rest on destroyers and a floating drydock that I found nestled among some islands in the southwest corner of the same bay. Going to be a nice bit of tonnage if I can get Hood to sink. GWX 3.0 Gold with SHC (new user)

05-26-10, 09:26 PM	#24
Shandiir Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I just had the luck in July 1940 to catch the Hood in the middle if a merchant convoy heading to the Uk from the Atlantic. After 3 torps 38100 tonnes goes to the bottom! She took a long time to go down.

06-02-10, 10:35 PM	#27
Lost At Sea Sparky Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 152 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Spotted a convoy with HMS Hood + Revenge Class battleship on Feb 17 '40. Located at AM33, heading SW. Limited DD escort. Juicy target and "easy" torp solution. Night attack, submerged. Fired 4 torps at Hood from 3.8k. Dove as deep as my VIIB boat could take and pulled back. Got 2 premature detonations, 1 hit and 1 miss. From the sound of it, HMS Hood is still going more or less full speed and DDs are looking way off. Won't be easy to get back in once reloaded on GWX 3.0 Lost

06-03-10, 03:07 AM	#28
Dissaray 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 280 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I was making transit for the Rockwall Bank to make my asigned rounds and got word of a task force just south west of me and heading in my general direction. It was my first patrol in my new IXb, early '40 and I figured I would check it out seeing as it was an easy intercept. It was just about dawn, the nav map hadn't switched over to daylight mode but visiblity was good, when the watch called out a contact. I took a peek at it thru the UZO and found a very large looking thing and asked the watch officer for a range and he rattled off some numbers that put it way out there. I identified it as the Hood, and my fortunes were looking up as it wasn't alone. The Revenge was right behind it. Long story short I moved in all clandestinely, like a ninja but more underwater and German, just like they teach you. The four or so Tribal class escort ships hadn't the slightest clue I was there. I had set up two torpidos, one for each BB, preset with depth under keel and magnetic pistols. The plan was to punch a hole in the botom of them both in hopes of disabling the engens and finishing the job when the escorts stoped inturpting us. Unfortunatly I missed the mark on the hood, used the wrong torpido too, and took her by the fule bunkers at the water line. I put two more down range and both hit, one on target at the engens and the other forward of the fore magazene. My one shot on the Revenge missed wide and infront of the ship all together. Needless to say my introduction wasn't greeted kindly by the Brits. They let me have it. The Hood opend up with its entire battery, main guns and all. This blasted my attack and obs scope off, along with most of the bridge I should think. Blinded I went hard over to port and once I had my aft tubes in the general direction of their last known position I fired both tubes in hopes of killing the Hood or wounding the Revenge. After the eels were away it was all dive and hide games. Unfortunatly my IXb isn't very good at the diving or the hiding part of that game. We were ramed, then shelled again and then depth charged. It was at this point that I knew things were lost and went to get a drink, I drank to the fallen you see, by the time I came back, drink in hand, it was all over. Boat distroyed, all crew lost. But next time they will not be so lucky... Probly.

06-16-10, 09:38 AM	#29
Lockhart Bilge Rat Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Just found the Hood approaching Scapa Flow from the West (grid AN15) on 6th Sep 1939 (in GWX). She was travelling with HMS Renown and HMS Repulse and 4 destroyers in a very loose defending formation. Playing with a Type XXI (i.e. cheating) I managed to sink all three battleships and two destroyers. With a slower boat and without acoustic torpedoes it's probably still quite possible to sink one, or maybe two, of the battleships and live to tell the tale.