How to sunk destroyer with a deck gun

[BasilY]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

True, 'Silent Otto' fired two torpedoes, just after midnight, at a ship that didn't see him even though he was only 300 metres away, because they were busy picking up survivors from the other one. He only got of four rounds, of which only two hit, and then he was forced to run when the ship opened fire in return. Not exactly a successful gun attack.

Still, it did happen, just not very often and with no success I'm aware of. I like Montserrat's story about having the u-boat surface right behind his corvette, which is a favored tactic among players of the game. In this case the 40mm AA gun killed everyone of the u-boat's gun crew before they could fire a shot.

Completely agree. That's why the distance I recommended is 3500-4500 meters, in bad lighting conditions, surface slowly in calm sea, and before the DDs had radar. Surfacing right next to a DD/Corvette will guarantee damage to your boat and casualty among your crew.

[andym]

I forgot to mention that before i got a shot off the DD opened up with all guns!!!THATS why i went to pD lol