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TheDude107 · 03-10-13, 04:03 PM

^ I didnt use the hydrophones until reading some posts on this forum. It helps for finding lone ships, even during the daytime with calm seas and a good watch crew.

During storms I just cruise underwater into the wind(to get out of the storm) or cut the engines while submerged.

Your crew gets tired faster out on the surface during a storm and your more likely to bump into a destroyer at point blank range then succesfully engage a ship by sighting it first.

pickler · 03-11-13, 11:39 AM

oh i forgot i don't do more than 128x compression or 256 sometimes. Yes i have tried western approaches and just tried AM52 this weekend. I only saw a lot of destroyers and small vessels. However i ran into this small task force with escort carrier north of the scapaflow area. I managed to sink the carrier, so that was fun.

mookiemookie · 03-11-13, 12:02 PM

If you're feeling brave, head on into the Irish Sea or St. George's Channel. Hang out outside the Liverpool port. You'll see lots of DDs and ships.

tsotha · 03-12-13, 09:45 PM

This describes my last cruise to a "t". The only ships I could find were destroyers and patrol boats in the channel. Cruised around for weeks wasting fuel before finally docking up in abject failure. I should have had a shuffle-board painted on the deck and filled the tubes with schnapps.

Rokko · 03-13-13, 06:29 AM

Funny, my problem is the exact opposite at the moment. I'm playing a NYGM carrier in a IXB in 1939/1940 and encounter way too many ships at the moment. I already deactivated Single Merchant Contacts. It's my third patrol and I have already encountered 4 convoys and 2 capital ships. Sinking 50.000 BRT on a patrol would have been a huge and astounding success during the war. Right now that seems to be my standard patrol achievement. I actually thinking about ignoring Convoy contact reports from time to time or long range sightings which strike as impropable.

Rokko · 03-13-13, 02:25 PM

Oh wow, I just sank a Revenge battleship going in the middle of a convoy somewhere in AM02 with just one torpedo

Almost missed but hit right in the bow. Almost looked as if he was trying to dive and when the screws came out of the water and the forward gun section was underwater, all was over for him. Sank within 10 minutes.
I fired 4 torpedoes of course. One hit a different ship way too early, another went deep and the last one missed and clonked of another ship behind the battleship.

Edit
Oh and now she is attempting to backflip while sinking. Smooth move.

pickler · 03-14-13, 08:46 PM

well i do use the hydrophone but i have never detected anything unless i was close to a ship i picked up with the radar. anyway i started my longest patrol ever by crossing the suez canal into the red sea. my whole journey i saw nothing but destroyers and escort carriers. i took a lot of damage from bottoming out once and hitting rocks and stuff. however entering gulf of oman i encountered a lot of unprotected tankers. it was happy times all over again. not like 1943 at all. i think ill transfer to penang now!

HW3 · 03-14-13, 10:58 PM

When you are using the hydrophones you need to turn up the volume on your speakers to hear better. You also can hear better if you stop your engines/electric motors.

03-11-13, 12:02 PM	#18
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	If you're feeling brave, head on into the Irish Sea or St. George's Channel. Hang out outside the Liverpool port. You'll see lots of DDs and ships. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

03-14-13, 10:58 PM	#23
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	When you are using the hydrophones you need to turn up the volume on your speakers to hear better. You also can hear better if you stop your engines/electric motors. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

03-10-13, 04:03 PM	#16
TheDude107 Seaman Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 33 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	^ I didnt use the hydrophones until reading some posts on this forum. It helps for finding lone ships, even during the daytime with calm seas and a good watch crew. During storms I just cruise underwater into the wind(to get out of the storm) or cut the engines while submerged. Your crew gets tired faster out on the surface during a storm and your more likely to bump into a destroyer at point blank range then succesfully engage a ship by sighting it first.

03-11-13, 11:39 AM	#17
pickler Sailor man Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 47 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	oh i forgot i don't do more than 128x compression or 256 sometimes. Yes i have tried western approaches and just tried AM52 this weekend. I only saw a lot of destroyers and small vessels. However i ran into this small task force with escort carrier north of the scapaflow area. I managed to sink the carrier, so that was fun.

03-12-13, 09:45 PM	#19
tsotha Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 17 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	This describes my last cruise to a "t". The only ships I could find were destroyers and patrol boats in the channel. Cruised around for weeks wasting fuel before finally docking up in abject failure. I should have had a shuffle-board painted on the deck and filled the tubes with schnapps.

03-13-13, 06:29 AM	#20
Rokko Seaman Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 31 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Funny, my problem is the exact opposite at the moment. I'm playing a NYGM carrier in a IXB in 1939/1940 and encounter way too many ships at the moment. I already deactivated Single Merchant Contacts. It's my third patrol and I have already encountered 4 convoys and 2 capital ships. Sinking 50.000 BRT on a patrol would have been a huge and astounding success during the war. Right now that seems to be my standard patrol achievement. I actually thinking about ignoring Convoy contact reports from time to time or long range sightings which strike as impropable.

03-13-13, 02:25 PM	#21
Rokko Seaman Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 31 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Oh wow, I just sank a Revenge battleship going in the middle of a convoy somewhere in AM02 with just one torpedo Almost missed but hit right in the bow. Almost looked as if he was trying to dive and when the screws came out of the water and the forward gun section was underwater, all was over for him. Sank within 10 minutes. I fired 4 torpedoes of course. One hit a different ship way too early, another went deep and the last one missed and clonked of another ship behind the battleship. Edit Oh and now she is attempting to backflip while sinking. Smooth move.

03-14-13, 08:46 PM	#22
pickler Sailor man Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 47 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	well i do use the hydrophone but i have never detected anything unless i was close to a ship i picked up with the radar. anyway i started my longest patrol ever by crossing the suez canal into the red sea. my whole journey i saw nothing but destroyers and escort carriers. i took a lot of damage from bottoming out once and hitting rocks and stuff. however entering gulf of oman i encountered a lot of unprotected tankers. it was happy times all over again. not like 1943 at all. i think ill transfer to penang now!