Is it dead?

Nuoz · 06-07-07, 08:11 PM

I've just hit a stationary british destroyer. I've hit it in the port side bow and he is on fire! I heard explosions.. How much time do i have to wait until i can be certain it will sink? I mean, if a ship's on fire for 24h it should "die" doesnt it? Thanks in advance.

bookworm_020 · 06-07-07, 08:14 PM

If his engines have stopped and his propellers aren't moving, he may be dead. If he is still undercontal and manouvering, then he's alive. If there are still people maning guns he's alive, if not he's going down!

GoldenRivet · 06-07-07, 08:36 PM

take a close look through the scope

no men at the gun stations and DC racks = dead

Nuoz · 06-07-07, 08:54 PM

Thanks! Its still a bit unrealist the fact it is indeed possible for a vessel to burn indefinitely.

GoldenRivet · 06-07-07, 09:02 PM

there were a few ships hit off the US east coast that burned for several days without sinking. but yea... perhaps it just didnt flood enough?

_Seth_ · 06-07-07, 11:08 PM

Just give her another eel, mate! That should do the trick!

06-07-07, 08:11 PM	#1
Nuoz Sparky Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Here Posts: 155 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Is it dead? I've just hit a stationary british destroyer. I've hit it in the port side bow and he is on fire! I heard explosions.. How much time do i have to wait until i can be certain it will sink? I mean, if a ship's on fire for 24h it should "die" doesnt it? Thanks in advance. __________________ "Listen, 'sir', it's real simple. Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch"

06-07-07, 08:14 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If his engines have stopped and his propellers aren't moving, he may be dead. If he is still undercontal and manouvering, then he's alive. If there are still people maning guns he's alive, if not he's going down! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

06-07-07, 08:36 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	take a close look through the scope no men at the gun stations and DC racks = dead __________________

06-07-07, 08:54 PM	#4
Nuoz Sparky Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Here Posts: 155 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks! Its still a bit unrealist the fact it is indeed possible for a vessel to burn indefinitely. __________________ "Listen, 'sir', it's real simple. Add the number of times we dive to the number of times we surface. Divide that number by two. If the result doesn't come out even, don't open the hatch"

06-07-07, 09:02 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	there were a few ships hit off the US east coast that burned for several days without sinking. but yea... perhaps it just didnt flood enough? __________________

06-07-07, 11:08 PM	#6
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Just give her another eel, mate! That should do the trick! __________________