2nd career...... 1st & 2nd Major Battleships

maddysad · 10-19-07, 02:10 PM

Ever

After being retired from 1st career

I restarted back in 39 in wilmershaven class VIIB

2nd patrol
Sent out to patrol area just off Spain.....so took the route up round North of Scotland, West of Ireland then Due South

Radio contact of convoy heading East,intercepted convoy 06.30 loosed off a few eels, couple of large merchants

(Dive Reload)
Came up to Periscope Depth and found HMS Rodney 10 degrees off bow 700m distance

Fired 4 forward tubes aiming for bow to stern spread (Dived )
Came back up after reload (ONLY 1 Forward 1Aft Torps left)
Rodney slow but looks stable

Using Final Torp Damage Mod

Check Rodders waterline(shes holed x 4)
Put final Front Torp into Rodders hull

She Lists suddenly approx 10 degrees and slips slowly at that same angle into the sea( 2 Hours I waited)

3rd mission
much the same Only HMS Nelson

Takes 2 Torps and sinks in 5 mins(1 midships and 1 just front of props/screws)

Now there is a question

I'm using reallistic sinking times and the difference between 2 Giants (36000 tons each) and sustained damage is slightly confusing(TO ME)
Is it historical(perhaps HMS Nelson older = less protection)
Is it position of strike
Is it pure damn luck

I still consider myself as Learning Noob so pointers /advice welcome

Salute

maddysad

bigboywooly · 10-19-07, 05:27 PM

Congratulations on the 2 battlewagons

The first may well have sunk a little further on anyway due to flooding but may not have
All depends on the day

There is a certain randomness to the damage modelling plus depends where the torps hit or whether explode under the keel

Brag · 10-20-07, 05:40 PM

I have seen BBs sink with one torpedoe. Depends a lot where you hit. Magnetic exploding near the stern did it once.

mstgnymike · 10-20-07, 07:28 PM

whay is final torp damage mod? private message me plz!

10-19-07, 02:10 PM	#1
maddysad Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 50 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	2nd career...... 1st & 2nd Major Battleships Ever After being retired from 1st career I restarted back in 39 in wilmershaven class VIIB 2nd patrol Sent out to patrol area just off Spain.....so took the route up round North of Scotland, West of Ireland then Due South Radio contact of convoy heading East,intercepted convoy 06.30 loosed off a few eels, couple of large merchants (Dive Reload) Came up to Periscope Depth and found HMS Rodney 10 degrees off bow 700m distance Fired 4 forward tubes aiming for bow to stern spread (Dived ) Came back up after reload (ONLY 1 Forward 1Aft Torps left) Rodney slow but looks stable Using Final Torp Damage Mod Check Rodders waterline(shes holed x 4) Put final Front Torp into Rodders hull She Lists suddenly approx 10 degrees and slips slowly at that same angle into the sea( 2 Hours I waited) 3rd mission much the same Only HMS Nelson Takes 2 Torps and sinks in 5 mins(1 midships and 1 just front of props/screws) Now there is a question I'm using reallistic sinking times and the difference between 2 Giants (36000 tons each) and sustained damage is slightly confusing(TO ME) Is it historical(perhaps HMS Nelson older = less protection) Is it position of strike Is it pure damn luck I still consider myself as Learning Noob so pointers /advice welcome Salute maddysad __________________ "All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?" - Emperor Hirohito (1940)

10-19-07, 05:27 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Congratulations on the 2 battlewagons The first may well have sunk a little further on anyway due to flooding but may not have All depends on the day There is a certain randomness to the damage modelling plus depends where the torps hit or whether explode under the keel __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

10-20-07, 05:40 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I have seen BBs sink with one torpedoe. Depends a lot where you hit. Magnetic exploding near the stern did it once. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

10-20-07, 07:28 PM	#4
mstgnymike Medic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Within the Abyss Posts: 163 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	whay is final torp damage mod? private message me plz! __________________ "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."-Oliver Hazard Perry "U-77 Creeps at Night in the Depths" U-77,my greatest command sunk May 4, 1945 by destroyer HMS Lamarn (Tribal Class) Based at Wilhelmshaven(2nd Flotilla) 39-41 Based at Brest(2nd Flotilla) 41-43 Based at La Spezia(29th Flotilla) 42-44 Based at Bergen(11th Flotilla) 44-45 (923,675 Tons)