Merchant closing B340

PapaG39 · 10-30-07, 10:29 PM

Sonar! Topside. On the double!
What kind of Merchant ship is this?
I ran across this when my sorar guy had me tracking a merchant that was really slow...
388km Heading 300 degrees out of trondheim, Norway on May 22, 1940

Sorry, I forgot to crop this thing so it is kinda big...

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GoldenRivet · 10-30-07, 10:50 PM

the chart symbol and sound contact info default to merchant ship i think.

just an ice berg though... your sonar guy will hear it on hydrophones and just arbitrarily call it a merchant contact... of course if it is moving at 1 knot you can be pretty sure its an ice berg... couldnt hurt to take a listen either i guess.

nice find... some people sail their whole SH3 careers and never run across an ice chunk

BulSoldier · 10-31-07, 03:04 AM

You are wrong ! Damn Norwegians thats a masked ship.:rotfl:

seafarer · 10-31-07, 07:31 AM

I'm betting on the British. Remember the iceberg sub/boat Bond escaped in at the opening of "A view to a kill" - little known fact that is that it grew out of the whole allied idea of giant ice ships. While "officially" the allies only experimented with pykrete and ice boats in Canada, British intelligence had their own plans in development (Q is older then dirt, after all - what do you think he was doing back in the 1940's?).

Gezoes · 10-31-07, 07:43 AM

So the Titanic didn't sank, she was sunk :hmm:

Siara · 10-31-07, 12:55 PM

I was watching the program the other week , and aparently it was Olimpic not Titanic that sunk. The story does not end there - it was biggest insurance scam in history of the world.

All the facts convinced me. Like the ship that saved survivors was empty , but only had 3 000 jumpers and quilts onboard

Jimbuna · 10-31-07, 03:22 PM

The game treats icebergs as it does vessels

Still, consider yourself lucky to have come across one

PapaG39 · 11-01-07, 01:21 AM

yeah, I thought it was kinda cool (no pun intended) to finely see an iceberg through the binoculars instead of a ship. I thought it might be a fuel tender or perhaps a ship that was broken down. An iceberg was the last thing on my mind though...lol..

10-30-07, 10:29 PM	#1
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Merchant closing B340 Sonar! Topside. On the double! What kind of Merchant ship is this? I ran across this when my sorar guy had me tracking a merchant that was really slow... 388km Heading 300 degrees out of trondheim, Norway on May 22, 1940 Sorry, I forgot to crop this thing so it is kinda big... [img]http://members.cox.net/lag737/_vti_cnf/pic158.jpg[/img] [img]http://members.cox.net/lag737/_vti_cnf/pic159.jpg[/img]

10-30-07, 10:50 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	the chart symbol and sound contact info default to merchant ship i think. just an ice berg though... your sonar guy will hear it on hydrophones and just arbitrarily call it a merchant contact... of course if it is moving at 1 knot you can be pretty sure its an ice berg... couldnt hurt to take a listen either i guess. nice find... some people sail their whole SH3 careers and never run across an ice chunk __________________

10-31-07, 03:04 AM	#3
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	You are wrong ! Damn Norwegians thats a masked ship.:rotfl: __________________ By the hour !

10-31-07, 07:31 AM	#4
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm betting on the British. Remember the iceberg sub/boat Bond escaped in at the opening of "A view to a kill" - little known fact that is that it grew out of the whole allied idea of giant ice ships. While "officially" the allies only experimented with pykrete and ice boats in Canada, British intelligence had their own plans in development (Q is older then dirt, after all - what do you think he was doing back in the 1940's?). __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

10-31-07, 07:43 AM	#5
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	So the Titanic didn't sank, she was sunk :hmm: __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

10-31-07, 12:55 PM	#6
Siara Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mitcham/London Posts: 818 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was watching the program the other week , and aparently it was Olimpic not Titanic that sunk. The story does not end there - it was biggest insurance scam in history of the world. All the facts convinced me. Like the ship that saved survivors was empty , but only had 3 000 jumpers and quilts onboard __________________ Master Models

10-31-07, 03:22 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The game treats icebergs as it does vessels Still, consider yourself lucky to have come across one __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-01-07, 01:21 AM	#8
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	yeah, I thought it was kinda cool (no pun intended) to finely see an iceberg through the binoculars instead of a ship. I thought it might be a fuel tender or perhaps a ship that was broken down. An iceberg was the last thing on my mind though...lol..