How deep have you gone?

[Checkmate King 2]

Below is an excerpt from the book Black May.

Numerous efforts were made by the British to determine the maximum diving depth of VIIC, the most numerous U-boat type. In 1942 RN submariners tested the captured U-570 (renames H.M.S. Graph) and found that her thick hull survived the atmospheres of pressure at 200 meters (656 feet). The deepest measurement taken by asdic during the war was 238 meters (780 feet). Gunter Hessler, who commanded U-107 until November 1941, the served on Donitz's BdU staff, wrote after the war that by summer of 1942 new Type VIICs had been strengthened to a standard of 200 meters, "which in practice meant that in an emergency they could go down to 300 meters without harm. From interrogations of U-boat prisoners the British learned that most Commanders considered 200 meters the deepest safe depth when under attack, but that "good evidence" indicated that in the summer of 1943 one boat involuntarily dived to 340 meters (1115 feet) without breaking up. Interesting is the finding that as late as easrly 1943 the maximum depth setting for British D/Cs was 550 feet. In June of that year both the D/C and asdic recorder settings would be readjusted to 750 feet.

After reading this I got to thinking; how deep have you been able to go and lived to talk about it?

[HW3]

I've taken an undamaged VIIC to 240M on many occasions and to 260M once and lived.

[Brag]

My grave is in 300 meters :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[TarJak]

Get a VIIC/41 and you can go to 425m and li ve to tell the tale!

[NipplesTheCat]

Made it to 400+ meters today after taking an almost direct hit to my VIIB. Flooding was too severe to make it back up but I didnt pop untill after 400 even after taking a hit to the pressure hull.

[Capa]

Just 220m by accident so far. Reflexively crash dived while in TC. It's sad when you blow tanks and the boat proceeds another 40m towards its doom before levelling out. It's one of the scariest things I've ever experienced in a video game.

[NiclDoe]

Originally Posted by Brag

My grave is in 300 meters :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

You meen balz is down there to? If so we are going to have a party! :p

[SmokinTep]

Well over 240 meters..........

[Oberon]

Only 100 meters so far, haven't been in deep enough waters to really go deep lately, still patrolling off Ireland.

Did collide with something (probably an uncharted sea mount) in the Firth of Clyde whilst trying to sneak into the base there, unfortunately it destroyed my forward torpedo tubes and got me stuck on the bottom at 15 odd meters for an hour or so while I had to get the flooding under control.

As if that wasn't lucky enough, after I aborted the run into the Clyde, I was spotted on the surface by an aircraft which attacked me (no damage) but then called in a Destroyer which merrily dropped a happy string of DCs directly across my foredeck.

Thought about poor U-35 and Alfrons Elric last night and decided not to go DID as usual and try again, otherwise I'll never get past the start of 1940 I'm still quite new to this sim so I want to get the hang of things.

[U49]

I was 350m+ something in a VIIC/41 and once in a XXI in '45 and didn't need more, so I didn't care.

Easy cruisin' there

[Stealth Hunter]

610 Meters.

Took heavy damage and began to sink quickly from flooding. I suffered that damn glitch that causes you to sink to a ridiculous depth, but I survived. The only way you can get out of it is if you head to the North Pole OR Antarctica where the supported ocean depths no longer apply if you're submerged (normally, diving here would kill you, but being so deep means it will automatically resurface you).

Of course, that still doesn't solve the problem that now we're out of fuel...

[sasquatch]

I've never gone deeper than 125m. Something about going into red on the dial gives me the creeps. I'd hate for my first career ever to end because of me being stupid and going to deep...

Originally Posted by sasquatch

I've never gone deeper than 125m. Something about going into red on the dial gives me the creeps. I'd hate for my first career ever to end because of me being stupid and going to deep...

My vote's with you as well, I've only gone to around 180 in the VIIC avoiding those dang C-Class destroyers...

[LeafsFan]

I lost my boat yesterday an IXB at about 260m. The hull started taking damage, and the integrity fell faster that I could surface. All this time my six year old is saying. "You dived too deep!!" over and over again.

HB

[U49]

Originally Posted by -SWCowboy.

My vote's with you as well, I've only gone to around 180 in the VIIC avoiding those dang C-Class destroyers...

No worries for you. German submarines were constructed for 90m(!!!!) in a type VII.
Regulations required for 2,5 times construction safety: -> 90m x 2,5 = 225m minimum depth from factory...
Most ship yards produced with the promise to hold the limit with a little more safety (it was the production culture) ...

An now read more about the "construction" depth of a VIIC/41 or a XXI... (2,5 safetey again)

Of course for the "new" XXI they learend later from mistakes like plastic steel deformation of special parts in 180m, but these were clearly identified as mistakes.

PS: My most used sub ist VIIB or VIIC and I *always* take it down to 210m as my standard evasion manouver. When those nasty RN tin can become nasty I go deeper, just to make sure... 230... is the next level of making my nervous