Unsinkable S-class

Ramcourse · 01-10-08, 06:27 AM

In my second GWX2 career, I started out in '39, and quickly assembled enough renown for a IXb. Of course, the first thing I did was raid the sub base in the Orkneys on my way to my patrol zone.

Ingress was curiously easy, with two destroyers on patrol that seemed to do their best to stay out of my way. When I entered the port proper, I did a hydrophone sweep of the surroundings (since my green sonar operator is useless). I was able to pinpoint a number of targets, and I raised the scope to ID them. The best was a small depot ship. I could find no subs at all, which was slightly disappointing. When I'd only just launched my first eel at the depot ship, I noticed a spike sticking out of the water nearby. At range, it was too narrow to properly render in SH3 resolution, so it was F12 time!

It turned out to be the periscopes of an S-class sub - I think. The ID booklet doesn't show it, unfortunately. I guessed the depth, and sent a contact fused eel out at 11 meters depth. Boom! one S-class bobs to the surface like a cork, and sits there with a big hole in the control room. Then refuses to sink. For twenty minutes.

Second shot: Magnetic under the keel. I had to guess the draft, but it detonated exactly where I wanted (OK, I admit, after the first ran too deep and blew up against the quay under a small freighter, which promptly sank) and left a big splotch on the keel. After half an hour, no joy. The sub settled deck awash after the impact, but that was all.

Third shot was just forward of the props, also contact fused. Another hit, and this one pushed the sub down to her original depth. I had to skedaddle because of the rising sun, so I couldn't wait for more than half an hour, but it seemed to still sit there happily...

How do you sink an S-class?

NiclDoe · 01-10-08, 07:11 AM

Just give the sub the old deck gun and shoot a torp at her props and she will go down.

nikimcbee · 01-10-08, 07:14 AM

On the subs, I set shallow and contact. Works every time for me.

vodkavera · 01-10-08, 07:36 AM

Sorry if I hijack this thread but I was wondering if I can get sunk/damaged by
an enemy sub?
And I don´t mean getting rammed by one.

Do they/can they fire back at me?

/VV

Jimbuna · 01-10-08, 08:01 AM

They sure can with their deck guns.

Tobus · 01-10-08, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vodkavera

Sorry if I hijack this thread but I was wondering if I can get sunk/damaged by
an enemy sub?
And I don´t mean getting rammed by one.

Do they/can they fire back at me?

/VV

With guns: yes. With torps: no.

vodkavera · 01-10-08, 08:44 AM

Thanks for that info.

I never seen a sub.
Where are they? Do you find them around ports or can you find them out
on the ocean aswell?

/VV

Ramcourse · 01-10-08, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiclDoe

Just give the sub the old deck gun and shoot a torp at her props and she will go down.

I'm not going to surface inside an enemy naval base. Plus, what is my deck gun going to do what three torpedo hits can't?

Ivan Putski · 01-10-08, 04:03 PM

Awhile back, I was on a patrol and had just passed Brest when my watchcrew called out a submarine spotted, at first I thought she was a U-Boat retuning home. It turned out she was an S-Boat, I engaged her with the deck gun, and she returned fire with hers, we both took hits, but she got the worst of it, and sank. That was the first one I`d seen, have`nt seen another since. Puts

01-10-08, 06:27 AM	#1
Ramcourse Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 17 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Unsinkable S-class In my second GWX2 career, I started out in '39, and quickly assembled enough renown for a IXb. Of course, the first thing I did was raid the sub base in the Orkneys on my way to my patrol zone. Ingress was curiously easy, with two destroyers on patrol that seemed to do their best to stay out of my way. When I entered the port proper, I did a hydrophone sweep of the surroundings (since my green sonar operator is useless). I was able to pinpoint a number of targets, and I raised the scope to ID them. The best was a small depot ship. I could find no subs at all, which was slightly disappointing. When I'd only just launched my first eel at the depot ship, I noticed a spike sticking out of the water nearby. At range, it was too narrow to properly render in SH3 resolution, so it was F12 time! It turned out to be the periscopes of an S-class sub - I think. The ID booklet doesn't show it, unfortunately. I guessed the depth, and sent a contact fused eel out at 11 meters depth. Boom! one S-class bobs to the surface like a cork, and sits there with a big hole in the control room. Then refuses to sink. For twenty minutes. Second shot: Magnetic under the keel. I had to guess the draft, but it detonated exactly where I wanted (OK, I admit, after the first ran too deep and blew up against the quay under a small freighter, which promptly sank) and left a big splotch on the keel. After half an hour, no joy. The sub settled deck awash after the impact, but that was all. Third shot was just forward of the props, also contact fused. Another hit, and this one pushed the sub down to her original depth. I had to skedaddle because of the rising sun, so I couldn't wait for more than half an hour, but it seemed to still sit there happily... How do you sink an S-class?

01-10-08, 07:11 AM	#2
NiclDoe Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the Air or hiding from Black Swans Posts: 760 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Just give the sub the old deck gun and shoot a torp at her props and she will go down. __________________ The Crazy Wolf

01-10-08, 07:14 AM	#3
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	On the subs, I set shallow and contact. Works every time for me. __________________

01-10-08, 07:36 AM	#4
vodkavera Planesman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 195 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Sorry if I hijack this thread but I was wondering if I can get sunk/damaged by an enemy sub? And I don´t mean getting rammed by one. Do they/can they fire back at me? /VV __________________ I sink (ships), therefore I am! ------------------------------------- Acer Aspire - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 nVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 1 024 MB 4 GB RAM

01-10-08, 08:01 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	They sure can with their deck guns. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-10-08, 08:44 AM	#7
vodkavera Planesman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 195 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Thanks for that info. I never seen a sub. Where are they? Do you find them around ports or can you find them out on the ocean aswell? /VV __________________ I sink (ships), therefore I am! ------------------------------------- Acer Aspire - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 nVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 1 024 MB 4 GB RAM

01-10-08, 04:03 PM	#9
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Awhile back, I was on a patrol and had just passed Brest when my watchcrew called out a submarine spotted, at first I thought she was a U-Boat retuning home. It turned out she was an S-Boat, I engaged her with the deck gun, and she returned fire with hers, we both took hits, but she got the worst of it, and sank. That was the first one I`d seen, have`nt seen another since. Puts __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."