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Old 05-05-20, 09:56 AM   #914
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That does sound like a bug. However, I wonder if I saw something similar with ships?


A while back I stumbled upon a cluster of warships at anchorage off Dublon. One of them soaked up a ridiculous amount of torps yet wouldn't sink. I wanted to inspect the hull so I took my boat very close to the group while submerged.


Of course, when I raised my periscope to have a look around all the escorts started shooting at me, since I was maybe 100 yards away.


What was really astonishing was when I saw a torpedo zoom by!


WW2 destroyers did in fact carry torpedoes and launch them at each other, so it makes sense they'd fire one at a very close, persistent sub. I've just never seen a SH4 destroyer try to sink me with one before!

I once was attacking a large convoy in the Marshall Islands in the beginning phase of the war and I was fighting off a few DD's when one of them launched a torpedo at me!
I immediately called for hard-to-port and I *thankfully* dodged the torpedo. In retaliation, I sent a full salvo out of my stern torpedoes that made for a memorable sinking.
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