So my sub is flooded..

[Zeno]

So my sub is flooded.. I am on the bottom of the sea. Not sure how I can dive up now ? I have the pump activated but it does nothing really. My entire frontal torpedo room is flooded.

[Dewgle]

How deep are you? The bilge pump has a maximum operating pressure of 20 atmospheres which means it will not work if your boat is at a depth greater than 200 meters.
(+1 atmosphere of pressure every 10 meters below the surface)

Moving water into the center control room will let the bilge pump work faster. It can pump water out of other compartments but this only works when you are close to the surface. So click the water drop icon in the flooded compartments to order your crew to bucket water into the central control room where the bilge pump can more easily pump the water out. (So long as you're not below 200 meters).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2794400621
You could also try to perform an emergency ballast blow. Simply clicking the "surface" button will not perform an emergency blow, you need to right-click on the valves inside the main control room and select "blow tanks - emergency".

[Zeno]

Originally posted by McDewgle:

How deep are you? The bilge pump has a maximum operating pressure of 20 atmospheres which means it will not work if your boat is at a depth greater than 200 meters.
(+1 atmosphere of pressure every 10 meters below the surface)

Moving water into the center control room will let the bilge pump work faster. It can pump water out of other compartments but this only works when you are close to the surface. So click the water drop icon in the flooded compartments to order your crew to bucket water into the central control room where the bilge pump can more easily pump the water out. (So long as you're not below 200 meters).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2794400621
You could also try to perform an emergency ballast blow. Simply clicking the "surface" button will not perform an emergency blow, you need to right-click on the valves inside the main control room and select "blow tanks - emergency".

My sub was on the bottom of the sea at like 140 meters.

My frontal torpedo room was completely flooded, I had to close the door.

Btw, I do not see any valve in the main control room.

[Dewgle]

Originally posted by Scaleop123:

My sub was on the bottom of the sea at like 140 meters.

Okay, so you're fine then. Well within the 200 meter limit of your bilge pump.

My frontal torpedo room was completely flooded, I had to close the door.

Well the choice is easy, keep the door close and just wait to die or equip a re-breather on your engineer and send him in there to go repair the leak.

• You can't hope to surface until you get rid of the water
  
• You can't rid of the water until you fix the leak
  
• You can't fix the leak until you put a re-breather on your engineer and send him in

Btw, I do not see any valve in the main control room.

It's there. Hold the ALT key on your keyboard to reveal all interactive components in you rboat.

[Zeno]

Originally posted by McDewgle:

Originally posted by Scaleop123:

My sub was on the bottom of the sea at like 140 meters.

Okay, so you're fine then. Well within the 200 meter limit of your bilge pump.

My frontal torpedo room was completely flooded, I had to close the door.

Well the choice is easy, keep the door close and just wait to die or equip a re-breather on your engineer and send him in there to go repair the leak.

• You can't hope to surface until you get rid of the water
  
• You can't rid of the water until you fix the leak
  
• You can't fix the leak until you put a re-breather on your engineer and send him in

Btw, I do not see any valve in the main control room.

It's there. Hold the ALT key on your keyboard to reveal all interactive components in you rboat.

I did send in my engineer with a breather and he managed to fix the leak.

But he then died at some point after fixing it. lol. I should not have kept him in there for so long.

I should probably try the emergency surface thing. Because I really tried it all. Had them shoveling water out of the compartements for ages.

[Battleshipfree99]

Originally posted by Scaleop123:

I did send in my engineer with a breather and he managed to fix the leak.

But he then died at some point after fixing it. lol. I should not have kept him in there for so long.

His honorable sacrifice shall not be forgotten. RIP

Originally posted by Scaleop123:

I should probably try the emergency surface thing. Because I really tried it all. Had them shoveling water out of the compartements for ages.

Don't try emergency blow with the sub untrimmed (only forward torp room flooded so the bow is heavier), or you may end up back to the seabed, yet without precious suppressed air this time.

[El Rushbo]

If the leak is repaired, then you shouldn't have too much additional water coming in, you can also open the door at that point and let the water into other compartments until it reaches the control room, then have your crew get the rest out of the bilges. 140m isn't great, but as long as the leaks are taken care of and you still have battery power, you have a chance.

[s0d0]

Originally posted by Scaleop123:

Originally posted by McDewgle:

Okay, so you're fine then. Well within the 200 meter limit of your bilge pump.

Well the choice is easy, keep the door close and just wait to die or equip a re-breather on your engineer and send him in there to go repair the leak.

• You can't hope to surface until you get rid of the water
  
• You can't rid of the water until you fix the leak
  
• You can't fix the leak until you put a re-breather on your engineer and send him in

It's there. Hold the ALT key on your keyboard to reveal all interactive components in you rboat.

I did send in my engineer with a breather and he managed to fix the leak.

But he then died at some point after fixing it. lol. I should not have kept him in there for so long.

I should probably try the emergency surface thing. Because I really tried it all. Had them shoveling water out of the compartements for ages.

Emergency surfacing won't work because the boat is still too heavy with all the water in it, you most likely just waste your precious compressed air.
Try as advised: you fixed the leak, now open the door, put on the bilge pump and let the water from the flooded compartments be transported into the control room.

Also very rude of you to just let your engi die from suffocation.
"Well, I've done my task, can I come out now?"
"No"

[Harag]

One thing, WHEN you follow all the above and surface the boat and get back to port, don't forget to stock up on rebreather, I've made that mistake multiple times.

Steps....

1. Fix All leaks (check)
2. Close door aft of control room
3. open forward torp doors, let water equalise in compartments.
4. turn on pump
5. bucket water from front to control room (pump works best when pumping control room water.
6. open aft control room door, and bucket all water to control room
7. when and only when all water is out... blow tanks. Do not blow when you have a room full of water.

You might not even need to blow tank, you might be able to surface normally. try that first.

[RimmerA]

Okay, so the leak is patched and you're at 140m. The immediate problem is fixed and you aren't in any danger of additional leaks which is good.

Next, you need to get the water out of the boat. Open the door to the torpedo room to let the water out of the room and into the adjacent compartments.

Turn on the pump. Since you're at 140m it'll take a while but you will be able to pump the water out of the control room. As the water level in the control room goes down have your men bail out the other compartments.

After you get most of the water pumped out you should be able to surface normally.

[Actionjackson]

You need good man, that is all.

[Zeno]

Originally posted by RimmerA:

Okay, so the leak is patched and you're at 140m. The immediate problem is fixed and you aren't in any danger of additional leaks which is good.

Next, you need to get the water out of the boat. Open the door to the torpedo room to let the water out of the room and into the adjacent compartments.

Turn on the pump. Since you're at 140m it'll take a while but you will be able to pump the water out of the control room. As the water level in the control room goes down have your men bail out the other compartments.

After you get most of the water pumped out you should be able to surface normally.

Maybe I should mention this.

I took like 8 British captives on board who were just lazy standing there, does this affect me being able to surface due to weight ?

[Pablos16]

Load them into torpedo tubes and off they go. :D

[Thahat]

Originally posted by Harag:

One thing, WHEN you follow all the above and surface the boat and get back to port, don't forget to stock up on rebreather, I've made that mistake multiple times.

Steps....

1. Fix All leaks (check)
2. Close door aft of control room
3. open forward torp doors, let water equalise in compartments.
4. turn on pump
5. bucket water from front to control room (pump works best when pumping control room water.
6. open aft control room door, and bucket all water to control room
7. when and only when all water is out... blow tanks. Do not blow when you have a room full of water.

You might not even need to blow tank, you might be able to surface normally. try that first.

this, as soon as you arent SUPER heavy try and reduce altitude with your boat going a slow speed. blowing the tanks works a lot better when you are less deep anyway. i just hope OP has enough spares to actually get his boat up and running enough to get out XD

important note, DO NOT LET THE ELECTRIC ENGINES GET WET.

[mccoyco64]

Its been several days .. i fear the worst …any update on the outcome?