Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter 

OK, I'm totally digging the "naval crash course for noobs" tutorial. They've invested serious time in animating, scripting, and directing that cinematic.

This really does seem like Cold Waters played from the other perspective and I am absolutely here for it

This totally needs to be a series Jingles

In case it is of interest, the Germans did not know that their radio transmissions were being intercepted (though they knew it was technically possible) and that this enabled the Allies to use Direction Finding to locate them. They thought their radio transmissions were too short, and broadcast at too high a frequency, to be picked up and DF'd. The Allies used High Frequency Direction Finding however (HF/DF or 'Huff Duff') and could triangulate sub locations. For some reason, the Germans were reluctant to accept that HF/DF was a thing. Approx 25% of German submarine losses were due to HF/DF location. Sorry (as you are a former Radio Operator) if some of my wording is not technically correct. Great video as always.

Jingles:"Oh what could go wrong?" Me: *expecting a cut to the ship exploding*

The authenticity of the sound-powered phone chatter is very good. Can confirm as my various GQ stations included being a 1JV, 5JV, and 2JZ phone talker. The only thing missing is the station ID preface, as in "Bridge, Main Control, engineering manned and ready for GQ." which the bridge talker would acknowlege with "Bridge aye"

Jingles. PLEASE turn this into a series 🍿

those men in those destroyers are the "unsung" heroes of the war . . . imagine the anxiety & stress they were constantly under. glad to see they're getting a proper tribute with this game.

this would be a perfect multiplayer game where everyone is a member of each section of the ship.

"Christopher Columbus didn't need directions..." Even Paul went, "Actually Jingles..." 🤣

Being able to *ram* U-Boats? SAY NO MORE! Also, come on, 'No U-Boat Losses; No Convoy Losses' is *not* a minor defeat! That's clearly a strategic Allied Victory!

As a person that has played not a lot, but quite enough to fall in love, Silent Hunter 3 , 4 and 5, it is always nice to see new WW2 naval sims coming out. Hope this game turns out well!

I thought this was going to be a WoWs video. I'm pleased to see something fresh and I'm staying until the end.

The analog computing systems of WW2 were amazing, from the TRR featured here in the tutorial or the fire control systems on board battleships that outperformed even some early electronic attempts to replace them, they were incredible feats of engineering.

I only felt slightly attacked as I was sitting in my chair with my feet up smoking my corn cob pipe watching this video.....

I love how I can now imagine him now donning his old gear, sticking on an antiflash and bellowing close hatches at anyone making the mistake of entering the room.

That German skipper isn't trying to run in circles, he's trying to run away from you as fast as he can. XD

Please let this be a series! This looks so fun even from someone who has no clue what any of it means lol

Yea! Definite new series for The Mighty Jingles! I could while away my evening so so easily listening to Jingles at the Helm of a destroyer, hunting U boats. With his naval background and associated jargon to boot, its a winner.

that's a title WG definitely never heard about. "What do you mean with: destroyers are meant to hunt submarines? we can't have submarines be weak to the class that counters them!"

Would love to see more of this game! From what I've seen sofar, it brings home that Greyhound feeling pretty well. I would love to see British DDs too, preferably commanded by a certain die hard Yorkshiremen who's name we shall not speak of aloud.

Personally, I would be absolutely delighted if you did a series on this game - really enjoyed this first chance to see some of the game action.

I'd love seeing more videos of this game, because it looks absolutely fascinating

"Christopher Columbus didn't need directions and neither do I" is my new favourite saying Jingles. And I'm glad we had the same idea. Jump in, chase Jerry, see what happens. Alot of sailors died... but they weren't on my ship so all good.

"If you don't understand what all of these screens do, btw...don't worry, I don't know either". Jingles you're the best.

It would be nice if there will an RN and/or RCN version (the vast majority of the Atlantic escorts)

Retired Navy and that cinematic opening was very good... I felt like I was back on one of my previous ships during general quarters....

I played the demo some months ago. I see that did quite a lot of polishing on the game. The game is really hyperreaistic and quite hard. In the Demo the uboats were very aggressive, circling back to the convoy and sinking ships while you were chasing them. One uboat would regularly sink half your convoy while you chased it all over the map.

Was eager to pick this one up! Glad our favorite Gnome picked it up!

I would love to see more of this on the channel

I can imagine Jingles' nerdgasm and nostalgia during that initial battle sequence :D

I'm a simple man, I see a new video from Jingles, I hit LIKE and watch it with a smile...

Early US ASW doctrine sucked. Drumbeat devastated east coast shipping and there was major political issues getting a coastal blackout done In the Pacific Japanese subs took a heavy toll on usually hard to hit warships, including the CV USS Wasp, a number of cruisers during Guadalcanal and severe damage to the desperately needed BB North Carolina Once air patrols were set up the Uboats moved to the gulf and sank many crucial, highly demanded tankers coming from the gulf oil terminals It was only when losses outstripped Admiral King’s anglophobia did they actually get help from the UK and form a coherent doctrine At the end of the day American industrial capacity made this a flesh wound in the long run and the USA’s building of the Liberty ships, the destroyer escort, top end patrol aircraft like the Catalina and endless CVEs made a war winning contribution to the battle of the Atlantic, the big turning point being black May for the uboats in 43. After that they stood no chance

Just got finished watching Greyhound and suddenly Jingles is playing this game. I was half expecting the gunnery officer to give the order "All mounts fire at will!"

I like how the callsign for the PBY is Black Cat, as that was not only it's nickname among pilots and crews, but also one of the better tracks in CoD: WAW

Long time lurker, first time commenter. This absolutely must become a regular thing!! I couldn't play this game to save my life but watching you play it was exactly what I needed. If this doesn't become a series I'll personally supply the salt mines with just my tears alone for a month.

Would love to see more of this series Jingles. Much like the Cold Waters series you had done a few yesrs back.

Jingles: "Sonar can only look forward" Me that had seen someone else play it: Im petty sure you can get your sonar officer to turn the sonar around to look all around the ship

Last night I watched Greyhound on Apple tv, it is so like this game even being a Fletcher class destroyer.

I’m a new Ensign in the USN, and I love how I can finally understand all the callouts and commands used in the game. I also find it really cool how they haven’t changed them all this time. You could stand in Combat or the pilothouse and hear essentially the same exact stuff!

I really do appreciate a good tutorial. That game looks fun thanks Jingles.

Nice game intro! I love that. I think it’s good for new player to understand the basic of the vehicle and tactics before we proceed the tutorial. I will buy it for sure ❤

This is really cool, really enjoyable to watch/listen to. (I did both) I must say though, when they sounded the general quarters alarm, at 7:41, I was really surprised. The klaxon playing is the exact same they played for the indirect fire alarms. I heard them a lot in Iraq, followed by a C-RAM firing. Caught me off guard, and brought back some memories.

And I just bought it. Well done Jingles, you finally sold me something. No advert has ever worked on me before, so you've done a bloody good job.

I'd love to see some more of you playing this! Enjoying the commentary and you do a good job of playing too! Great content as always, been watching your videos for many years

This is so fascinating. Loved your Cold Waters playthrough and this is very similar. Your knowledge of naval operations makes it so very enjoyable!

Please jingles… make this another fantastic entertaining series just like cold waters. They go hand and hand and i see much potential in the full release. That tutorial on the basics was awsome. Sent chills down my spine when they started shouting general quarters general quarters all men man your battle stations! Im not even a sailor and that was awsome.

The 2 different doctrines sound like they really compliment each other.

For 29 minutes I was thinking the exact same thing as your comment in the 30th minute - your kind of game! Great to see, and sense you having Jingles fun. Jingles fun? Yeah, just go rewatch 5 & 6 year old WoW games, that same exuberance can be heard & noticed, as evident by my smile. Another bonus this game is made for me too! Thanks Jingles, from an elder(ly) statesman! Don't let them give you any grief about your youthful beauty! Cheers mate!

I've played the demo on steam and hot damn is it hard. It really deepened the respect I already had for naval officers and just how much info they have to juggle and process without losing track of basically anything.

This looks like it is going to be an amazing game. Especially with all the potential DLC options. However, I can't help but express how my face fell when I saw it wasn't a war hammer video. It went down like a Jingles landing.

Oh this has been on my wishlist for ages! Excellent!

I was on a fletcher class destroyer the other day, USS Cassin Young in Boston, so I just saw a lot of that equipment first hand. What a funny coincidence

They did a really good job of making the naval crews seem so young...these guys look like they never needed to shave, yet are being tasked with guarding supply convoys to Europe during their darkest hour (in a video game).

I actually started following your channel zealously only when you did cold water series .Before that it was for me just an ok WoT channel . It was so well done that I rewatched the series again sometimes later. This reminds me of that series and I'm glad you liked it. I pointed out this game to you last summer when they've put the playable demo but it probably got lost in the comments somewhere . Than it was all manual and I don't think you would have liked it. Anyway, so happy you've liked it. And keep up the good work!

Love this! I personally would love a series over this. We get to hear your expereince and knowledge over all of it. And I don't think anyone gets tired of that here!

All thats needed now is to play the soundtrack for Greyhound in the background and youll have a real intense time

(We) want a series, period. Jingles is as it's best when laughing at obvious stupidity, praising obvious genius, and when admitting that his navy knowledge is as rusted as them bolts on the Tiitanic.

A series of this would be great! Maybe include some interesting naval history along with it? Just a thought. Take care Jingles.

I'm glad to see the producers contact you. I highly recommended they get your hands on this-- and give it a proper intro. Thanks!!

Do we want jingles to do a series on this and afterwards more cold waters? YES!

That opening cut scene is possibly the best thing i have ever seen in a naval sim game

Holy cow, this game has THE best tutorial demonstration I have ever seen. That level of detail and the quality of the animations is wild. Other developers should take notes, I'm thoroughly impressed.

Thanks for showcasing this game, which likes a good balance between "simulator" and the kinds of simplifications that allow a single person to simulate a destroyer crew of 250 or so. Add a vote for more videos, recognizing that editing missions down to a workable RU-vid length will be a considerable challenge.

Wow, that intro sequence with the bridge/CIC (?) procedures seriously gave me goosebumps ! Only problem is the artificial chaos by not including a spoken ID, as somebody mentioned earlier.

Looks like a gripping game. My grandfather served as an engine room chief during the Battle of The Atlantic, with the Merchant Navy. Although his ship was never hit, apparently he could hear through the hull of the ship the whistle of torpedoes as they either missed his ship, or were on target to strike another. Nightmare inducing stuff that stayed with him to his death. Watching this video has felt quite strange with that context, but it looks a very accurate representation

Akshully Jingles, mid and late war hydrophone sets provided bearings (but not range) accurately enough a sufficiently skilled or desperate U-Boat could launch a spread at a target from as deep as the torpedo tube's inner doors would hold (believe 25-50 meters depending on model). And while they were rare as rocking horse shit, acoustic homing torpedoes did become a thing, which made life extra interesting for escorts until they were fitted with towed decoys. So safer when they submerge, but not safe.

This looks like it is right my ally. See you on the high seas, Jingles!

Looks pretty nice! Though in recent media it’s the Americans that are always depicted as those who did the heavy lifting in turning the tide in the battle of the Atlantic, the Brits and Canadians especially should get more recognition

I had a volume of Canadians at War when I was younger. It showed all the positions of sunken U-Boats,All the way up the St-Laurense in Quebec.

Video series on this game? Yes please!

I think this would be tons of fun from the Uboat side! MANY years ago there used to be something called WolfPack I think, somewhat arcade styled but man I played the hell out of it and didn't feel like I needed to be a sea captain to understand it. I'll second the call to make this a series, this would be fun to watch!

as a lad I worked on fishing trawlers , small boat are more a 'family affairs' But when I move to the large boat they were much more strictly run. I remember one of the old guys telling me off for not reporting something to the captain , he said ' Lad the captain is the brain we are his eye ears and hands' , 'never do any thing without telling him whats is happening'

My Grandfather was a radar operator on a Royal Navy V&W class Destroyer during WW2. He sailed on a number of Atlantic & Arctic convoys & he survived the war.

This is one of the (if not the most) accurate general quarters I have ever heard.

5 minutes in and im hella impressed by the accuracy and throughness while being brief and displeeling myths without treating their audience like imbeciles

I love that someone made this game and it actually works as a solo player game, although I expect a team on each station would be pretty epic. This does make me wonder if Jingles has seen the new sub sim "UBoat" if he like this kind of game.

This just makes me want to go back and watch Jingles Cold Waters vids again.

My grandfather did several combat tours on the Fletcher-Class destroyer USS Bullard (DD-660, Kidd’s sister) in the Pacific as an engineering officer (he was a 1943 Merchant Marine Academy graduate). Very happy to see this sort of game surfacing (no pun intended).

My Father would have loved this game I think, He served on two Tin Cans during his time in the Navy, USS Nicholsan and USS Deyo, he always liked telling stories about them tracking Russian Subs and pinging the poor bastards incessantly. Or a time he yelled at his Captain for walking on his newly waxed floor (He was not reprimanded) Thanks Jingles for bringing treasured memories back to mind

Columbus couldn't find his own arse with both hands and a map.

So glad you checked this out, been so keen to try it!

Glad to see this reviewed, as I've been waiting for this on steam a while now. Looks like the wait will have been worth it.

Those baby flattops completely sealed the deal for the U-boats in the Battle of the the Atlantic. Its cool seeing a game that covers an often overlooked part of WW2. Would love to see you do a series in this. I loved your Cold Waters videos, I imagine it would just as good with this game.

Very good "Greyhound" vibes, awesome movie. Saw the advert somewhere and forgot until i saw your vid. definitely going to have to give it a pickup.

Fun fact, when a aircraft like a Catalina or Sunderland attacks a U boat it is known as straddling and it involves lining the plane up with the U-boat and aiming to drop the bombs/depth charges either side of said U boat and this is why my Austrian grandfather hates the Sunderland seaplane

"Christopher Columbus didn't need directions and neither do I" Spoken like a true American Jingles! XD

Jingles sounds like an old salt who's having a ton of fun reliving a taste of his glory days. Bravo sir.

I'm surprised no one's jumped on Jingles for failing to mention the importance of Enigma decrypts in blunting the U-boat threat.

This will make a great series of videos!

That really is an overgeneralization in differences of tactics. When the US escorted convoys they escorted. The difference is that the US ALSO employed Hunter - Killer Groups built around a CVE. Yet, what truly won the battle of the Atlantic was the Coastal Command and US Navy B24s (PB4Y-2) being outfitted with aerial radar. IT had enough range that there was no gap in the Atlantic the U boats could hide.

Ex-U.S. Navy Sonar Tech so yup I will be picking up the game for some sub hunting that is more in-depth than WOWS. I still enjoy WOWS but this will be a nice fun time on the weekends. When your working 12 hour shifts though a 20 minute max game is perfect for when you do not have a lot of time. Thanks for the review Jingles. Always watch your WOT and WOWS videos and also Strays and some of your Aliens and War Hammer 40K.

Always enjoy when Jingles tries a new game

One other factor on why the Battle of the Atlantic was won - industrial capacity of US ship building and the mass production of Liberty and Victory ships, eventually outproducing the ability of the U boats to sink ships. The other factor involved was the wargaming that occurred in the Western approaches command which rapidly worked out tactics based on the reports from the convoys (for example discovering that the submarines were sneaking into the convoy firing torpedoes and then just sitting on the surface and dropping behind the convoy whilst the convoy itself masked their radar signature from the escorts infront and to the sides, or developing a technique for running perpendicular to the direction a submarine was spotted in and then doubling back to deal with homing torpedoes fired at escorts.

Moin Jingles my great overlord and everyone to whom might be interested in this. i'm glad to finally see this game being released, but just for interest sake, there is a game called Wolfpack (also on steam) that is quite similar to this one except, you are the germans attacking in a submarine. besides that game is more focused on team play, i think you may like it as well.

Fantastic, Built a 5 and a half foot Fletcher Class Destroyer this past winter. Sounds like a cool game. Thanks

As an ex-submarine on Oberon class, these games fascinate me.

DE-524 - USS Mounsey. Destroyer Escort. According to Internet records it was transferred to the UK in 1943 and renamed HMS Mounsey. God I love WWII history.

The Greyhound game we've all been waiting for. Now then, where are my slippers?

18:00 I just want to add...all these factors that turned the Battle of the Atlantic on its head happened in a few MONTHS in 1943. May 1943 sticks out the most as VLR Liberators finally closed the Air Gap for land-based Aircraft, while simultaniously Escort Carriers became more available and also importantly was that the issue of a lack of fleet basins were addressed. Now add to this Naval Radar, Advancements in ASW weaponry and other detection, aswell as the constant use of the cracked Enigma meant that most U-Boat losses happened during and after 1943.