Best hunting grounds in the Atlantic: Input encouraged!!!

[Kaptlt.Endrass]

The 'Gulf of Wales' is my name for the large inlet just north of Brest as you come out of the Channel. The ports of Swansea, Merthyr, and Bristol are in that area. Sorry for the misuse of geographical vocab.

[scott_c2911]

Theres also so no such port called Merthyr. Theres a town Called Merthyr Tydfil south of the Brecon Beacons. In stock sh3 Merthyr can only mean Swansea or more probably the industrial port of Port Talbot. In GWX this annoying example of poor geographical research is corrected. For someone who knows Wales so well GWX is a must. In reply to the original post my contribution is BF14. It is partially filled with shallow water so its a bit iffy post 1942.

[Jimbuna]

Game spoiler:

Download the SpySat mod or interrogate the SH3 world through the SH3 Mission Editor.

[Kaptlt.Endrass]

Well that's no fun.

I'll say it since no one has. The Channel crossing 5-6 June 1944. Plenty of merchants, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers with the best equipment available. I was in U-1205 (XXI) and had well over 300000 tons by the end of the night, but that was sadly her last patrol. Too many Hedgehogs (all escorts have them) and Leigh Light attacks. If you get out alive from that wolf's den, you are a holy man to Germany.

[Skink5150]

I happen to like lurking at the Northern channel between Trinidad and Venezuela , also between Hispaniola and Cuba . A lot of tanker traffic .
Cape Hatteras is great as well .

[flag4]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Game spoiler:

Download the SpySat mod or interrogate the SH3 world through the SH3 Mission Editor.

KILLER - NO FUN. turn up and shoot...
...naughty naughty - not to be encouraged...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by flag4

KILLER - NO FUN. turn up and shoot...
...naughty naughty - not to be encouraged...

[Doolar]

I like AM52 in 1940, but I haven't been there in awhile, Its late 1941 for me, and have been ordered to the BE's grids, on my last 3 patrols. BE39 is smoke'n, lots of lone ships. If you have a torpedo or 2 left and want to use them before return'n to port, to pick up some extra tonnage, then BE39 is your spot.

[Hinrich Schwab]

BF 17. It is still in the shipping lanes and, most importantly, the shipping lanes cross over deep water if you need to run and hide from escorts. Best of both worlds.

[ExFishermanBob]

Originally Posted by Skink5150

I happen to like lurking at the Northern channel between Trinidad and Venezuela , also between Hispaniola and Cuba . A lot of tanker traffic .
Cape Hatteras is great as well .

Hmm...lots of rum too.

For me, lurking outside Gibraltar early in the war (before the pesky air cover gets so bad), and off Florida a bit later (someone else gave me a pointer to that).

[Ifernat]

Would definitely recommend 100-200 km west of the Gibraltar channel (in GWX).

Currently there in July 1940 and its been lucrative. Though I have noticed the lone vessel traffic does seem to have a high proportion of coastal freighters which don't help the tonnage/per torpedo ratio. There's a good mix of medium and large merchants/freighters though and every few days you'll tend to get a convoy either in or outbound. To boot most of the area is deep water as well.

In GWX atleast, its not that big a deal if you're eating through torpedoes on small targets (usually due to bad weather which disallows the deck gun) due to the fact that the Thalia resupply ship is practically right next door in Cadiz.

Haven't even encountered any aircraft yet, though that may have more to do with my playstyle which is to let the hydrophone get the initial contacts. So I'm usually submerged during the day. Still during several surface jaunts at high speed to setup intercepts haven't seen or heard a single plane.

This is practically a vacation compared to the last major patrol I took which was interdicting Operation Dynamo off Dunkirk. That was interesting.

[KleineUboot]

For me the best hunting ground is the Irish Sea. There are so many lone transports, and in the North Channel you can find 1-2 large convoys. Also, area near Liverpool is good hunting ground too-but there is too much aircraft. But, in other hand, you must be very careful-when you're passing through North Channel, there's a chance of being attacked by a swarm of Hurricanes.

[lionn77]

According to a fellow Abwehra guy, if you happen to be somewhere near Scapa Flow during the first two weeks of the war, patrol the western approaches to the base. Lots of big guys moving over there including the mighty H...

[GJO]

Forget the Atlantic and join the Monsun 10th Flotilla - there are plenty of unescorted tankers, Large Merchants and Whale Factory Ships just south of the southern tip of Ceylon.