I love the new Belchen supply ship! - Page 2

Sub mariner · 03-28-08, 11:03 PM

I go there so mutch i only return to base 1/3 patrols!

Alpha Von Burg · 08-20-10, 11:32 PM

The first time I dock at at the Belchen supply ship, it was sunset, the fog was thick, the clouds are low and the rain was heavy. When I set my eyes in the ship, it looked abandoned, like a ghost ship.

Sailor Steve · 08-20-10, 11:36 PM

Two-and-a-half-year necro. Not a record, but close.

Jimbuna · 08-21-10, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Two-and-a-half-year necro. Not a record, but close.

LOL

Tessa · 08-21-10, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by sabretwo

But warning, it will cost you whatever time you would normally be in port between patrols. Three weeks to resupply your boat! (I know its a stock issue...too bad it can't be fixed for a more realistic resupply period.)

To be more realistic it should actually take longer to ressuply at a milk cow (unless its fuel only), transferring torpedos at sea was a very risky and time consuming process. If conditions were bad you were pretty much SoL and would've had to wait for the storm to pass. Trying to move a volatile warhead between two moving boats on North Atlantic currents wasn't an easy operation; in a u-boat pen or dockyard you're pretty much immobile and can be resupply in a factory assembly line manner.

Until the French ports become available the supply ships serve as my home base as their positions are perfect for either US raiding or mediterranean (before La Spezia/Salamis is available). Last patrol after expending all torpedos/ammo I had to dodge 3 outbound conveys from Halifax just to get to the supply ship, one of them I just had rotten luck and ran perfectly perpendicular into one and the escort saw me long enough before I could dive that he made life miserable for a few hours in the (relatively) shallow water in that area.

Mowgli · 08-11-12, 03:08 PM

I finally got to visit Belchen during a patrol that started off as the pits. I chased a convoy that I never found and sank nothing until I came across a 110 ton trawler and decided to sink it with gunfire to exercise my gun crew.

They were pathetic and in the end I think the poor little vessel just died of boredom. In despair I continued west and then bingo, with nothing in sight I dived and listened at the hydrophone. Just as well I did because I picked up a fast moving vessel. Turned out to be a 25,000 ton troop ship that was crossing my bows. Flank speed and just enough time to fire four T1 Eels before it zoomed past at 21 knots. Not even sure how many hit but up it went (with LOTS of lifeboats afterwards).

Then I noticed for the first time Belchen on the chart and thought why not top up and go to Canada and see what is there. So pulled up alongside, refuelled and rearmed and away I went.

Now some questions. On passage to Canada I came across a convoy and had a chance to target a heavy cargo and fired off two eels (both dud) but if I did, I had five escorts make my life hell for three hours and took quite a bit of damage before escaping.

After repairs I noticed that my fuel was REALLY low which meant I had to head back to Belchen (where I am now) to refuel. The question is can you lose fuel when attacked.

Other question. I saw in the convoy a tanker that was burning, I then saw on my chart a type IX submarine that was astern of the convoy. Other than in harbour I have never come across another Uboat. Clearly from the burning tanker it must have attacked the convoy. Does this happen?

Long story short. I am having dinner this evening with the skipper of the supply boat and will sail back to Canada at dawn.

Shkval · 08-11-12, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mowgli

They were pathetic and in the end I think the poor little vessel just died of boredom.

CaliEs · 08-12-12, 05:44 PM

Sailor Steve · 08-12-12, 05:58 PM

Now we have another two-year necro???

NightCrawler · 08-12-12, 10:36 PM

It will messed up the credit, medals and next patrol is 0, so you miss grid patrol credit...

i always use slow ahead 3knots under water and 7knots surface, dive at day and charge at night, you will see you save huge on diesel, example if i start sailing from wilhelmhaven and my patrol grid is CG85, i could reach with VII u boot all the way to Ivory coast and heading back to Wilhelmshaven without re-fueling in portugal or spain...

same thing if i change home-base from Wilhelmshaven to Brest.....

I learned my lesson with using "re-supply" options...

but it's up to you...

CaliEs · 08-13-12, 03:27 AM

CCIP · 08-13-12, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Now we have another two-year necro???

Now this thread is really going for the record

Jimbuna · 08-14-12, 06:21 AM

Gargamel · 08-14-12, 05:38 PM

I didn't even account for a necro-necro in my scoring system.

This is new territory.

Jimbuna · 08-15-12, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

I didn't even account for a necro-necro in my scoring system.

This is new territory.

Indeed

08-20-10, 11:32 PM	#17
Alpha Von Burg Engineer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Unknown Posts: 202 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	The first time I dock at at the Belchen supply ship, it was sunset, the fog was thick, the clouds are low and the rain was heavy. When I set my eyes in the ship, it looked abandoned, like a ghost ship. __________________ -Kapitänleutnant Richard L. Römer

08-20-10, 11:36 PM	#18
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Two-and-a-half-year necro. Not a record, but close. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-11-12, 03:08 PM	#21
Mowgli Sparks Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: South Wales Posts: 212 Downloads: 156 Uploads: 0	I finally got to visit Belchen during a patrol that started off as the pits. I chased a convoy that I never found and sank nothing until I came across a 110 ton trawler and decided to sink it with gunfire to exercise my gun crew. They were pathetic and in the end I think the poor little vessel just died of boredom. In despair I continued west and then bingo, with nothing in sight I dived and listened at the hydrophone. Just as well I did because I picked up a fast moving vessel. Turned out to be a 25,000 ton troop ship that was crossing my bows. Flank speed and just enough time to fire four T1 Eels before it zoomed past at 21 knots. Not even sure how many hit but up it went (with LOTS of lifeboats afterwards). Then I noticed for the first time Belchen on the chart and thought why not top up and go to Canada and see what is there. So pulled up alongside, refuelled and rearmed and away I went. Now some questions. On passage to Canada I came across a convoy and had a chance to target a heavy cargo and fired off two eels (both dud) but if I did, I had five escorts make my life hell for three hours and took quite a bit of damage before escaping. After repairs I noticed that my fuel was REALLY low which meant I had to head back to Belchen (where I am now) to refuel. The question is can you lose fuel when attacked. Other question. I saw in the convoy a tanker that was burning, I then saw on my chart a type IX submarine that was astern of the convoy. Other than in harbour I have never come across another Uboat. Clearly from the burning tanker it must have attacked the convoy. Does this happen? Long story short. I am having dinner this evening with the skipper of the supply boat and will sail back to Canada at dawn. __________________ Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

08-12-12, 05:44 PM	#23
CaliEs Loader Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Supply __________________ Dietrich von Carlewitz, 2nd Lt. U-29

08-12-12, 05:58 PM	#24
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Now we have another two-year necro??? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-28-08, 11:03 PM	#16
Sub mariner Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 9 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I go there so mutch i only return to base 1/3 patrols!

08-12-12, 10:36 PM	#25
NightCrawler Engineer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: FLA USA Posts: 217 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I never used Re-suply It will messed up the credit, medals and next patrol is 0, so you miss grid patrol credit... i always use slow ahead 3knots under water and 7knots surface, dive at day and charge at night, you will see you save huge on diesel, example if i start sailing from wilhelmhaven and my patrol grid is CG85, i could reach with VII u boot all the way to Ivory coast and heading back to Wilhelmshaven without re-fueling in portugal or spain... same thing if i change home-base from Wilhelmshaven to Brest..... I learned my lesson with using "re-supply" options... but it's up to you...

08-13-12, 03:27 AM	#26
CaliEs Loader Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Wilhelmshaven - CG85 / 2 routes / real distances __________________ Dietrich von Carlewitz, 2nd Lt. U-29

08-14-12, 06:21 AM	#28
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,160 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-14-12, 05:38 PM	#29
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	I didn't even account for a necro-necro in my scoring system. This is new territory. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.