Gibralta

[sonicninja]

Ahoy Shipmates, I am currently at Periscope Depth in the Port of Gibralta which is suprisingly deep 70 meters at some points.
Anyway, heres my dilema, there are a few medium merchants alongside, also some neutral merchants too, and about 4 Royal Navy destroyers, nothing substantial.
I was expecting there to be alot more ships in too be honest but never mind, anyway im wondering weather to just sit tight and maybe wait for a big battleship to pull in or maybe a passenger liner or just hit what I can now and then sprint back to Thalia (milk cow) in Cadiz for a reload. Im operating in July of 1940 with the GW mod so im not sure if anything will dramatically change in Gibralta at this time.

PS.Having been to Gibralta a few times in real life on a Royal Navy submarine i can say that the scenery in SH3 GW 1.1 is fairly impressive and quite accurate.

Sonicninja U48 :arrgh!: , putting the EYE in PIRATE

[mr chris]

Hi there if i was you i would just hit what is in port now including the DD's:arrgh!:
Then run back to the resuply vessel. Also i found casablanca to be a easy port to get into and it had a few juice merchants in there but no big battle wagons.

[Jimbuna]

You wanna unleash those eels and quit while the goings good :yep: If you get spotted you might just have time to kiss your sorry ar*e goodbye hehe :arrgh!:

[Der Eisen-Wal]

hi sonic,

i've been to gibraltar a few times also, i think there are mainly DDs and medium merchants there, so it's not really worth the risk, but worth a look.

last patrol i went to casablanca and found 2 or 3 medium tankers and 3 troopships, 2 DDs and some landing craft. this was in 44'. that was a pretty decent catch. I don't think there are any big ports in that area that have big battle ships in port regularly... been to darkar too but not really worth the trip.

[melnibonian]

Last time I went to Gibraltar I end up in the bottom of the sea with all of my crew dead :down: :down: :down:

Nasty horrible place if you ask me :hmm:

[Dimitrius07]

affter i saw Das Boot I stay away from Gibraltar :dead: :oops:

[AVGWarhawk]

1940 Gibraltor is pretty tame until later on. But hey, it's your boat and your free to fly about the oceans!

[TarJak]

Take what opportunity has granted. If you save everything for later there may not be one.

[sonicninja]

I decided to blow a couple of medium merchants up and make a dash for the med, being chased out of the straights by anything with a gun mounted on it, got away though, now heading for La Spezia for weapon load and pizza, will head back to Gib on completion and give it another bash.

BTW: Why is it some times you sink a merchant with just 2 eels and other times it takes more than 4 to sink the same class of vessel??:hmm:

Im hitting them all dead center, sometimes they break in half, other times they just list over but never actually sink.:x very frustrating

[TarJak]

BTW: Why is it some times you sink a merchant with just 2 eels and other times it takes more than 4 to sink the same class of vessel??:hmm:

Im hitting them all dead center, sometimes they break in half, other times they just list over but never actually sink.:x very frustrating

You need to aim for their wek points (fuel bunkers, engine room, etc) to get one shot kills. I get around 85% of my kills with one shot now since learning of this and it makes the job much easier.:arrgh!:

[sonicninja]

where do i find these weak points?

[_Seth_]

It should be marked in your recognition manual (colored areas of ships).:up:

[melnibonian]

where do i find these weak points?

Check these out for a more comprehensive view of the critical areas (these are for the stock version of the game but most of them should do the trick in GW/NYGM)

http://www.34thflotilla.com/resources/schiffskarte.pdf
http://www.34thflotilla.com/resources/shipchart.pdf


Good Luck and Good hunting:up:

[sonicninja]

great, many thanks shipmates :up:

[Sailor Steve]

...Gibralta...Gibralta...PS.Having been to Gibralta a few times in real life on a Royal Navy submarine...
I'm surprised that having been there a few times you consistently misspell Gibraltar.

[Tool]

I've been into the straits heading toward Gibraltar several times the over the weekend, but never actually reached the harbor. Last night I was jumped by 3 destroyers and 4 torpedo boats. I sent all 3 destroyers to the bottom after some cat and mouse, then noticed the torpedo boats apparently got scared and took off. :lol:
I was low on torpedoes and fuel, so I headed home, rather than risk it.
I'm sure glad it was dark out, as that seemed to make a difference in them finding me.

I did learn my lesson awhile back.. stay out of the English Channel. Ugly ugly place for a uboat.

Tool.

[sonicninja]

Sailor Steve I'm surprised that having been there a few times you consistently misspell Gibraltar.


Whel ecscuse mee fore miy miss speling of Gibralta, i usuhally refer to hit as Gib or "The Rock", eye stand corekted my litle dicktionery swallowing shipmate.


:lol:

[Sailor Steve]

Eye stn kerekted. Fum no on il trie to cum up tu yur stanerds.

[Jimbuna]

Eye stn kerekted. Fum no on il trie to cum up tu yur stanerds.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: ROFLMAO

[melnibonian]

Eye stn kerekted. Fum no on il trie to cum up tu yur stanerds.
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

:up: :up:

[sonicninja]

Eye stn kerekted. Fum no on il trie to cum up tu yur stanerds.

:rotfl: :rotfl: