What procedure did.....

[longdog499]

.....the real Kaleuns follow when they left harbour.Did they sail straight to their assigned patrol grids ignoring ships or convoys they could have attacked with a deviation off course or were they permitted to attack targets of opportunity?

[Sailor Steve]

Since the job was to sink the enemy I'm certain they did just that when the opportunity arose.

[Letum]

Steve is right.
The only exception was the first u-boats to sail to the US coast in operation Drum Beat. They where ordered not to attack any ships less than 30,000*tonnes on the way there in order to keep the attack as a surprise.


*30,000 I think. I may have tonnage minimum wrong, not 100% sure.

[longdog499]

OK.Thanks for your answers.I just thought that maybe they had to follow some sort of tactical masterplan and be in their assigned grids in order to keep to it.

[STEED]

I ran in to a convoy today as I was heading to my grid patrol, let me see lot's of targets or a possible boring grid patrol. :hmm: Answer that convoy has now lost two ships. ;)

[Scheisskopf]

i agree with your decision steed :rotfl:

[GT182]

Yep, if they are within striking range they are there for one purpose only.... for you to sink as many of them as you can.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Steve is right.
The only exception was the first u-boats to sail to the US coast in operation Drum Beat. They where ordered not to attack any ships less than 30,000*tonnes on the way there in order to keep the attack as a surprise.


*30,000 I think. I may have tonnage minimum wrong, not 100% sure.
"[...] the commanders had permission to sink ships on the crossing to the US coast if they were larger than 10,000 tons."
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