Canoe Adventures

[U-snafu]

Just curious of some of the more memorable incidents any fellow type II
enthusiasts have had in SHIII?

Myself-Iv'e seemed to spend most of my time in game during the early years bobbing around the North Sea in the mighty IIA or with Black Sea patrols in the IID as a runner up. With the "duds" & only five torps it can lead to some frustrating moments--like stalking a large freighter for days that I've already hit with 2 torps (& none left in the boat) knowing that it is never going down even though it's been half submerged for days:damn: .


But with only averaging a few small or mid-sized ships a patrol it keeps my tonnage at a realalistic level & makes the occasional windfall that much more enjoyable (like maybe bringing down a large tanker or freighter & damaging a second smaller merchant & slipping away in one of the rare early convoys I can reach in the Canoe).

Some of my more recent incidents have been re-enacting Prien's Scapa raid in the fall of 39'(but w/ the IIA & only finding a troop transport there), unrealisticly
taking a cruise to New York in Feb 40' to catch a broadway show (by traveling at 8knts & refueling at the Belcher off of Greenland), & in my last patrol By actually
sinking the Nelson near Narvik. (though the stars were aligned just right for that one--conducting a picket line in a narrows of the main fjior to Narvik during Wesseleburg & having it practically run over me).

The death knell of the Nelson:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img25-8-2008_1759-n1.jpg

[U-snafu]

The long cruise--Refueling just in time:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img22-8-2008_26-y2.jpg

The big apple:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img23-8-2008_219-y3-1.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img23-8-2008_254-y6.jpg

An unheard of visit: (the mighty II paying a courtesy call on an American New Oleans class):
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img23-8-2008_259-y7.jpg

Anyone else who enjoys tooling around in the Canoe and has had some better than expected results?

[Sailor Steve]

:o How in the land of great jumping bejabbers did you get a Type II to New York? Old York is pushing the limits for that thing! :rock:

[Rg370]

Had a quite a few interesting moments with good old type II.
One is that i survived depth charging in shallow waters by 3 destroyers. She took some damage, but managed to bring me home.
Other is Prien-like penetration in Scapa Flow in early 1940, got lucky and sunk
illustrious fleet carrier for 23 000 tonnes.

Here is some one shot kill:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3272/typeiiaci9.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=typeiiaci9.jpg)

[Jimbuna]

:o How in the land of great jumping bejabbers did you get a Type II to New York? Old York is pushing the limits for that thing! :rock:

hehe....tis amazing what a few Cfg tweaks can achieve :lol:

[Murr44]

Either that or you just uncheck the "limited fuel" option. I'm assuming that if you do that you could go as far as you wanted. Nice pics. One of these days I'll take a canoe out...maybe the Black Sea; never been there before.:hmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Either that or you just uncheck the "limited fuel" option.
I gnu dat! I ar not drain-bamaged!

Well, maybe on Mondays. Or at 0200 on Tuesdays.

[U-snafu]

Actually I never messed with the cfg files and I had "limited fuel" checked. All I did was set my speed manually at 8 knts (read in a thread a while back that that was the most fuel efficeint speed for A type II) and kept it at that speed the whole way. Came out of the Kiel canal-made a straight diaganal line to go between the Shetlands then straight across to the Belcher anchored off of Greenland. I was about drifting on fumes the last few miles to the refuel ship:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img22-8-2008_130-y1.jpg

After docking at the Belcher (I think that's the name of the supply ship at greenland in 40')--I hugged the Canadian coast straight to New York. Granted I don't believe I would have had enough fuel to make it back to the supply ship so I cheated a little & teleported back to base from the US east coast.

Now the goal is to try to refuel the mighty U-17 at one of the supply boats at Southern Spain then try to sneak by Gilbrater and sneak through the Suez canal to form my own ad-hoc "type II monsoon fleet":arrgh!:



@Rg370---gotta love those 1 torp kill shots in the II--let's you stay out a little longer.

[Sailor Steve]

Tourists! :nope:




:rotfl:

[U-snafu]

Thats another nice thing about using the IIA-- it usualy is in early 39' & 40' so it's a little easier to remain undetected. I had stirred up a hornet's nest after taking out the Nelson w/ 7 destroyers hunting & pinging me but due to the thankfully stormy whether snuck away without 1 detection. At least the Narvik mission could be considered realalisticly possible--I think I recall reading that BDU did assign some of the coastal boats for the Nowway invasion.

From Mikayl it sounds like getting past the rock with the canoe is possible--wish the game modeled a strong current there so one could just float through underneath w/ the currents like Werner described in his book. The Suez might be another story but maybe the boys will be up to it:hmm: .


On a related matter--does anyone know if there are any skins out there for the IIA that covers up the pre-war (red&white) "sunk" buoy on the IIA or is that more of a 3d model thing. Due to that--thats' why I like to use the red hull skin--just figuring it was a pre-war boat that the shipyards forgot.

[KLCARROLL]

Great Stuff!!

My all-time favorite boat is the TypeIID: ......With their tight turning capability, and 25 second dive time, ...they are just the ticket for getting in and out of tight places.

I know that "Harbor Raiding" isn't exactly "Historically Accurate", ....but it is fun!

....And besides; ...I have already departed from reality by implementing Captain Von Keldunk's "IID2Flakship" mod. That 37mm on the foredeck is perfect for all those smaller targets that aren't really worth a torpedo! Great Mod!!

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q84/klcarroll/NEW2A.jpg

klcarroll

[Jimbuna]

You finally got that 37mm :lol:

[Bronzewing]

Got into Loch Ewe, in my IID in November 39, wiggled my way over sand bars only 4m under my keel and got between HMS Nelson and the island in the middle of the loch. Sank her with 3 eels under the belt from 345m and none of the destroyers could get me cos the carcas of Nelson was blocking the way! ;) one did get round the end, but could't turn fast enough and ran it's self aground. I made a sharp exit and sank a small Merchant on the way home with my last eel.

[nikbear]

I have asked this before,but forgot all that was explained to me:oops::oops::oops:how do I put the sixth eel back into a TypeIIA/D:hmm:really do miss that little extra;)

[Red Heat]

My view about this U-Boat type II, very hilarious because the size and apearence...but at the same time is very efective and the most important he enters here the "oldest brothers" dont go...and for that have my respect! :up:

[U-snafu]

I have asked this before,but forgot all that was explained to me:oops::oops::oops:how do I put the sixth eel back into a TypeIIA/D:hmm:really do miss that little extra;)

I forgot all about that & just realized it wasn't implemented in GWX2.1. I remember using it back in the first TGW mod. Did a search & only found some threads on the reload probs that it caused and about the fix for it. I got to look closer in those threads-think the change might be just from altering some cfg lines in notepad but not sure & worried it might break some other issues in 2.1. Anyone else know for sure?

@KLCARROL---Thks for that--I did'nt realize there was a II "flackboat" out there:cool:

[U-snafu]

The End of U-17's adventures.

I timed it with SH3 commander to to leave port and get near Dunkirk in time for the great migration. When I "flew overhead" the port there in f12 I found a place loaded with fat troop ships & liners--perfect for a IIA harbor raid:arrgh!: .........Unfourtunatly my brilliant deck crew forgot to inform me of the 5 to 6 DD's cruisng around near the port:damn: . I guess I approached too close to the port on a very clear sunny day at 128 tc & next thing I know I started hearing what sound like shells whizzing by. It finally jumped to 8 tc & looked around in external view & there were 3 DDS within hollering distance:huh: . With only a little blackened damage to my exterior deck I dived to get away & thus began the very quick demise of U-17.

After diving I realized I "jumped out of the frying pan into the Fire":
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img27-8-2008_046-po3.jpg

If negotiating a mine field & dealing with 5 DD's wasn't enough-the RAF decided to join in on the fun:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img27-8-2008_13-po.jpg

After what seemed like ages I finally was able to get away by constant turning my tail to them on silent running. As I watched them circle & depthcharge away about 5.000 ft away I was thinking to myself "thank god for the early war sensor ratings". After gloating a little--I jumped up to 128 tc to pass the time as a silently sailed away. My navigator & weatherman forgot to remind me that we were in dead calm seas of only abot 40 meters:roll: . All of a sudden I'm being Dc'd again:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img27-8-2008_111-po4.jpg

Landing at my final resting place:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img27-8-2008_111-po5.jpg

And a quick fade to black & the far traveling Canoe came to an end:
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Bsnafu/SH3Img27-8-2008_19-po6.jpg


But as a saving grace my Exec was transferred right befor this & knowing he shared my ambition to tavel through the Med to the Indian Ocean--there still might just be a IIA "monsun" boat yet.