Entering Freetown

[robj250]

It is 2022 on July 20. The winds are 13 m/s so I have stormy waters. No rain. Clear skies. It will take me 14 hrs to reach Freetown which I think will put me entering in the daytime. I have tried to use the mapeditor to look at Freetown for nets and mines, but I don't know how to use it. I cannot get a large view of Freetown and it's harbour.

Should I go in during the day or wait until dark and go in?

Seeking advice from experts :up:

If you suggest I go in at night, how long do I have to wait before I move from where I am?

At periscope depth I bob between 6 and 15 metres. I have no idea how shallow the harbour is.

What should I do?

Rob:salute:

[BasilY]

What year is it?

If this is your first harbor attack, try Saint Helena, Deep water all around, most of the times you will find a 10K Cruiser/and 10k tanker, each will go down if you aim right (Provided if you can see them). So it is worth a trip. Never attack Freetown myself. Don't know if it is still true in GWX3.0. Haven't don't harbor raids for a while....

[Torplexed]

All is remember about Freetown is that it's surrounded by a lot of shallow water teeming with MTBs.

[Synthfg]

Went in there once in 41,
Lot's of scrappy little tramp steamers and small merchants, the one decent target was burning halfway up the hill behind the town

[Butzis]

Hi robj250, this my experience in Freetown;
Flat water 150km befor harbour.
RAF had attacked 2 times my Boot.
Freetown is a very, very hard target.

Greetings und gute Jagd !
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/238/u123c259lu0.jpg

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6761/u123c261nq5.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Here is a screenshot of Freetown Rob....observe where the nets and the minefield are.

You only made reference to July and not athe year, so this is from July 41

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3236/93049816.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=93049816.jpg)

[robj250]

What year is it?

If this is your first harbor attack, try Saint Helena, Deep water all around, most of the times you will find a 10K Cruiser/and 10k tanker, each will go down if you aim right (Provided if you can see them). So it is worth a trip. Never attack Freetown myself. Don't know if it is still true in GWX3.0. Haven't don't harbor raids for a while....

July 1944

[robj250]

Hi robj250, this my experience in Freetown;
Flat water 150km befor harbour.
RAF had attacked 2 times my Boot.
Freetown is a very, very hard target.

Greetings und gute Jagd !
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/238/u123c259lu0.jpg

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6761/u123c261nq5.jpg

Do you recall how deep is it in the harbour?

Rob

[robj250]

Here is a screenshot of Freetown Rob....observe where the nets and the minefield are.

You only made reference to July and not athe year, so this is from July 41

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3236/93049816.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=93049816.jpg)

The date is July 21 1944

Rob

[Jimbuna]

July 44...two views showing minefields and subnets.

Average water depth of harbour is 17 metres.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1361/24464070.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=24464070.jpg)

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8067/39478965.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=39478965.jpg)

[robj250]

July 44...two views showing minefields and subnets.

Average water depth of harbour is 17 metres.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1361/24464070.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=24464070.jpg)

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8067/39478965.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=39478965.jpg)

I assume because it is stormy seas, it is best for me to wait and go in at night. But then it would be difficult to see the minefield and nets.

Rob

P.S. Thanks for the maps Jim

[Jimbuna]

Your welcome Rob http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Lt.Fillipidis]

Brrrr... I'd hate to enter Freetown even on 0% realism!
Shalow waters, huge minefields, air attacks. What's so important about it anyway? :06:

[Paul Riley]

It is 2022 on July 20.

During 2022 I would expect you to be using plasma torpedoes by then mate ;):O: ,only kidding.

Really though,I have only made one trip in my entire career to F.Town,and what I remember most is as others have said,the bloody shallow waters all around you.That should in itself tell you that travelling in this area is very dangerous,due to your relative inability to crash dive to save depths,especially from aircraft.I personally,would refrain from going here from about the beginning of 1942 onwards,when air attacks suddenly become very dangerous.If you MUST go in,I would go in during night hours,and at periscope depth (You should get away with a depth of 10 to 11 metres at night),to extra safe guard against aircraft.All depends naturally what year the player is playing in.

F.Town is not really a nice area,also due to the vast distances involved in getting there,USA east coast is much more lucrative,and more ports to infiltrate,making the long journey more worth it :D

[sharkbit]

July, 1944-you must have a death wish.
:)

[nikbear]

1944 and you got this far and you want to go to Freetown:o:timeout::doh: NURSE!!! The screens! This man is mad,It's going to get messy:03::haha: Best of luck Rob:up:

[robj250]

Well, okay, you guys have me convinced that in July 1944 in a severe storm, that it's a suicide adventure.

Thanks for all the advice.

Rob :salute:

[Synthfg]

TBH July 44, leaving port is a suicide adventure,
Staying in port about the same,

Best thing to do, sail out to a nice quiet cove and sit on the bottom with the snorkel up until the food runs out before jettisoning the majority of your eels and return to port

[robj250]

TBH July 44, leaving port is a suicide adventure,
Staying in port about the same,

Best thing to do, sail out to a nice quiet cove and sit on the bottom with the snorkel up until the food runs out before jettisoning the majority of your eels and return to port

Everyone has convinced me that it's suicide to try to go in there, especially in a storm, so I heading out to sea and heading to somewhere around the Irish Sea.

Rob :salute:

[Brag]

Rob,

If you position yourself about 200 kilometers NW of Freetown, it won't be long you spot a northbound convoy. You can follow it for a couple of weeks and get great tonnage :cool:

[robj250]

Rob,

If you position yourself about 200 kilometers NW of Freetown, it won't be long you spot a northbound convoy. You can follow it for a couple of weeks and get great tonnage :cool:

Thanks Brad

However, your advice comes too late as I came straight across to ES22 and am now heading north to somewhere around the Irish Sea.

Rob :salute:

[Lt.Fillipidis]

Actually, i go for port attacks/convoy attack only until late 1942-starts 1943.
Then i only get solo ships and have some fun with flying mosqitoes around Great Britain. And a bit far of the shore aswell. I dont want a patrolling destroyer to track me.

I suggest you to do the same ;)
And those 50k GRT belong to the past now. :salute:

[robj250]

Actually, i go for port attacks/convoy attack only until late 1942-starts 1943.
Then i only get solo ships and have some fun with flying mosqitoes around Great Britain. And a bit far of the shore aswell. I dont want a patrolling destroyer to track me.

I suggest you to do the same ;)
And those 50k GRT belong to the past now. :salute:

Thanks. Sounds like a great idea. :up:

Rob :salute: