Blockade Of Germany

[walsh2509]

Not a fan of these mission would rather have a area to patrol and sink what I can, but seeing they are in the game I've tried to complete them. On the subject of the BOG you have to sink 5 AMC I take it that means Armed Merchant Ships, thing is from mid Dec 39 to Mid Feb 40 I've been asked to patrol marked areas in that area from North of Scotland to the South East coast of Iceland. 3 months I've sank 5 Merchants all unarmed, I've not came across any in that patrol area. But I did sink 2 Capital Ship , NW of Lerwick I was sitting on station and they sailed right into my sights about 1000mts right across my bow.


Q is , anyone else doing this mission get the 5 AMC in that patrol area ? In 1.01 I bagged 3 of them in the same area but with little contacts coming into the area and the ones that did were unarmed I was wondering if there is a time-date in 1.02 to arm merchants.

[bigboywooly]

AMC = Armed merchant cruiser

Basically an auxilliary cruiser, wont be part of a convoy carrying cargo but a designated warship carrying out patrols watching for blockade breakers in RL and ingame too
Usually sail in pairs from what I have seen or sometimes 3s
Rarely seen in convoys as an escort

[SabreHawk]

Oh I hear ya, I been on this one quite a spell and only found one so far. There have been many merchant ships pass through and I've had to pass them up unless by deckgun cause I cant waste torps on them as I'll need them for these warships.
The one I did bag I nearly didn't get him due to the weather and heavy seas. And I learned my lesson to pay attention to whether I have salvo selected or not too...........:doh:.
Wasted three fish on that guy cause I only ment to fire one more at him after two weren't enough. And I think it might have went down with the first two but I didn't give it a chance to. But I was gonna lose him if I didnt fire as he was too fast to catch up to in this sea.

I've been repsitioned twice, and on the second order to reposition it didn't set a new area, and indicates objective complete even though the indicator bar is only 1/4 full.

Early on when I first arrived up here I wasted three fish on a merchant cause I didn't know better about the type of ships I was after since then the objective only said "sink 5 ships" with no indication of type.

Now down to five fish left, and thats not gonna be enough so will have to go back and reload to finish up.

[kylania]

Swing by Loch Ewe. You'll be happy.

[walsh2509]

Do they count ? I thought that had to be sunk in the marked area , Loch Ewe is not in that area.

[SabreHawk]

Oh im sure they do, Kylaina wouldn't advise this if they didn't. I'd take his word fer it any day. A trusted mate, he is.:smug:

[kylania]

Yup, I got two of mine north of Scotland, but the other 3 I got right here.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9691/5shipsspawn.jpg

[SabreHawk]

Come to think of it, the one I did find and sink was just north of Scotland, was early on a day after I sank the merchant. Then I headed northwesterly and got into even rougher seas.
Then BDU repositioned me even further north, what do they know though.:O:
Seas are getting less rough the further south I go, that'll help if it holds.

Well we be headed back south now, about 24hrs away. I bet I can catch them out farther in deeper water, that was where I found the other one.

[Der SchattenJager]

Yup, I got two of mine north of Scotland, but the other 3 I got right here.

kylania, were the 3 AMCs you have marked in that screenie just sitting there close together like they were moored?

For me, they were. I got in there with 4-5 DDs patrolling the harbor. For some reason they wouldn't attack, so I just ran in on the surface, fired all my loaded torpedoes which sunk two, and I shelled the other. Only the AMCs put up a fight, and that only with small arms fire. The DDs spotlighted me, but refused to engage.

Weird AI in this game.

[kylania]

Yeah, some tankers were there too.

I didn't run in on the surface, I squeezed in through 15-18m of water at 1kt the whole way in! I didn't attack them while they were moored though, some people said that was not counting. I attacked them as they left, where my u-boat is in that picture.

[Der SchattenJager]

They counted for me.

[scratch81]

got all 4 of 5 in that area, then heading to my patrol point bagged another, got to the patrol point, sunk a freighter, and it cleared my patrol objective, now for the carrier hunt. only doing this first one then im gonna work on the 100k merchant sinking tasks till the norway invasion.

[Faamecanic]

Yup, I got two of mine north of Scotland, but the other 3 I got right here.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9691/5shipsspawn.jpg

So how long did you have to sit there for them to move?! I have been at the mouth of the harbor (about 13km away from your pos on the map) for THREE days watching 3 moored AMCs and a tanker (as well as 5 DD's ...4 which are sitting still around different points of the harbor, and 1 patroling just at the mouth)???

I R E A L L Y hate these "missions"......

[Faamecanic]

Anyone know?? Anyone ever wait for them to get "underway"? Or will it count if I torpedo them as they are stationary?

[zekicoli]

there is four ship and they waited there which you show 2 of from this 4 is the ship which we must sunk..ı close to them and sink them is not to hard

[zekicoli]

I complete this missions but ı pass end date when ı turn to base commander give me another mission about norvay ...blockade germany is deleted and in mission list it says failed...what happend now ? ı think to accept norvay mission ..when you pass to end date mission will delete every time?

[Faamecanic]

I answered your post in the "fuel problems" thread.

Basically you do NOT have to complete Blockade of Germany to move on to Norway. Now I do know you have to complete the mission leading up to Operation Drumbeat if you want to take that mission. But that is much later in the campaign.

[zekicoli]

some mission for ex blockade germany bdu give you 2 mission ,you have to complete 2 of them or just 1 is enought???

[Faamecanic]

Good question...I dont know the answer to. I think you have to complete all objects for that part of the campaign to be considered a success. Example: Blockade of German has 3 parts to it... Coastal shipping (50k tons), British Supplies (100k tons), and the 5 AMC and 1 Carrier. I think you have to finish all of these for Blockade of Germany to be considered a success (which is dumb IMHO).

[eon850aye]

So just been playing this mission, swung by the Loch, big help.
Got 2 at anchor, as I was leaving another spawned and started making its way out to sea, and as I broke out into open sea another was anchored just off the coast to the west, but...
..it took me a couple of go's to figure out why some of the ships I was sinking weren't counting...

..Spot the difference between these two Rawalpindi Armed Merchant Cruisers:
Which one should you be sinking?
There are 2 main differences, (and NO, 1 of them is not the funnel smoke:))

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u56/eon850aye/Silent%20Hunter%205/SpotTheDifference.jpg

[chappyj]

The AMC has a pair of (3?) inch deck guns.
it also flies the RN ensign rather than the merchant one...

ie: A is the right one.

[eon850aye]

The AMC has a pair of (3?) inch deck guns.
it also flies the RN ensign rather than the merchant one...

ie: A is the right one.

You are correct.
She actually 6 (3pairs) of 3(?)inch deck guns, the other 4 located at the rear.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u56/eon850aye/Silent%20Hunter%205/SpotTheDifference-answer-1.jpg

So please make sure before you press that little red button.