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ryanglavin
06-09-10, 09:47 PM
I was patrolling on my good career, who has had 700K tons under his belt with 90% realism after 21 patrols, and my last patrol, I encountered the HMS Prince of Wales. It was being escorted across the atlantic by 3 ships. was this realistic?
FIREWALL
06-09-10, 11:02 PM
I would've sunk it First. Then worried about realism. :haha:
Sailor Steve
06-09-10, 11:05 PM
You have 21 patrols and 700,000 tons, and you're asking about realism? :O:
iambecomelife
06-10-10, 01:36 AM
I was patrolling on my good career, who has had 700K tons under his belt with 90% realism after 21 patrols, and my last patrol, I encountered the HMS Prince of Wales. It was being escorted across the atlantic by 3 ships. was this realistic?


It might have been. Early in the war, the destroyer shortage was so bad that the "Rodney" sailed with no escort. I think other battleships did the same.

Also, during the Norwegian campaign several valuable British carriers including "Ark Royal", "Glorious", and "Furious" sailed with either no destroyers or not enough - this led to the "HMS Glorious" disaster on June 8, 1940. Personally, I think the British were very lucky that only "Glorious" was destroyed - these ships made MULTIPLE runs with poor escort.
Jimbuna
06-10-10, 06:26 AM
HMS Glorious was accompanied by the destroyers Acasta and Ardent when she was sunk (as were the destroyers also)....but your right "not enough".
ryanglavin
06-10-10, 06:29 AM
You have 21 patrols and 700,000 tons, and you're asking about realism? :O:

Hell, if I find a capital ship while patrolling, I'm sinking it, no questions asked.

I have 185K capital ship tons, and 510K merchant ship tons. I just get lucky with convoy attacks in bad weather. I've had more than 1 situation where I shoot at a small merchant, and hits another ship behind it in bad weather. That usually turns out to be a tanker of some sorts. Also because of that, I've sunk more than a few Neutrals... but who's counting those?
ryanglavin
06-10-10, 06:31 AM
Ha after looking up the Prince of Wales on wikipedia, she arrived at newfoundland on August 10th, 1941, with no one other than churchill as a passenger. I sunk her, as she was going west at fast, on August 4th, 1941. I just killed the British prime minister :yeah:
TabbyHunter
06-10-10, 08:08 AM
Well, i think the british will be a little bit more mad at you then me for what i did once. Sunk a few tribals before war started, then docked at the harbor they were in...

But as far as realisim goes, this is probably correct.
Jimbuna
06-10-10, 08:15 AM
Ha after looking up the Prince of Wales on wikipedia, she arrived at newfoundland on August 10th, 1941, with no one other than churchill as a passenger. I sunk her, as she was going west at fast, on August 4th, 1941. I just killed the British prime minister :yeah:


Precisely...I was wondering if anyone would realise http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif
ryanglavin
06-10-10, 05:11 PM
Precisely...I was wondering if anyone would realise http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Ha I'm one of the first people to do that? Awesome.
Alpha Von Burg
06-11-10, 04:43 AM
... I encountered the HMS Prince of Wales. It was being escorted across the atlantic by 3 ships. was this realistic?

Really, just consider this your lucky day...
(a lightly guarded capital ship)
ryanglavin
06-12-10, 06:33 AM
Really, just consider this your lucky day...
(a lightly guarded capital ship)

With Churchill inside!!! Now where the hell's my IXD2 donitz?
Jimbuna
06-12-10, 10:43 AM
With Churchill inside!!! Now where the hell's my IXD2 donitz?

LOL :DL