Has anyone else run across???

[nutworld]

Good evening fellow captains.

I am on my 3rd patrol of 1939, and since Donitz has informed of the impending 'fireworks" -happening soon. I've taken the task of doing some recon of potential targets across the Channel, and today's adventure took me to Dover.

I'm doing a very slow speed periscope depth sortie about 5Km off the front of the harbor. Upon starting to exit, I open up the external camera view as I was submerged and boy there was a suprise.

Good thing I was rigged for silent running, and creeping along at 2 kts.

[Jimbuna]

Pray tell...an armed trawler, a destroyer or are you slightly east of Dover and stumbled into the minefield?

[nutworld]

I didn't want to post a "spoiler", but yes I stumbled upon the minefield.

Fortunately, I was able to avoid them going off, and escaped without damage to my boat and crew.

(I tried to take a screen shot, but couldn't.)

[Jimbuna]

I wouldn't worry too much about spoilers around these parts, there are many around these parts who are able to interrogate the files and I often answer queuries about ship locations etc.

[nutworld]

jimbuna, I know that this great sim has been out a while, and "most" people on the forums are aware of those hazards, but at the same time, I didn't want to be "THAT GUY" = spoiling a thread.


All I know is that they caught me off guard when I switched to free camera mode and went below the surface.

[Kptlt. Siegmann]

I have run into more than my fair share of mines in my early GWX days. I make it a habit to periodically check the waters with my observation scope for mines when in England coastal waters.

[Gargamel]

There are no more spoilers left in sh3, only carrots hung before us to go see ourselves.

[Soviet Creeper]

I tried to get into dover myself, ended up getting ran over by a large convoy, and due to teh shallows a destroy got to get some nice depth charging practice :dead:

[Jimbuna]

There are no more spoilers left in sh3, only carrots hung before us to go see ourselves.

More or less sums it up :DL

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1263/minesok.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/minesok.jpg/)

[DeltaNiner]

I've been running back and forth through there for years and never knew there was mines till I read it here. I'm not sure I want to go back there anymore now.

[Gargamel]

English coast = mines.

Hell,

Friendly ports = mines.

[Captain Nemo]

More or less sums it up :DL

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1263/minesok.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/minesok.jpg/)

Are all the mine fields there from the beginning of the war or do some appear during specific stages of the war?

Nemo

[Jimbuna]

Are all the mine fields there from the beginning of the war or do some appear during specific stages of the war?

Nemo

Now that would be telling http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/whistle.gif

[Captain Nemo]

Now that would be telling http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/whistle.gif

Point taken!:up:

[Halgarre]

I see some minefields up above Scotland in blue water. Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't blue equal more then 1k meters deep?

If that is the case, wow. I didn't know they had mines that could work at that depth, err I mean to say have a anchor that long.

I know today there is buoys for weather reporting with deep anchors and I guess I never put sea mine anchors with today's deep anchors.

[Jimbuna]

If you were to zoom in to a more detailed scale you'll find there are gradients of depth and iirc the maximum depth is 200 metres.