Riddle.... what happened here...

[Leandros]

....suggestions...?


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/WhatHappenedHere2_zps5f9dc0a4.jpg (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/Leandros10/media/WhatHappenedHere2_zps5f9dc0a4.jpg.html)

[Dread Knot]

I see blue sunken ship markers. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took on a convoy escorted by battleships and lost? But not before taking a few merchants down with them? :hmmm:

[Leandros]

I see blue sunken ship markers. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took on a convoy escorted by battleships and lost? But not before taking a few merchants down with them? :hmmm:
Not exactly - it is taken from a GWX 3.0 single mission scenario.

Fred

[Raptor]

Definitely a convoy battle
Heavy allied ship losses suggest German surface units involved.

I think this is Convoy JW55B

Scharnhort and a destroyer group sortied from Norway to attack an allied convoy to Russia. Your are U-277, part of U-boatgroup EISENBART, vectored in to help.

[Leandros]

Definitely a convoy battle
Heavy allied ship losses suggest German surface units involved.

I think this is Convoy JW55B

Scharnhort and a destroyer group sortied from Norway to attack an allied convoy to Russia. Your are U-277, part of U-boatgroup EISENBART, vectored in to help.
That is correct, Raptor.

Originally, Scharnhorst was driven off by 3 RN cruisers - KGV with a task force was laying low in the background in expectation of the German raid. The German destroyers split early as the weather was too bad for them.

I recommend this scenario, there is lot of entertainment if one looks up above the surface. Scharnhorst is impressive! This time a certain U-boat sank the RN cruisers as Scharnhorst was arriving so he got a free ride through the convoy. What a massacre! He wasn't undamaged, though, dozens of merchants gave him all they had from all directions.

Eventually, he disappeared southwards as a message arrived informing that KGV was arriving from south-west.



Below: Scharnhorst approaching the convoy

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstB_zps063257e2.jpg (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/Leandros10/media/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstB_zps063257e2.jpg.html)


Below: Wading through the convoy


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstE_zpsc9d3ae15.jpg (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/Leandros10/media/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstE_zpsc9d3ae15.jpg.html)



http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstK_zps166065f1.jpg (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/Leandros10/media/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstK_zps166065f1.jpg.html)



http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstC_zpsf26b5eda.jpg (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/Leandros10/media/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstC_zpsf26b5eda.jpg.html)



http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstL_zpsebe3979e.jpg (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/Leandros10/media/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstL_zpsebe3979e.jpg.html)


Below: Going home - hopefully....In Altafjord Tirpitz was waiting


http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/Leandros10/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstH_zps31d0d632.jpg (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/Leandros10/media/2502/Scharnhorst/ScharnhorstH_zps31d0d632.jpg.html)

[flag4]

...nice presentation Leandros. great riddle. I hadn't got a clue. Raptor, you know your STUFF!! :yeah:

...cool. more riddles please:up: