"Z" Ships

[The scorpion]

Can anybody tell me what the "Z" ships are please,
I found but not saw some on the North Western Approaches.

[Aktungbby]

Not sure of your context or dates, but Force G, consisting of the modern battleship Prince of Wales, the First World War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War) era battlecruiser Repulse, and the four destroyers HMS Electra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Electra_(H27)), Express (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Express_(H61)), Encounter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Encounter_(H10)) and Jupiter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Jupiter_(F85)), arrived at Singapore on 2 December 1941. They were then re-designated Force Z....

[The scorpion]

No these seem to be small craft? If as large as a cruiser I would have seen them as they were single craft and could not hold a lock

[V13dweller]

I am pretty sure the Z-ships are wrecks that don't move or do anything, I am thinking they are props or decorations for harbors.

[The scorpion]

Thanks but these move quite fast as I cant get a lock on them for long, they are also in deep ocean between Scotland and Iceland which is where I am patrolling now.
I haven't found anything for two days now so the crew getting bored with going to 30 mtrs and back to the surface every two hours.
I may have to use the whip a bit more

[V13dweller]

Are you sure they are not the regular version of that ship? As some Z-Ships share the same models as normal ships. Like there is a Z-ship for the generic .dat Armed Merchant Ship from Open Horizons. Quite a few open horizons ships have a Z-Ship version.

[The scorpion]

Thanks I will keep patrolling and searching, if I can get a screen shot I will post.

[The scorpion]

After all this time I have found an answer, they are Whales. While just chasing some down through the USO I saw what looked to be a whales tail occasionally braking the surface, so I think problem solved.:know: