Nothern Barrage

[Vince82]

One of the books I'm currently reading has a map of the Northern barrage.

This is from wiki:

There were no survivors to verify sinking of U-boats by the northern mine barrage; although it may have claimed several whose loss has not been otherwise explained, including U-104 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-104_(1940)) in November 1940,[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-9) U-702 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-702) in March 1942,[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-icg-5) U-253 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-253) in September 1942,[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-10) U-647 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-647) in July 1943[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-11) and U-855 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-855) in September 1944.[12] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-12) The Allies were unaware of these U-boat losses at the time, and attributed most of them to Allied ship and aircraft attacks[13] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-13) after the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Fleet) declared the Northern Barrage "the least profitable voluntary major undertaking of the war". The programme was cancelled and apart from the laying of an additional field at the entrance to Denmark Strait, the only future minelays approved were a series of deep fields at the northern end of the Faeroes-Iceland gap. On completion of the programme the 1st Minelaying Squadron was disbanded. A total of 92,083 mines had been laid, representing 35% of all British minelaying efforts, but the passage of U-boats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boat) had hardly been affected.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-naval-history.net-1) The Northern Barrage had failed to justify its existence and had often been more dangerous to Allied forces than to the enemy. Afterwards more effort was deployed on offensive minelaying by submarines, motor launches, and aircraft, which proved far more effective.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Barrage#cite_note-naval-history.net-1)

Is it in GWX, because I don't remember reading anything about it in the manual?

[Pablo]

Hi!

GWX models the Eastern Barrage (see the V3 Gold Manual, page B-14).

It does not model the Northern Barrage per se, but includes Allied minefields that are not documented in the manual, including minefields at depths where they will not affect surface ships but will affect U-boats at or below periscope depth.

Hope this helps!

Pablo

[Vince82]

Hello

I remember reading about the Eastern Barrage.

GWX:
'''A combination of antisubmarine nets, minefields, and surface patrols generally protect enemy ports from U-boat attack in GWX. Britain publicly announced minefields early in the war called the Eastern Barrage to guard the east coast of Great Britain from Kinnaird Head on the northern tip of Scotland to Dover at the entrance to the English Channel. The barrage was from 30 to 40 miles wide with a channel clear of mines running within eight miles of the shoreline. All merchant shipping along the east coast of Great Britain traveled within this clear channel between the convoy assembly and termination points of Moray Firth and Dover"

Note: "It was publicly announced by the British."