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Dowly
10-09-05, 07:45 AM
I`m on my 8th patrol and I decided to try and get thru the Gibraltar surfaced.

Weather report: Winds 13m/s, no rain, light fog.

Will I survive?
deckard
10-09-05, 08:28 AM
i did it during night time whitout problems, but im not sure how it would be during the day,
Dowly
10-09-05, 12:08 PM
I`ve tried to go thru the Gibraltar once before, then my boat was attacked by RAF and got a straight hit to my stern.

I`ll keep you informed how my trip is going.
Dowly
10-09-05, 12:53 PM
Lol, got under attack by RAF and 2 destroyers just 9km from the east entrance to the Gibraltar and I had to dive and head for the Atlantic. So much for the mediterranian! :rotfl:
Christian Reich
10-09-05, 12:59 PM
I`ve tried to go thru the Gibraltar once before, then my boat was attacked by RAF and got a straight hit to my stern.

I`ll keep you informed how my trip is going.

Hey i think i know how this story goes. Your nav officer was shot and you crashed dive only to discover yor bow planes were jammed. Fortunatly you impacted the bottom at about 280 meters. Lucky you...what a boat. Crew then had to bale water ino the command room so the bilges could pump it out. managed to surface after abouot 16 hours of repair, and hauled booty. Forget spain, you went back to france am i right?
Dowly
10-09-05, 01:02 PM
:rotfl:
ICBM
10-10-05, 03:16 AM
Crossing the Gib is no problem, just do it at night and DON'T shoot anything or you will get unwelcome company..and lots of them.
Dowly
10-10-05, 03:43 AM
It was stormy day, so I thought it´s no problem and I didnt shoot anyone.

I noticed too late, I was in a path of a destroyer and then came the RAF.
Kernel
10-10-05, 04:45 AM
I tried to sneak through on my last partrol, Mid 1941, I got attacked about 40 Km short of entering the channel by two aircraft who tried to bomb me. They missed me completely though.
I moved away about 20Km and waited submurged for a few hours before surfacing.

Then on the next night I started the run again. But would you beleve it... I met the same two planes in the exact same place! 40Km short of entering the channel, "Aircraft spotted Sir!". This time they were too close and I couldn't dive quickly enough. I got a bomb righ on top of the conning tower. Took out my attack scope and flak gun.

I decided to quit while I was still alive and fled back out to the open ocean. I had to use my observation scope to attack ships on the rest of that patrol. :(