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leeclose 03-11-07 08:35 AM

Well they were british ergo targets:up: and they were skimmers read my sig mate:yep:

Corsair 03-11-07 08:36 AM

To each his own...;)

leeclose 03-11-07 08:44 AM

Yup and that is what makes SH3 so much fun:up:

andy_311 03-11-07 09:49 AM

always just because its neutral doesnt mean that thres no enemy in it

Hakahura 03-11-07 09:56 AM

Do I hunt in neutral harbours ? ...

I will now:up:

Morts 03-11-07 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emtmedic005

Doesnt anyone know of any uboats raiding ports such as New York and other neutrals , during WW2??

U-47 (Gunter Prien) raided Scapa flow during WW2 (1939) where he sunk the british battleship HMS Royal Oak
only succesfull harbor raid ever


Quote:

Originally Posted by www.uboat.net
With his own boat U-47 he became famous for his 14 October, 1939 sinking of the British battleship HMS Royal Oak in the heavily defended British North Fleet main harbor at Scapa Flow. Churchill himself wrote about this outstanding feat of arms of a German U-boat commander. Prien was the first U-boat commander to win the Knights Cross.


Hartmann 03-11-07 12:07 PM

I never raid harbours :yep:
in real world it was very dangerous and very rare during the war. , prien was very afortunate to survive .

Imagine....shallow waters, mines, nets , be jumped by a destroyer, or trapped as a fly in the spider net, its not the best way to finish a very succesfull career. :hmm:

i prefer lurk around the port in deep waters :arrgh!:

Zero Niner 03-11-07 09:18 PM

Ahh! But the beauty of neutral harbours is that... they're neutral! One can literally sail into port on the surface!

Of course if there's an enemy warship docked, things may get a bit sticky... :eek:

Deep-Six 03-11-07 09:59 PM

I have never thought of it. Now I am going over to NY and see what is there.:arrgh!:

leeclose 03-12-07 08:53 AM

Get me a cheese burger and a twinky while ur there:up:

IceGrog 03-12-07 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartmann
I never raid harbours :yep:

No neutral harbours or enemy..................but one day i will give NY harbour a go

Tessa 03-12-07 09:42 AM

I think New York is one of the best in terms of total tonnage/renown from the various ships that can be there. Will always be several cargo ships and some tankers too. Security inside is really lax, usually a small patrol craft that disintigrates after a shell from the deck gun. Last time I visited NY there was a Passenger Cruiser which scores some hefty renown.

Best thing about almost all the harbors is being able to use the deck gun to conserve torpedos, or practice hitting the sweet spot on the T3's to where they sink with one toperedo.

joea 03-12-07 05:04 PM

Hit the Azores on an otherwise frustrating and dangerous patrol in a CF grid from 25MAY43 - 28JUN43. Bagged a 12411 ton Brit tanker sitting all smugly docked there. Crew drinking port thinking they were safe. :arrgh!: Had to put up with "radar detected" messages on the way and the same plus a few air attacks er out of the blue on the way back to Brest. Otherwise would have been dry. You'd think the Tommies and Amis knew were our boats are. :hmm:

leeclose 03-12-07 05:06 PM

try Cork it has been a semi decent port to hit as well:up: and dublin if memory serves me.

Foghladh_mhara 03-12-07 05:20 PM

Just met a convoy coming out of the harbour in Rekjavik. Reported as enemy by BdU except when i spotted it there were no flags on any of the ships merchie or naval. Down scope, scratched my head, up scope and they all had british flags. Was gonna attack but had 12m under my keel submerged and decided against it. I'm learning:D


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