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deamyont 11-18-06 08:09 AM

Battleships in convoys?
 
I red somewhere that battleships were assigned as escorts to convoys, (for example HMS Ramilles that Scharnhorst & Gneisenau sighted)... however I've never seen that in the game. (Havent seen anything bigger than a CL guarding a convoy..)

So... running GW 1.1, is there any chance I'll find a battleship in the middle of a convoy?

stabiz 11-18-06 08:10 AM

I`ve never seen one in a convoy. Task forces though ...

Pants 11-18-06 08:14 AM

I've seen one in a convoy ;)

melnibonian 11-18-06 10:57 AM

The only Warship I saw in a convoy was a Cruiser (Auxiliary or Dido) :shifty:

Cpt.Thorne 11-18-06 11:41 AM

Have seen Bogue carriers Dido and Southampton but none of the big BBs

AG124 11-18-06 11:58 AM

BB in Convoy
 
The only time I ever saw a battleship in a convoy was when I saw the Malaya in one in the North Atlantic in Aces of the Deep (the original game, not the SHIII mod pack). Sank her too, and got away.:smug: But that was a long, long time ago.:nope:

In stock SHIII, I can't remember ever seeing a warship larger than a destroyer in a convoy. But I haven't played that much lately...:hmm:

Der Eisen-Wal 11-18-06 12:26 PM

i don't think escorting convoys is what BBs were assigned to do... considering the volume of convoys heading to England and out of during the war.

rasmus1896 11-18-06 12:41 PM

they did escort convoys becouse of those german big battleships wich were looking
for convoys to sink

Ducimus 11-18-06 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rasmus1896
they did escort convoys becouse of those german big battleships wich were looking
for convoys to sink

yeah i think that was the orgiinal reason. In the beginning of the war there we're german surface raiders, and a BB or cruiser of some sort was a real good counter to that. Later in the war though, you probably shouldnt see any cruisers or BB's in a convoy because the surface raiders are all but gone.

andy_311 11-18-06 02:19 PM

There's one in GW late 45 the convoy is doing something like 14Knts comeing from Gib to Liverpool.


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