Finished my 1st GWX3.0 career
 

On her maiden voyage, U-51 sailed out of the Kiel, passed through the Canal, and then collided with something southeast of Helgoland. :oops: Instant death. Was it a mine, another vessel, or some uncharted reef? I'll never know.

The whole patrol lasted about 12 hours, my shortest ever...

Sounds like you hit a mine.:dead:
Donitz will not be happy.:nope:
Now go and get yourself in another boat and show us what you really can do.:arrgh!:

A known minefield. Stay away from there.

You're right, it was a mine. I checked campaign.scr. :D I was totally unaware of that minefields, I guess the BdU forgot to send me the info. :roll:

The funny thing is that I passed through these miniefields a dozen of times, it was my main route out of Kiel and Wilhelmshafen. :nope:

It was only a matter of time then before your luck ran out!!! :arrgh!:

Better that it happened now, at the start of career, than on the return from a successful patrol. :D

Its all so my route in the beginning of the War.
But i must admit...i never had problems with a mine field, i think its because i never sail to close to land...

Avoid the area S and ENE form Helgoland, up to 30km from shore.

Here is the map of the minefields, don't view it if you consider it a spoiler. :D

JEEZE.... I got that way EVERY TIME!!! :o Didnt know there were mines there!!

Due to serious lag I try to stay outside the 30 km zones around ports.
Visited Helgoland only once, to see what's to find there.

My shortest career was out of Kiel harbour basin - across the bay - straight into the shore. All hands lost!
Watching all the nice harbour traffic and floating docks in F12, Bernard simply forgot to tell the navigator to follow the "out of Kiel" course.

Impressive "devil death ground"... :help:

lol, I pass closeby everytime I head up to the AM/AN grids. :doh: I've been a lot luckier than I thought!

Same here, never knew there were mines there!

Some time ago, I wanted to take a little tour of Helgoland. Fortunately some kind soul autokaboomed himself there and posted on the forum.

Good god, I think half the Kriegsmarine have gone through that minefield!



How the hell will keep the British out?