Scapa Parking
 

I was just looking around Scapa Flow in mid-march, 1940, and I can't seem to find the Merchant Cruiser or Illustrious that are supposed to be there (no mods installed). Previously, I've found the Revenge and another Merchant Cruiser parked just outside of the docks. I've seen the Nelson at Loch Ewe move around a bit from savegame to savegame, so I'm wondering how large the possible spawn area for the Illustrious and that Merchie is. When caught at the surface, I attract an endless stream of Swordfish bombers and the odd Hurricane that I didn't in any previous visit, so I'm sure it's there... somewhere.

have you tried getting into those areas, and using the free camera (F12) to look around and see if you can spot them?

Found them. Far, far off to the west. Scapa's a pretty big place! :o

Based on SH3 stock:

1939/09/15 - 1939/10/10, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1939/10/04 - 1939/10/14, Battleship Revenge, Scapa Flow
1939/11/01 - 1940/01/05, Battleship Nelson, Loch Ewe
1939/11/05 - 1939/12/05, Battleship Revenge, Loch Ewe
1940/03/01 - 1940/05/01, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1940/03/07 - 1940/04/25, Aircraft Carrier Illustrious, Scapa Flow
1940/04/01 - 1940/06/01, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1940/05/17 - 1945/01/01, Fiji Light Cruiser, Loch Ewe
1940/05/24 - 1940/06/30, Dido Light Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1940/12/11 - 1940/12/31, Battleship King George V, Scapa Flow
1941/02/01 - 1941/02/17, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1941/02/10 - 1941/03/20, Auxiliary Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1941/03/15 - 1945/04/30, Fiji Light Cruiser, Scapa Flow
1942/02/03 - 1942/02/28, Battleship King George V, Scapa Flow
1942/02/15 - 1943/09/03, Aircraft Carrier Illustrious, Loch Ewe

In addition to actually entering Scapa, it's convienent to lurk awhile off the western entrance. I've intercepted task forces arriving and take a day or two off Scapa enroute to Patroll to see what turns up.