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Leandros 01-15-14 09:05 AM
Riddle.... what happened here...
 
....suggestions...?

Dread Knot 01-15-14 09:16 AM
I see blue sunken ship markers. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took on a convoy escorted by battleships and lost? But not before taking a few merchants down with them? :hmmm:

Leandros 01-15-14 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Dread Knot (Post 2164048)
I see blue sunken ship markers. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took on a convoy escorted by battleships and lost? But not before taking a few merchants down with them? :hmmm:
Not exactly - it is taken from a GWX 3.0 single mission scenario.

Fred

Raptor 01-15-14 12:42 PM
Definitely a convoy battle
Heavy allied ship losses suggest German surface units involved.

I think this is Convoy JW55B

Scharnhort and a destroyer group sortied from Norway to attack an allied convoy to Russia. Your are U-277, part of U-boatgroup EISENBART, vectored in to help.

Leandros 01-15-14 04:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raptor (Post 2164093)
Definitely a convoy battle
Heavy allied ship losses suggest German surface units involved.

I think this is Convoy JW55B

Scharnhort and a destroyer group sortied from Norway to attack an allied convoy to Russia. Your are U-277, part of U-boatgroup EISENBART, vectored in to help.
That is correct, Raptor.

Originally, Scharnhorst was driven off by 3 RN cruisers - KGV with a task force was laying low in the background in expectation of the German raid. The German destroyers split early as the weather was too bad for them.

I recommend this scenario, there is lot of entertainment if one looks up above the surface. Scharnhorst is impressive! This time a certain U-boat sank the RN cruisers as Scharnhorst was arriving so he got a free ride through the convoy. What a massacre! He wasn't undamaged, though, dozens of merchants gave him all they had from all directions.

Eventually, he disappeared southwards as a message arrived informing that KGV was arriving from south-west.



Below: Scharnhorst approaching the convoy



Below: Wading through the convoy













Below: Going home - hopefully....In Altafjord Tirpitz was waiting

flag4 01-17-14 11:40 AM
...nice presentation Leandros. great riddle. I hadn't got a clue. Raptor, you know your STUFF!! :yeah:

...cool. more riddles please:up:


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