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h.sie · 08-18-09, 02:37 AM

Nice to find this thread. yesterday I opened a similar thread - sorry for that. I discovered, that the watch officer does not tell range and bearing for escorts, he does that only for merchants (and perhaps for warships).

so if I hear

"Ship Spotted",
"Ship Spotted",
"Ship Spotted, Bearing ... Range ...."

it is a merchant (or warship).

But if I hear only

"Ship Spotted",
"Ship Spotted",
"Ship Spotted",
"Ship Spotted",
"Ship Spotted"

without bearing and range, it's a escort or destroyer and the only way to get the bearing is to go on the bridge and look in which direction the lookouts point with their hands.

by the way: If there would be a possibility to force the watch officer to tell range & bearing for escorts, too, there would be a very cool workaround for the "continuous ship spotted bug".

08-18-09, 02:37 AM	#4
h.sie Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,192 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Nice to find this thread. yesterday I opened a similar thread - sorry for that. I discovered, that the watch officer does not tell range and bearing for escorts, he does that only for merchants (and perhaps for warships). so if I hear "Ship Spotted", "Ship Spotted", "Ship Spotted, Bearing ... Range ...." it is a merchant (or warship). But if I hear only "Ship Spotted", "Ship Spotted", "Ship Spotted", "Ship Spotted", "Ship Spotted" without bearing and range, it's a escort or destroyer and the only way to get the bearing is to go on the bridge and look in which direction the lookouts point with their hands. by the way: If there would be a possibility to force the watch officer to tell range & bearing for escorts, too, there would be a very cool workaround for the "continuous ship spotted bug". __________________ My Mediafire page: http://www.mediafire.com/hsie Last edited by h.sie; 08-18-09 at 02:48 AM.