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Originally Posted by Antar
Disadvantages: Allied submarines did not have spectacular successes against the Axis forces. The game can be boring.
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"The boats based on Malta, together with S and T class submarines, were able to dominate the enemy's supply lines to such an extent that the toll they took of men, fuel and supplies - over one million tons of shipping - was a decisive contribution to the Allied victory in North Africa. The ultimate accolade came from General Fritz Bayerlein, Rommel's Chief of Staff, who said: "we would have taken Alexandria and reached the Suez Canal if it had not been for the work of your submarines". However, the price was high as 45 boats were lost. All five of the Victoria Crosses awarded to officers and men serving in conventional submarines during the Second World War were won in the Mediterranean theatre."
http://home.cogeco.ca/~gchalcraft/sm/history.html
From reading the above its clear that a british sub in the med is hardly going to be boring - they were VERY busy there indeed.
So overal the're war role wasnt as 'spectacular' as their U.S and German counterparts, but British Submarines did alot more damage than most people give them credit for.