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Syxx_Killer · 08-28-05, 09:06 PM

I sure hope the training is good. I'll need it.

Yes, I did mean to say bit instead of big.

I think a WWI sim is a great idea. To be honest, I've always been more interested in the Atlantic campaigns over the Pacific. I don't ever recall a WWI U-boat sim. To see ships from that era and such will be a welcome change. Instead of being in command of BdU, Doenitz would be your fellow submariner.

Will there be ships like Lusitania (and her sister, Mauritania) or the Titanic's forgotten sister, the Britannic (was a hospital ship in WWI). I think to this day it is debated if Britannic was sunk by mines or torpeoes. She lay on her side in shallow water. I remember seeing the Robert Ballard documentary. He was the one who discovered Titanic in 1985. When Ballard discovered Britannic, she was in remarkable condition and laying on her side. If I remember correctly, there was a nurse who survived the Britannic disaster but who was also on Titanic and Lusitania (and maybe Olympic). When Britannic sank, she didn't have any wounded; just the medical personnel. If she were fully loaded, the loss of life would have been huge. See, now I started rambling.

Wasn't Olympic a troop ship during the war? Was Mauritania? I think they were.

08-28-05, 09:06 PM	#30
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I sure hope the training is good. I'll need it. Yes, I did mean to say bit instead of big. I think a WWI sim is a great idea. To be honest, I've always been more interested in the Atlantic campaigns over the Pacific. I don't ever recall a WWI U-boat sim. To see ships from that era and such will be a welcome change. Instead of being in command of BdU, Doenitz would be your fellow submariner. Will there be ships like Lusitania (and her sister, Mauritania) or the Titanic's forgotten sister, the Britannic (was a hospital ship in WWI). I think to this day it is debated if Britannic was sunk by mines or torpeoes. She lay on her side in shallow water. I remember seeing the Robert Ballard documentary. He was the one who discovered Titanic in 1985. When Ballard discovered Britannic, she was in remarkable condition and laying on her side. If I remember correctly, there was a nurse who survived the Britannic disaster but who was also on Titanic and Lusitania (and maybe Olympic). When Britannic sank, she didn't have any wounded; just the medical personnel. If she were fully loaded, the loss of life would have been huge. See, now I started rambling. Wasn't Olympic a troop ship during the war? Was Mauritania? I think they were.