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malcymalc · 02-02-06, 01:53 PM

Ok, next question.

How many of each do you need? For instance Uboat.net has about 40 named ships (as opposed to "DB26" or "BTSC-411") for Russia.

And how accurate do you need to be? Would you be happy with Italian merchant ship names from the 1890s for instance, or would they have to be ships in existence during WWII?

For instance SHIIICmdr assigns ship names to your combat record (so instead of just "C2" you sank "SS Leif Erickson") which is nice. I think the names have been taken from real ships sunk during WWII and extracted from Uboat.net - but unfortunately the names are not tied to nationality or class of ship (which I admit bugs me slightly - I would like to see Norwegian ship names when I sink a Norwegian ship for instance).

I'm happy to do a little surfing on your behalf if you can give me some paramaters as to what you want.

Regards
Malcolm

02-02-06, 01:53 PM	#12
malcymalc Bosun Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 64 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ok, next question. How many of each do you need? For instance Uboat.net has about 40 named ships (as opposed to "DB26" or "BTSC-411") for Russia. And how accurate do you need to be? Would you be happy with Italian merchant ship names from the 1890s for instance, or would they have to be ships in existence during WWII? For instance SHIIICmdr assigns ship names to your combat record (so instead of just "C2" you sank "SS Leif Erickson") which is nice. I think the names have been taken from real ships sunk during WWII and extracted from Uboat.net - but unfortunately the names are not tied to nationality or class of ship (which I admit bugs me slightly - I would like to see Norwegian ship names when I sink a Norwegian ship for instance). I'm happy to do a little surfing on your behalf if you can give me some paramaters as to what you want. Regards Malcolm