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Originally Posted by tmdgm24
Haha,
THis is a first for me. Leaving Lorient and my patrol grid is Arabmeer, Or Arabian Sea I'm assuming.
So how i get there? Go through strait of gilbraltor? I watched Das Boot, didn't go well for them  And even if I make it through, i gotta do the Suez Canal....
Orrrr go around cape of good hope. But I don't see any fueling stations on the map.
This gonna be a hoot   |
Like Fubar says... hope you're in a type IX...
I know with SH4 (Op. Monsun Enhanced: Dark Waters, to be exact...), I got orders to go from Lorient, to the Bombay region, before making Penang the new base of operations. That was... hrmm... '43, July of the year.. as I recall. Orders were to get under weigh, & cruise about 7 or was that 12 knots, to make the fuel stretch... & I was in a Type IX-B at that.
NOT sure a Type VII-C or even a VII-C/41 would make that journey... of course... you could maybe & try to stretch its fuel tanks load, if you submerge & go 1st or 2nd setting on the speed telegraph.. I wanna say 1/3 or 2/3 but that'd be U.S fleetboat speak... not kriegsmarine speak. When you surface to recharge the batteries... maybe set for slow cruise speed at 1/3 ahead... allow for the batteries to recharge & once batteries are recharged... submerge & as they say... rinse & repeat. I believe, even with doing that... may end up stranded with no fuel... but... is only a guess...
Even going through the Med. it mmaaayyyy be possible, to refuel at Le Spezia.... maaaaybe... I dunno...
All in all, all I can say is...
Fair winds, smooth seas... & good luck... you'll need it.