[predavolk]

Originally Posted by Pioneer

After getting one shot into a tanker on the west side of Scapa Flow, it took 3 days to sink, by which time I was already in the channel near Loch Ewe.

That's 10K. And you are VERY lucky to get credit for sinking it after 3 days! Normally, the weather gets credit for those.

I started in on Loch Ewe in the afternoon and by 2200 was in the harbour. There were a few USA vessels there who shot at my scope (so much for being neutral). Inside the harbour I bagged two docks with one shot each and a CV for about 87k

So that's 97K. Those floating docks must be worth a ton of tonnage!

Coming out of Loch Ewe I reloaded the external torpedoes in time for a heavy convoy moving north through the channel - two more tankers and one Granville, each with one shot.

So that's about 25K, so we'll say a total of 135K.

Same drill, one torpedo, but with the weather, had to hang around and "chase" the target till it sunk. BY the time I cleared Ireland, I only had three left, two rear and one forward.

You don't say what, but I'll assume a big one for 10K. 145K total.

But I love the extra power, and now that I'm starting from Lorient...bring on the "long haul" mileage. If I can take a Type VII from Wilhemshaven to Freetown and back on one tank, what can I do with the IXB.

It sounds like a great patrol, but I'm scratching my head here as to where the other 40K came from. And yes, if you want big tonnage, the IXB is (just like in history) the way to go!