Convoy size

bstanko6 · 05-16-16, 02:06 PM

I'm looking over the Internet, u-boat.net, and such. I am looking to find out how big was a regular, medium, and large convoy for plotting purposes.

Mittelwaechter · 05-16-16, 03:33 PM

Google: WWII Convoy System

iambecomelife · 05-16-16, 04:09 PM

Also go to warsailors.com....that website has ship names and you can often determine ship type (cargo, tanker, and so on).

IIRC, most average Atlantic convoys would have had from 20-45 ships. The largest ones (late in the war) would have had up to 120 ships, give or take. These huge convoys would probably have been divided into sub-sections separated by a few miles, so you would not have seen 120 ships sailing together.

bstanko6 · 05-16-16, 04:16 PM

Thank you for the reply. I applogize. I mean how big in meters!!!

I have always used manual targeting and plotting. I want to visualize the convoy on my map instead of chasing a line. So if the convoy was say just to make it easy 1km wide, I want to put a compass mark on the map to represent it.

ivanov.ruslan · 05-16-16, 04:27 PM

For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_HX_300

bstanko6 · 05-16-16, 04:59 PM

Measurement?

ivanov.ruslan · 05-16-16, 05:04 PM

Quote:

More than one hundred ships sailed in each of 7 ON convoys and 9 HX convoys during the summer of 1944. HX 300 was the largest of these with 166 merchant ships arranged in 19 parallel columns to produce a formation approximately 9 miles (14 km) wide and 4 miles (6.4 km) long.[3]

Is not that ?

bstanko6 · 05-16-16, 05:41 PM

Oh god! Sorry, I'm in the USA and I saw the metric measurement and scanned over it! Thanks!

blackswan40 · 05-16-16, 05:49 PM

Hi bstanko6 I use Convoy Web for my Convoy info has Convoys Ships in that Convoy Named also has Ship Cargo Load outs also number of escorts
link below

This site is my Bible its a wealth of info helps me a lot when writing
Renacted uboat missions or just fun Multiplayer missions
and Campaigns

http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/

bstanko6 · 05-16-16, 05:53 PM

Thanks

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Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Google: WWII Convoy System __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

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iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Also go to warsailors.com....that website has ship names and you can often determine ship type (cargo, tanker, and so on). IIRC, most average Atlantic convoys would have had from 20-45 ships. The largest ones (late in the war) would have had up to 120 ships, give or take. These huge convoys would probably have been divided into sub-sections separated by a few miles, so you would not have seen 120 ships sailing together. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

05-16-16, 04:16 PM	#4
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Thank you for the reply. I applogize. I mean how big in meters!!! I have always used manual targeting and plotting. I want to visualize the convoy on my map instead of chasing a line. So if the convoy was say just to make it easy 1km wide, I want to put a compass mark on the map to represent it. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

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05-16-16, 04:27 PM	#5
ivanov.ruslan The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pleven,BG Posts: 1,577 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 0	For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_HX_300

05-16-16, 05:41 PM	#8
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Oh god! Sorry, I'm in the USA and I saw the metric measurement and scanned over it! Thanks! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

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blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 603 Uploads: 31	Hi bstanko6 I use Convoy Web for my Convoy info has Convoys Ships in that Convoy Named also has Ship Cargo Load outs also number of escorts link below This site is my Bible its a wealth of info helps me a lot when writing Renacted uboat missions or just fun Multiplayer missions and Campaigns http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea

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bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Thanks __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

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