Destroyer Woes

[Twitchy]

It's 1940 and there are destroyers EVERYWHERE. I am not a patient person, and I am having difficulty picking my way by a fleet of destroyers. Any tips on avoiding detection? These destroyers are Eiensteins. They see me, just a glimpse, ping the hell out of me, and then shove charges up me arse.

[FERdeBOER]

When you say "everywhere", you mean "evreywhere? I any part of the map?

Sounds like you were trying to enter Liverpool :hmm:

Have you any mod installed?

[Twitchy]

Nah I'm going thru the english channel. I've passed like 8 destroyers so far. I hope the guy that invented SONAR is burning in hell right now.

[Twitchy]

DAMMIT THESE DESTROYERS ARE TOO SMART. One was moving at flank speed and still managed to pinpoint my position perfectly and depth charge me.

EDIT: Five minutes ago I got raped by no less than FIVE destroyers and at least 10 bombers. Help?

Originally Posted by Twitchy

Nah I'm going thru the english channel.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Uhm...What do you expect? it´s the ENGLISH Channel!

Be smart and choose the path around Scotland...

[Teufelschiff]

Originally Posted by Twitchy

Nah I'm going thru the english channel.

Danger is your middle name...

You would be well advised to stay out of the Channel. No shortcuts; you'll have to take the long way around.

[Gizzmoe]

Originally Posted by Teufelschiff

You would be well advised to stay out of the Channel. No shortcuts; you'll have to take the long way around.

Not really! I cross the channel at night, submerged at 1/3-1/2. I stop or run silent if a DD comes near. It takes a while to get through, but it works.

[illuminatus]

I've sailed straight into Scapa Flow (and out) submerged at ahead 1/3 ... it took me a whole day, but hey! I had at least 4 warship contacts at all times and even picked off a torpedo boat on my way out.

If you don't have the dodgey patience to wait and inch forward under water (and possbility of being DC'd with no room to dive), don't sail through the English Channel

[Serverdaemon]

I've run the channel many times myself... I just stay close in to shore along France and run silent as enemy shipping appears.

On a side note, I don't remember which exact port it was (I'm at work now and therefore don't have the map handy), but along the southern side of England when running the channel, I decided once to take a chance and check out an English sea port for targets. Oh My God! There were 20+ C2 cargo ships at anchor there! I had a FIELD day sinking them! Got 13 of them with Torps and deck gun until a destroyer FINALLY showed up. But he was really miffed at me! I finally escaped him by crawling between the remaining C2's and working my way slowly South once I was clear of them.

Running the channel can be fun! Just take your time and keep a sharp lookout.


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[Kaptan Tommy]

Gee, so that's my problem... I've been running the English channel because it looked like ths shortest distance between point A (Kiel) and point B (whatever sector I was sent to). I just decided to take the 'long' way around this time because it actually looks like the shorter way to my current assignment.

No wonder I was being pelted day and night. Duh...

[andy_311]

Originally Posted by Serverdaemon

I've run the channel many times myself... I just stay close in to shore along France and run silent as enemy shipping appears.

On a side note, I don't remember which exact port it was (I'm at work now and therefore don't have the map handy), but along the southern side of England when running the channel, I decided once to take a chance and check out an English sea port for targets. Oh My God! There were 20+ C2 cargo ships at anchor there! I had a FIELD day sinking them! Got 13 of them with Torps and deck gun until a destroyer FINALLY showed up. But he was really miffed at me! I finally escaped him by crawling between the remaining C2's and working my way slowly South once I was clear of them.

Running the channel can be fun! Just take your time and keep a sharp lookout.


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I think that could be Southend

[RWW]

Personally I enjoy running the channel! I've sunk some nice tonnage there That being said, one can't be careful enough when doing so...sticking by the simple rule that STEALTH is your greatest weapon will do wonders for your health Cross the channel preferably at night, drop to periscope depth at ANY unknown contact, and for God-sakes NEVER let a destroyer SPOT you. If one does, drop to the lowest possible depth, engage silent running, and either make a wacky turn, or stop entirely (masking yourself with the ocean bottom.) Most Destroyers I've encountered go into a circling pattern once they have lost contact with you. At this point move ahead slow, and begin to ascend to periscope depth. CAREFULLY raise your scope, and many times you can get a nice torpedo lane on 'em from your 180' Drop periscope AS SOON AS THE TORP LEAVES, and go back to your previous depth, and speed.......Obviously this is only ONE potential strategy, I'm sure there are many more.....But, I bet most all of my fellow submariners will agree with the approach of STAYING INVISIBLE as much as possible. If I'm dealing with two, or multiple destroyers then I rule out counter-attack, and use silent running, and bottom hugging (when possible) combined with unexpected course changes to evade until out of sight. Just keep playing, and reading the many great posts on this forum, and you'll become a sea snake in no time. Best 'o luck skipper -Wayne[/i]

[wetwarev7]

I generally do the same thing, with one exception. As I approach the choke point(the part of the channel where the land on either side is closest), I'll sink one of the torpedo boats or trawllers with the deck gun, then scoot out of there at periscope depth. All the times I've done that, every warship within 50 km descends on my last known position, allowing me to run on the surface once I've gotten far enough away.

They will eventually stop looking for you and go back to whereever they came from, but you can easily evade them if you keep a sharp lookout for them.

Incidently, I wasn't keeping a sharp eye out yesterday(had to run at periscope depth for a while at dinner time) when I came back, I ran the scope up for a quick lookaround, and there was a VW right behind me(too close) on the the same course! I ordered a depth of 17meters(not knowing the actual depth at this point, and not wanting to risk pinging the bottom), and cringed while the sounds of the large ship passed directly overhead(I could swear my sub actually swayed as it entered the ships backwash). I ordered periscope depth(which is excruciatingly slow at silent running speeds) set my torp for fast and to run just below the ship, got the scope up and had the ship targetted and solution acquired before the water had even drained off the scope and nailed that bugger at 400m!

I guess it's kind of hard to dodge a fast torp at point blank range...

[Serverdaemon]

I should add too that at least earlier in the war, and especially if you're running the channel close in to France, if you run into any serious oposition (yeah, yeah, I know... It's ALL serious!) you can call in a contact report before you dive and often times the Luftwaffe will appear and give the Tommies something else to occupy them while you quietly slip away.



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