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NipplesTheCat · 11-17-07, 06:11 PM

Im currently in the middle of the most unlucky patrol in my career. Im floating around the ED grids with no success. Im about 7 days from needing to start back to base and I have nothing to show for it except a destroyed set of periscopes and flak guns. Where can I go to possible snag some singles at night with the UZO before I turn around and go home?

Stealth Hunter · 11-17-07, 06:13 PM

The fabled Tanker Alley.

NipplesTheCat · 11-17-07, 06:19 PM

Where is that?

Stealth Hunter · 11-17-07, 06:55 PM

Off Normandy. Can't tell you where, exactly. Sworn secret.

Brag · 11-17-07, 07:22 PM

You may need to do a search, I have a chart screenie posted on the Tanker Alley location.

If I remember right, it is on BF39. measure 15 kms south from NE corner then run a line 240 degrees from there. That's Tanker Alley (if I got the brid correctly).

The other good location is off Cape Sao Vicente. Draw a line from 20 Kms. south of the Cape to the center of Gibraltar Strait. Lots of singles there.

Good luck!

Hanomag · 11-17-07, 07:22 PM

Herr Kaluen,

Tanker alley??

Refer to Operation Spinnennetz above sticky.

Check the intel map....

Paajtor · 11-17-07, 08:12 PM

Don't feel so misjudged....you've completed your patrol, did your part in shielding off the enemy from resupplies.
The fact that no-one showed up in your grids means, that they are more likely to show up in others...so in fact, you're narrowing the chance of getting through the uboat-screen you help putting up.
Do your job...follow the orders.

Look at it this way: in RL, you would be glad you made it home safe again...and the end of the war got closer again too.
You will be an ace, regardless of resuls during this patrol in particular.

*edit*

sorry, I am VIIC/XXI-fan...

Sledgehammer427 · 11-18-07, 01:37 AM

im just a sub driver, i sink stuff, and when im not sinking stuff, u bet ur sweet arse im looking for it

when i look, i go near ports, scan coastlines, et cetera. and if nothing else happens...

i set sails on the periscope and let the winds carry me home!

papa_smurf · 11-18-07, 09:14 AM

I've had plenty of patrols in a type IX that have resulted in not much tonnage, but I have been glad to make it back to port in one piece. Best way to get some kills is to use the convoy/single merchant traffic map form the stock game, I have and it has helped me bag a many convoys. Also try Operation Spinnennitz for intel on ship traffic for your patrol grid.

Canovaro · 11-18-07, 03:47 PM

http://operationspinnennetz.isaf.us/printview.htm

select GWX

Jimbuna · 11-18-07, 04:48 PM

Try 200km west of Gib

NiclDoe · 11-19-07, 07:08 AM

thats were I canp out with the crew Jim! im 90% underwater durning the day and up at the surface at night. I so far have baged 12 large merchants, 1 BB which is Nelly, 1 fuji, and 5 small merchants

Steel_Tomb · 11-19-07, 08:05 AM

Thats a new one on me, I've heard of Mig alley...but Tanker alley? I shall check this out. Think my VIIC might be up for retirement =].

sasquatch · 11-19-07, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

You may need to do a search, I have a chart screenie posted on the Tanker Alley location.

If I remember right, it is on BF39. measure 15 kms south from NE corner then run a line 240 degrees from there. That's Tanker Alley (if I got the brid correctly).

The other good location is off Cape Sao Vicente. Draw a line from 20 Kms. south of the Cape to the center of Gibraltar Strait. Lots of singles there.

Good luck!

Tanker alley strectches from BF3933 to BF 3977. Just go up and down those two points, slowly, and go to pd every few hours. Don't waste your time on the merchants, unless its calm weather, then you can use your deck and flack guns. I'll use up all of the IXB's eel's in 5 days there on Tankers and C3's. Oh, and there is also an occasional convoy

U49 · 11-19-07, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sasquatch

Oh, and there is also an occasional convoy

I just arrived in that grid. 5 hours of patrolling later, I made sightcontact with a convoy.

Summer'40, that means 2 warships,.... and by now they are GONE

together with the first torpedo salvo and 3 freighters.

Right now, I've just reloaded, darkness has just arrived and my manouvers put me now on the left flank 2000m to the outer lane.....

I'm afraid I won't have enough torpedos to find out if there would be single freighters in this area :rotfl:

11-17-07, 06:11 PM	#1
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Ping: Brag,Steed,all IX fans. Im currently in the middle of the most unlucky patrol in my career. Im floating around the ED grids with no success. Im about 7 days from needing to start back to base and I have nothing to show for it except a destroyed set of periscopes and flak guns. Where can I go to possible snag some singles at night with the UZO before I turn around and go home? __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.

11-17-07, 06:19 PM	#3
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Where is that? __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.

11-17-07, 07:22 PM	#5
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	You may need to do a search, I have a chart screenie posted on the Tanker Alley location. If I remember right, it is on BF39. measure 15 kms south from NE corner then run a line 240 degrees from there. That's Tanker Alley (if I got the brid correctly). The other good location is off Cape Sao Vicente. Draw a line from 20 Kms. south of the Cape to the center of Gibraltar Strait. Lots of singles there. Good luck! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

11-17-07, 07:22 PM	#6
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Herr Kaluen, Tanker alley?? Refer to Operation Spinnennetz above sticky. Check the intel map.... __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

11-17-07, 08:12 PM	#7
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	Don't feel so misjudged....you've completed your patrol, did your part in shielding off the enemy from resupplies. The fact that no-one showed up in your grids means, that they are more likely to show up in others...so in fact, you're narrowing the chance of getting through the uboat-screen you help putting up. Do your job...follow the orders. Look at it this way: in RL, you would be glad you made it home safe again...and the end of the war got closer again too. You will be an ace, regardless of resuls during this patrol in particular. edit sorry, I am VIIC/XXI-fan... __________________

11-17-07, 06:13 PM	#2
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	The fabled Tanker Alley.

11-17-07, 06:55 PM	#4
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Off Normandy. Can't tell you where, exactly. Sworn secret.

11-18-07, 01:37 AM	#8
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	im just a sub driver, i sink stuff, and when im not sinking stuff, u bet ur sweet arse im looking for it when i look, i go near ports, scan coastlines, et cetera. and if nothing else happens... i set sails on the periscope and let the winds carry me home! __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

11-18-07, 09:14 AM	#9
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I've had plenty of patrols in a type IX that have resulted in not much tonnage, but I have been glad to make it back to port in one piece. Best way to get some kills is to use the convoy/single merchant traffic map form the stock game, I have and it has helped me bag a many convoys. Also try Operation Spinnennitz for intel on ship traffic for your patrol grid. __________________

11-18-07, 03:47 PM	#10
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	http://operationspinnennetz.isaf.us/printview.htm select GWX

11-18-07, 04:48 PM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Try 200km west of Gib __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-19-07, 07:08 AM	#12
NiclDoe Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the Air or hiding from Black Swans Posts: 760 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	thats were I canp out with the crew Jim! im 90% underwater durning the day and up at the surface at night. I so far have baged 12 large merchants, 1 BB which is Nelly, 1 fuji, and 5 small merchants __________________ The Crazy Wolf

11-19-07, 08:05 AM	#13
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats a new one on me, I've heard of Mig alley...but Tanker alley? I shall check this out. Think my VIIC might be up for retirement =]. __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*