Gibraltar early '40

4saken · 12-25-10, 07:41 AM

I am on my way to Gibraltar for a change and I am wondering if there are convoys and lone merchant ships in grids CG94,97,86,89.

GoldenRivet · 12-25-10, 08:14 AM

that area is naturally a strategic choke point and thus a hotbed of activity. Everything the allies send into the med or bring out of it HAS TO pass through that area you are describing.

you are very likely to encounter single merchants, merchants traveling in pairs, as well as full blown convoys and task forces for just about any point in the war.

GoldenRivet · 12-25-10, 08:17 AM

On another note: it is also heavily patrolled by Destroyers both singles and in groups... also there is a great deal of air activity in that region

Good luck.

Jimbuna · 12-25-10, 08:50 AM

Simply park up 250km west of Gib and enjoy the traffic.

Missing Name · 12-25-10, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Simply park up 250km west of Gib and enjoy the traffic.

Yeah, I would say this is your best bet. Going into Gibraltar itself is very rewarding but quite risky.

Gerald · 12-25-10, 09:26 AM

I agree with jimbuna, but early in 1940, it is not so hard, I can gladly pass there, after that Italy has become "our friends", so it is possible to visit a port

TarJak · 12-25-10, 04:11 PM

It's a smorgasboard. Tuck in.

Brag · 12-25-10, 04:24 PM

Lots of lone merchants on the line between Gib and Cape Sao Vicente. Lots of airplanes on GWX 3.

Axeman3d · 12-25-10, 04:34 PM

I have spent my last two patrols there in late 1940, and it has been a bit disappointing. Not as much traffic as I had hoped, and most of it escorted. There are occasionally lone merchants in ones and twos, but a lot of them turned out to be neutrals and I have had the bad luck to sink 2 so far by accident. I'm now happily back in the mid atlantic air gap where I belong.

12-25-10, 07:41 AM	#1
4saken Mate Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Korfu, Ionisches Meer Posts: 59 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Gibraltar early '40 I am on my way to Gibraltar for a change and I am wondering if there are convoys and lone merchant ships in grids CG94,97,86,89.

12-25-10, 08:14 AM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	that area is naturally a strategic choke point and thus a hotbed of activity. Everything the allies send into the med or bring out of it HAS TO pass through that area you are describing. you are very likely to encounter single merchants, merchants traveling in pairs, as well as full blown convoys and task forces for just about any point in the war. __________________

12-25-10, 08:17 AM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	On another note: it is also heavily patrolled by Destroyers both singles and in groups... also there is a great deal of air activity in that region Good luck. __________________

12-25-10, 08:50 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Simply park up 250km west of Gib and enjoy the traffic. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-25-10, 09:26 AM	#6
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	I agree with jimbuna, but early in 1940, it is not so hard, I can gladly pass there, after that Italy has become "our friends", so it is possible to visit a port __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

12-25-10, 04:11 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	It's a smorgasboard. Tuck in.

12-25-10, 04:24 PM	#8
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Lots of lone merchants on the line between Gib and Cape Sao Vicente. Lots of airplanes on GWX 3. __________________ 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/

12-25-10, 04:34 PM	#9
Axeman3d Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 127 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I have spent my last two patrols there in late 1940, and it has been a bit disappointing. Not as much traffic as I had hoped, and most of it escorted. There are occasionally lone merchants in ones and twos, but a lot of them turned out to be neutrals and I have had the bad luck to sink 2 so far by accident. I'm now happily back in the mid atlantic air gap where I belong.