Most fruitful enemy ports?

winters · 02-24-06, 10:44 AM

I have the IUB mod installed and i also use SH3 Commander and before i start searching every port i wanted to ask what players experience have been in finding enemy ports with decent ships docked.

I checked up near Scapa Flow but all i found was a bunch of destroyers, nothing to rave about. I do have the list that tells you when and where capital ships are docked but i was more interested in finding harbors where convoys are preparing to leave.

Thanks for the help

ober lt lare · 02-24-06, 01:56 PM

can yu tell me where i can get that list of where the capital ships are docked and where thanks

ober lt lare

STEED · 02-24-06, 02:08 PM

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=49039

Link to your post and answers

ober lt lare wrote:
can yu tell me where i can get that list of where the capital ships are docked and where thanks

ober lt lare

winters · 02-24-06, 02:26 PM

and here is the one that i have:

http://edseek.com/archives/2005/05/0...urvival-guide/

donut · 02-25-06, 01:00 AM

Tonnage-1939-Hartelpool
1944-Casablanca
Fire over subnet-1m-impact pistol-broadside good hunting

AO1_AW_SW_USN · 02-25-06, 01:13 AM

Time: January 1942-May 1945

Location: Port of Spain (ED98 or 96)

Lots of Tankers comming in and out of the bottleneck after America enters the War!

winters · 02-25-06, 10:17 AM

Thanks for the info i will check those out soon enough, i recently installed IUB and had to start a new campaign from scratch. I am getting a little tired of continually running into damn trawlers/fishing boat/tug boats which arent even worth me bothering to waste a shell on let alone an eel. It's nice to have a little list of the good hunting harbors.

Ping Jockey · 02-25-06, 02:56 PM

Just sank 9 Tankers in ED grid. This is after December 7th 1941.

Duli · 02-26-06, 05:41 AM

I dont get any ships in enemy ports with my IUB 1.02. Do I have to install anything else?

winters · 02-26-06, 08:17 AM

I am only using IuB and SH3 Commander (which doesnt add ships) only. It seems that not every port will be populated with ships although i think you have a better chance to bag some at actual ports than psuedo ones. What i mean by that is zoom in on the port your thinking about entering, If you see a harbor area you will have a better chance of spotting ships than at the ones when you zoom in on would only have the red dot and not an actual "built-up" harbor.

I went to Hartlepool in 11-1939 as suggested and found and sunk 2 C2 Cargo ships a coastal merchant, 1 Flower Corvette and a V & W Destroyer. There was also a small coastal vessel which i let be and a 2nd Flower Corvette that was inside the netted area and was obstruced behind a light house so i was unable to nick it with a couple of torp. Even moving back to 3000M and surfacing to fire some shells from the deck gun failed to get a reaction other than it continuing to ping me.

Hope this helps, good hunting

Duli · 02-26-06, 01:35 PM

Tnx Winters, I will try that.

MarshalLaw · 03-02-06, 07:57 AM

If your ever sent down to the Capetown South Africa area for a patrol, take a spin in the harbor, timeline for me was late 1942. Lightly defended and you should find a T2, a C2, and 1-2 other merchants. Went there 2 times and the ships were there.

Threadfin · 03-02-06, 09:32 AM

One of the patches, I think 1.4, put ships in (some) harbors. One of my favorites is Curacao. There are always ships there, and the harbor is 300m deep. It's a long ride to get there though.

huevo · 03-03-06, 06:25 AM

Have you guys tried SH3Gen by Globalexplorer?

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boa...f=129;t=001527

enjoy

Rotary Crewman · 03-03-06, 06:52 AM

Installed and very excited about doing a patrol with it!

Thanks for the link!

02-24-06, 10:44 AM	#1
winters Bosun Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Most fruitful enemy ports? I have the IUB mod installed and i also use SH3 Commander and before i start searching every port i wanted to ask what players experience have been in finding enemy ports with decent ships docked. I checked up near Scapa Flow but all i found was a bunch of destroyers, nothing to rave about. I do have the list that tells you when and where capital ships are docked but i was more interested in finding harbors where convoys are preparing to leave. Thanks for the help __________________ \"We\'re paratroopers. we\'re supposed to be surrounded\" ~ Cpt. Richard Winters ~ Bastogne Belgium, Winter 1944

02-24-06, 02:08 PM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=49039 Link to your post and answers ober lt lare wrote: can yu tell me where i can get that list of where the capital ships are docked and where thanks ober lt lare __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

02-24-06, 02:26 PM	#4
winters Bosun Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	and here is the one that i have: http://edseek.com/archives/2005/05/0...urvival-guide/ __________________ \"We\'re paratroopers. we\'re supposed to be surrounded\" ~ Cpt. Richard Winters ~ Bastogne Belgium, Winter 1944

02-25-06, 01:13 AM	#6
AO1_AW_SW_USN Loader Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas, Texas USA Posts: 85 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	Time: January 1942-May 1945 Location: Port of Spain (ED98 or 96) Lots of Tankers comming in and out of the bottleneck after America enters the War! __________________ Give me an Army of West Point Graduates, and I'll win a battle... give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war!! George S. Patton (1885 - 1945)

02-25-06, 10:17 AM	#7
winters Bosun Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the info i will check those out soon enough, i recently installed IUB and had to start a new campaign from scratch. I am getting a little tired of continually running into damn trawlers/fishing boat/tug boats which arent even worth me bothering to waste a shell on let alone an eel. It's nice to have a little list of the good hunting harbors. __________________ \"We\'re paratroopers. we\'re supposed to be surrounded\" ~ Cpt. Richard Winters ~ Bastogne Belgium, Winter 1944

02-24-06, 01:56 PM	#2
ober lt lare A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: michigan Posts: 77 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	can yu tell me where i can get that list of where the capital ships are docked and where thanks ober lt lare

02-25-06, 01:00 AM	#5
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Tonnage-1939-Hartelpool 1944-Casablanca Fire over subnet-1m-impact pistol-broadside good hunting

02-25-06, 02:56 PM	#8
Ping Jockey Medic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 159 Downloads: 294 Uploads: 0	Just sank 9 Tankers in ED grid. This is after December 7th 1941. __________________ I joined the U S Navy in 1964. Saw the world and a lot more.

02-26-06, 05:41 AM	#9
Duli Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Novo mesto, Slovenia Posts: 198 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I dont get any ships in enemy ports with my IUB 1.02. Do I have to install anything else? __________________

02-26-06, 08:17 AM	#10
winters Bosun Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am only using IuB and SH3 Commander (which doesnt add ships) only. It seems that not every port will be populated with ships although i think you have a better chance to bag some at actual ports than psuedo ones. What i mean by that is zoom in on the port your thinking about entering, If you see a harbor area you will have a better chance of spotting ships than at the ones when you zoom in on would only have the red dot and not an actual "built-up" harbor. I went to Hartlepool in 11-1939 as suggested and found and sunk 2 C2 Cargo ships a coastal merchant, 1 Flower Corvette and a V & W Destroyer. There was also a small coastal vessel which i let be and a 2nd Flower Corvette that was inside the netted area and was obstruced behind a light house so i was unable to nick it with a couple of torp. Even moving back to 3000M and surfacing to fire some shells from the deck gun failed to get a reaction other than it continuing to ping me. Hope this helps, good hunting __________________ \"We\'re paratroopers. we\'re supposed to be surrounded\" ~ Cpt. Richard Winters ~ Bastogne Belgium, Winter 1944

02-26-06, 01:35 PM	#11
Duli Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Novo mesto, Slovenia Posts: 198 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Tnx Winters, I will try that. __________________

03-02-06, 07:57 AM	#12
MarshalLaw Navy Dude Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando Fla USA Posts: 174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If your ever sent down to the Capetown South Africa area for a patrol, take a spin in the harbor, timeline for me was late 1942. Lightly defended and you should find a T2, a C2, and 1-2 other merchants. Went there 2 times and the ships were there.

03-02-06, 09:32 AM	#13
Threadfin Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,163 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	One of the patches, I think 1.4, put ships in (some) harbors. One of my favorites is Curacao. There are always ships there, and the harbor is 300m deep. It's a long ride to get there though.

03-03-06, 06:25 AM	#14
huevo Watch Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 21 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Have you guys tried SH3Gen by Globalexplorer? http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boa...f=129;t=001527 enjoy __________________ Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.

03-03-06, 06:52 AM	#15
Rotary Crewman Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The cold part of a Helicopter, the back. Posts: 395 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Installed and very excited about doing a patrol with it! Thanks for the link! __________________