Battleships in convoys?

[deamyont]

I red somewhere that battleships were assigned as escorts to convoys, (for example HMS Ramilles that Scharnhorst & Gneisenau sighted)... however I've never seen that in the game. (Havent seen anything bigger than a CL guarding a convoy..)

So... running GW 1.1, is there any chance I'll find a battleship in the middle of a convoy?

[stabiz]

I`ve never seen one in a convoy. Task forces though ...

[Pants]

I've seen one in a convoy

[melnibonian]

The only Warship I saw in a convoy was a Cruiser (Auxiliary or Dido)

[Cpt.Thorne]

Have seen Bogue carriers Dido and Southampton but none of the big BBs

[AG124]

The only time I ever saw a battleship in a convoy was when I saw the Malaya in one in the North Atlantic in Aces of the Deep (the original game, not the SHIII mod pack). Sank her too, and got away. But that was a long, long time ago.

In stock SHIII, I can't remember ever seeing a warship larger than a destroyer in a convoy. But I haven't played that much lately...:hmm:

[Der Eisen-Wal]

i don't think escorting convoys is what BBs were assigned to do... considering the volume of convoys heading to England and out of during the war.

[rasmus1896]

they did escort convoys becouse of those german big battleships wich were looking
for convoys to sink

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by rasmus1896

they did escort convoys becouse of those german big battleships wich were looking
for convoys to sink

yeah i think that was the orgiinal reason. In the beginning of the war there we're german surface raiders, and a BB or cruiser of some sort was a real good counter to that. Later in the war though, you probably shouldnt see any cruisers or BB's in a convoy because the surface raiders are all but gone.

[andy_311]

There's one in GW late 45 the convoy is doing something like 14Knts comeing from Gib to Liverpool.