What's the largest convoy you've fought?

Armistead · 09-11-09, 05:49 PM

Course an RSRD question. Haven't gone through all of Lurker's file, so not sure what the largest one is. The Java invasion force was about 50 ships.

Often two large convoys or TF meet or pass near each other in RSRD showing up to 80 contacts. Had this happen a few times. Had two large TF's pass each other with me in the middle....

Course it's not fun having 20 escorts attacking you....or is it.

Just started a new career and facing numerous ships, my guess about 50 spead out over 30NM's.

What's the largest you've fought and where. I chased the Java invasion force for almost 500 miles fighting it....that was fun.

pozine · 09-11-09, 06:14 PM

Silent Hunter 2
A Task Force of like 20 DD's... All running at flank on me...

good game
I don't have to say they killed me.

SH4
I dont know already, maybe a convoy of 20 merchants with 4 DD's
not sure.

Armistead · 09-11-09, 06:32 PM

Funny..SH2..

I was going through my old PC's and found the first Silent Hunter still installed on it..Wonder what year that was. Believe I got the PC in 94

pozine · 09-11-09, 06:38 PM

1994... i was 1 year old

Task Force · 09-11-09, 09:16 PM

I dont actualy know... the convoy was reported as large... I was sneaking in... the ship tally had got high... then all of all of a suddent... the night got really bright... and loud...

shells filled the sky, and searchlights all turnt my way...

well... you know what I did...

I did what any sensable person would do...
AAAAAALLLLLLLLAAAAAAAARRRRRRMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

(got about 6 good sized ships out of that convoy... the distroyers kept messing me up...)

well... in the end my beat up boat got out... but remember kids... you may not be as lucky...

Armistead · 09-11-09, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pozine

1994... i was 1 year old

Hehe...I was on my second kid by then.

Torvald Von Mansee · 09-11-09, 11:21 PM

I once came across a TF w/BOTH the Musashi and Yamato in it, like 4 fleet carriers, a couple of smaller ones, numerous cruisers, and LOTS of destroyers.

Of course, I didn't have a single fish on me at this point.

Bubblehead1980 · 09-16-09, 11:31 PM

Task Force and Convoys are different, if BB's and Carriers in them, Task Force, just FYI.

I ran into in a convoy in TMO with 31 ships, of course I created it with the ME in the 1944 campaign layers but made so its random, sometimes may have 10 or 15, sometimes up to 40 ships and 3 DD's.

Very rare , low low chance of spawning, I found it fairly easy because it was so large, I got into the middle of it, popped up and attacked(100 realism)...by the time any escorts got to where I had been, it was over, they never found me and in optimal sonar conditions, I was chilling out at 500 feet.

Rockin Robbins · 09-17-09, 05:33 PM

The good news: huge task force. Bad news: it's one of ours and I just sank the USS Essex by mistake.

ReFaN · 09-17-09, 07:16 PM

about 25.

Today i spotted a Convoy, havent had the pleasure more then 1 or 2 times before, so i got really excited. Intercepted it some time after.

Periscope up! that wich followed after left my jaw dropped to the floor, 2 destroyer escorts, and 25! JUNKS??! What the?! i began to cry as i crept down beneath the waves.

FIREWALL · 09-17-09, 07:36 PM

3 Sanpans and a dingy rowing fast.

I'm goin' down · 09-18-09, 02:18 AM

about 10 ships. Every time I see one I fail to intercept it. SSW, NNE, W, etc. I have tried catching all kinds. It frustrates the hell out of me. I want my mone back. It's fraud, I say. Fraud!!! And, to make matters worse,

I KNOW these are not real posts. Ubisoft makes all of the captains' names up and created this fake website because they are out to get us. And it is secretly Japanese owned. (hint: Mits u b s i.) That's why the Japs always win, no matter how many boats we sink. They own the company and are trying to rewrite history. Next, they are going to want Hawaii back. They already own most of it, and soon they will ask for a referendum on sesession from the union, authorize annexation by Japan, make Saki the national drink, Akitas the national dog, force everyone to own and use a Japanese camera, eat whale meat, outlaw beef, replace WWF (we all know that is the real stuff) with SUMO, buy Honda's and Toyotas, replace football with judo, eat Sushi, rename our merchant ships "maurus", remake (again) Godzilla, and make Ichiro the next president. I even heard that that want to create a new mod to replace FOTRS and call it ROTRS (Rise of The Rising Sun)!

magic452 · 09-18-09, 02:37 AM

I'm goin' Down, you missed that big troop transport again or were they all duds.

Magic

Pacific_Ace · 09-18-09, 06:40 PM

I dont use RSRD but I just found a 23 ship TF heading east in the Java sea headed to Coral. 2 x Fuso and 2x Kongo class at the core.

Armistead · 09-18-09, 09:13 PM

Just ran into this. It's the Java Invasion force. Usually I catch it near Tawi Tawi, but found it near Java. It's on way back. Bad thing I'm in the rear, so gonna be a dern long end around. What I can't fit in the picture are 16 escorts way out on the flanks. Using TMO1.8 they can see you much further, so gonna be fun.

09-11-09, 05:49 PM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	What's the largest convoy you've fought? Course an RSRD question. Haven't gone through all of Lurker's file, so not sure what the largest one is. The Java invasion force was about 50 ships. Often two large convoys or TF meet or pass near each other in RSRD showing up to 80 contacts. Had this happen a few times. Had two large TF's pass each other with me in the middle.... Course it's not fun having 20 escorts attacking you....or is it. Just started a new career and facing numerous ships, my guess about 50 spead out over 30NM's. What's the largest you've fought and where. I chased the Java invasion force for almost 500 miles fighting it....that was fun.

09-11-09, 06:14 PM	#2
pozine Gunner Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 97 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 2 A Task Force of like 20 DD's... All running at flank on me... good game I don't have to say they killed me. SH4 I dont know already, maybe a convoy of 20 merchants with 4 DD's not sure. __________________ HELP!! HELP!!

09-11-09, 06:38 PM	#4
pozine Gunner Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 97 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	1994... i was 1 year old __________________ HELP!! HELP!!

09-11-09, 09:16 PM	#5
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I dont actualy know... the convoy was reported as large... I was sneaking in... the ship tally had got high... then all of all of a suddent... the night got really bright... and loud... shells filled the sky, and searchlights all turnt my way... well... you know what I did... I did what any sensable person would do... AAAAAALLLLLLLLAAAAAAAARRRRRRMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! (got about 6 good sized ships out of that convoy... the distroyers kept messing me up...) well... in the end my beat up boat got out... but remember kids... you may not be as lucky... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

09-11-09, 11:21 PM	#7
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I once came across a TF w/BOTH the Musashi and Yamato in it, like 4 fleet carriers, a couple of smaller ones, numerous cruisers, and LOTS of destroyers. Of course, I didn't have a single fish on me at this point. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

09-11-09, 06:32 PM	#3
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Funny..SH2.. I was going through my old PC's and found the first Silent Hunter still installed on it..Wonder what year that was. Believe I got the PC in 94

09-16-09, 11:31 PM	#8
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,101 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	re Task Force and Convoys are different, if BB's and Carriers in them, Task Force, just FYI. I ran into in a convoy in TMO with 31 ships, of course I created it with the ME in the 1944 campaign layers but made so its random, sometimes may have 10 or 15, sometimes up to 40 ships and 3 DD's. Very rare , low low chance of spawning, I found it fairly easy because it was so large, I got into the middle of it, popped up and attacked(100 realism)...by the time any escorts got to where I had been, it was over, they never found me and in optimal sonar conditions, I was chilling out at 500 feet.

09-17-09, 05:33 PM	#9
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	The good news: huge task force. Bad news: it's one of ours and I just sank the USS Essex by mistake. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

09-17-09, 07:16 PM	#10
ReFaN Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 831 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	about 25. Today i spotted a Convoy, havent had the pleasure more then 1 or 2 times before, so i got really excited. Intercepted it some time after. Periscope up! that wich followed after left my jaw dropped to the floor, 2 destroyer escorts, and 25! JUNKS??! What the?! i began to cry as i crept down beneath the waves. __________________ Liverpool is my relegion, Anfield is my church. True believers never walk alone.

09-17-09, 07:36 PM	#11
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	3 Sanpans and a dingy rowing fast. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

09-18-09, 02:18 AM	#12
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	biggest one about 10 ships. Every time I see one I fail to intercept it. SSW, NNE, W, etc. I have tried catching all kinds. It frustrates the hell out of me. I want my mone back. It's fraud, I say. Fraud!!! And, to make matters worse, I KNOW these are not real posts. Ubisoft makes all of the captains' names up and created this fake website because they are out to get us. And it is secretly Japanese owned. (hint: Mits u b s i.) That's why the Japs always win, no matter how many boats we sink. They own the company and are trying to rewrite history. Next, they are going to want Hawaii back. They already own most of it, and soon they will ask for a referendum on sesession from the union, authorize annexation by Japan, make Saki the national drink, Akitas the national dog, force everyone to own and use a Japanese camera, eat whale meat, outlaw beef, replace WWF (we all know that is the real stuff) with SUMO, buy Honda's and Toyotas, replace football with judo, eat Sushi, rename our merchant ships "maurus", remake (again) Godzilla, and make Ichiro the next president. I even heard that that want to create a new mod to replace FOTRS and call it ROTRS (Rise of The Rising Sun)! Last edited by I'm goin' down; 09-18-09 at 07:55 AM.

09-18-09, 02:37 AM	#13
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I'm goin' Down, you missed that big troop transport again or were they all duds. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

09-18-09, 06:40 PM	#14
Pacific_Ace Bosun Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 61 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I dont use RSRD but I just found a 23 ship TF heading east in the Java sea headed to Coral. 2 x Fuso and 2x Kongo class at the core.

09-18-09, 09:13 PM	#15
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Just ran into this. It's the Java Invasion force. Usually I catch it near Tawi Tawi, but found it near Java. It's on way back. Bad thing I'm in the rear, so gonna be a dern long end around. What I can't fit in the picture are 16 escorts way out on the flanks. Using TMO1.8 they can see you much further, so gonna be fun.