Dutch convoy

Becker · 07-26-12, 01:27 PM

So, on my way to my patrol grid around a month prior to Weseruebung, I did a routine dive in the middle of the North Sea. Immediately my hydrophonics guy started going crazy, reporting contact after contact after contact - clearly a convoy, but one much bigger than I've ever stumbled across before!

I shadowed them until nightfall, then pulled into visual range to line up an attack. What I found was what must be a 40-50ship convoy... but they all seem to be Norwegian!? They're certainly escorted by the Royal Navy, but all the flags on the merchants that I can make out are Norwegian.

Is this a scripted convoy for mission to Norway I didn't know about (playing GWX Gold, no other mods)? It's early in the morning (around 3:00am) on March 6th 1940, with the convoy steaming in the rough direction of Bergen, around 40km from the right-hand edge of AN27.

Slightly frustrating to see all these juicy targets rolling on by and not being able to shoot at them without taking a renown hit!

<EDIT: seems like the flag was NORWEGIAN rather than Dutch (makes more sense; teach me to try and guess at flags from several KM away in the dark!), so have changed post to reflect>

07-26-12, 01:27 PM	#1
Becker Nub Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Huge neutral convoy So, on my way to my patrol grid around a month prior to Weseruebung, I did a routine dive in the middle of the North Sea. Immediately my hydrophonics guy started going crazy, reporting contact after contact after contact - clearly a convoy, but one much bigger than I've ever stumbled across before! I shadowed them until nightfall, then pulled into visual range to line up an attack. What I found was what must be a 40-50ship convoy... but they all seem to be Norwegian!? They're certainly escorted by the Royal Navy, but all the flags on the merchants that I can make out are Norwegian. Is this a scripted convoy for mission to Norway I didn't know about (playing GWX Gold, no other mods)? It's early in the morning (around 3:00am) on March 6th 1940, with the convoy steaming in the rough direction of Bergen, around 40km from the right-hand edge of AN27. Slightly frustrating to see all these juicy targets rolling on by and not being able to shoot at them without taking a renown hit! <EDIT: seems like the flag was NORWEGIAN rather than Dutch (makes more sense; teach me to try and guess at flags from several KM away in the dark!), so have changed post to reflect> Last edited by Becker; 07-26-12 at 01:39 PM. Reason: added date