Battleships escorting convoys

[Type941]

I've read in a book that the British used battleships to escort convoys, and especially during the time when Sharnhorst and such were on their commerce raiding missions. It's from a german source, but I wonder what BBs were used and had that been the case actually? It would be a very nice element to add to the fast large convoys...

[Spaxspore]

Originally Posted by Type941

I've read in a book that the British used battleships to escort convoys, and especially during the time when Sharnhorst and such were on their commerce raiding missions. It's from a german source, but I wonder what BBs were used and had that been the case actually? It would be a very nice element to add to the fast large convoys...

I used that spy sat mod once, and he had 2 BBs escorting convoys, made it pretty interesting

Originally Posted by Spaxspore

I used that spy sat mod once, and he had 2 BBs escorting convoys, made it pretty interesting

Whats the spy sat mod?

[Spaxspore]

Originally Posted by CV-707 / Vesikko

Whats the spy sat mod?

Silent Hunter III SPy Sat Mod v.02

This mod changes the RND layer in the Campaigns folder and contacts.cfg to allow a 100% detection and reporting of all convoys.
It will be incompatible with any mod that also changes the RND layer.
This mod was created by Paul Roszkowski
Contact me if there are any bugs found

uscgpa@earthlink.net

Place the file Spy Sat into the MODS folder in JSGME.

This mod is availible free to the Silent hunter III Community. It cannot be used as part of any commercial or retail product without the expressed
permission of the MOD's author.

MOD created July 26, 2005.

[coronas]

Originally Posted by Type941

I've read in a book that the British used battleships to escort convoys, and especially during the time when Sharnhorst and such were on their commerce raiding missions. It's from a german source, but I wonder what BBs were used and had that been the case actually? It would be a very nice element to add to the fast large convoys...

It's true. A number of convoys has BB as "far escort". A Task Force attached to convoy against German BB raiders.

[Type941]

I see a readme for the mod, but no link for it? Am I missing something?

[Gizzmoe]

Originally Posted by Type941

I see a readme for the mod, but no link for it? Am I missing something?

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=40786

[Missouri23]

i just installed you mod and now my game keeps crashing, did you have this problem?
and I forgot to back up my original file, if anyone still has it.(Campaign_RND.mis) I would appreciate it.

[Type XXIII]

Did some casual research on the subject. It seems almost every British battleship or battlecruiser was used for convoy escort during the war. The old men-o-war were used most often. They were there to protect the convoys from commerce raiders as the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the German Hilfskreuzer.

This link points to the wikipedia article on HMS Ramillies, one of the battleships.

[Type941]

I read about this in Bismarck survivor story - book. He mentioned that battleships protecting convoys was normal.

[Kalach]

I havn't seen any BBs escorting convoys in the game yet, though I have found cruisers on the outer rows of some convoys.

[Marhkimov]

I've seen two Hippers escorting a mere cargo ship (ok, granted I was looking at the RND layer from the Mission Editor)

but I still saw it...

[Missouri23]

Can't someone please post the Campaign_RND.mis file, (original version), my game keeps crashing from this mod and i fogot to back up the original file.
Please help me

[don1reed]

PARAGRAPH 1.A. (Intelligence, Enemy)

Datum u. Uhrzeit: 19.9.1940/19:30

Quadrat: Bruno Fritz 1 5 5 9

Lrg. Enemy Konvoi C 225 S 11



This BB typ King George was imbedded in one of two center columns of four ships. It is programmed to speed up when any torpedo approaches.

[Marhkimov]

That's no King George BB... That's a Fiji Class CL.