Task Forces in the North Atlantic

Fitz62STG · 03-16-06, 05:34 AM

My last couple of patrols to the US East Coast I have received several radio reports of Task Forces heading east. Usually the first report has them around Grid BB92 or BB93. Slow right around 7 knots. My question is.... Does anyone have any idea what the composition of these task forces is? In game right now it is June 1942 I just returned from a patrol off of Norfolk. I looked at what my next patrol grid is and it's BB89. So if a Task Force shows up where they have the last couple of patrols I'll be in a pretty good spot to intercept it.

andy_311 · 03-16-06, 05:44 AM

Depends what mods you have if it's out of the box or just 1.4b.
on what you said 7knts I would educate a guess and say its full of merchant ships with ****load of DDs if it has more than 6 dds in it it's considered a TF.
If it was a TF with Capital ship it would be doing btw 14-20+knts.

03-16-06, 08:09 AM

If the Lead ship of a Convoy happens to be an Aux Cruiser, it will be displayed as a TF, a TF doing 7 Knts.

The Group Leader determines the type of group displayed, not the escorts. If its a Ship of the line with merchants attached it will be called a TF. If is a Merchant with Ships of the Line attached it will called a Convoy.

andy_311 · 03-16-06, 06:50 PM

I just encountered a TF in my last patrol ED98 but this TF had 8DDs 1 cruiser and 8 Troop Transports

Fitz62STG · 03-16-06, 06:55 PM

I'm looking forward to my next patrol seeing these responses. Looks to me like it could be something I just have to run away from or it could be like Christmas. Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm going to lurk in the BB89-93 area for awhile and see if any Task Forces pop up. I'm using the stock game patched to 1.4b. I'll post my results.

03-16-06, 05:34 AM	#1
Fitz62STG Seaman Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 34 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Task Forces in the North Atlantic My last couple of patrols to the US East Coast I have received several radio reports of Task Forces heading east. Usually the first report has them around Grid BB92 or BB93. Slow right around 7 knots. My question is.... Does anyone have any idea what the composition of these task forces is? In game right now it is June 1942 I just returned from a patrol off of Norfolk. I looked at what my next patrol grid is and it's BB89. So if a Task Force shows up where they have the last couple of patrols I'll be in a pretty good spot to intercept it. __________________ SAGIRE CLASSIS DESTRUCTUM

03-16-06, 06:55 PM	#5
Fitz62STG Seaman Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 34 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I'm looking forward to my next patrol seeing these responses. Looks to me like it could be something I just have to run away from or it could be like Christmas. Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm going to lurk in the BB89-93 area for awhile and see if any Task Forces pop up. I'm using the stock game patched to 1.4b. I'll post my results. __________________ SAGIRE CLASSIS DESTRUCTUM

03-16-06, 05:44 AM	#2
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Depends what mods you have if it's out of the box or just 1.4b. on what you said 7knts I would educate a guess and say its full of merchant ships with ****load of DDs if it has more than 6 dds in it it's considered a TF. If it was a TF with Capital ship it would be doing btw 14-20+knts.

03-16-06, 08:09 AM	#3
Cdre Gibs Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	If the Lead ship of a Convoy happens to be an Aux Cruiser, it will be displayed as a TF, a TF doing 7 Knts. The Group Leader determines the type of group displayed, not the escorts. If its a Ship of the line with merchants attached it will be called a TF. If is a Merchant with Ships of the Line attached it will called a Convoy.

03-16-06, 06:50 PM	#4
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	I just encountered a TF in my last patrol ED98 but this TF had 8DDs 1 cruiser and 8 Troop Transports