Der Kanal...*GULP*

Graf Paper · 02-17-08, 10:44 AM

From: Obltn. z. S. Josef Shutz, kommandant U-47
To: BdU
Date: October 10, 1940

I'm in the middle of my tenth patrol, headed toward my patrol grid of BF15 off the southwest coast of England and south of Ireland.

The most direct route would be to sail through the waters of Der Kanal.

Now I've heard the talk among many of my fellow kaleuns that the channel is one of the more dangerous places a u-boat can be.

My questions I'd wish to pose to U-bootwaffe intelligence is: How risky is it to traverse Der Kanal at this date and are there any particular hazards I should be aware of? Would it be more advisable to simply expend the time and fuel to go around north of Britain?

Request response soonest as I am at the point where I must commit to a course.

Regards, U-47 Out...

Brag · 02-17-08, 11:01 AM

There is only one sane response. STAY OUT of DER KANAL! Shallow water, enemy patrols, mines. Simply limited options.

antikristuseke · 02-17-08, 11:09 AM

I allso hear that Bernard lives in der Kanal, that should be ennough to convince anyone to stay out of it.

Graf Paper · 02-17-08, 11:17 AM

So what you're really saying is "Stay out of Der Kanal or else you'll end up in a fish's alimentary canal!". :p

Well, looks like I'm in for a long detour north.

Brag · 02-17-08, 11:50 AM

Good chap, and you often meet lone merchies enroute.

Laufen zum Ziel · 02-17-08, 01:43 PM

Der Kanal was the shortest career I have ever had. Within 2 hours of entering I had two DD's trying to have sex with me. No time to release my eels and no depth to dive. Made a head on suicide run at one to get below her fireing angle but the other one did me in.

Sobald Ihr Kopf außerhalb des Hafens für die tiefen Wasser-und dort bleiben.

ddiplock · 02-17-08, 01:58 PM

Getting through the canal is tricky, risky, but certainly doable. If I want to cut down time, and if i make the choice to go through "der kanal" I follow several simlpe rules.

1. Travel on the surface only at night, but if a DD IS spotted, then get under those waves.

2. Dive and stay down during the day time, and stay quiet. Rig the boat for silent running.

Takes time, but if you're careful, you can easily come out the other side in one piece

Sailor Steve · 02-17-08, 02:02 PM

That means the game is still too easy. Going that was was suicide for the real kaleuns, much like harbor raiding. They call it the 'English' Channel for a reason.

Hakahura · 02-17-08, 02:46 PM

I now drive an S Boat.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=130088

So the Kanal is my new home.

"Fortune Favours the Fast"... Herman Spedzt.

Antiacus · 02-17-08, 02:55 PM

I just got my first assignment outside of the North Sea last night. It was BF31 near Portland actually IN the ditch itself. I was tempted to try to shoot the straight of Dover but i went around. The other challenging thing was that bf31 is at least half british mainland.

Within 45 minutes of arrival i detected 3 british warships, not sure what they were. The weather turned from bad to worse (15m winds, heavy fog, heavy rain), so i got brave and made for Portland... I was a tad displeased when my lookout crew hollered "we're under attack" prior to hollering ship spotted. Luckily it was just a little patrol boat and i was able to dive & repair very quickly then go silent before his friends showed up to DC the heck out of where i used to be.

Anyway, my 25 hrs is up and i'm still lurking in the area... I've got one small freighter down, 3 torps left in my iid.

I'm kinda eyeballing that Dover straight as the patrol is winding down, but i'm still a bit shy. It's Oct 40 and i've got a iid, but i just don't know. I think i'll go around again even though it takes 2 hours RL time just to get around England!

Wreford-Brown · 02-17-08, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That means the game is still too easy. Going that was was suicide for the real kaleuns, much like harbor raiding. They call it the 'English' Channel for a reason.

On a good weather day, the French coast is visible from the UK south coast. If you do want to use Der Kanal, do it at night or in bad weather (and preferably both!).

3Jane · 02-17-08, 09:37 PM

Piece of cake. Stay exactly 3000 Meters off Calais from about 8Km out (outbound). Pass in the darkest part of the night decks awash at full ahead. As soon as you feel your out of range of the shore battaries fully surface and make as much distance as you can before dawn. Travel submerged in the daylight hours. Works every time in both the VIIB and IXB.

onelifecrisis · 02-17-08, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Der Kanal was the shortest career I have ever had. Within 2 hours of entering I had two DD's trying to have sex with me.

Haha! That made me lol

Rotary Crewman · 02-17-08, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graf Paper

The most direct route would be to sail through the waters of Der Kanal.

Don't be a silly sausage. Go round.

Blacklight · 02-17-08, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Getting through the canal is tricky, risky, but certainly doable. If I want to cut down time, and if i make the choice to go through "der kanal" I follow several simlpe rules.

1. Travel on the surface only at night, but if a DD IS spotted, then get under those waves.

2. Dive and stay down during the day time, and stay quiet. Rig the boat for silent running.

Takes time, but if you're careful, you can easily come out the other side in one piece

Just remember.. the seccond you dive for any reason, you're going down into a layer of mines so thick that it's like trying to drive a truck through a Los Angeles freeway durring rush hour.

Not to mention all the destroyers that will try to have sex with your boat !

Go around Der Kanal.

02-17-08, 10:44 AM	#1
Graf Paper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest United States Posts: 1,146 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	Der Kanal...GULP From: Obltn. z. S. Josef Shutz, kommandant U-47 To: BdU Date: October 10, 1940 I'm in the middle of my tenth patrol, headed toward my patrol grid of BF15 off the southwest coast of England and south of Ireland. The most direct route would be to sail through the waters of Der Kanal. Now I've heard the talk among many of my fellow kaleuns that the channel is one of the more dangerous places a u-boat can be. My questions I'd wish to pose to U-bootwaffe intelligence is: How risky is it to traverse Der Kanal at this date and are there any particular hazards I should be aware of? Would it be more advisable to simply expend the time and fuel to go around north of Britain? Request response soonest as I am at the point where I must commit to a course. Regards, U-47 Out... __________________ Still sailing the high seas, hunting convoys with those who join me.

02-17-08, 11:01 AM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	There is only one sane response. STAY OUT of DER KANAL! Shallow water, enemy patrols, mines. Simply limited options. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

02-17-08, 11:17 AM	#4
Graf Paper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest United States Posts: 1,146 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	So what you're really saying is "Stay out of Der Kanal or else you'll end up in a fish's alimentary canal!". :p Well, looks like I'm in for a long detour north. __________________ Still sailing the high seas, hunting convoys with those who join me.

02-17-08, 11:50 AM	#5
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Good chap, and you often meet lone merchies enroute. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

02-17-08, 01:43 PM	#6
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	Der Kanal was the shortest career I have ever had. Within 2 hours of entering I had two DD's trying to have sex with me. No time to release my eels and no depth to dive. Made a head on suicide run at one to get below her fireing angle but the other one did me in. Sobald Ihr Kopf außerhalb des Hafens für die tiefen Wasser-und dort bleiben. __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

02-17-08, 11:09 AM	#3
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I allso hear that Bernard lives in der Kanal, that should be ennough to convince anyone to stay out of it.

02-17-08, 01:58 PM	#7
ddiplock Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 552 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Getting through the canal is tricky, risky, but certainly doable. If I want to cut down time, and if i make the choice to go through "der kanal" I follow several simlpe rules. 1. Travel on the surface only at night, but if a DD IS spotted, then get under those waves. 2. Dive and stay down during the day time, and stay quiet. Rig the boat for silent running. Takes time, but if you're careful, you can easily come out the other side in one piece

02-17-08, 02:02 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That means the game is still too easy. Going that was was suicide for the real kaleuns, much like harbor raiding. They call it the 'English' Channel for a reason. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-17-08, 02:46 PM	#9
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I now drive an S Boat. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=130088 So the Kanal is my new home. "Fortune Favours the Fast"... Herman Spedzt. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

02-17-08, 02:55 PM	#10
Antiacus Medic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Springfield, Oregon Posts: 161 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I just got my first assignment outside of the North Sea last night. It was BF31 near Portland actually IN the ditch itself. I was tempted to try to shoot the straight of Dover but i went around. The other challenging thing was that bf31 is at least half british mainland. Within 45 minutes of arrival i detected 3 british warships, not sure what they were. The weather turned from bad to worse (15m winds, heavy fog, heavy rain), so i got brave and made for Portland... I was a tad displeased when my lookout crew hollered "we're under attack" prior to hollering ship spotted. Luckily it was just a little patrol boat and i was able to dive & repair very quickly then go silent before his friends showed up to DC the heck out of where i used to be. Anyway, my 25 hrs is up and i'm still lurking in the area... I've got one small freighter down, 3 torps left in my iid. I'm kinda eyeballing that Dover straight as the patrol is winding down, but i'm still a bit shy. It's Oct 40 and i've got a iid, but i just don't know. I think i'll go around again even though it takes 2 hours RL time just to get around England!

02-17-08, 09:37 PM	#12
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Piece of cake. Stay exactly 3000 Meters off Calais from about 8Km out (outbound). Pass in the darkest part of the night decks awash at full ahead. As soon as you feel your out of range of the shore battaries fully surface and make as much distance as you can before dawn. Travel submerged in the daylight hours. Works every time in both the VIIB and IXB. __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)