'39 Channel?

snwcrsh · 09-22-08, 06:14 PM

Hmm... I'm wondering. With an IX-B leaving Wilhelmshaven on December 2nd 1939 to reach sector BE... does it make any sense to try the channel route instead of Scapa?

downunder · 09-22-08, 06:34 PM

In theory, at that year in time radar was in its early days of development. A good watch officer and submerging through the tricky bits will help. It will certainly get the adrenalin running!!

good luck

snwcrsh · 09-22-08, 06:36 PM

Hmmm... I think I might want to try. Do I have to expect mines this early?

EDIT: Ahh "Decks awash". I just remember that, how did you trigger that? (i'll remember again sooner or later, it was about clicking somewhere on the tiefenmesser i think *ponder*)

meduza · 09-22-08, 06:45 PM

Set the depth to 6-7 m (I think it depends of a u-boat type).

And yes, you should expect mines.

snwcrsh · 09-22-08, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by meduza

Set the depth to 6-7 m (I think it depends of a u-boat type).

argh, simple as that

(at least i was right *g*)

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And yes, you should expect mines.

Interesting. Not that I know very much about the history, but I wouldn't have expected the English to be so paranoid that early?

Kielhauler1961 · 09-23-08, 01:23 PM

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...but I wouldn't have expected the English to be so paranoid that early?

We have been paranoid about the Channel ever since 1066!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings

Task Force · 09-22-08, 06:49 PM

Heres the rules for crusing the channed.

1 dont dive if you dont have to, that place is mine heven, Ive seen hundreds of mines on my channel trips (done it in 41)

2 stay on french coast.

3 when you dive go veary slow with little to no TC becuase of mines, they are everywhere.

4 dont radio out, theyl pick up on ya.

Im sure there are more but thats pretty much it.

snwcrsh · 09-22-08, 06:59 PM

41? Radio? Hey, we don't even know active sonar

Probably Scapa would be the better route in 1939 just for the pickouts.... but crossing the channel on my first patrol sounds actually like fun. I can take the Scapa Route on my way back.

Still have time to decide, just 90 minutes out of Wilhelmshaven

meduza · 09-22-08, 06:36 PM

Untill my flotilla moved to French coast, I always passed through the Channel, surfaced at night, deck awashed.

I would not dare doing it later in the war, but there's no need for it later.

09-22-08, 06:14 PM	#1
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	'39 Channel? Hmm... I'm wondering. With an IX-B leaving Wilhelmshaven on December 2nd 1939 to reach sector BE... does it make any sense to try the channel route instead of Scapa? __________________ = CRY PTO = MITSH VBHIZ OSMWG OECEY MLZTO UMDFV TKORD B

09-22-08, 06:34 PM	#2
downunder Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 135 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	In theory, at that year in time radar was in its early days of development. A good watch officer and submerging through the tricky bits will help. It will certainly get the adrenalin running!! good luck __________________ May your hatches be tight, and your smokes dry.

09-22-08, 06:36 PM	#3
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmmm... I think I might want to try. Do I have to expect mines this early? EDIT: Ahh "Decks awash". I just remember that, how did you trigger that? (i'll remember again sooner or later, it was about clicking somewhere on the tiefenmesser i think ponder) __________________ = CRY PTO = MITSH VBHIZ OSMWG OECEY MLZTO UMDFV TKORD B

09-22-08, 06:45 PM	#4
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Set the depth to 6-7 m (I think it depends of a u-boat type). And yes, you should expect mines. __________________

09-22-08, 06:49 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Heres the rules for crusing the channed. 1 dont dive if you dont have to, that place is mine heven, Ive seen hundreds of mines on my channel trips (done it in 41) 2 stay on french coast. 3 when you dive go veary slow with little to no TC becuase of mines, they are everywhere. 4 dont radio out, theyl pick up on ya. Im sure there are more but thats pretty much it. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

09-22-08, 06:59 PM	#8
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	41? Radio? Hey, we don't even know active sonar Probably Scapa would be the better route in 1939 just for the pickouts.... but crossing the channel on my first patrol sounds actually like fun. I can take the Scapa Route on my way back. Still have time to decide, just 90 minutes out of Wilhelmshaven __________________ = CRY PTO = MITSH VBHIZ OSMWG OECEY MLZTO UMDFV TKORD B