Jan 10 1940 high-speed friendly convoy North Sea

desirableroasted · 01-04-11, 04:33 PM

Odd.

Got a message (real, not eye-candy) about a high-speed (30 knots!) friendly task force in AN93 going west. Got updates almost hourly (on the map). It went straight into Blyth, turned around and came out again.

I was a good 300 km away, so I am not sure why BdU thought it prudent to give me constant updates.

Gargamel · 01-04-11, 04:58 PM

Destroyers on a mine laying mission running flat out to use darkness?

kapuhy · 01-04-11, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Odd.
I was a good 300 km away, so I am not sure why BdU thought it prudent to give me constant updates.

In order to bolster your morale by reminding that your U-Boat is not the only German warship opposing Royal Navy.

Missing Name · 01-04-11, 07:59 PM

@Gargamel: You got it right. I was actually there to see exactly what happened. It was a bunch of Type 34 destroyers, with mine racks instead of depth charges.

You can see me and a bunch of destroyers in the background. They left my position shortly after contact. It might help that I had infiltrated the night before and sank the destroyers...

ralphnader23 · 01-04-11, 09:25 PM

Bdu worried you might get lazy on the flag checking?

Gargamel · 01-04-11, 10:38 PM

Well if I was BDU, and I was sure the RN couldnt read ENIGMA (and they were sure until '42 ish), Then hellz yeah I'd be sending posit updates to the uboats of a high speed convoy in the dark. Kreigsmarine needs all the boats they can get.

desirableroasted · 01-05-11, 05:31 AM

Well, I was hoping some old salts, preferably those who helped with the scripting in GWX3.0, might chime in.

I can't find a historical basis for it, so I was thinking it might be some sort of "in the know" Easter Egg, sort of like Swindon being dotted on the map of England, that's all.

But kudos, Missing Name, for managing to slip through the minefield barrage at exactly the right time and place to provide a "solution" to the mystery and document it. In five years of playing, it has never occurred to me to go tomcatting around Blyth on January 9, 1940 just in case Raeder found it in his head to mine there.

By the way, in another thread, you claim the screenshot is taken in February, 1940. Which is it?

01-04-11, 04:33 PM	#1
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Jan 10 1940 high-speed friendly convoy North Sea Odd. Got a message (real, not eye-candy) about a high-speed (30 knots!) friendly task force in AN93 going west. Got updates almost hourly (on the map). It went straight into Blyth, turned around and came out again. I was a good 300 km away, so I am not sure why BdU thought it prudent to give me constant updates. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

01-04-11, 04:58 PM	#2
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Destroyers on a mine laying mission running flat out to use darkness? __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-04-11, 07:59 PM	#4
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	@Gargamel: You got it right. I was actually there to see exactly what happened. It was a bunch of Type 34 destroyers, with mine racks instead of depth charges. You can see me and a bunch of destroyers in the background. They left my position shortly after contact. It might help that I had infiltrated the night before and sank the destroyers... __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

01-04-11, 10:38 PM	#6
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Well if I was BDU, and I was sure the RN couldnt read ENIGMA (and they were sure until '42 ish), Then hellz yeah I'd be sending posit updates to the uboats of a high speed convoy in the dark. Kreigsmarine needs all the boats they can get. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

01-05-11, 05:31 AM	#7
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Well, I was hoping some old salts, preferably those who helped with the scripting in GWX3.0, might chime in. I can't find a historical basis for it, so I was thinking it might be some sort of "in the know" Easter Egg, sort of like Swindon being dotted on the map of England, that's all. But kudos, Missing Name, for managing to slip through the minefield barrage at exactly the right time and place to provide a "solution" to the mystery and document it. In five years of playing, it has never occurred to me to go tomcatting around Blyth on January 9, 1940 just in case Raeder found it in his head to mine there. By the way, in another thread, you claim the screenshot is taken in February, 1940. Which is it? __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun." Last edited by desirableroasted; 01-06-11 at 04:03 PM.

01-04-11, 09:25 PM	#5
ralphnader23 Bosun Join Date: May 2010 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 66 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Bdu worried you might get lazy on the flag checking?