Do I need to go through the english channel?

iven72 · 10-06-06, 09:18 AM

My career in late 1939 asks me to patroll BF19 which is on the othe side of the english channel. Should i try to sneak through or go all the way around england? do i have enough fuel to go around?

mookiemookie · 10-06-06, 09:28 AM

I would direct you to this thread about the perils of the English Channel: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=98906

As for the fuel question, it depends on the type of boat you're using, and the speed at which you travel (i.e. slower speeds = longer range). If you keep it at ahead slow or 1/3, you should be fine.

Safe-Keeper · 10-06-06, 09:37 AM

You should have enough fuel, if you don't run your engines too fast. Remember that you can have your Navigator estimate how far you can go at your current speed. Plot a course around England, check the distance, and ask for the "Max. Range at Current Speed"-report.

You can go through the Channels, but it's a death run, especially with a super-mod. Don't attempt it after 1939 or early 1940, as it'll be full of mine-fields and warships.

SteamWake · 10-06-06, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

You should have enough fuel, if you don't run your engines too fast. Remember that you can have your Navigator estimate how far you can go at your current speed. Plot a course around England, check the distance, and ask for the "Max. Range at Current Speed"-report.

You can go through the Channels, but it's a death run, especially with a super-mod. Don't attempt it after 1939 or early 1940, as it'll be full of mine-fields and warships.

That pretty much sums it up espically the "after 1940" part.

Yea its a LOOOOONG way around but war is hell. Its alot better than blundering into a mine.

You should be okay on fuel as long as you keep it down to ahead 1/3. Submerging occasionally will help extend the range a bit as well.

I know that its up for debate but in my experience its true.

Sailor Steve · 10-06-06, 10:18 AM

Mookiemookie mentioned type of boat. He's right; if you're in a type II you shouldn't be going out into the Atlantic at all. Go sink some ships around the Firth of Forth and call it good.

AVGWarhawk · 10-06-06, 10:51 AM

Two things if you go around:

1. You have more chances to catch the lone merchant and sink it.
2. You do not have to worry about sneaking around warships.

For extended fuel have you chief machinist dumb that bottle of whiskey he is hiding in his bunk into the fuel tanks. It thins out the fuel and you get more RPM on each diesel.

10-06-06, 09:18 AM	#1
iven72 Seaman Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 40 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Do I need to go through the english channel? My career in late 1939 asks me to patroll BF19 which is on the othe side of the english channel. Should i try to sneak through or go all the way around england? do i have enough fuel to go around?

10-06-06, 09:37 AM	#3
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	You should have enough fuel, if you don't run your engines too fast. Remember that you can have your Navigator estimate how far you can go at your current speed. Plot a course around England, check the distance, and ask for the "Max. Range at Current Speed"-report. You can go through the Channels, but it's a death run, especially with a super-mod. Don't attempt it after 1939 or early 1940, as it'll be full of mine-fields and warships. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper. Last edited by Safe-Keeper; 10-06-06 at 09:39 AM.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Mookiemookie mentioned type of boat. He's right; if you're in a type II you shouldn't be going out into the Atlantic at all. Go sink some ships around the Firth of Forth and call it good. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-06-06, 10:51 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,259 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Two things if you go around: 1. You have more chances to catch the lone merchant and sink it. 2. You do not have to worry about sneaking around warships. For extended fuel have you chief machinist dumb that bottle of whiskey he is hiding in his bunk into the fuel tanks. It thins out the fuel and you get more RPM on each diesel. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-06-06, 09:28 AM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I would direct you to this thread about the perils of the English Channel: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=98906 As for the fuel question, it depends on the type of boat you're using, and the speed at which you travel (i.e. slower speeds = longer range). If you keep it at ahead slow or 1/3, you should be fine.