Riddle.... what happened here...

Leandros · 01-15-14, 09:05 AM

....suggestions...?

Dread Knot · 01-15-14, 09:16 AM

I see blue sunken ship markers. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took on a convoy escorted by battleships and lost? But not before taking a few merchants down with them?

Leandros · 01-15-14, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot

I see blue sunken ship markers. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took on a convoy escorted by battleships and lost? But not before taking a few merchants down with them?

Not exactly - it is taken from a GWX 3.0 single mission scenario.

Fred

Raptor · 01-15-14, 12:42 PM

Definitely a convoy battle
Heavy allied ship losses suggest German surface units involved.

I think this is Convoy JW55B

Scharnhort and a destroyer group sortied from Norway to attack an allied convoy to Russia. Your are U-277, part of U-boatgroup EISENBART, vectored in to help.

Leandros · 01-15-14, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor

Definitely a convoy battle
Heavy allied ship losses suggest German surface units involved.

I think this is Convoy JW55B

Scharnhort and a destroyer group sortied from Norway to attack an allied convoy to Russia. Your are U-277, part of U-boatgroup EISENBART, vectored in to help.

That is correct, Raptor.

Originally, Scharnhorst was driven off by 3 RN cruisers - KGV with a task force was laying low in the background in expectation of the German raid. The German destroyers split early as the weather was too bad for them.

I recommend this scenario, there is lot of entertainment if one looks up above the surface. Scharnhorst is impressive! This time a certain U-boat sank the RN cruisers as Scharnhorst was arriving so he got a free ride through the convoy. What a massacre! He wasn't undamaged, though, dozens of merchants gave him all they had from all directions.

Eventually, he disappeared southwards as a message arrived informing that KGV was arriving from south-west.

Below: Scharnhorst approaching the convoy

Below: Wading through the convoy

Below: Going home - hopefully....In Altafjord Tirpitz was waiting

flag4 · 01-17-14, 11:40 AM

...nice presentation Leandros. great riddle. I hadn't got a clue. Raptor, you know your STUFF!!

...cool. more riddles please

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01-15-14, 12:42 PM	#4
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Definitely a convoy battle Heavy allied ship losses suggest German surface units involved. I think this is Convoy JW55B Scharnhort and a destroyer group sortied from Norway to attack an allied convoy to Russia. Your are U-277, part of U-boatgroup EISENBART, vectored in to help. __________________ Raptor

01-17-14, 11:40 AM	#6
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...nice presentation Leandros. great riddle. I hadn't got a clue. Raptor, you know your STUFF!! ...cool. more riddles please __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

01-15-14, 09:16 AM	#2
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I see blue sunken ship markers. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took on a convoy escorted by battleships and lost? But not before taking a few merchants down with them?