Scapa Flow: The East Approach

Deep-Six · 09-01-06, 12:18 PM

U-47
04-09-39, U-47 is about to enter Scapa Flow from the eastern approach.

Almost midnight, a VW DD forced U-47 to submerge.

More to come...

Has anyone tried getting into Scapa Flow at night from the east?

WARNING: there are alot of wrecked ships.

SteamWake · 09-01-06, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deep-Six

U-47
04-09-39, U-47 is about to enter Scapa Flow from the eastern approach.

Almost midnight, a VW DD forced U-47 to submerge.

More to come...

Has anyone tried getting into Scapa Flow at night from the east?

WARNING: there are alot of wrecked ships.

Many times not to hard early in the war. Later on its suicide.

Mooncatt · 09-01-06, 01:30 PM

yes i have, i went through this little tight stretch of water however i kept hitting something took hardly any damage at all, no sub nets nothing, there were a lot of ship wrecks about though mmmmmm

stabiz · 09-01-06, 02:03 PM

Been through there tons of times, its the best way to enter and exit.

Deep-Six · 09-01-06, 02:15 PM

I am now trapped in the harbour by 7 DDs, and no way out.

After I take care of a med tanker and a freighter then I will deal w/ the DDs.

Slowly running out of Co2, will need to leave soon.

Safe-Keeper · 09-01-06, 03:02 PM

Getting in is easy - you just go through the Eastern approach. Finding and attacking a target's pretty easy, too.

Getting out, now there's the problem

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enaceo · 09-01-06, 03:40 PM

Been there lots of times in the early war period,no real problems.
Later on, ...I only went once and got hammered to bits by abut 5 dd's + land defences .Never been there late-war since

Deep-Six · 09-01-06, 03:48 PM

The DD count is now down by one. He committed suicide.

There are still six out there.

6 hours of Co2 left.

mr chris · 09-01-06, 03:50 PM

Go on Deep-Six give them hell

You can do it

Dowly · 09-01-06, 04:02 PM

The last time I visited Flow, I went thru the eastern approach, sank a tanker and a small merchant. When I was heading back home, 6 DD´s tried to hunt me down, but they only ran aground. :rotfl:

Deep-Six · 09-01-06, 04:45 PM

One minor correction, that it was no freighter, but a troopship.

He will die on my last salvo of eels.

BigBadVuk · 09-01-06, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deep-Six

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Slowly running out of Co2, will need to leave soon.

Err...U cant run out of CO2..becose that is what you breath out..

If you dont surface you can get out of O2(the only thing that our body can use from air,which is actualy mixture of gasses),but trust me you will finaly get a lot of CO2,so many actualy that it will poison all your crew and make ghost-ship of your Uboat

Sailor Steve · 09-01-06, 05:35 PM

Well, to be specific, CO2 isn't a poison; it just keeps you from getting any O2, so you die from lack of oxygen.

Deep-Six · 09-01-06, 06:31 PM

Of the 4 eels, one was not loaded yet. 3 of them tore into the troopship

cutting it in half. Crew cheered.

Torvald Von Mansee · 09-01-06, 07:52 PM

I snuck in the eastern approach on my first patrol, the same route Prien took when he sunk the Royal Oak. It's easy, right now (late '39), but I seem to recall that Churchill ordered another blockship sunk to block that path.

Btw, I guess renown is actually rewarded on the basis of what is PERCEIVED to be important by the Kriegsmarine, i.e., battleships over carriers (even though the time of the BB is already past)

09-01-06, 12:18 PM	#1
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Scapa Flow: The East Approach U-47 04-09-39, U-47 is about to enter Scapa Flow from the eastern approach. Almost midnight, a VW DD forced U-47 to submerge. More to come... Has anyone tried getting into Scapa Flow at night from the east? WARNING: there are alot of wrecked ships.

09-01-06, 01:30 PM	#3
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yes i have, i went through this little tight stretch of water however i kept hitting something took hardly any damage at all, no sub nets nothing, there were a lot of ship wrecks about though mmmmmm __________________

09-01-06, 02:03 PM	#4
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Been through there tons of times, its the best way to enter and exit. __________________

09-01-06, 02:15 PM	#5
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I am now trapped in the harbour by 7 DDs, and no way out. After I take care of a med tanker and a freighter then I will deal w/ the DDs. Slowly running out of Co2, will need to leave soon. Last edited by Deep-Six; 09-01-06 at 02:19 PM.

09-01-06, 03:02 PM	#6
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Getting in is easy - you just go through the Eastern approach. Finding and attacking a target's pretty easy, too. Getting out, now there's the problem. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

09-01-06, 03:40 PM	#7
enaceo XO Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 401 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Been there lots of times in the early war period,no real problems. Later on, ...I only went once and got hammered to bits by abut 5 dd's + land defences .Never been there late-war since __________________ Came back after a long time ...ahoy mates!

09-01-06, 03:48 PM	#8
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The DD count is now down by one. He committed suicide. There are still six out there. 6 hours of Co2 left. Last edited by Deep-Six; 09-01-06 at 03:51 PM.

09-01-06, 03:50 PM	#9
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Go on Deep-Six give them hell You can do it __________________

09-01-06, 04:02 PM	#10
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	The last time I visited Flow, I went thru the eastern approach, sank a tanker and a small merchant. When I was heading back home, 6 DD´s tried to hunt me down, but they only ran aground. :rotfl:

09-01-06, 04:45 PM	#11
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	One minor correction, that it was no freighter, but a troopship. He will die on my last salvo of eels.

09-01-06, 05:35 PM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, to be specific, CO2 isn't a poison; it just keeps you from getting any O2, so you die from lack of oxygen.

09-01-06, 06:31 PM	#14
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Of the 4 eels, one was not loaded yet. 3 of them tore into the troopship cutting it in half. Crew cheered.

09-01-06, 07:52 PM	#15
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I snuck in the eastern approach on my first patrol, the same route Prien took when he sunk the Royal Oak. It's easy, right now (late '39), but I seem to recall that Churchill ordered another blockship sunk to block that path. Btw, I guess renown is actually rewarded on the basis of what is PERCEIVED to be important by the Kriegsmarine, i.e., battleships over carriers (even though the time of the BB is already past) __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky