Vessels. vessels everywhere, and nary a ship to sink!

bsalyers · 03-31-06, 12:52 PM

I'm using the wonderful Grey Wolves mod. It's 1939, and I was ordered to take my Type IIA out of Kiel to patrol grid AN, west of Bergen. I saw a lot of ships - a LOT. And every one, without exception, was (surprise!) Norwegian. It was the most frustrating patrol I've ever done: intercept contact, move into position, sight target, prepare for torpedo attack, wait for it... wait for it... look at the flag and... NORWEGIAN!

Surface and watch her sail away. This happened to me 7 or 8 times. I actually ran out my fuel and had to go home without firing a shot! Humiliating.
It never crossed my mind that BdU would send me to patrol a grid with zero enemy activity. Next time, I'll go to my assigned grid, do my 24 hours, then head for the nearest British traffic area.
If this was what it was really like, and I assume it was, no wonder there was such stress and unrelieved boredom on uboats!

03-31-06, 12:52 PM	#1
bsalyers Sparky Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North Hollywood, CA Posts: 152 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Vessels. vessels everywhere, and nary a ship to sink! I'm using the wonderful Grey Wolves mod. It's 1939, and I was ordered to take my Type IIA out of Kiel to patrol grid AN, west of Bergen. I saw a lot of ships - a LOT. And every one, without exception, was (surprise!) Norwegian. It was the most frustrating patrol I've ever done: intercept contact, move into position, sight target, prepare for torpedo attack, wait for it... wait for it... look at the flag and... NORWEGIAN! Surface and watch her sail away. This happened to me 7 or 8 times. I actually ran out my fuel and had to go home without firing a shot! Humiliating. It never crossed my mind that BdU would send me to patrol a grid with zero enemy activity. Next time, I'll go to my assigned grid, do my 24 hours, then head for the nearest British traffic area. If this was what it was really like, and I assume it was, no wonder there was such stress and unrelieved boredom on uboats!