Type IID boat question

PapaG39 · 09-25-07, 02:18 AM

I just finished my longest patrol of 23 days in the North Sea & the type IID boat.

I spend most of the time down listening & slow (1-2kts) travel on the batteries.

But I got to wondering... How long the average patrol in the type IID boat actually was.
The North Sea area is quite large & has a lot of shallow spots so in 1939/1940 you still have a fairly large area that you can spend on the surface, however by mid to late 1940 that area is getting quite small..It's best to stay down in the day time... Summer has a lot of day time that far north also, so a lot of time is spent just waiting & listening...You can move at 1-2 kts withoug depleting your batteries to much in a 12 hour period, but that is about the limit & then you really need to get a charge going...

I don't get a lot, but I'm kinda picking up the strays that you hot shot kaleans miss...lol..

09-25-07, 02:18 AM	#1
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Type IID boat question I just finished my longest patrol of 23 days in the North Sea & the type IID boat. I spend most of the time down listening & slow (1-2kts) travel on the batteries. But I got to wondering... How long the average patrol in the type IID boat actually was. The North Sea area is quite large & has a lot of shallow spots so in 1939/1940 you still have a fairly large area that you can spend on the surface, however by mid to late 1940 that area is getting quite small..It's best to stay down in the day time... Summer has a lot of day time that far north also, so a lot of time is spent just waiting & listening...You can move at 1-2 kts withoug depleting your batteries to much in a 12 hour period, but that is about the limit & then you really need to get a charge going... I don't get a lot, but I'm kinda picking up the strays that you hot shot kaleans miss...lol..