GWX and 1941

[PapaG39]

Well, I finely got out of Stavanger, Norway on 3 august 1941 & resumed my journey to Brest, France. Just NW of Bergen, Norway I heard what turned out to be a Norwigen C3. I picked my position and he was just 1000m away from my shot when I heard an aircraft right above me ( I was at perscope depth). I thought..."Oh Sh*t" I'm about to be bombed & here I am standing still...I'm dead...
then in the next instant "MY" C3 lit up like a Christmas tree..bloody sukas...Herrmann! "you rat". that's my C3....anyway, it was a good show, but no ceegar....
about 150 km further on up the road I had a repeat with a C2..same results. Herrmann is stealing my thunder.... about 200km further along I finely get to sink a puny little Tramp Steamer for my self...thanks Herrmann...your a real prince..

I tried going just below Torshaven and above Scapa Flow, but the English aircraft were really making it rough so I desided to use that compass thing & draw a circle around the British Isles & Iceland showing the 1941 air cover limits that are indicated on the map that came with SH3. I went to those limits & just stayed to the outside & started plodding along to the Irish coast.

I made my way slowly down to the Rockall Banks, but I didn't hear so much as a whale fart...i mean..total silence except for aircraft...they are everywhere if I stayed above the surface during the daytime...They showed up. So much for map limits...

On August 20th I finely confirmed that this dang hydrophone was working when I picked up a British Destroyer. I have been 15 days without a sound or sighting...Except aircraft.

I have been at this since the 21st November real time & I am just at the SW tip of Ireland & have sighted nothing...I mean Nodda!

I am wondering...If you stay out of the SH3 map area where it shows aircraft coverage to be if you don't hit any triggers that would start ships moving.

I am using GWX & the patch.. Man, this is one long dry spell. About the most TC I have used is 128 a couple of times, but I went slow & tried to keep from getting bombed from above. I stayed down in the day & up at night mostly. However, August still doesn't get real dark out this far north.

This has been one long patrol. It took me 30 days from Wilhelmshaven to Brest last time. In a IID that is quite long..It is actually right at the very maximum for food & fuel.

I am fairly fuel conscious so I still have just 1/2 tanks left and approximately 1300km to go to Brest, France.