Approaching from behind?

Slateford-5 · 05-19-08, 05:26 PM

Hello there!

I have a slightly tricky, but potentially very rewarding siutation on my hands. It's October 1939 and I am in the Bay of Biscay. I was heading south, but got a contact going the opposite direction. I go for a look and see a French large freighter, so I put on some speed. As I catch up to around 4km, I notce a tramp steamer dead ahead of the freighter: No worries there. I am still on the surface and closing fast: it's 11pm and a mild storm is brewing. Then things get awkward. Slightly to the west of the tramp and the freighter are an armed trawler and a DD, also heading north. All are going about 8 knots.

So, I can't see anyway to flank them on the western side without tangling with the escorts, but if I try the eastern side, that takes me dangerously close to shore. The freighter is dead ahead but at 0 deg AoB and bobbing up and down quite a bit. Would you just let them go, or is there a better was to approach this (looks like this in case I am not being very clear). Any thoughts welcome.

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05-19-08, 05:26 PM	#1
Slateford-5 Watch Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 30 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Approaching from behind? Hello there! I have a slightly tricky, but potentially very rewarding siutation on my hands. It's October 1939 and I am in the Bay of Biscay. I was heading south, but got a contact going the opposite direction. I go for a look and see a French large freighter, so I put on some speed. As I catch up to around 4km, I notce a tramp steamer dead ahead of the freighter: No worries there. I am still on the surface and closing fast: it's 11pm and a mild storm is brewing. Then things get awkward. Slightly to the west of the tramp and the freighter are an armed trawler and a DD, also heading north. All are going about 8 knots. So, I can't see anyway to flank them on the western side without tangling with the escorts, but if I try the eastern side, that takes me dangerously close to shore. The freighter is dead ahead but at 0 deg AoB and bobbing up and down quite a bit. Would you just let them go, or is there a better was to approach this (looks like this in case I am not being very clear). Any thoughts welcome. Trawler [ [ Tramp [ France DD [ [ Freighter [ [ Me