Tanker's Paradise

Jimbuna · 12-06-09, 04:58 PM

One of my favourite spots is about 250km west of Gibraltar....convoys are frequently entering and leaving the Med

12-06-09, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

One of my favourite spots is about 250km west of Gibraltar....convoys are frequently entering and leaving the Med

I prefer to get alot closer than that.
C'mon Jim, "BE MORE AGGRESSIVE" (kidding).

Lt.Fillipidis · 12-07-09, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

One of my favourite spots is about 250km west of Gibraltar....convoys are frequently entering and leaving the Med

Way too many escort carriers and air coverage in mid-1943 and on.
Mid-to late war i prefer to wander randomly around the ON-ONS-HX convoy routes. Deep waters, usually bad enough weather, no air coverage. But also heavily escorted...

Oh, and another thing.
Abandon all hope, all ye who've been sighted by a K flyer and decided to comfront it. It just can't go down and it can lead to you the whole USN, RN, IJN, KM and the future's Indian fleet that is yet to be completed.

Dissaray · 12-07-09, 01:44 PM

Gibralter dose seem to be a good hunting ground. I ran into two targetable convoys there last night; though I can't say they were two seperate convoys beacous I lost contact with the first one. I also found a Frenchie convoy but it was too late for them to get shot up by me.

I also know it is a good hunting ground 'cause I died there, and if I die there it seems to me there must be some thing worth killing there, other than me that is.

One place I found was good first hand is the east coast of the US around '42. There is signifigant air cover but nothing that you can't run from eays enugh. But to make up for it there is vertualy no war ship partols except on the larger convoys and in the ports. Canada is a good enuf target as well.

BasilY · 12-07-09, 08:27 PM

Gibraltar is great in 1940. I once got Half a Mil GRT of shipping in February by refueling in Spain. Plus the occasional Cruisers and Fleet Carriers as appetizers, Of cause, that place was filled with planes late in the war. .

Weiss Pinguin · 12-07-09, 08:31 PM

I once got caught between 2 convoys while patrolling west of Gibraltar.

Of course, they were both going in opposite directions, so I went with the larger. But more importantly, Vigo is nearby!

Kimmers · 12-08-09, 08:10 AM

the carribean sounds beaut, man, but i never get posted there

Weiss Pinguin · 12-08-09, 10:23 AM

Just finished my first patrol in the Med (1941), any recommended areas?

12-06-09, 04:58 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	One of my favourite spots is about 250km west of Gibraltar....convoys are frequently entering and leaving the Med __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-07-09, 08:31 PM	#6
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	I once got caught between 2 convoys while patrolling west of Gibraltar. Of course, they were both going in opposite directions, so I went with the larger. But more importantly, Vigo is nearby! __________________

12-08-09, 08:10 AM	#7
Kimmers Bosun Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the desert yo Posts: 63 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	the carribean sounds beaut, man, but i never get posted there __________________

12-08-09, 10:23 AM	#8
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Just finished my first patrol in the Med (1941), any recommended areas? __________________

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12-07-09, 01:44 PM	#4
Dissaray 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 280 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Gibralter dose seem to be a good hunting ground. I ran into two targetable convoys there last night; though I can't say they were two seperate convoys beacous I lost contact with the first one. I also found a Frenchie convoy but it was too late for them to get shot up by me. I also know it is a good hunting ground 'cause I died there, and if I die there it seems to me there must be some thing worth killing there, other than me that is. One place I found was good first hand is the east coast of the US around '42. There is signifigant air cover but nothing that you can't run from eays enugh. But to make up for it there is vertualy no war ship partols except on the larger convoys and in the ports. Canada is a good enuf target as well.

12-07-09, 08:27 PM	#5
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Gibraltar is great in 1940. I once got Half a Mil GRT of shipping in February by refueling in Spain. Plus the occasional Cruisers and Fleet Carriers as appetizers, Of cause, that place was filled with planes late in the war. .