[REQ] Navigation bouys in SH5

[LtzS_Petersen]

Wow, that will be a big Treasure.

Mmh, while searching this, i found at the Site of the National Library of Australia the Uboothandbuch of the East Coast of North America online:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g370932cm+gct00203))
With Maps in it. Free Download, one Map has 18 MB. Perhaps you will need a jpg2000 Plugin.
Small Detail:

Thanks Astralia!

[Zedi]

I found no strong evidence about buoys being used in ww2 inside ports. IMHO it would be a suicide gesture to light up your port in time of war. Same as sailing into a convoy with the lights on.

So maybe they could be placed in neutral places, like straits, shallow waters ... or to signal a minefield.

[LtzS_Petersen]

But approaching a Port were very hazardous after Sunset, especially in the shallow Waters of the Northsea Coast. You need something to navigate the Ship, astronomical Navigation is useless there.
The Light of the Buoys light not so far as a Lighthouse ( you can see it above, 3-4 nm) and can simply camouflaged against Aircraft.

[jwilliams]

Most light houses and light buoys were turned off during WWII, not all though. some were just dimmed. Escort ships towing lighted buoys were used to guide ships into port during fog and nights.


http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news_i...s/faqs.html#22

The lights on many lighthouses and lightvessels were extinguished during the Second World War, but not all lights were extinguished outright. Trinity House worked extensively with the Admiralty to decide which lights should be merely dimmed, so as to aid navigation for Britain's merchant and fighting ships.
Trinity House Pilots worked throughout the nights to get ships into safe ports, and Trinity House Tenders worked to help clear minefields, evacuate the occupied Channel Islands and take part in the events of D-Day.
Many lighthouses on enemy flight paths were painted with camouflage paint. Many Keepers on Lighthouses, and crewmen on Lightvessels lost their lives, and are commemorated on a memorial in Trinity Square in London.

[stoianm]

Make sens because the lights near ports show the position for enemy aircrafts in war time