Capital Ships and Where you Found them

[BigRich]

In 1940 some of the convoys that pass around Rockall have battleships escorting them. The area north of Loch Ewe is a good place to patrol as task forces containing capital ships converge around here, beware getting caught in shallow water though.
Fixed events, like the Norwegian campaign, the Bismarck episode and Pedestal generate capital ships in areas they would roughly have been historically.
I havent been to the Caribbean for a while but I recall radio reports of fast task forces heading down to the Panama Canal area.

[Missing Name]

Gibraltar usually has heavy British Empire targets. There are destroyers and light cruisers. Heavy cruisers, battlecruisers, battleships and carriers can be found there on occasion.

The best American equivalent is Norfolk, but even there it's mainly destroyers.

[Kaptain Schlag]

Thanks for the pointers!

I feel like hunting task forces, while breath-taking is a sure way to end my career before 1941.
I actually had one career way back where I sank two Rodney's and a Repulse class battleship. One Rodney was in a convoy around Rockall, the other was during the Norwegian Campaign. The Repulse was sunk west of Ireland but about parallel in lattitude with Lock Ewe.

This current career I ran into one of the Rockall Convoys but had no torps as I was on a return trip.

Are there any Task Forces to be found say in 1943-45 besides hunter-killer CVE groups?

[Gerald]

I really like the TF, then they are part of my mission to 90%

[postalbyke]

I punched a hole in a henry V up in scapa flow once... didn't sink, and nearly got my scopes ripped off trying to get back into position and reattack, but had to back out after my last two torps didn't make it all the way to target (first one too far away, and the second one dudded out i think... that's the only problem with type II's, not enough torps when you need 'em

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by postalbyke

I punched a hole in a henry V up in scapa flow once... didn't sink, and nearly got my scopes ripped off trying to get back into position and reattack, but had to back out after my last two torps didn't make it all the way to target (first one too far away, and the second one dudded out i think... that's the only problem with type II's, not enough torps when you need 'em

I think you mean King George V

[ijnfleetadmiral]

All you guys are so lucky, having sighted and sunk large capital ships. I'm on my FOURTH campaign and only JUST RECENTLY sighted - and sank, I'm proud to say - an Auxiliary Cruiser. Thus far she's the largest warship I've sighted. Now that I have the GWX I'd hoped things would change, but nothing so far...not even a CL!

-Matt

[STEED]

Originally Posted by postalbyke

I punched a hole in a henry V up in scapa flow once...

Are yes that is the one they named after going out on the lash and waking up in the morning saying...Damn it, wrong name.

So it was renamed again and this time correctly.

I rename this ship King George V.

[Gerald]

Why not rename it to David Cameron, it might be easier to hit then,

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Are yes that is the one they named after going out on the lash and waking up in the morning saying...Damn it, wrong name.

So it was renamed again and this time correctly.

I rename this ship King George V.

Can you imagine what the POW might have been called?