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Old 10-22-06, 07:30 PM   #39
bookworm_020
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Originally Posted by JScones
I think these little additions are great. Reading the below extract from Doenitz's war diary also got me thinking about something else that would be helpful to most players...

"...Letters from captured members of her crew indicate that U 40 struck a mine. This is the first proof of mines in the Channel. Air reconnaissance of the Dover-Calais Straits has not so far been carried out. Buoys and lightships have been laid off the English coast, showing that minefields have been laid, but nothing certain is known of their position and type. I must now give up this route into the Atlantic; ... "

The bold text is what got me thinking - anyone know what these buoys or lightships looked like? Such objects would provide a nice (and bonus realistic) visual of potential minefield hazards that lay ahead.

EDIT: I found an example lightship that served during WWII http://www.northcarr.org.uk/ (the history is an interesting read). There's a piccy of it here... http://www.nlb.org.uk/gallery/northcarrbiga.jpg

Anyway, back to getting Gary's buoy working...
Reminds me of CS4 Carpentaria. She has the same appearence as you lightship, but had a somewhat quieter life in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and in the end, Bass Strait.
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