Hilfe! No sinkable ships anywhere blues...

Der Kolkrabe · 03-21-07, 03:32 AM

Last night infiltrade Dunkirk (April 4, 1940)...total tonnage 92052

Two passenger liner, landing ship tank, heavy transport, auxiliary cruiser, 4x admiralty V&W class, 2x tramp steamer & medium merchant... left Italian merchant but take two fishing boats and motor vessel

Starting time 04.30 and left harbour 10.00...

But my sub was VII and only damage is when hit harbour wall... Bernaaard!!! :hmm::rotfl:

P_Funk · 03-21-07, 04:16 AM

Well GWX certain does its job. The whole point of convoy systems and carefully organized traffic was to limit the areas that you would find it in. That meant that you could have all your escorts (and back then they were woefully short on them) in one area so that your protection net was tighter and easier to deploy.

Find the right traffic lane and you'll be like a drunk fisherman on his anniversary.

shegeek72 · 03-21-07, 04:23 AM

You might want to give the War Ace Campaign mod a try. It may not be as historically accurate as GWX, but I've never failed to come across some kind of action (except perhaps way out in the middle of the Atlantic out of the shipping lanes).

For example, while heading home passing through the English channel I encountered a fishing trawler. Small fry, but I figured for the fun of it to surface and sink it with the deck gun. The trawler was just about in range when two Brit aircraft showed up! So I crash dived and just as the Brit planes flew on a couple Luffewaffe aircraft showed up and strafed the trawler! :p

I thought since friendlies were in the sky to surface and finish off the trawler, but as soon as I did the Brit aircraft showed up again! So it was back under the surface. I decided this was too much trouble for a paltry trawler and headed back on course to Brest. This was after a satisfying patrol of sinking, among other ships, a pyro that put on a lovely show when it exploded and an ore carrier.

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xlbob · 03-21-07, 05:40 AM

Try the strait between Orkney and Shetland, but you don't have to enter the strait, just patrol the area before the strait ... plenty of ships traffic there. Sunk my first whale factory ship there, it was escorted by one tramp streamer. The escort ran away after the first torp hit the whale factory:rotfl:

Vainamoinen · 03-22-07, 04:14 PM

Well, Norway it was, and as promised there was plenty of traffic in and around the fjords, picked up a Royal Navy task force straight off.

I had a real shock when I went to dive, though: in the game the fjords are only 10 metres deep, rather than the 800 metres in real life. :hmm:

No wonder I got a good, well-deserved depth charging to end my career right there.

Brag · 03-22-07, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by xlbob

Try the strait between Orkney and Shetland, but you don't have to enter the strait, just patrol the area before the strait ... plenty of ships traffic there. Sunk my first whale factory ship there, it was escorted by one tramp streamer. The escort ran away after the first torp hit the whale factory:rotfl:

That area worked very well for me. 2 patrols in a canoe and had enough renown for a VIIB (no extras)

Vainamoinen · 03-23-07, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Brag

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Originally Posted by xlbob

Try the strait between Orkney and Shetland, but you don't have to enter the strait, just patrol the area before the strait ... plenty of ships traffic there. Sunk my first whale factory ship there, it was escorted by one tramp streamer. The escort ran away after the first torp hit the whale factory:rotfl:

That area worked very well for me. 2 patrols in a canoe and had enough renown for a VIIB (no extras)

Sounds good, thanks. I'll try that in my new stab at September 1939 in a dugout.

03-21-07, 04:16 AM	#2
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Well GWX certain does its job. The whole point of convoy systems and carefully organized traffic was to limit the areas that you would find it in. That meant that you could have all your escorts (and back then they were woefully short on them) in one area so that your protection net was tighter and easier to deploy. Find the right traffic lane and you'll be like a drunk fisherman on his anniversary. __________________

03-21-07, 05:40 AM	#4
xlbob Gunner Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Posts: 99 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Try the strait between Orkney and Shetland, but you don't have to enter the strait, just patrol the area before the strait ... plenty of ships traffic there. Sunk my first whale factory ship there, it was escorted by one tramp streamer. The escort ran away after the first torp hit the whale factory:rotfl: __________________ xlbob GWX v 2

03-22-07, 04:14 PM	#5
Vainamoinen Watch Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: That black spot on the horizon Posts: 20 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Well, Norway it was, and as promised there was plenty of traffic in and around the fjords, picked up a Royal Navy task force straight off. I had a real shock when I went to dive, though: in the game the fjords are only 10 metres deep, rather than the 800 metres in real life. :hmm: No wonder I got a good, well-deserved depth charging to end my career right there. __________________ "Die sitzen in Gibraltar and feiern unsere Versenkung!"

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03-21-07, 03:32 AM	#1
Der Kolkrabe A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Coast, Finland Posts: 71 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Last night infiltrade Dunkirk (April 4, 1940)...total tonnage 92052 Two passenger liner, landing ship tank, heavy transport, auxiliary cruiser, 4x admiralty V&W class, 2x tramp steamer & medium merchant... left Italian merchant but take two fishing boats and motor vessel Starting time 04.30 and left harbour 10.00... But my sub was VII and only damage is when hit harbour wall... Bernaaard!!! :hmm::rotfl:

03-21-07, 04:23 AM	#3
shegeek72 WAV Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 603 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	You might want to give the War Ace Campaign mod a try. It may not be as historically accurate as GWX, but I've never failed to come across some kind of action (except perhaps way out in the middle of the Atlantic out of the shipping lanes). For example, while heading home passing through the English channel I encountered a fishing trawler. Small fry, but I figured for the fun of it to surface and sink it with the deck gun. The trawler was just about in range when two Brit aircraft showed up! So I crash dived and just as the Brit planes flew on a couple Luffewaffe aircraft showed up and strafed the trawler! :p I thought since friendlies were in the sky to surface and finish off the trawler, but as soon as I did the Brit aircraft showed up again! So it was back under the surface. I decided this was too much trouble for a paltry trawler and headed back on course to Brest. This was after a satisfying patrol of sinking, among other ships, a pyro that put on a lovely show when it exploded and an ore carrier. --