North Sea Mines

bigboywooly · 10-07-07, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by andylegate

Reading the above history, one has to wonder if each time they lost a ship to the mines like that if the mines were worth it? I mean letting everyone know where the mines were and of course clear areas for sailing more than likely would simply have made things about the same.

Sorry, but loosing anyone to friendly fire has always ticked me off

:rotfl:

Read it again

German mines laid off the Thames
Allied sea units sunk

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 10-07-07, 11:46 AM

From what I know about mines and the English east coast is that in 1940 you'll find mines layed in random patterns along the coast. But when they are all in place it seems imposable to get through. But there is a secret way that I can tell you about. There is a deep pocket of water near Hartlepool and you will find mines in that area but they are only at periscope depth so go aleast 10 meters below periscope depth and you can move freely under them.

PapaG39 · 10-07-07, 01:08 PM

What made me start to wondering about the mines was the fact that eight out of ten of my last patrols have been along the area that the picture on pg 55 shows where the mines are.
I was just wondering if perhaps they had replaced DD's for the mine scenario because of the cpu bog down problem with a thousand mines.

I do know that my patrol 10 in November/December 1939 the DD's have appeared in large numbers along the coast. they were operating in fast criss-cross type sweeps. Those buggers were coming at me from three different directions at once & I had one heck of a time staying out of their way...lol.. At one point I was between two convoys that were going in opposite directions. I was completely surrounded by DD's from both groups. I really have no idea how I got out of there.

If you get to near the coastline they would box you in, and I don't believe you could survive.

The big problem is Bdu orders...Germans did not disobey orders. They went to their assigned grid and did what they were told to do. And that is why all u-boats operating sent along the coast area were eventually sunk.

bigboywooly · 10-07-07, 02:11 PM

Those DDs are from stock

They are set to " come alive " when you reach rendering range

Minefields were added by mods but the scripted DDs left in

All of those have been removed in GWX 1.04 and replaced by random patrols that are within the minefield and travel from one port to another or back to the original port

PapaG39 · 10-07-07, 06:09 PM

Whoa...All I can say about that is; I have been very very lucky. My main area of operation for at least 8 patrols has been right in the middle of that mine area...
Ignorance is bliss so they say...lol. Guess I will change my mode of operende....
I can't believe I didn't run into one of those buggers...

10-07-07, 11:46 AM	#2
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	From what I know about mines and the English east coast is that in 1940 you'll find mines layed in random patterns along the coast. But when they are all in place it seems imposable to get through. But there is a secret way that I can tell you about. There is a deep pocket of water near Hartlepool and you will find mines in that area but they are only at periscope depth so go aleast 10 meters below periscope depth and you can move freely under them. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

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bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Those DDs are from stock They are set to " come alive " when you reach rendering range Minefields were added by mods but the scripted DDs left in All of those have been removed in GWX 1.04 and replaced by random patrols that are within the minefield and travel from one port to another or back to the original port __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

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10-07-07, 01:08 PM	#3
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	What made me start to wondering about the mines was the fact that eight out of ten of my last patrols have been along the area that the picture on pg 55 shows where the mines are. I was just wondering if perhaps they had replaced DD's for the mine scenario because of the cpu bog down problem with a thousand mines. I do know that my patrol 10 in November/December 1939 the DD's have appeared in large numbers along the coast. they were operating in fast criss-cross type sweeps. Those buggers were coming at me from three different directions at once & I had one heck of a time staying out of their way...lol.. At one point I was between two convoys that were going in opposite directions. I was completely surrounded by DD's from both groups. I really have no idea how I got out of there. If you get to near the coastline they would box you in, and I don't believe you could survive. The big problem is Bdu orders...Germans did not disobey orders. They went to their assigned grid and did what they were told to do. And that is why all u-boats operating sent along the coast area were eventually sunk.

10-07-07, 06:09 PM	#5
PapaG39 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 297 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Whoa...All I can say about that is; I have been very very lucky. My main area of operation for at least 8 patrols has been right in the middle of that mine area... Ignorance is bliss so they say...lol. Guess I will change my mode of operende.... I can't believe I didn't run into one of those buggers...