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Stealth Hunter · 11-17-07, 06:55 PM

Off Normandy. Can't tell you where, exactly. Sworn secret.

Brag · 11-17-07, 07:22 PM

You may need to do a search, I have a chart screenie posted on the Tanker Alley location.

If I remember right, it is on BF39. measure 15 kms south from NE corner then run a line 240 degrees from there. That's Tanker Alley (if I got the brid correctly).

The other good location is off Cape Sao Vicente. Draw a line from 20 Kms. south of the Cape to the center of Gibraltar Strait. Lots of singles there.

Good luck!

sasquatch · 11-19-07, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

You may need to do a search, I have a chart screenie posted on the Tanker Alley location.

If I remember right, it is on BF39. measure 15 kms south from NE corner then run a line 240 degrees from there. That's Tanker Alley (if I got the brid correctly).

The other good location is off Cape Sao Vicente. Draw a line from 20 Kms. south of the Cape to the center of Gibraltar Strait. Lots of singles there.

Good luck!

Tanker alley strectches from BF3933 to BF 3977. Just go up and down those two points, slowly, and go to pd every few hours. Don't waste your time on the merchants, unless its calm weather, then you can use your deck and flack guns. I'll use up all of the IXB's eel's in 5 days there on Tankers and C3's. Oh, and there is also an occasional convoy

U49 · 11-19-07, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sasquatch

Oh, and there is also an occasional convoy

I just arrived in that grid. 5 hours of patrolling later, I made sightcontact with a convoy.

Summer'40, that means 2 warships,.... and by now they are GONE

together with the first torpedo salvo and 3 freighters.

Right now, I've just reloaded, darkness has just arrived and my manouvers put me now on the left flank 2000m to the outer lane.....

I'm afraid I won't have enough torpedos to find out if there would be single freighters in this area :rotfl:

Hartmann · 11-19-07, 07:31 PM

Yes , gibraltar is a good area for hunting, but be careful with planes.

i decided to push the things a bit and i enter to the med with my IX-b boat in 1941 and is an interesting zone, not large convoys but yes little convoys of two ships escorted with two or one destroyer. very challenge for now.

Also i saw interesting encounters with british units and the luftwaffe near malta (stuka aerial attacks and bombings against cargo and destroyers )

.

at the moment... three destroyers, three cruisers, four large troop ships, two landing ships with war material, and other little merchants. (one patrol and half)

Brag · 11-19-07, 09:14 PM

Correction:
Tanker Alley is in BE38

sasquatch · 11-19-07, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartmann

Yes , gibraltar is a good area for hunting, but be careful with planes.

i decided to push the things a bit and i enter to the med with my IX-b boat in 1941 and is an interesting zone, not large convoys but yes little convoys of two ships escorted with two or one destroyer. very challenge for now.

Also i saw interesting encounters with british units and the luftwaffe near malta (stuka aerial attacks and bombings against cargo and destroyers )

.

at the moment... three destroyers, three cruisers, four large troop ships, two landing ships with war material, and other little merchants. (one patrol and half)

Just finished raiding Gibraltor. Had to slip past 10 warships... What really ticks me off is that I didn't receive credit for the tanker I sunk at the dock

I got seriously dc'd too... I'll just stick with good ol' Tanker Alley and grids AM 51-53 from now on.

STEED · 11-20-07, 06:30 AM

North West of Africa grid DH or west of Cape Town and south as well grid GR.

Hanomag · 11-17-07, 07:22 PM

Herr Kaluen,

Tanker alley??

Refer to Operation Spinnennetz above sticky.

Check the intel map....

Paajtor · 11-17-07, 08:12 PM

Don't feel so misjudged....you've completed your patrol, did your part in shielding off the enemy from resupplies.
The fact that no-one showed up in your grids means, that they are more likely to show up in others...so in fact, you're narrowing the chance of getting through the uboat-screen you help putting up.
Do your job...follow the orders.

Look at it this way: in RL, you would be glad you made it home safe again...and the end of the war got closer again too.
You will be an ace, regardless of resuls during this patrol in particular.

*edit*

sorry, I am VIIC/XXI-fan...

Sledgehammer427 · 11-18-07, 01:37 AM

im just a sub driver, i sink stuff, and when im not sinking stuff, u bet ur sweet arse im looking for it

when i look, i go near ports, scan coastlines, et cetera. and if nothing else happens...

i set sails on the periscope and let the winds carry me home!

papa_smurf · 11-18-07, 09:14 AM

I've had plenty of patrols in a type IX that have resulted in not much tonnage, but I have been glad to make it back to port in one piece. Best way to get some kills is to use the convoy/single merchant traffic map form the stock game, I have and it has helped me bag a many convoys. Also try Operation Spinnennitz for intel on ship traffic for your patrol grid.

Canovaro · 11-18-07, 03:47 PM

http://operationspinnennetz.isaf.us/printview.htm

select GWX

Jimbuna · 11-18-07, 04:48 PM

Try 200km west of Gib

11-17-07, 07:22 PM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	You may need to do a search, I have a chart screenie posted on the Tanker Alley location. If I remember right, it is on BF39. measure 15 kms south from NE corner then run a line 240 degrees from there. That's Tanker Alley (if I got the brid correctly). The other good location is off Cape Sao Vicente. Draw a line from 20 Kms. south of the Cape to the center of Gibraltar Strait. Lots of singles there. Good luck! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

11-19-07, 07:31 PM	#5
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Yes , gibraltar is a good area for hunting, but be careful with planes. i decided to push the things a bit and i enter to the med with my IX-b boat in 1941 and is an interesting zone, not large convoys but yes little convoys of two ships escorted with two or one destroyer. very challenge for now. Also i saw interesting encounters with british units and the luftwaffe near malta (stuka aerial attacks and bombings against cargo and destroyers ) . at the moment... three destroyers, three cruisers, four large troop ships, two landing ships with war material, and other little merchants. (one patrol and half) __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

11-19-07, 09:14 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Correction: Tanker Alley is in BE38 __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

11-20-07, 06:30 AM	#8
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	North West of Africa grid DH or west of Cape Town and south as well grid GR. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-17-07, 07:22 PM	#9
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Herr Kaluen, Tanker alley?? Refer to Operation Spinnennetz above sticky. Check the intel map.... __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

11-17-07, 06:55 PM	#1
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Off Normandy. Can't tell you where, exactly. Sworn secret.

11-17-07, 08:12 PM	#10
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,552 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	Don't feel so misjudged....you've completed your patrol, did your part in shielding off the enemy from resupplies. The fact that no-one showed up in your grids means, that they are more likely to show up in others...so in fact, you're narrowing the chance of getting through the uboat-screen you help putting up. Do your job...follow the orders. Look at it this way: in RL, you would be glad you made it home safe again...and the end of the war got closer again too. You will be an ace, regardless of resuls during this patrol in particular. edit sorry, I am VIIC/XXI-fan... __________________

11-18-07, 01:37 AM	#11
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	im just a sub driver, i sink stuff, and when im not sinking stuff, u bet ur sweet arse im looking for it when i look, i go near ports, scan coastlines, et cetera. and if nothing else happens... i set sails on the periscope and let the winds carry me home! __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

11-18-07, 09:14 AM	#12
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I've had plenty of patrols in a type IX that have resulted in not much tonnage, but I have been glad to make it back to port in one piece. Best way to get some kills is to use the convoy/single merchant traffic map form the stock game, I have and it has helped me bag a many convoys. Also try Operation Spinnennitz for intel on ship traffic for your patrol grid. __________________

11-18-07, 03:47 PM	#13
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	http://operationspinnennetz.isaf.us/printview.htm select GWX

11-18-07, 04:48 PM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,142 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Try 200km west of Gib __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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