Advice for harbour raids

[Kaptain Hans Wolf]

loch ewe is great, in late 39 i managed to sink the battleship nelson for 33,000 tons. how ever in the later years, its nearly suicidal trying to get into ports.

[Wreford-Brown]

Valetta, Dec 1941 and Oct 1942.

Hug the shore of the southern side of the island and the southern side of the harbour wall and you'll miss the sub nets. To find the southern side of the sub net, draw a line 2.9km long from the northern tip of the eastern breakwater directly due east. From this point, draw a second line 2.2km due south. If you stay between this point and the shore you'll get in behind the net and if you hug the eastern breakwater you'll get straight into the harbour.

Inside the harbour were a Small tanker, Small merchant, LST, Tribal class and 2 x V&W class.
If you return in Oct 1942 there's a T class submarine there as well.
Neutrals was a single Tramp Steamer.

Defending the harbour were at least 8 ASW ships - A&B class, C&D class, V&W class, Tribal class, Flower class. You name it, it's there.

Overall, hard work for little gain.

[GoldenRivet]

I have been harbor raiding in the Schnell Boot all weekend

great fun!

left lorient in my Schnell Boot and proceeded to hit 2 southern port cities... only problem is you only get 4 torps!

I rumbled in at low speed and fired a spred of two at a docked large tanker from about 800 meters range and made an ahead flank U-turn, they had no idea i was even there until the torpedoes hit the target and sent a massive fireball into the sky.

those two Mercedes-Benz engines sounded sweet turning high RPM as shells and tracers passed overhead. One destroyer gave chase but couldnt keep up.

the next day i stumbled across a large convoy. when the destroyer broke off i rushed in at 39 knots with my boat occasionally jumping out of the water, and fired a spread at a large merchant ship and made a slight turn to parallel the convoy in the opposite direction. When the torpedoes hit the sky filled once again with tracers and shells but i thanks again to the loud rumble of those Mercedes Benz engines I escaped undamaged.

some of those shells splashed awfully close to me though!

if you havnt at least tried the schnell boot mod - its worth looking into. but beware... always leave yourself an escape route, because if those destroyers get your cornered all hell will break loose!

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I have been harbor raiding in the Schnell Boot all weekend

great fun!

Not quite the Silent Hunter eh GR?

[sturmer]

in 1 of Scapa Flow's alleys there is a kind of barrier made from shipwrecks, in the other alleys u have to watch out for destroyers.

Dunkirk has a small subnet about 1500 m of shore.

Reykjavik is not a smart idea to go into, lots of targets but allot of dc's too lol.

its better to stay out of the harbors

sturmer

[deepboat]

Loch Ewe Oct 1939, I didn't do it! Bernard!!

[Steiner88]

i love to get in the harbor.is not easy.But sometimes is the only way to sink ships of more than 10,000 tonnes beyond that entering or leaving is also a challenge.

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by sturmer

in 1 of Scapa Flow's alleys there is a kind of barrier made from shipwrecks, in the other alleys u have to watch out for destroyers.

Dunkirk has a small subnet about 1500 m of shore.

Reykjavik is not a smart idea to go into, lots of targets but allot of dc's too lol.

its better to stay out of the harbors

sturmer

The Eastern route is full of sunken ships, rendering it completely closed whether you are submerged or on the surface. The South enterance has a nasty subnet and a minefield (heard others mention about it, never encountered it myself), and the West (least early in the war) is the only safe way to get into Scapa Flow. There's no sub nets and no sunken ships to block you. Just need to mind where the DD's are so you can dive when needed and proceed on silent speed till you're in range of your target. Though later on I believe that the Brittish start putting DD's in the Western chanel or at least outside to help improve their coverage.