Advice for harbour raids

[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.

[Keelbuster]

I tend to avoid harbour raiding - when you sink a ship in port, i assume they'll raise her eventually and either repair her or use her for scrap. I'd rather sink shipping where it can never be retrieved - i.e., in >1000m of water.

[NealT]

Harbors are fun...

My advice is...

Do it slow...
Do it at night...
Save before you go in...
Do not relax when you leave...
Practice, Practice, Practice...

And be thankful it is only a game...cause in real life DiD.

[JAKE]

I've sneaked into a few Harbors and most the time it hardly seams worth the effort unless you get into portsmouth but for that you need bad weather and a lot of time.

[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.