Killed in Dover harbor.

[bigboywooly]

Either that or this is an armed trawler NOT docked parked near the entrance Maybe he got you

[Red Heat]

For the next time its beter to wait they leave the harbour first, then choose a strategical position to ambush the enemy...its more safer!

[prowler3]

I had a Chatham class CL docked off my port forward side and an ASW trawler docked behind me in another part of the harbor...but he might have been able to see my 'scope. Things happened pretty fast but, after replaying things in my head, I think the Chatham opened fire and sunk me, I hit the bottom and breached the diesel tanks. Once I was on the bottom it got quiet...no periscope to shoot at? But without a drop of fuel I was pretty well hosed.

I've snuck into harbors many times with vanilla or WAC SH3. This was my 2nd attempt at one in GWX 2.1. I tried Scapa first and found that at least one of the eastern approaches was blocked by a subnet, which I promptly got stuck on top off. I was surfaces at the time and it was way dark. No damage but I could not get off the net. The game allowed me to return to base in this instance...I guess because I was not being "hunted" at the time. Are all the eastern approaches to Scapa blocked? What about the western side?

[Deep-Six]

I have tried to go into Dover and was sunk. After that I did not try it again. I could get into most harbours w/o being seen. New York was the best one to get into. Any of the Channel ports I would not recommend sneaking into, they are deathtraps.

Scapa Flow is easy to get into, getting out in one piece is another.

My advice is STAY OUT of Dover.

[prowler3]

Originally Posted by Deep-Six

Scapa Flow is easy to get into, getting out in one piece is another.

Are any of the eastern or western approaches to Scapa open (with GWX 2.1, that is)? Or must you enter from the main channel from the south?

[gAiNiAc]

Originally Posted by prowler3

Are any of the eastern or western approaches to Scapa open (with GWX 2.1, that is)? Or must you enter from the main channel from the south?

Yes........The southermost eastern approach is almost completely blocked by three wrecks. You can actually thread that needle quite easily at slow speeds.......2 knots.

I time it such that I get there with enough sunlight to pull off that maneuver at periscope depth and cruise in while silent running......you need to stay close to the center of the channel or you may run lightly aground.

Usually some sort of light coal barge is stationed at the inward side of this channel......anyhow be careful with the scope. Wait until it's dark before you pop it above water once deep along the channel.

Next I scoot into scapa proper, line up on my target and shoot a slow spread from 5,000 meters away.

I then high-tail it to the western channels, putting some distance between me and the target before it goes boom.

I may even surface and run at flank if it's dark enough.

The southern western channel is open along it's north side. You can escape out into the Northern Hebrides approaches and the Atlantic from there.

[prowler3]

Originally Posted by gAiNiAc

Yes........The southermost eastern approach is almost completely blocked by three wrecks. You can actually thread that needle quite easily at slow speeds.......2 knots.

I time it such that I get there with enough sunlight to pull off that maneuver at periscope depth and cruise in while silent running......you need to stay close to the center of the channel or you may run lightly aground.

Usually some sort of light coal barge is stationed at the inward side of this channel......anyhow be careful with the scope. Wait until it's dark before you pop it above water once deep along the channel.

Next I scoot into scapa proper, line up on my target and shoot a slow spread from 5,000 meters away.

I then high-tail it to the western channels, putting some distance between me and the target before it goes boom.

I may even surface and run at flank if it's dark enough.

The southern western channel is open along it's north side. You can escape out into the Northern Hebrides approaches and the Atlantic from there.

Excellent...thanks for the intel.

[xxx]

Originally Posted by Deep-Six

I have tried to go into Dover and was sunk. After that I did not try it again. I could get into most harbours w/o being seen. New York was the best one to get into. Any of the Channel ports I would not recommend sneaking into, they are deathtraps.

Scapa Flow is easy to get into, getting out in one piece is another.

My advice is STAY OUT of Dover.

Their not that bad, I snuck into Portland, Dover and Southend many a time and said hello with a fish or two and live to tell the tale , mind you I dont have GWX.

[Kipparikalle]

It was a devious mine, those bastards who go up and down throught the seafloor

no one expects devious mine

No one

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Dover has been one of my favorite places to raid in the early stages of the war along with Scapa Flow, Hartelpool, Loch Ewe, heck I've even thought about raiding Liverpool but never did. Come to think of it I've even raided Gibraltar and New York!! But keep this in mind port raiding is the easest ways of getting a kill but it is also the most dangerous!