remote kill

czwij · 02-05-10, 08:34 AM

Gutentag aller,

what is the most remote area that you have sunk a ship?
severe northern arctic or sweltering tip of africa?
maybe even india...?

Gotland · 02-05-10, 10:18 AM

Haven't got much experience yet but...

Once (in spring 1940) i travelled all the way to Båtvika whaling station in Jan Mayen (a large arctic island belonging to Norway, 540 km northeast of Iceland) after my 24h patrol was finished.
I was curious about the place, and the name of the place gave me the hopes of finding large norwegian whaling ships in their harbour.

When i finally reached there, i was disappointed. Only a few small trawlers/fishing vessels were in the harbour.
Cause i travelled that fruitless distance to get there, i sunk them anyways, with torpedoes (gotta spend them on something right?).

Afterwards i read up a little bit on Jan Mayen.

Hasn't been any whaling there since the 1600's and the island served as a norwegian weather station, which they abandoned spring 1940 right after the invasion, and was used later by the allies (1941 and onwards) as a weather/radiostation.

So if you want to go to remote Båtvika looking for juicy underprotected enemy norwegian whale factory ships either for renown value or aspiring to be a more successful version of the Sea shepherds (of Whale Wars fame), you're gonna be disappointed.

ryanglavin · 02-05-10, 11:45 PM

I Was sitting at the coast of greenland, very southern tip, Late 1941.
Nothing was moving, like usual, but i like to have 30+ day patrols so my crew has plenty of days off. I spent 5 days in that zone, then i usually spend another 5 to another place and so on and so forth.
So on the 4th day of sitting there, a bad storm hits and visibility is zero.
A large merchant is literally about to ram my conning tower, so i pump up 18 Kts, and get a nice stern shot. I hit it right under the keel at the bow, and it split in half. And that is my story

. I looked it up, and about 2 ships per month went to where i was doing nothing.

02-05-10, 08:34 AM	#1
czwij Watch Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 23 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	remote kill Gutentag aller, what is the most remote area that you have sunk a ship? severe northern arctic or sweltering tip of africa? maybe even india...?

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02-05-10, 10:18 AM	#2
Gotland Seaman Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 35 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	Haven't got much experience yet but... Once (in spring 1940) i travelled all the way to Båtvika whaling station in Jan Mayen (a large arctic island belonging to Norway, 540 km northeast of Iceland) after my 24h patrol was finished. I was curious about the place, and the name of the place gave me the hopes of finding large norwegian whaling ships in their harbour. When i finally reached there, i was disappointed. Only a few small trawlers/fishing vessels were in the harbour. Cause i travelled that fruitless distance to get there, i sunk them anyways, with torpedoes (gotta spend them on something right?). Afterwards i read up a little bit on Jan Mayen. Hasn't been any whaling there since the 1600's and the island served as a norwegian weather station, which they abandoned spring 1940 right after the invasion, and was used later by the allies (1941 and onwards) as a weather/radiostation. So if you want to go to remote Båtvika looking for juicy underprotected enemy norwegian whale factory ships either for renown value or aspiring to be a more successful version of the Sea shepherds (of Whale Wars fame), you're gonna be disappointed.

02-05-10, 11:45 PM	#3
ryanglavin Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Evading that Hunter/Killer Group on my Tail Posts: 584 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I Was sitting at the coast of greenland, very southern tip, Late 1941. Nothing was moving, like usual, but i like to have 30+ day patrols so my crew has plenty of days off. I spent 5 days in that zone, then i usually spend another 5 to another place and so on and so forth. So on the 4th day of sitting there, a bad storm hits and visibility is zero. A large merchant is literally about to ram my conning tower, so i pump up 18 Kts, and get a nice stern shot. I hit it right under the keel at the bow, and it split in half. And that is my story . I looked it up, and about 2 ships per month went to where i was doing nothing.