an opinion

Doolar · 07-03-09, 10:33 PM

need an opinion : Its March 1940 ... got orders to Patrol Area BF44 ... Leaving WILHELMSHAVEN ... Is the English Channel still kinda safe ?

GoldenRivet · 07-03-09, 10:54 PM

Enter the channel at your own risk my friend.

i would consider the english channel safe for the first 10 days of conflict - beyond that - its a no mans land

TheBrauerHour · 07-03-09, 11:34 PM

It is never to be considered safe. If you MUST try it...perhaps a submerged battery run and only come up at night to recharge. Oh and hope for foul weather to aid you.

Torplexed · 07-03-09, 11:40 PM

The Channel never seems safe to me. Many a time I've been on the verge of exiting it after many narrow close-calls and evasions and boom! I hit a mine.

TarJak · 07-03-09, 11:43 PM

In RL the Channel was very rarely used by u-Boats after 1939. There are good reasons for that:

Shallow water
Close to English ports full of small anti-submarine boats
Heavily mined by both sides
Was just as fast to go to the North of the British Isles to get to the Western Approaches and more lucrative from a shipping target perspective.
After August 1940 the Atlantic ports were available negating the need to come all the way from German ports to get to patrol areas.

Jimbuna · 07-04-09, 08:52 AM

STAY OUT OF THE CHANNEL!!

Doolar · 07-04-09, 09:19 AM

Thanx for the advice ... I'll go around the top

Torplexed · 07-04-09, 09:20 AM

While we're on the subject, the Kriegsmarine advises all it's commanders to avoid that other English Channel as well.

BulSoldier · 07-04-09, 09:45 AM

Ive crossed the chanel just as german troops took over northern france

so there were some really strange encounters.

My advices are if you decide to cross it be close to german(french) coast, stay underwater during the day, during the night cruise at high speed.

Laufen zum Ziel · 07-05-09, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doolar Semler

Thanx for the advice ... I'll go around the top

Advice well taken. Live to fight another day.

DaveU186 · 07-05-09, 11:34 AM

Once France falls it seems to be a bit easier to scoot through there. Wouldn't make a habit of it though. Never mind smoking, that's a habit with real health risks.

Sea Hawk · 07-05-09, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torplexed

While we're on the subject, the Kriegsmarine advises all it's commanders to avoid that other English Channel as well.

Ive got sponcership from the BBC, there is an advert for them on my bridge!

(Ive already asked on a previous thread what it stood for)

TarJak · 07-05-09, 04:38 PM

BdU orders than from now on this is the only English Channel to use:

Just don't let your mother catch you doing it after 2130.

Sea Hawk · 07-06-09, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GalaKev

No!!!!!

it's 13 weeks of Big Brother at the moment.

Many weeks spent in the same container with the same people, unable to get out, and someone watching from a computer screen giving orders.

What does that sound like?

Big brother or SH3?

KeybdFlyer · 07-06-09, 01:03 PM

You've no idea just how lucky you are! I moved here to the U.S. a few years back, the worst of Ch4 is 10x better than the best on offer here! If it weren't for PBS I'd be insane by now (no comments - I already know my mental condition, lol). They have to provide hundreds of cable channels just so you can try to find something watchable - if you have the patience to bother scrolling through the endless lists.

07-03-09, 10:33 PM	#1
Doolar Expert Shipsinker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Baltimore,Md./ CA45 Posts: 919 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	an opinion need an opinion : Its March 1940 ... got orders to Patrol Area BF44 ... Leaving WILHELMSHAVEN ... Is the English Channel still kinda safe ?

07-03-09, 10:54 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Enter the channel at your own risk my friend. i would consider the english channel safe for the first 10 days of conflict - beyond that - its a no mans land __________________

07-03-09, 11:43 PM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	In RL the Channel was very rarely used by u-Boats after 1939. There are good reasons for that: Shallow water Close to English ports full of small anti-submarine boats Heavily mined by both sides Was just as fast to go to the North of the British Isles to get to the Western Approaches and more lucrative from a shipping target perspective. After August 1940 the Atlantic ports were available negating the need to come all the way from German ports to get to patrol areas.

07-04-09, 08:52 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	STAY OUT OF THE CHANNEL!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-04-09, 09:45 AM	#9
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Ive crossed the chanel just as german troops took over northern france so there were some really strange encounters. My advices are if you decide to cross it be close to german(french) coast, stay underwater during the day, during the night cruise at high speed. __________________ By the hour !

07-03-09, 11:34 PM	#3
TheBrauerHour Mr. Eastwood Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 364 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	It is never to be considered safe. If you MUST try it...perhaps a submerged battery run and only come up at night to recharge. Oh and hope for foul weather to aid you.

07-03-09, 11:40 PM	#4
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The Channel never seems safe to me. Many a time I've been on the verge of exiting it after many narrow close-calls and evasions and boom! I hit a mine.

07-04-09, 09:19 AM	#7
Doolar Expert Shipsinker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Baltimore,Md./ CA45 Posts: 919 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	Thanx for the advice ... I'll go around the top

07-04-09, 09:20 AM	#8
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	While we're on the subject, the Kriegsmarine advises all it's commanders to avoid that other English Channel as well.

07-05-09, 11:34 AM	#11
DaveU186 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 112 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Once France falls it seems to be a bit easier to scoot through there. Wouldn't make a habit of it though. Never mind smoking, that's a habit with real health risks.

07-05-09, 04:38 PM	#13
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	BdU orders than from now on this is the only English Channel to use: Just don't let your mother catch you doing it after 2130.

07-06-09, 01:03 PM	#15
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	You've no idea just how lucky you are! I moved here to the U.S. a few years back, the worst of Ch4 is 10x better than the best on offer here! If it weren't for PBS I'd be insane by now (no comments - I already know my mental condition, lol). They have to provide hundreds of cable channels just so you can try to find something watchable - if you have the patience to bother scrolling through the endless lists.