How do you guys patrol?

03-16-10, 03:16 PM

i usually stay away from england to keep the planes at bay, with the VIIA i dont want to waste any fuel on recharging batteries, more fuel means more time on station waiting for a big convoy.

The tonnage i lose in coastal shipping is made up for because everytime i see a big convoy i have a full load of torpedos, and the fuel to stay with them night, after night, after night (position reports on the surface during the day)

Take out one destroyer on the opening attack to always keep a flank open, than play cat and mouse with the defences. As i said in another thread my sub hasnt so much as felt the ping of an asdic signal, much less a bullet or depth charge

January 1940, 81,000 tons, 1 Battleship, 3 destroyers, 7 merchants of various types., Full real manual TDC dead is dead

SabreHawk · 03-16-10, 03:46 PM

Contrary to how some do, I will never waste a torpedo on a DD. They dont yield tonnage for spit and if you miss you've given yourself away, and risk getting killed, and at the very least you now wont have much chance of getting any of the merchant ships he's escorting.
The whole idea is to sink shipping, not DD's. DD's are to be avoided and evaded not attacked unless you have to. Uboats have so little chance against a DD that it's a foolhardy move to attack them, and draw their attention to you.

The most pleasure I get is sneaking in, and hitting the merchants and then escaping the DD's wrath, or even better having them never see you coming or going, and never getting a line on you period.

The Uboats only strong point, is stealth so use that above all else. Once that is lost, you may well be too cause you are no match for a DD any day. You are perhaps the slowest warship on the sea and your only advantage is stealth and must make full use of that being it is your biggest strength.

utops · 03-16-10, 06:42 PM

Im going to the ordered area dive and listen to the sea. One day here, second day there and always some contact give a sound.
But when im bored or in not playish immersion mood, then i do the circles on 1/3 near ports or straits. But most of the time just intercepting red squares with tails on the map when they being reported by intelligence.

03-16-10, 03:46 PM	#2
SabreHawk Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 530 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Contrary to how some do, I will never waste a torpedo on a DD. They dont yield tonnage for spit and if you miss you've given yourself away, and risk getting killed, and at the very least you now wont have much chance of getting any of the merchant ships he's escorting. The whole idea is to sink shipping, not DD's. DD's are to be avoided and evaded not attacked unless you have to. Uboats have so little chance against a DD that it's a foolhardy move to attack them, and draw their attention to you. The most pleasure I get is sneaking in, and hitting the merchants and then escaping the DD's wrath, or even better having them never see you coming or going, and never getting a line on you period. The Uboats only strong point, is stealth so use that above all else. Once that is lost, you may well be too cause you are no match for a DD any day. You are perhaps the slowest warship on the sea and your only advantage is stealth and must make full use of that being it is your biggest strength. __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind"

03-16-10, 03:16 PM	#1
MattDizzle Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	i usually stay away from england to keep the planes at bay, with the VIIA i dont want to waste any fuel on recharging batteries, more fuel means more time on station waiting for a big convoy. The tonnage i lose in coastal shipping is made up for because everytime i see a big convoy i have a full load of torpedos, and the fuel to stay with them night, after night, after night (position reports on the surface during the day) Take out one destroyer on the opening attack to always keep a flank open, than play cat and mouse with the defences. As i said in another thread my sub hasnt so much as felt the ping of an asdic signal, much less a bullet or depth charge January 1940, 81,000 tons, 1 Battleship, 3 destroyers, 7 merchants of various types., Full real manual TDC dead is dead

03-16-10, 06:42 PM	#3
utops Planesman Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Gdańsk,Poland Posts: 197 Downloads: 202 Uploads: 0	Im going to the ordered area dive and listen to the sea. One day here, second day there and always some contact give a sound. But when im bored or in not playish immersion mood, then i do the circles on 1/3 near ports or straits. But most of the time just intercepting red squares with tails on the map when they being reported by intelligence.