The Liverpool Experiment

CherryHarbey · 08-20-10, 01:50 AM

hate to spoil a great story but the convoy must have reached its last waypoint and so they just disappear, otherwise we'd have all the harbours full of every convoy that had ever sailed.

Unless, the destroyer had just been imformed of something vital happening in Liverpool, cup of tea and a slice of cake, maybe? Was it around 4.30pm??

Skunkito · 08-20-10, 03:38 AM

Knowing Liverpool there's a fair chance the convoy got stolen.

papa_smurf · 08-20-10, 05:03 AM

Sounded a bit risky been outside Liverpool in a type IX/B. Not the best boat for stalking outside a harbour.

Jimbuna · 08-20-10, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Skunkito

Knowing Liverpool there's a fair chance the convoy got stolen.

ROFLMAO

Jimbuna · 08-20-10, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by CherryHarbey

hate to spoil a great story but the convoy must have reached its last waypoint and so they just disappear,

Most of the convoys are scripted to be deleted when they reach they're final waypoint, otherwise the ports and surrounding navigation channels would quickly become congested with up to 6 years of traffic.

This is how we simulate dockings and arrivals/departures of shipping.

Sailor Steve · 08-20-10, 06:42 AM

And the reality is that 15 km out of Liverpool the waters would be swarming with destroyers and patrol boats at all times. I doubt you would have been able to get that close in the first place.

frau kaleun · 08-20-10, 07:40 AM

Don't listen to these buzzkills, Hans. I believe you!

Gerald · 08-20-10, 08:30 AM

good service to visiting boats, especially U-boats,friendly environment and its minefields and a relatively small passage for the coming and outgoing boats,beer and food is cheap, very welcome!

frau kaleun · 08-20-10, 08:39 AM

08-20-10, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Most of the convoys are scripted to be deleted when they reach they're final waypoint, otherwise the ports and surrounding navigation channels would quickly become congested with up to 6 years of traffic.

This is how we simulate dockings and arrivals/departures of shipping.

This is what I figured the case to be. In this case, it probably saved my life. Well... In the game.

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Don't listen to these buzzkills, Hans. I believe you!

Thank you! It is your generous donations of tin foil that keep me going! The men are starting to look at me strangely while we keep watch for enemy vessels. I think they are planning to kill me, as my haberdasher is vastly superior to theirs. Mutiny is imminent.

Jimbuna · 08-20-10, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Hans Uberman

This is what I figured the case to be. In this case, it probably saved my life. Well... In the game.

Thank you! It is your generous donations of tin foil that keep me going! The men are starting to look at me strangely while we keep watch for enemy vessels. I think they are planning to kill me, as my haberdasher is vastly superior to theirs. Mutiny is imminent.

Get yersel over to a certain Canadian port and witness the biggest selection of scripted vessels/targets

Tessa · 08-21-10, 02:56 AM

Ime getting to the Liverpool harbor or even just the inlet is much more difficult than sneaking into Scapa Flow or Lock Ewe. Escorts just love to find any kind of type IX's there with that huge bullseye of a massive hull. Even with a type VII getting into Liverpool even early in the war is difficult at best (made worse that its shallow) or Bristol. Later in the war anything inside the Irish sea is suicide unless you've got mega paitence to spend most of your time submerged at silent waiting for the chance to pop up long enough to at least re-supply your air and some battery power.

08-27-10, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Tessa

Ime getting to the Liverpool harbor or even just the inlet is much more difficult than sneaking into Scapa Flow or Lock Ewe. Escorts just love to find any kind of type IX's there with that huge bullseye of a massive hull. Even with a type VII getting into Liverpool even early in the war is difficult at best (made worse that its shallow) or Bristol. Later in the war anything inside the Irish sea is suicide unless you've got mega paitence to spend most of your time submerged at silent waiting for the chance to pop up long enough to at least re-supply your air and some battery power.

The SE corner of AM53 is hell, but it's better than trying to come up from the south.
Once the RAF starts flying at night, it's pretty much guarenteed to be a one way trip.

Early on, I like the challenge of entering The Irish Sea, or even The Med with a IXB, but have never had the guts to enter any port. Prien, I ain't.

08-20-10, 05:03 AM	#3
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Sounded a bit risky been outside Liverpool in a type IX/B. Not the best boat for stalking outside a harbour. __________________

08-20-10, 06:42 AM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And the reality is that 15 km out of Liverpool the waters would be swarming with destroyers and patrol boats at all times. I doubt you would have been able to get that close in the first place. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-20-10, 08:30 AM	#8
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Liverpol is an excellent port, where it offers, good service to visiting boats, especially U-boats,friendly environment and its minefields and a relatively small passage for the coming and outgoing boats,beer and food is cheap, very welcome! __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

08-20-10, 01:50 AM	#1
CherryHarbey Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 200 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	hate to spoil a great story but the convoy must have reached its last waypoint and so they just disappear, otherwise we'd have all the harbours full of every convoy that had ever sailed. Unless, the destroyer had just been imformed of something vital happening in Liverpool, cup of tea and a slice of cake, maybe? Was it around 4.30pm??

08-20-10, 03:38 AM	#2
Skunkito Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Knowing Liverpool there's a fair chance the convoy got stolen.

08-20-10, 07:40 AM	#7
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Don't listen to these buzzkills, Hans. I believe you!

08-20-10, 08:39 AM	#9
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0

08-21-10, 02:56 AM	#12
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Ime getting to the Liverpool harbor or even just the inlet is much more difficult than sneaking into Scapa Flow or Lock Ewe. Escorts just love to find any kind of type IX's there with that huge bullseye of a massive hull. Even with a type VII getting into Liverpool even early in the war is difficult at best (made worse that its shallow) or Bristol. Later in the war anything inside the Irish sea is suicide unless you've got mega paitence to spend most of your time submerged at silent waiting for the chance to pop up long enough to at least re-supply your air and some battery power.