U-Boat number

flugkapitan · 08-28-10, 09:22 PM

U-123 Type IXB, 2nd Flotilla. I picked that number because that particular boat survived the war. Hope it might bring me some luck!

HW3 · 08-28-10, 09:40 PM

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grid AM53 (grumble grumble)

That is real good hunting in there, a little shallow, but good hunting anyway.

frau kaleun · 08-28-10, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by HW3

That is real good hunting in there, a little shallow, but good hunting anyway.

It's the shallow part that worries me, combined with the potential proximity of RN task forces. Which I hate to pass up if given the chance to intercept (and there's a big prize involved), but don't want to tangle with if I can't dive as deep as the boat will safely go.

HW3 · 08-28-10, 09:51 PM

I get you. Spend the 24 there and move to the Northwestern part of AM52. There is still great hunting there with lots of convoys going both ways, and deep water too.

Alpha Von Burg · 08-28-10, 09:54 PM

U-46, type VIIB.

frau kaleun · 08-28-10, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HW3

I get you. Spend the 24 there and move to the Northwestern part of AM52. There is still great hunting there with lots of convoys going both ways, and deep water too.

That's exactly my plan, mate!

I've already lost one boat to a TF of destroyers that spotted me just after I spotted them in the North Sea, in the grid east of Scapa. I ran silent and went as deep as I could but it wasn't nearly deep enough to throw them off. And there wasn't a fog bank in sight to lose myself in on the surface.

I have to admit that for a while afterwards I'd keep asking for a different grid in Commander until I got one that I knew wasn't in the Nordsee or too close to the English/Scottish coast. Then I lucked out and drew one right off that had me down where the shipping routes out of West Africa peel off in one direction towards Gibraltar and in the other towards Britain. Had fantastic luck down that way so I figure I'm due to take whatever I get this time around. Don't intend to push my luck though.

Venatore · 08-29-10, 12:09 AM

Type VIIC,
U-657
Why 657
6 Letters in my first name
5 Letters in my middle name
7 Letters in my Surname

Then I researched everything about her.

Draka · 08-29-10, 12:27 AM

Shaking down U 45 - also waiting for W@W5 and getting my mods all working. Including finding a roster of the original crew and modifying my files to match.

08-28-10, 09:51 PM	#4
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,576 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	I get you. Spend the 24 there and move to the Northwestern part of AM52. There is still great hunting there with lots of convoys going both ways, and deep water too. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

08-28-10, 09:22 PM	#1
flugkapitan Loader Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 84 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	U-123 Type IXB, 2nd Flotilla. I picked that number because that particular boat survived the war. Hope it might bring me some luck!

08-28-10, 09:54 PM	#5
Alpha Von Burg Engineer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Unknown Posts: 202 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	U-46, type VIIB.

08-29-10, 12:09 AM	#7
Venatore Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia:- Sydney Posts: 2,049 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Type VIIC, U-657 Why 657 6 Letters in my first name 5 Letters in my middle name 7 Letters in my Surname Then I researched everything about her.

08-29-10, 12:27 AM	#8
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	Shaking down U 45 - also waiting for W@W5 and getting my mods all working. Including finding a roster of the original crew and modifying my files to match.