Unflagged ships

eBeaker · 12-11-10, 11:40 PM

Does anyone know what those red unflagged ships with the two beacons on top of their masts are about?

VONHARRIS · 12-12-10, 01:15 AM

They are lightships. They can not be destroyed as they are classified as enviromental objects in the game. They are just eye-candy.

Gargamel · 12-12-10, 01:53 AM

Actually, when I asked this question a few months ago (

) I learned they are more than just eye candy. They actually mark shallows that would be very detrimental to sailing into. They (GWX team or devs, not sure who actually placed them) placed a small ship next to them so your lookouts would call them out and you can avoid them.

Tessa · 12-12-10, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Actually, when I asked this question a few months ago (

) I learned they are more than just eye candy. They actually mark shallows that would be very detrimental to sailing into. They (GWX team or devs, not sure who actually placed them) placed a small ship next to them so your lookouts would call them out and you can avoid them.

I've always thought of them as seriously damaged ships waiting for tug boats (have seen them traveling to them previously) to come and pull them back into port. Are the just eye candy or do they send out a SSS call when you pass by one?

Mittelwaechter · 12-12-10, 06:29 AM

Yesterday I visited Dover to check what's in there. It's May 1940 and I was creeping slowly closer when a flock of He 111 showed up and bombed the swimming dock and a few freighters in the harbour. I realized a wisp of smoke at my six and F12-ved over to a burning lightship that has been attacked by the He 111. Obviously the flyboys identify these lightships as valid targets.

Sailor Steve · 12-12-10, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter

Yesterday I visited Dover to check what's in there. It's May 1940 and I was creeping slowly closer when a flock of He 111 showed up and bombed the swimming dock and a few freighters in the harbour. I realized a wisp of smoke at my six and F12-ved over to a burning lightship that has been attacked by the He 111. Obviously the flyboys identify these lightships as valid targets.

Probably not. Environmental Objects cannot be spotted by watch crews, so each lightship has a tugboat parked next to it so your crew can see them. That may be what the planes were aiming at.

@ Gargamel: It was the GWX team. They don't appear in the stock game.

Tessa · 12-12-10, 02:43 PM

I've emptied my whole deck gun into one of those things before as a test and didn't even scratch it (literally, am using the torpedo damage mod). There's always some on the east coast of Ireland so am always hesitant that if they spot me some torpedo boats or a couple of DD's will appear out of nowhere to hunt me down.

You can also target icebergs, but those things are hard to sink.

VONHARRIS · 12-13-10, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Tessa

I've emptied my whole deck gun into one of those things before as a test and didn't even scratch it (literally, am using the torpedo damage mod). There's always some on the east coast of Ireland so am always hesitant that if they spot me some torpedo boats or a couple of DD's will appear out of nowhere to hunt me down.

You can also target icebergs, but those things are hard to sink.

There is also an other one north of the Dutch coast , with a tugboat next to it. I have sailed next to them and nothing happened, but that was late 1939 early 1940.

I didn't know an iceberg can be sunk. Once out of curiosity I rammed one with an IXD2 , but curiosity killed the cat.

Jimbuna · 12-13-10, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Actually, when I asked this question a few months ago (

) I learned they are more than just eye candy. They actually mark shallows that would be very detrimental to sailing into. They (GWX team or devs, not sure who actually placed them) placed a small ship next to them so your lookouts would call them out and you can avoid them.

Correct

Mittelwaechter · 12-13-10, 08:44 AM

Well, the one lightship outside of Dover had no companion and was finally sunk by these He 111.

I'll have to retry that, but I think it did not show up on my contact list. I'll try to 'ping' it visually next time I am around.

Hanomag · 12-13-10, 10:56 AM

"Hey Teachers.. leave them lightships alonneee....."

12-11-10, 11:40 PM	#1
eBeaker Watch Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 17 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Unflagged ships Does anyone know what those red unflagged ships with the two beacons on top of their masts are about?

12-12-10, 01:53 AM	#3
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Actually, when I asked this question a few months ago () I learned they are more than just eye candy. They actually mark shallows that would be very detrimental to sailing into. They (GWX team or devs, not sure who actually placed them) placed a small ship next to them so your lookouts would call them out and you can avoid them. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

12-12-10, 06:29 AM	#5
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Yesterday I visited Dover to check what's in there. It's May 1940 and I was creeping slowly closer when a flock of He 111 showed up and bombed the swimming dock and a few freighters in the harbour. I realized a wisp of smoke at my six and F12-ved over to a burning lightship that has been attacked by the He 111. Obviously the flyboys identify these lightships as valid targets. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

12-13-10, 08:44 AM	#10
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Well, the one lightship outside of Dover had no companion and was finally sunk by these He 111. I'll have to retry that, but I think it did not show up on my contact list. I'll try to 'ping' it visually next time I am around. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

12-13-10, 10:56 AM	#11
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	"Hey Teachers.. leave them lightships alonneee....." __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

12-12-10, 01:15 AM	#2
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	They are lightships. They can not be destroyed as they are classified as enviromental objects in the game. They are just eye-candy.

12-12-10, 02:43 PM	#7
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I've emptied my whole deck gun into one of those things before as a test and didn't even scratch it (literally, am using the torpedo damage mod). There's always some on the east coast of Ireland so am always hesitant that if they spot me some torpedo boats or a couple of DD's will appear out of nowhere to hunt me down. You can also target icebergs, but those things are hard to sink.