How to lose destroyers..?

[Delareon]

Originally Posted by Tessa

You've never experienced the excitement of getting caught by 4 DD's in Gibraltor on your way transfer to La Spezia....

How did u get that transfer travel?
I always wanted that orders but if u change flotilla u and your boat are "beamed" there. Do you drive there on your own when u plan to change flotilla?

[Paulski]

By the way, are the destroyers constantly pinging, or only when they suspect your presence? I suspect the last, but I'd just want to be sure

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by Paulski

By the way, are the destroyers constantly pinging, or only when they suspect your presence? I suspect the last, but I'd just want to be sure

When they suspect. They won't necessarily find you, but it's a good indication they know you are close.

But to add to your question:

Must the ping be directed at you for you to hear it?

I am not sure about that.

[Pisces]

I was hoping to find an Elmer Fudd Clip, but this one wil have to do.

[Paulski]

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

When they suspect. They won't necessarily find you, but it's a good indication they know you are close.

But to add to your question:

Must the ping be directed at you for you to hear it?

I am not sure about that.

So even if they're pinging me, it doesn't mean they have found me?

[Gargamel]

Not neccesarily, they have to acquire you on active sonar.

But on the flip side, if they're aren't pinging, it doesn't they don't have you either. They did have passive sonar.

Ain't being a subber fun?

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by Aspen

Gentleman! If I may say something...

I suggest never attacking task forces when you haven't got that deep under keel.

Uncle Karl: So, young man, I am giving you a U-boat command.

Roasty: Oh, hell yeah!

Karl: Now, you do know the tactical advantages of a U-boat?

Roasty: Dinner is always swaying slightly sickeningly just beyond my navigator?

Karl: (smirk) Your U-boat's only tactical advantage is that it moves in a three-dimensional space. Your opponents only move in two-dimensional space.

Roasty: (ding!!) 200 meters of depth is my friend!

Karl: (beaming) Here are the keys. Prien banged it up a bit, but we rolled out those dents. And no one drives new in CE33 anyway.

Roasty: (maddly scribbling) 200 meters = good. 50 meters = No birthday.

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by Delareon

How did u get that transfer travel?
I always wanted that orders but if u change flotilla u and your boat are "beamed" there. Do you drive there on your own when u plan to change flotilla?

Knowing ahead of time when Salamis opens up I try to plan my patrols to end such that it will have just become available when I am ready for my next patrol. Just use the phone to transfer to the 23'rd Flotilla in Salamis. Your next patrol will be to go from wherever you're currently stationed to Salamis on the next patrol. Once La Spezia open Salamis closes and you automatically get transferred to the 29th Flotilla in the same manner (though you aren't given any options, the transfer is mandatory if you stay in the Med).

For the patrol in which you actually do the transfer you are given a patrol area of NULL and your destination will be Salamis/La Spezia. Personally I prefer Salamis, its much closer to the action and main shipping lanes and task forces. If you do want to transfer to the med theatre do so as soon as it becomes available (which if I recall is 8/41 for Salamis) so that getting through Gibraltor is easier. When La Spezia closes if you don't go onto Toulon and instead back out into the Atlantic getting through Gibraltor in late 43'/44' can be quite difficult.