Convoy with no escort

Captain Nemo · 01-09-14, 08:52 AM

Early 1940 on my way to my patrol grid just north of the Cape Verde Islands I got a radio report of a large convoy nearby which I was able to intercept quite easily. To my surprise no escorts are present. So I set up a night attack to start sinking some merchants. I used a few torpedoes to sink some of the larger ships then decided to use the deck gun to pick off some of the smaller ships. Little did I know that there were a couple of merchants that were heavily armed (Q Ships)! After a close shave with those two, I am now going to set up a daylight submerged approach to try and dispatch the Q ships then surface and finish off the convoy. If successful it will be the first time in all the years I have played SH3 that I have managed to sink a whole convoy.

Tango589 · 01-09-14, 08:57 AM

Give 'em hell!

Cybermat47 · 01-09-14, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

If successful it will be the first time in all the years I have played SH3 that I have managed to sink a whole convoy.

Well, in one patrol I completely destroyed two convoys.

Of course, I was in a pocket battleship, so I might've had an advantage

Delta Wolf · 01-09-14, 10:21 AM

"Sink Em All"

Aktungbby · 01-09-14, 12:38 PM

Same thing for me off Freetown after a quick resupply at Dakar; Even the Liberties were not armed as I approached submerged at night with a very full moon("that damn Moon"!). I surfaced and laid on with eels and deck gun. Unfortunately the "Winston Special" 5 Rawalpindi troopships showed up right after and I was now totally useless against the mission target.

GJO · 01-09-14, 01:30 PM

I guess I haven't been so lucky - the last convoy I encountered in June 1940, heading West half way between Brest and the Southern coast of Ireland had four destroyer escorts plus a fifth that I didn't see coming - the result: instant death for myself and 48 good men.

Jimbuna · 01-09-14, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

Early 1940 on my way to my patrol grid just north of the Cape Verde Islands I got a radio report of a large convoy nearby which I was able to intercept quite easily. To my surprise no escorts are present. So I set up a night attack to start sinking some merchants. I used a few torpedoes to sink some of the larger ships then decided to use the deck gun to pick off some of the smaller ships. Little did I know that there were a couple of merchants that were heavily armed (Q Ships)! After a close shave with those two, I am now going to set up a daylight submerged approach to try and dispatch the Q ships then surface and finish off the convoy. If successful it will be the first time in all the years I have played SH3 that I have managed to sink a whole convoy.

Q Ships eh

Must be GWX then

U505995 · 01-09-14, 04:59 PM

I had a gwx career span over 3 years, 1940-1943 and not once have I had a run in with a q-ship.

Dread Knot · 01-09-14, 05:18 PM

To my mind a Q-ship was a merchant vessel that hid it's armament in an attempt to lure a U-Boat or submarine to the surface by looking the helpless victim. At which point the pretense was dropped, the batteries unmasked, and the guns opened fire.

As for armed merchantmen openly displaying guns, they were pretty much standard in Allied convoys by 1942-45.

Captain Nemo · 01-10-14, 02:30 AM

Yep it's GWX with the Q ship mod installed. Those ships can certainly catch you off guard when they are inside a convoy.

Jimbuna · 01-10-14, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon U-48

I had a gwx career span over 3 years, 1940-1943 and not once have I had a run in with a q-ship.

Then consider yourself lucky...the first unexpected encounter is usually the last

01-09-14, 08:52 AM	#1
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Convoy with no escort Early 1940 on my way to my patrol grid just north of the Cape Verde Islands I got a radio report of a large convoy nearby which I was able to intercept quite easily. To my surprise no escorts are present. So I set up a night attack to start sinking some merchants. I used a few torpedoes to sink some of the larger ships then decided to use the deck gun to pick off some of the smaller ships. Little did I know that there were a couple of merchants that were heavily armed (Q Ships)! After a close shave with those two, I am now going to set up a daylight submerged approach to try and dispatch the Q ships then surface and finish off the convoy. If successful it will be the first time in all the years I have played SH3 that I have managed to sink a whole convoy. __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

01-09-14, 08:57 AM	#2
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,377 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Give 'em hell! __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

01-09-14, 12:38 PM	#5
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,058 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Same thing for me off Freetown after a quick resupply at Dakar; Even the Liberties were not armed as I approached submerged at night with a very full moon("that damn Moon"!). I surfaced and laid on with eels and deck gun. Unfortunately the "Winston Special" 5 Rawalpindi troopships showed up right after and I was now totally useless against the mission target. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-10-14, 02:30 AM	#10
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Yep it's GWX with the Q ship mod installed. Those ships can certainly catch you off guard when they are inside a convoy. __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

01-09-14, 10:21 AM	#4
Delta Wolf Engineer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 209 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	"Sink Em All"

01-09-14, 01:30 PM	#6
GJO Engineer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: On the Oxford Canal in England Posts: 202 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I guess I haven't been so lucky - the last convoy I encountered in June 1940, heading West half way between Brest and the Southern coast of Ireland had four destroyer escorts plus a fifth that I didn't see coming - the result: instant death for myself and 48 good men.

01-09-14, 04:59 PM	#8
U505995 Planesman Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wisconsin, the best state in the union. Posts: 191 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I had a gwx career span over 3 years, 1940-1943 and not once have I had a run in with a q-ship.

01-09-14, 05:18 PM	#9
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	To my mind a Q-ship was a merchant vessel that hid it's armament in an attempt to lure a U-Boat or submarine to the surface by looking the helpless victim. At which point the pretense was dropped, the batteries unmasked, and the guns opened fire. As for armed merchantmen openly displaying guns, they were pretty much standard in Allied convoys by 1942-45.