Reception at Foriegn Ports (Med & Indian Ocean)

Cybermat47 · 11-07-18, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bstanko6

Some countries would not want to openly support the Nazis. So I can see the ports being empty. Sorry.

If it helps on Das Boot they had to sneak into the port!

Yes, but Spain was neutral. Japan and Italy did openly support the Nazis.

bstanko6 · 11-07-18, 10:53 PM

I was just being general about it. It doesn't bother me other countries don't throw confetti around when a u-boat shows up.

Cybermat47 · 11-08-18, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bstanko6

I was just being general about it. It doesn't bother me other countries don't throw confetti around when a u-boat shows up.

Yeah, but as the OP said, it would make sense to have a small welcoming committee from the local military.

David I · 11-08-18, 09:57 AM

I was suggesting a Reception Committee at "overseas" active U-Boat bases only. Toulon, La Spezia, Salamis, Panang & Jakarta. All of these are at Axis Allied or Axis Occupied ports with U-Boat bases.

There are no U-Boat bases at Neutral Ports.

David I

sonicninja · 11-08-18, 11:17 AM

Slightly "Off Topic" but when I visited the French port of Brest a couple of years back on a Royal Navy Nuclear submarine we received a very frosty welcome from the French sailors and civilians alike.

It prevailed that the reason for this was during the early stages of WW2 the Royal Navy destroyed a large number of French Navy ships tied up alongside Brest in order to prevent them falling into the hands of the ensuing German invasion, bearing in mind these French vessels were fully manned at the time.

bigboywooly · 11-08-18, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sonicninja

Slightly "Off Topic" but when I visited the French port of Brest a couple of years back on a Royal Navy Nuclear submarine we received a very frosty welcome from the French sailors and civilians alike.

It prevailed that the reason for this was during the early stages of WW2 the Royal Navy destroyed a large number of French Navy ships tied up alongside Brest in order to prevent them falling into the hands of the ensuing German invasion, bearing in mind these French vessels were fully manned at the time.

Thought that was in Mers el Kebir

https://www.combinedops.com/mers%20el%20kabir.htm

sonicninja · 11-08-18, 03:31 PM

You could be right and I may have been misinformed at the time but I knew it had something to do with the Royal Navy sinking French ship, if that's true I stand corrected, every day is a school day for me

11-08-18, 09:57 AM	#4
David I Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 231 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Clarification I was suggesting a Reception Committee at "overseas" active U-Boat bases only. Toulon, La Spezia, Salamis, Panang & Jakarta. All of these are at Axis Allied or Axis Occupied ports with U-Boat bases. There are no U-Boat bases at Neutral Ports. David I

11-07-18, 10:53 PM	#2
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	I was just being general about it. It doesn't bother me other countries don't throw confetti around when a u-boat shows up.

11-08-18, 11:17 AM	#5
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	Slightly "Off Topic" but when I visited the French port of Brest a couple of years back on a Royal Navy Nuclear submarine we received a very frosty welcome from the French sailors and civilians alike. It prevailed that the reason for this was during the early stages of WW2 the Royal Navy destroyed a large number of French Navy ships tied up alongside Brest in order to prevent them falling into the hands of the ensuing German invasion, bearing in mind these French vessels were fully manned at the time.

11-08-18, 03:31 PM	#7
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	You could be right and I may have been misinformed at the time but I knew it had something to do with the Royal Navy sinking French ship, if that's true I stand corrected, every day is a school day for me