South Atlantic Convoys

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Silent&deadly

Thanks to Aktungbby for his help & advice I have found & sank the 5 troop ships,although the tonnage bar has not shown any sinkings.

GLAD THAT WORKED AND THAT I CORRECTED MY ORIGINAL POST WHICH HAD THE HARBORS (DAKAR AND FREETOWN) REVERSED...AT 68 MY MEMORY IS WRETCHED

Originally Posted by ME

#1 POSTED: try waiting just off Dakar-be mindful of your fuel consumption as getting back to a friendly African coastline fuel/refit station will be tough. Alternate 'twixt long submerged time and slow fuel conserving surface time to fully recharge batteries...the bay at Dakar is very shallow so be carefull. With extreme fuel management I also found them at Cape Town. They sink easy; so one 'eel' per ship, incl your stern tube...
#2 PM'D: my mistake, you wait off Freetown and refuel/refit at French(Vichy) held Dakar. Sorry for the confusion; I don't have the game loaded. So I double-checked on a real map. The wait for the convoy may take awhile so morale boosting meals are useful; ; radioman Benno is such a wimp! also have the torpedomans skills at the highest level for reloading times. As before, by extreme fuel and submerged operation, Dakar to Cape Town and back to Dakar is doable but tedious. Good hunting, AkBBY

I ONLY POSTED THE #2 PM'D INFO IN CASE ANYONE ELSE LURKING IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND WOULD BE WASTING TIME OFF DAKAR DUE TO MY ERRONEOUS POST; WHICH IS THE ONLY U-BOAT FRIENDLY REFUEL/REFIT PORT AT THIS STAGE OF THE WAR TO ENABLE A WEST COAST AFRICAN PATROL.