Whats the most distant patrol in your type VII?

Kapitan · 11-07-06, 05:28 AM

Brest to AK37 if i had done it in a straight line there wouldnt have been an issue but because i made tonnes of deturs along te way i arrived back in port with a little under 5% of diesel left or there abouts.

Tijn · 11-07-06, 05:50 AM

I'm also not going in a straight line bit below Ijsland just to cover the concoy routes. It's just that i like the hunting ground near AK and AJ.

Grtz Tijn

Kapitan · 11-07-06, 05:51 AM

Im after a carrier kill i know theres one in norfolk and well i want to get it sometime within the next 5 months.

NipplesTheCat · 11-07-06, 05:38 PM

I have been extremely tempted to see if I can make it to Norfolk in my type VII. I want that carrier. I have no idea if I can make it, or how much fuel ill have to work with if I do, but I do know that every patrol I go on I always have plenty of extra fuel. Maybe ill head out that way after my next patrol. I need to pay a visit to Freetown first.

Ducimus · 11-07-06, 05:52 PM

Oh im sure you can get there. Infact i know you can. Getting back however might prove to be problematic.

NipplesTheCat · 11-07-06, 06:14 PM

Oh har har har. You think youre better than me because your boat has longer range? Well ive got news for you,....you arent!

P.S. I plan on running out of fuel a few miles from base and riding one of my own torpedos the rest of the way to shore.

andy_311 · 11-07-06, 06:16 PM

Lorient to GR89 on the return trip took out a 14knt convoy could'nt actually miss ii it spawned right in front of me all ships were Tankers and a Bouge class carrier in the centre.

NipplesTheCat · 11-07-06, 06:34 PM

Lucky find. I was forced to let the first and only carrier ive ever seen pass me by on the horizion at 21knts. There was no way I could catch it. Too fast, besides I was hiding under a tanker in Gibralter with DDs all over looking for me. It broke my heart.

11-07-06, 05:28 AM	#1
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,132 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Brest to AK37 if i had done it in a straight line there wouldnt have been an issue but because i made tonnes of deturs along te way i arrived back in port with a little under 5% of diesel left or there abouts. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

11-07-06, 05:51 AM	#3
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,132 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Im after a carrier kill i know theres one in norfolk and well i want to get it sometime within the next 5 months. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

11-07-06, 05:50 AM	#2
Tijn Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nijmegen Posts: 83 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I'm also not going in a straight line bit below Ijsland just to cover the concoy routes. It's just that i like the hunting ground near AK and AJ. Grtz Tijn

11-07-06, 05:38 PM	#4
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I have been extremely tempted to see if I can make it to Norfolk in my type VII. I want that carrier. I have no idea if I can make it, or how much fuel ill have to work with if I do, but I do know that every patrol I go on I always have plenty of extra fuel. Maybe ill head out that way after my next patrol. I need to pay a visit to Freetown first.

11-07-06, 05:52 PM	#5
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Oh im sure you can get there. Infact i know you can. Getting back however might prove to be problematic.

11-07-06, 06:14 PM	#6
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Oh har har har. You think youre better than me because your boat has longer range? Well ive got news for you,....you arent! P.S. I plan on running out of fuel a few miles from base and riding one of my own torpedos the rest of the way to shore.

11-07-06, 06:16 PM	#7
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Lorient to GR89 on the return trip took out a 14knt convoy could'nt actually miss ii it spawned right in front of me all ships were Tankers and a Bouge class carrier in the centre.

11-07-06, 06:34 PM	#8
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Lucky find. I was forced to let the first and only carrier ive ever seen pass me by on the horizion at 21knts. There was no way I could catch it. Too fast, besides I was hiding under a tanker in Gibralter with DDs all over looking for me. It broke my heart.