Enemy ships in neutral ports

[Canovaro]

GWX 1.03
September 1942, I went to Porto Delgado, a neutral (Portuguese?) harbour to "resupply food and other things" (just hang around pretending).
Lots of Portuguese ships.
Two British and one Brazilian ship were also docked there and started shooting at me. I sank them.

Is it normal to find Enemy ships in neutral ports? They were sitting ducks!

[Brag]

Originally Posted by Canovaro

GWX 1.03
September 1942, I went to Porto Delgado, a neutral (Portuguese?) harbour to "resupply food and other things" (just hang around pretending).
Lots of Portuguese ships.
Two British and one Brazilian ship were also docked there and started shooting at me. I sank them.

Is it normal to find Enemy ships in neutral ports? They were sitting ducks!

I went there, too. But my stupid gunners fired at and sunk a Portuguese tug and all hell broke loose from shore batteries.

[Canovaro]

Originally Posted by Brag

I went there, too. But my stupid gunners fired at and sunk a Portuguese tug and all hell broke loose from shore batteries.

Oh sure now it's their fault.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Originally Posted by Canovaro

Oh sure now it's their fault.

its normal to find them there... like dutch ships in the japanese region and brits in american harbour in :hmm: 1939 1940 ?

[danurve]

I think it's probably normal, merchant traffic and all.
For a U-boat just after some fuel and beer it's a pain in the arse! Take Thalia at Cadiz for another example. Dang brittish ship docked there, for games sake I don't sink it because you know it will be there again anyhow. So now you get stuck taking a wide course killing time trying to get to the supply ship.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Originally Posted by danurve

I think it's probably normal, merchant traffic and all.
For a U-boat just after some fuel and beer it's a pain in the arse! Take Thalia at Cadiz for another example. Dang brittish ship docked there, for games sake I don't sink it because you know it will be there again anyhow. So now you get stuck taking a wide course killing time trying to get to the supply ship.

blast the fragger out of the sea
much much easyer

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by Brag

I went there, too. But my stupid gunners fired at and sunk a Portuguese tug and all hell broke loose from shore batteries.

I've just gone into Porto Delgado (June 41) to check up on this shore battery thing. I cannot see anything (Im there at 1300) and have popped one shell into a Portuguese tramper, with no response. Maybe they install them later, but as late as June 41, you won't risk return fire if you accidentally hit a local (renown, of course, is another thing).

[PhantomLord]

Tonight i had brit merchie hanging around in port near Kiel canal inbound :hmm:
Okay....manned the deck gun, sailing slowly to this deserter.

Seconds later 2 Ju88 came in sight, closing in to him and blew him out of the dock. They stole my tonnage!

Wondering how this ship made it to germany in 1941...

[IrischKapitan]

I kept finding Brit small tankers in the dock near the the Keil outbound point...
I wasnt complaining though!

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

I've just gone into Porto Delgado (June 41) to check up on this shore battery thing. I cannot see anything (Im there at 1300) and have popped one shell into a Portuguese tramper, with no response. Maybe they install them later, but as late as June 41, you won't risk return fire if you accidentally hit a local (renown, of course, is another thing).

Whoa... did NOT see that Portuguese armed merchant, though!

[bigboywooly]

There are no land units at Punto in GWX

The Br merc in Brunsbuettal was moved in 1.03 IIRC
Maybe 1.02

But not there any more either way

[PhantomLord]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

There are no land units at Punto in GWX

The Br merc in Brunsbuettal was moved in 1.03 IIRC
Maybe 1.02

But not there any more either way

Seems that the brit merchie doesn´t know my GWX version (it´s 1.03). I´ll send a letter to the royal navy about that.