Stuck at bottom

BootsmanBoof · 10-25-07, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by siber

I think that if you exit patrol at that point, it'll say that your u-boat was lost with all hands.

Hmmm. If that'll update my man's profile it might be the best option....

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But to be fair, it sounds like you had it coming... You've taken a pasting. STAY OUT OF DER KANAL!!! Going round the North of Scotland takes longer but gets you there alive!

LOL I usually do but I attempted my first enemy port attack at Plymouth (having gone around the long way) and got right up close to the docks - within about 1km. I was never pinged at all. Then I got cocky and thought that as I had made the port incursion successfully the Channel should be no problem going home

I didn't even get into the Channel proper, really.....

EDIT: Thanks for the kind welcomes, guys!

I'm using GWX. And yeah, I have been destroyed in the Channel 3 times in 3 attempts. You'd think I would learn....

Torplexed · 10-25-07, 06:18 AM

That's why the Germans captured France. So, they wouldn't be tempted to take that Channel shortcut anymore.

Getting to the North Atlantic convoy lanes does get easier come the summer of 1940. Welcome aboard!

baggygreen · 10-25-07, 06:56 AM

Dont listen to what everyone says about the channel... its EASY!!!

/thumbing my nose at gwx

I've done it a few times, but never really had any problems - I stick to the south rather than going through tthe middle. Only once have i gone up north with GWX and that was to intercept a convoy. Down south theres not many problems at all... Although i've seen on here the number of mines which are around the place.

Either way, I do it only if im keen for some risk, its normally too shallow to do safely anyway.

3Jane · 10-25-07, 07:15 AM

I always used the Channel until I was transfered from Willhelmshaven to Lorient. Stay 3000 metres off Calais, far enough out to avoid the mines and being spotted by the armed trawlers in the port and close enough inshore to miss the others further out. Run decks awash (7m) in the full dark, whilst the French coast is still hostile. After that when it is in German hands, still transit at night but you can now do it fully surfaced. If you calculate you arrival time off Calais right, you can make it through well before dawn. Then silent running through the daylight hours sticking to the south of the channel. Not too close inshore where it is too shallow. You will probably get contact reports showing convoys in the channel, but I alwas ignore them. It's way too shallow for that kind of thing.
I would wait until the last minute before exiting your mission, the weather might turn bad and the destroyers could loose their fix on you, if your very lucky. A quick heroic surface dash in the dark might pull it off, or not. Never mind about the dead crew, as soon as you surface just toss them overboard like dead mackerel.:p

GoldenRivet · 10-25-07, 09:10 AM

dont give up the ship! is there nothing you can do?

you have exhausted every option?

do you have flooding? or are you partially flooded?

are you rigged for silent running?

if i were you, when the enemy leaves the area i would secure from silent running and repair the boat. push the S key and see if the boat will slowly rise to the surface.

If it does... set course for home at the best possible speed.

Kaleu. Jochen Mohr · 10-25-07, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

if i were you, when the enemy leaves the area i would secure from silent running and repair the boat. push the S key and see if the boat will slowly rise to the surface.

it do's

same like pressing D at 0 knots

5string74 · 10-25-07, 09:57 AM

I was thinking the same thing as GoldenRivet.... are you rigged for silent running? The only chance you have to get rid of those dds is to make sure Bernard isn't rattling utensils in the officers mess during a mug up. Good luck, mate.

10-25-07, 06:18 AM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	That's why the Germans captured France. So, they wouldn't be tempted to take that Channel shortcut anymore. Getting to the North Atlantic convoy lanes does get easier come the summer of 1940. Welcome aboard! __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

10-25-07, 07:15 AM	#4
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I always used the Channel until I was transfered from Willhelmshaven to Lorient. Stay 3000 metres off Calais, far enough out to avoid the mines and being spotted by the armed trawlers in the port and close enough inshore to miss the others further out. Run decks awash (7m) in the full dark, whilst the French coast is still hostile. After that when it is in German hands, still transit at night but you can now do it fully surfaced. If you calculate you arrival time off Calais right, you can make it through well before dawn. Then silent running through the daylight hours sticking to the south of the channel. Not too close inshore where it is too shallow. You will probably get contact reports showing convoys in the channel, but I alwas ignore them. It's way too shallow for that kind of thing. I would wait until the last minute before exiting your mission, the weather might turn bad and the destroyers could loose their fix on you, if your very lucky. A quick heroic surface dash in the dark might pull it off, or not. Never mind about the dead crew, as soon as you surface just toss them overboard like dead mackerel.:p __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan) Last edited by 3Jane; 10-25-07 at 09:55 AM.

10-25-07, 09:10 AM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	dont give up the ship! is there nothing you can do? you have exhausted every option? do you have flooding? or are you partially flooded? are you rigged for silent running? if i were you, when the enemy leaves the area i would secure from silent running and repair the boat. push the S key and see if the boat will slowly rise to the surface. If it does... set course for home at the best possible speed. __________________

10-25-07, 06:56 AM	#3
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Dont listen to what everyone says about the channel... its EASY!!! /thumbing my nose at gwx I've done it a few times, but never really had any problems - I stick to the south rather than going through tthe middle. Only once have i gone up north with GWX and that was to intercept a convoy. Down south theres not many problems at all... Although i've seen on here the number of mines which are around the place. Either way, I do it only if im keen for some risk, its normally too shallow to do safely anyway.

10-25-07, 09:57 AM	#7
5string74 Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 115 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was thinking the same thing as GoldenRivet.... are you rigged for silent running? The only chance you have to get rid of those dds is to make sure Bernard isn't rattling utensils in the officers mess during a mug up. Good luck, mate.