GLORIOUS hunting off Florida - Page 2

predavolk · 06-15-08, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Schwuppes

Congrats on your sucesses Herr Kaleun!

With this relentless fighting spirit we will bring them to their knees!

Oh, would you mind providing grid numbers to where exactly these hotspots are?

No problem, I'll get it next time I play (it's in the ED grid- looks like my next patrol is to EC, so Ill be right close to there again- Panama Canal maybe?). Unless someone knows where I can find a grid map online, then I'll be happy to get the exact reference number right away. But it is an easy geographical feature to find- it is the North end of the Trinidad Bay entrance, near Port-of-Spain.

I may have said this before, but the map that comes with GWX, showing convoy and patrol routes, is an absolute goldmine! Personally, that map has done me a TON of good in finding busy shipping lanes. IIRC, well before my time, there was a website that allowed Kaleuns to report their contacts. All that info was summed, and a map like this one (this very one?) was generated. In any case, I have yet to be seriously led astray by this map. And you'll notice that Port-of-Spain and San Fernando are right smack in the middle of individual AND convoy shipping lanes. The convoy lanes appear to ship out of the Southern entrance to Trinidad Bay, but I had no success waiting off that southeastern entrance for several days. The northern entrance on the other hand, was just silly busy.

Frank0001 · 06-17-08, 08:49 PM

Thanks for the update! Now we only have to send in Balz and America will surrender

Ducimus · 06-17-08, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by predavolk

Wow. So it's January 1942, and I've been sent to the Southeastern tip of Florida. There's a deep channel running the length of the state that meets up with the Gulf channel below (often called the Gibraltar of the West due to its Gulf of Mexico connection) and an Atlantic channel to the east. A TON of shipping is passing along these deep channels, primarily tankers!

I'm gonna hazzard a guess and say, DB98.

predavolk · 06-18-08, 07:43 AM

That sounds about right. The one off the coast of Trinidad is ED98.
"In 1941, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain, signed the Bases Agreement with the United States, which granted them permission to acquire land for bases in Trinidad, St. Lucia, Antigua and elsewhere in the Caribbean in exchange for 50 destroyers. Two huge American bases - a naval base at Chaguaramas, and the air force base at Wallerfield were set up in Trinidad. Trinidad was made the convoy assembly point for oil tankers going from the Caribbean oil refineries to North Africa and Europe, and the Gulf of Paria was used for the final exercises of U.S. carriers and planes before they were dispatched to the Pacific theatre, via the Panama Canal. Planes for the Eighth Army in North Africa were ferried through Trinidad. Vessels and planes from South America had to be cleared at Trinidad before they were allowed to proceed to their North American or European destinations"

That explains the tankers and the planes!

I'm just heading back to the Caribbean, a little more to the West this time. EC96 I believe (Carupano?). Has anyone ever hit the Panama Canal? I'm a little tempted to try it, although I'm quite disappointed that in all likelihood, I'll miss Operation Torch and all those great, big, fat warships!

Otto Von Bismark · 06-18-08, 05:25 PM

panama canal, north africa, western approches, east coast u.s.a., cape of good hope, i think we're spoilt for choice herr kaptians !!!

haha.

alex56 · 06-18-08, 07:18 PM

Alot of peapole don't relise how pervasive the uboat threat was . But my father was in the Canadain Intelagace corp. And he told me a story of him escorting a caputered Uboat commander back to a canadian prision camp. He was appartantly plying the St.Lawrance seaway looking for jucy targets. And he was capured when he and some of his senior officers were trying to buy fresh fruit and vegetabels on the gaspbay peninsula.Hey were very cooperative with my father and told him the only reason they where caputured was they used out of date script to purce the food and someone twig to that and there thick german accent. But they all spoke perfect english almost too perfect.

predavolk · 06-19-08, 08:31 AM

Check out my thread here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=137369 for more about the uBoat war in the St Lawrence.

predavolk · 06-26-08, 09:57 PM

Once again, ED 98 came up BIG time for me. Curaco was far less busy than Trinidad, and I waited for several days without seeing any convoys (or any real action) there.

BasilY · 06-27-08, 10:13 AM

Got my first GWX 100k patrol in my first career with my XXI in the Caribean. late 1944, In the gap between Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti. A convoy of 8 tankers escorted by only 2 DDs. Half of the tankers are Panamanian, and UNARMED. Boy I missed my deck gun. Too bad I only have 9 torps left after dispatching the DDs. But with my previous kills during this patrol, My merchant total comes to 103K.

And I could have end the campaign without a scratch. Unfortunatedly in my excited haste my boat got too close to a sinking tanker and damage my hull. End the patrol with HI at 74%. Ever since 1943, I havn't had so much fun hunting.

Good hunting to all.

06-17-08, 08:49 PM	#17
Frank0001 Chief Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 317 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the update! Now we only have to send in Balz and America will surrender __________________ Snipers of the Seas One eel - one Kill

06-18-08, 07:18 PM	#21
alex56 Bilge Rat Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Uboats in the St.Larance seaway Alot of peapole don't relise how pervasive the uboat threat was . But my father was in the Canadain Intelagace corp. And he told me a story of him escorting a caputered Uboat commander back to a canadian prision camp. He was appartantly plying the St.Lawrance seaway looking for jucy targets. And he was capured when he and some of his senior officers were trying to buy fresh fruit and vegetabels on the gaspbay peninsula.Hey were very cooperative with my father and told him the only reason they where caputured was they used out of date script to purce the food and someone twig to that and there thick german accent. But they all spoke perfect english almost too perfect.

06-18-08, 07:43 AM	#19
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That sounds about right. The one off the coast of Trinidad is ED98. "In 1941, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain, signed the Bases Agreement with the United States, which granted them permission to acquire land for bases in Trinidad, St. Lucia, Antigua and elsewhere in the Caribbean in exchange for 50 destroyers. Two huge American bases - a naval base at Chaguaramas, and the air force base at Wallerfield were set up in Trinidad. Trinidad was made the convoy assembly point for oil tankers going from the Caribbean oil refineries to North Africa and Europe, and the Gulf of Paria was used for the final exercises of U.S. carriers and planes before they were dispatched to the Pacific theatre, via the Panama Canal. Planes for the Eighth Army in North Africa were ferried through Trinidad. Vessels and planes from South America had to be cleared at Trinidad before they were allowed to proceed to their North American or European destinations" That explains the tankers and the planes! I'm just heading back to the Caribbean, a little more to the West this time. EC96 I believe (Carupano?). Has anyone ever hit the Panama Canal? I'm a little tempted to try it, although I'm quite disappointed that in all likelihood, I'll miss Operation Torch and all those great, big, fat warships!

06-18-08, 05:25 PM	#20
Otto Von Bismark Watch Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: U-45 Currant Location: Gibraltar Harbour Posts: 23 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	panama canal, north africa, western approches, east coast u.s.a., cape of good hope, i think we're spoilt for choice herr kaptians !!! haha.

06-19-08, 08:31 AM	#22
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Check out my thread here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=137369 for more about the uBoat war in the St Lawrence.

06-26-08, 09:57 PM	#23
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Once again, ED 98 came up BIG time for me. Curaco was far less busy than Trinidad, and I waited for several days without seeing any convoys (or any real action) there.

06-27-08, 10:13 AM	#24
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Got my first GWX 100k patrol in my first career with my XXI in the Caribean. late 1944, In the gap between Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti. A convoy of 8 tankers escorted by only 2 DDs. Half of the tankers are Panamanian, and UNARMED. Boy I missed my deck gun. Too bad I only have 9 torps left after dispatching the DDs. But with my previous kills during this patrol, My merchant total comes to 103K. And I could have end the campaign without a scratch. Unfortunatedly in my excited haste my boat got too close to a sinking tanker and damage my hull. End the patrol with HI at 74%. Ever since 1943, I havn't had so much fun hunting. Good hunting to all.