History/Realism Question.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Missing Name

I flat-out refuse to go any further into the Channel than an imaginary line drawn directly north from Brest. And that is REALLY pushing it.

If I can, I try to stay off the continental shelf altogether. I've learned my lesson.

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by Paulie76

In the wider area of the channel, with 37 meters under keel. Blue the speed estimate on a Tramp steamer and ended up hitting her on the forward hull rather than beneath the engine.

Actually, in rough seas, a shot forward usually brings them down quicker than a shot amidships.

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by privateer

desirableroasted put it best.

"Stay out of the Channel, unless ordered there. If you simply must use it, because of low fuel, for example, think of it as dark, thug-filled alley in a strange city and act accordingly. If you just glance at someone wrong in the Channel, you will attract more trouble than you can ever deal with."

Thanks for the quote. Where was my editorial sense?

"The Channel? It's a cesspool of thugs and cutpurses. It's a dark alley of skulking miscreants whose only advantage is their number and their weapons. Let one look at you... and every one will jump you."

Pithier?

[ralphnader23]

I know when I was first playing stock, before I switched to GWX, it seemed like they would send a destroyer or a plane almost anytime I sunk a ship fairly close to England. However in GWX I've seen less interceptors come searching in the area after a sinking.