I did a Gibraltor run - Page 2

big_feef · 07-31-05, 01:10 PM

I did my first running of the Gibralter gauntlet last night in Feb of '40, but went for juicier targets in the Med: Alexandria and Port Said. I was at first surprised by the amount of iron Britain has out there patrolling the straight, but I got through mostly on silent running at 125m.

I then went hunting in the Med for a bit , then decided to try out Alexandria and Port Said. I arrived at Alexandria with 11 torpedoes and sank a docked Fiji light cruiser, a docked aux cruiser, and a docked Nelson battleship; then a C-Class destroyer, a Tribal, and two V&W destroyers as I escaped undetected.

I then went to Port Said with only 3 torpedoes and sank a docked C3. I fired off my last two torpedoes at a docked T2's fuel bunkers, but those things seem to be unsinkable for some reason. Ticked off, I snuck up between the still bouyant T2 and the semi-submerged C3, surfaced, and took down the T2 with my deck gun. I also managed to take out the two Elco's and an armed trawler that were trying to get me from behind the T2.

Sans torpedoes, I snuck out of Port Said at silent at 20m with two tribals, a V&W, and a C-Class hunting me... That was some of the best hunting I've done in a while.

capt_frank · 08-01-05, 05:51 PM

so i gave it another shot with my IXD2...

following skybirds' advice, i made it thru no sweat. the secret being to run deep and silent. i ran silent before but not deep enough. this time i placed my course over the deep water designations on the map and just cruised thru. did take a long time, glad i had the mongo batteries. lots of contacts.

now i'm loose in the med...siteseeing...will eventually head over to the black sea to see if i can get thru.

oh btw, this was september 1943

jasonb885 · 08-01-05, 09:33 PM

Gibraltar did a run on me!

jmaisc · 08-03-05, 07:42 AM

Hi guys,

I did made a trip to Gilbratar, but I didn't saw any ship in the docks. After that I tried other harbours with the same results.

I was surprised, and even went to camera mod and whach over the entire harbour and never saw a ship inside.

Do you have any mods intalled to get ships on harbours??

Thanks.

08-01-05, 09:33 PM	#3
jasonb885 Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 580 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gibraltar did a run on me! __________________ X1 = Thieves Starforce officially promotes piracy of unprotected game, Galactic Civilizations II! eh? Improved Convoys mod!

08-03-05, 07:42 AM	#4
jmaisc Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Azores - Portugal Posts: 14 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Gilbratar Hi guys, I did made a trip to Gilbratar, but I didn't saw any ship in the docks. After that I tried other harbours with the same results. I was surprised, and even went to camera mod and whach over the entire harbour and never saw a ship inside. Do you have any mods intalled to get ships on harbours?? Thanks.

07-31-05, 01:10 PM	#1
big_feef Watch Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: QR, Mexico Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I did my first running of the Gibralter gauntlet last night in Feb of '40, but went for juicier targets in the Med: Alexandria and Port Said. I was at first surprised by the amount of iron Britain has out there patrolling the straight, but I got through mostly on silent running at 125m. I then went hunting in the Med for a bit , then decided to try out Alexandria and Port Said. I arrived at Alexandria with 11 torpedoes and sank a docked Fiji light cruiser, a docked aux cruiser, and a docked Nelson battleship; then a C-Class destroyer, a Tribal, and two V&W destroyers as I escaped undetected. I then went to Port Said with only 3 torpedoes and sank a docked C3. I fired off my last two torpedoes at a docked T2's fuel bunkers, but those things seem to be unsinkable for some reason. Ticked off, I snuck up between the still bouyant T2 and the semi-submerged C3, surfaced, and took down the T2 with my deck gun. I also managed to take out the two Elco's and an armed trawler that were trying to get me from behind the T2. Sans torpedoes, I snuck out of Port Said at silent at 20m with two tribals, a V&W, and a C-Class hunting me... That was some of the best hunting I've done in a while.

08-01-05, 05:51 PM	#2
capt_frank Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the North Carolina Sticks Posts: 335 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	so i gave it another shot with my IXD2... following skybirds' advice, i made it thru no sweat. the secret being to run deep and silent. i ran silent before but not deep enough. this time i placed my course over the deep water designations on the map and just cruised thru. did take a long time, glad i had the mongo batteries. lots of contacts. now i'm loose in the med...siteseeing...will eventually head over to the black sea to see if i can get thru. oh btw, this was september 1943