Most fruitful enemy ports? - Page 2

AntEater · 03-03-06, 08:59 AM

Port Raiding is gamey

Ok, there was Prien, but apart from that, the only port raids were in very remote places like St. Helena or some minor ports in the carribean, and even those were hair-raising adventures with little gain, as most ships could be salvaged easily.
One other occasion was U 995s raid on Kirkenes in 1945, which was simply an act of stupid overconfidence of a 21 year old Commander, who somehow managed not to get sunk by a soviet destroyer INSIDE the harbor (talk about soviet competence at ASW at this time).
But he didnt do any damage either, but at least we now have a museum submarine, but I think this was not a Knights Cross, but rather a mission worth getting relieved of command.

Fitz62STG · 03-05-06, 12:47 PM

1939-1940 haven't tried it after. AM53 or one of the patrol grids around it. I don't have IUB or RUB installed. Seems everytime I go around AM53 I have a large convoy coming in from America. Last patrol in U-123 Type IXB I did a patrol over by AM53 and annihilated a convoy. Only one V&W destroyer guarding it. Some nice T3 Tankers and C3 Cargo ships. I decided to do something stupid and take the destroyer with the deck gun. Low and behold I plugged it about 10 times and it blew sky high. After that I submerged and started plugging the convoy with my torps.

By the end of the patrol I had totalled 107,000 tons. Now this totally blew my mind as my previous best was around 56,000 tons. This was also the first time though that I was pretty much unimpeded in engaging a convoy. I fed on them for about a day and a half until I ran out of torps. I have the game at 96% realism (NO DUD TORPS). The amount of tonnage was do to some extremely lucky shot placement. Lots of one shot kills. Of course I was plugging away on NEUTRAL AMERICAN ships in the convoy, but I explained to BDU that no one was flying flags and that they were maneuvering like they were BRITS.

SO all in all give AM53 a shot. best bet when you get a convoy report try to intercept it as far out as possible because if you engage in AM53 itself, it's not that hard for extra destroyers and planes to come to the convoy's aid.

Good hunting and there is my ten cents.

03-05-06, 01:04 PM

Stop port raping

I don't know, I always felt that port raping was not realistic. I never really bothered going on ports, there's always some DDs and when I see DDs... AALAAAAAAARMMM!!

sik1977 · 03-05-06, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JonZ

Stop port raping

I don't know, I always felt that port raping was not realistic. I never really bothered going on ports, there's always some DDs and when I see DDs... AALAAAAAAARMMM!!

You yellow belly.....

Scapa is me VIIC's second home.... All the Brits Capital ships there and now parked under water....

winters · 03-07-06, 07:45 PM

I love creeping into an enemy harbor in the dead of night and causing some mayhem

yarrr!!!

03-03-06, 08:59 AM	#16
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Port Raiding is gamey Ok, there was Prien, but apart from that, the only port raids were in very remote places like St. Helena or some minor ports in the carribean, and even those were hair-raising adventures with little gain, as most ships could be salvaged easily. One other occasion was U 995s raid on Kirkenes in 1945, which was simply an act of stupid overconfidence of a 21 year old Commander, who somehow managed not to get sunk by a soviet destroyer INSIDE the harbor (talk about soviet competence at ASW at this time). But he didnt do any damage either, but at least we now have a museum submarine, but I think this was not a Knights Cross, but rather a mission worth getting relieved of command. __________________

03-05-06, 12:47 PM	#17
Fitz62STG Seaman Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 34 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	1939-1940 haven't tried it after. AM53 or one of the patrol grids around it. I don't have IUB or RUB installed. Seems everytime I go around AM53 I have a large convoy coming in from America. Last patrol in U-123 Type IXB I did a patrol over by AM53 and annihilated a convoy. Only one V&W destroyer guarding it. Some nice T3 Tankers and C3 Cargo ships. I decided to do something stupid and take the destroyer with the deck gun. Low and behold I plugged it about 10 times and it blew sky high. After that I submerged and started plugging the convoy with my torps. By the end of the patrol I had totalled 107,000 tons. Now this totally blew my mind as my previous best was around 56,000 tons. This was also the first time though that I was pretty much unimpeded in engaging a convoy. I fed on them for about a day and a half until I ran out of torps. I have the game at 96% realism (NO DUD TORPS). The amount of tonnage was do to some extremely lucky shot placement. Lots of one shot kills. Of course I was plugging away on NEUTRAL AMERICAN ships in the convoy, but I explained to BDU that no one was flying flags and that they were maneuvering like they were BRITS. SO all in all give AM53 a shot. best bet when you get a convoy report try to intercept it as far out as possible because if you engage in AM53 itself, it's not that hard for extra destroyers and planes to come to the convoy's aid. Good hunting and there is my ten cents. __________________ SAGIRE CLASSIS DESTRUCTUM

03-07-06, 07:45 PM	#20
winters Bosun Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I love creeping into an enemy harbor in the dead of night and causing some mayhem yarrr!!! __________________ \"We\'re paratroopers. we\'re supposed to be surrounded\" ~ Cpt. Richard Winters ~ Bastogne Belgium, Winter 1944

03-05-06, 01:04 PM	#18
JonZ Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Stop port raping I don't know, I always felt that port raping was not realistic. I never really bothered going on ports, there's always some DDs and when I see DDs... AALAAAAAAARMMM!!