"Realistic" transfer to Mediterranean

meduza · 06-04-09, 03:08 PM

In future I plan to transfer to La Spezia, but i want to do it right - by passing through the Gibraltar and sailing into La Spezia.

I know that I can't transfer while in port that is not my homebase, but I was thinking of exiting the patrol just outside of La Spezia, to get "teleported" to my home base, and than do the transfer. Hopefully I will be again "teleported" to La Spezia

, and start my new patrol from there.

Will this work? I can't test this myself, because I'm still in mid 1941 and the flotilla is not available yet.

Jimbuna · 06-04-09, 03:43 PM

Check when La Spezia becomes active (23rd/29th Flotilla May 42) and teleport to your home base on May 1st then transfer or ensre your at sea during May and you should get the new base message.

meduza · 06-04-09, 03:59 PM

Thanks!

meduza · 06-10-09, 07:14 AM

Finaly, the time has come to leave the Atlantic and go for the Med. My initial plan was to head for La Spezia, but I'll go to Salamis now, in Dec '41. One reason is to use the advantage of the longer winter nights to for more safely passage through the Strait of Gibraltar, and another is I'm getting a bit sick of Atlantic.

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Patrol log
U-371 (Type VIIC), under command of Kapitanleutnant Johann Schwarz
1st Flotilla, Brest

Jan 27 1942
15:52 It's sunny tuesday afternoon, and I'm finaly leaving my home port Brest. The sea is calm, with 4 m/s northern wind.
I received my orders to patrol CG79 sector, and after that I'm heading for Salamis.

Jan 28
03:57
BF5544. Aircraft spotted. It's far away and I'm not sure if it is one of ours, or British. He didn't bother us, and we continue on course.

(to be continued...)

mookiemookie · 06-10-09, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by meduza

(to be continued...)

Screenshots please!

meduza · 06-10-09, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Screenshots please!

Leaving the Brest harbor. For the last time, I hope. (at least in this career

)

aerial view

meduza · 06-10-09, 08:38 AM

Jan 31
05:00 CG42. So far, the patrol has been quite uneventful. Unfortunately the weather has changed. It's raining and the wind got stronger (7 m/s SW).
At my current speed of 9-10kt I'll reach my patrol area tomorrow morning. I'm about to enter into the area under the Allied air cover, but hopefully the weather will ground their planes.

16:55
CG48. Received a report of a large convoy, going NNE at 6kt. It's some 60 km from my current position, and I'll intercept it, despite bad weather. Maybe it will clear soon.

19:18
Established sound contact with the convoy. Weather unchanged. Shadowing.

(to be continued...)

06-04-09, 03:08 PM	#1
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	"Realistic" transfer to Mediterranean In future I plan to transfer to La Spezia, but i want to do it right - by passing through the Gibraltar and sailing into La Spezia. I know that I can't transfer while in port that is not my homebase, but I was thinking of exiting the patrol just outside of La Spezia, to get "teleported" to my home base, and than do the transfer. Hopefully I will be again "teleported" to La Spezia , and start my new patrol from there. Will this work? I can't test this myself, because I'm still in mid 1941 and the flotilla is not available yet. __________________

06-04-09, 03:43 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Check when La Spezia becomes active (23rd/29th Flotilla May 42) and teleport to your home base on May 1st then transfer or ensre your at sea during May and you should get the new base message. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-04-09, 03:59 PM	#3
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Thanks! __________________

06-10-09, 07:14 AM	#4
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Finaly, the time has come to leave the Atlantic and go for the Med. My initial plan was to head for La Spezia, but I'll go to Salamis now, in Dec '41. One reason is to use the advantage of the longer winter nights to for more safely passage through the Strait of Gibraltar, and another is I'm getting a bit sick of Atlantic. ------------------------- Patrol log U-371 (Type VIIC), under command of Kapitanleutnant Johann Schwarz 1st Flotilla, Brest Jan 27 1942 15:52 It's sunny tuesday afternoon, and I'm finaly leaving my home port Brest. The sea is calm, with 4 m/s northern wind. I received my orders to patrol CG79 sector, and after that I'm heading for Salamis. Jan 28 03:57 BF5544. Aircraft spotted. It's far away and I'm not sure if it is one of ours, or British. He didn't bother us, and we continue on course. (to be continued...) __________________ Last edited by meduza; 06-10-09 at 07:36 AM.

06-10-09, 08:38 AM	#7
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Jan 31 05:00 CG42. So far, the patrol has been quite uneventful. Unfortunately the weather has changed. It's raining and the wind got stronger (7 m/s SW). At my current speed of 9-10kt I'll reach my patrol area tomorrow morning. I'm about to enter into the area under the Allied air cover, but hopefully the weather will ground their planes. 16:55 CG48. Received a report of a large convoy, going NNE at 6kt. It's some 60 km from my current position, and I'll intercept it, despite bad weather. Maybe it will clear soon. 19:18 Established sound contact with the convoy. Weather unchanged. Shadowing. (to be continued...) __________________ Last edited by meduza; 06-10-09 at 09:24 AM.