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Old 04-10-08, 11:00 PM   #1
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Hi all,

I noticed that there are Great Lakes Freighters in SH3,not sure if it is part of GWX or the stock game,I am wondering if GLFs were actually in Europe during WW2 or in the Pacific for that matter,or are these ships just added to the game.I can't find any info on any of these ships in the Atlantic,if anyone has any info on this,I would greatly appreciate it.

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This is the ship I am talking about.

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Old 04-11-08, 02:26 AM   #3
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personally, i dont have a difinitive answer for you.

BUT

i do know that the ships were added as a result of GWX.

I also know that the GWX modding team did hundreds of man hours of research into the war in the atlantic and WW2 in general for each bit of content they elected to include in the mod

IIRC... pretty much every boat that was able to float was put into service.

someone will come along with a 100% answer... but i have a feeling the great lakes freighters were used in the atlantic.
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Old 04-11-08, 04:21 AM   #4
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Quote from GWX manual (page 425):

Great Lakes Freighter
Historical background

Great Lakes freighters or “lakers” ranging from a 1,000 to over 10,000 GRT have hauled bulk cargo
such as iron ore, lumber, limestone, grain, salt, coal, cement, sand, slag, and potash through the North
American Great Lakes since the 19
th century. These boats do not experience saltwater corrosion and can
have careers spanning decades; however, several were lost during World War II after the British
government requisitioned Canadian lakers to move bulk cargo on the high seas.
The
Chicago Tribune newspaper used the MV Chicago Tribune to carry pulpwood from sawmills in the
upper Lakes to an Ontario paper mill to make newsprint; the
Luftwaffe sank her in the English Channel
on June 18, 1940 while she was hauling Welsh coal to France.
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Figure 485: Great Lakes freighter M/V
Chicago Tribune on the way to the Tribune’s paper mill (1930)
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The Great Lakes freighter in GWX
The Great Lakes freighter in GWX is a generic representation of the Great Lakes freighters called into
service on the world’s oceans. It will randomly sailing alone and as called for by the campaign scripting.
Figure 486: Great Lakes freighter in GWX

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“The Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company, Ltd,” The Scanner, Vol III, No. 4, January 1971.

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Archives of Ontario # C 7-2-0-7-62, http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/englis...aper/1900s.htm

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There you have it... as a devout reader of the book of GWX i should have at least thought to check the manual! :rotfl:
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LOL

Das Buch has the answers again.

Not just a game manual but a history lesson.
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Old 04-11-08, 08:30 AM   #7
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Pity I'm not on home pc......definite need for some of the custom RTFM smilies
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Check these for example:

http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/3460.html
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/2116.html
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/1693.html
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/1358.html
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/2127.html
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Quote:
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Not just a game manual but a history lesson.
:rotfl: Not only history lesson but a lot of more! :rotfl:

Soon! In CINEMAS! Watch!

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boom ! you get a straightforward, detailed, documented answer

it gets better everyday- and I am glad to be a part (very small part) of it!
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straightforward, detailed, documented
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Jimbo u teaser u...always an excuse...:hmm:
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Thanks guys very much,as a person living in Michigan,I have a fondness for the Great Lakes Freighter,been around them all my life,but I had no idea they sailed the Atlantic.
I concider myself a history buff,and thought I knew a lot about WW2,but you guys got me beat 10 fold.This is why I love this sim,you notice I don't call it a game,I like factual events,and GWX does that.
When I looked through the scope and saw it,I thought NO WAY,it was a shame to sink her

Thank you for the links too

You guys ROCK...Thank You
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As another Michigander who loves the Great Lakes freighter, I was so happy to see the ship included with GWX. I never saw one in a patrol, but if I did I wouldn't have been able to sink her. Great Lakes freighters just look too... elegant to do that. I'll send a traditional styled bulk carrier to the bottom no problem.

Come to think of it, I think the Deep Sea Detectives dove on a wreck of a Laker that was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico or something. I only saw the episode once and that was quite a while ago. I wish that show was still on.
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