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08-06-11, 06:37 PM | #3166 |
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I'm playing the newest GWX pack, and I installed the Titanic mod. Can anyone tell me the best place to find her in 1940?
Also: Where's the best place to sight Aquitania? TIA, -Matt
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08-07-11, 12:39 AM | #3167 |
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~Is there a mod that will allow you to EXECUTE crewmen? Please tell me there is!
Patrol 8 of U-47
Ordered to patrol off Stavanger, Norway; did so for required 24 hours without sighting any enemy ships. Headed north after this and spent 2 weeks chasing after what appeared to be ghost echoes. Sighted a single Coastal Freighter and sank it out of near-desperation. Finally headed across the North Sea to the NE coast of England. Sighted Medium Cargo escorted by Elco-Type Torpedo Boat, which managed to get us to waste four torpedoes on the merchant - which naturally avoided all four - before we finally broke off attack. During this battle, the Forward Torpedo Room crew didn't seem to want to get it through their thick skulls that they need to load torpedoes during a battle, for the CO had to scream himself hoarse at them several times. Then the Engine Room crew got a case of the lazies as well, prompting even more threats from the CO. We managed to attack a northbound convoy, sinking two Ore Carriers, but were depth-charged and driven off by an escort. Despite having four torpedoes left, the CO - by now thoroughly disgusted with this patrol - turned the boat for home. We arrived in Wilhelmshaven having sunk only 3 ships for a measly 18,036 tons, which brought our total score up to 170,357 tons. Upon return to port, however, OLzS Hossel was promoted Kapitanleutnant for his troubles. The three Enlisted men stationed in the Command Room were awarded the U-Boat Badge as well. Note from KL Hossel: Overall crew performance rating for Patrol 8 - ABYSMAL A rare sight: five Heinkel He111s going overhead as we depart on our ill-fated patrol off Norway. Ship #1: Coastal Freighter Convoy Attack: Ore Carrier #1 goes down
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08-07-11, 01:31 AM | #3168 |
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U-46 VIIB
01 September 1939
17:13 hours U-46 sailed off with orders to move to grid BF16 13 September 1939 Grid BF16 09:01 hours Small freighter sunk with 18 88mm rounds (SS Sandland) 16 October 1939 Grid AN48 16:17 hours Ship seen 16:20 hours Positive ID: Repair ship - dived to PD 16:23 hours 2 TI (bow) fired 16:25 hours Impacts - ship slowing down 16:47 hours Lined up for stern shot - TI fired 16:48 hours Impact 16:49 hours Ship sunk (HMS Beachy Head F 02) 16:50 hours Surfaced 21 October 1939 08:24 hours U-46 returned to port 51 days at sea 2 ships sunk 7443 tons - waste of fuel for that tonnage no damages or casualties Hossel (U-47) has been promoted to Kptltnt (well done) but he had some troubles with his crew during his last patrol, I know he will settle things one way or another. Wald (U-331) is on his way to East Canada coast to land agents. |
08-07-11, 02:33 AM | #3169 |
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U-331, patrol 1, report 2
Lt.z.s. Theodor Wald
U-331, VIIC 1. Flottille, Kiel Statusbericht 28.3.1940 1621 AJ23 clear, medium visibility, wind 1 m/s. Refueling and taking more food provisions onboard from Belchen supply ship. The trip from Kiel to Belchen only took us 20 % of our fuel. Wald
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08-07-11, 02:34 AM | #3170 |
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08-07-11, 02:44 AM | #3171 | |
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And yes, come hell or high water, my crew will learn what to do and when to do it. There's one in particular - an Engine Room NCO - who thinks it's OK to lounge in the Diesel Engine room when everyone else on duty in Engineering troops back to man the Electric Engines. This is - if I remember right - the fourth time I've had this problem with him; if I have to go through this one more time I'll either transfer him out or redecorate the Diesel Engine room in 'brain matter gray' courtesy of my Luger.
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08-07-11, 03:57 AM | #3172 | |
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from kiel to belchen greenland,taked over 40% and i run economic both submerged and surfaced |
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Game wise: A petty officer with no qualification will not be moved automatically from the diesels to the electric motors and opposite until he gets a machinist qual. Last edited by VONHARRIS; 08-07-11 at 04:53 AM. |
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08-07-11, 04:51 AM | #3174 |
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U-46 VIIB
21 November 1939
23:53 hours U-46 left for her 2nd war patrol at grid BE99 12 December 1939 Grid AM52 05:13 hours Moving to intercept convoy after BdU report Grid AM02 07:53 hours Sound contact with convoy - rain - poor visibility 09:13 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - impact on Tanker 04 09:18 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - impact on coastal freighter 09:19 hours 1 TI (bow) fired - no impact or dud 09:20 hours Sinking sounds - SS Adherence (coastal freighter) sunk 09:41 hours 1 TI (stern) fired - impact on Tanker 04 - explosion seen 09:57 hours Surfaced - Tanker 04 DIW - 1 TI (bow) fired - SS Vendémiaire sunk 10:16 hours Almost run into the stern of a V&W destroyer - crash dived 10:23 hours Sinking sounds - MV Varanger (Tanker 04) sunk 12:48 hours Surfaced safe and sound 16 December 1939 Grid AM52 04:01 hours Ship seen - Medium cargo 04:16 hours 2 TI (bow) fired 04:17 hours Impacts 04:21 hours 1 TI (stern) fired 04:22 hours Contact lost in rain and fog 20 December 1939 Decided to return to port 25 December 1939 01:20 hours U-46 docked at Wilhlemshaven 35 days at sea 3 ships sunk 19431 tons No damages or casualties Christmas and New year at port. VonHarris was promoted to Ob.Ltnt z.S. and given command of U-111 IXB boot. The whole crew came along. U-331 is currently refueling from SS Blechen U-47 is refitting at Kiel. |
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08-07-11, 02:24 PM | #3176 |
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GWX, h.sie's realism mod, SH3Commander. Nothing that should effect the fuel consumption. I was pretty surprised myself too. I used the manually set 8 knots almost all the time and didn't submerge except for a few times. I'm now planning on returning from Halifax to Kiel without refueling during the trip back. Let's see if it's possible.
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08-07-11, 03:31 PM | #3177 |
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It's amazing what going slow and not diving will do for your fuel efficiency. Also, I think I remember reading something about GWX fixing fuel efficiency in the higher latitudes to account for the map type?
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08-07-11, 03:43 PM | #3178 |
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08-07-11, 03:47 PM | #3179 |
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Not the efficiency, but they did increase the amount you're supplied with when you start a patrol to make up for what the "flat world" map does to distances the farther north or south you get.
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08-07-11, 04:09 PM | #3180 | |
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Ah, yes, found it. Took the average of the map differences between real world and SH3 at different latitudes and made the changes a flat rate per boat.
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