where are the capital ships?

bond672 · 04-20-10, 02:22 AM

Hi there,
just starting a new German campaign, sick of SH5... but can anyone adivise where the British kept their capital ships during the war so i can pop there and hopefully sink a few, most grateful.
kind regards
Simon

GlobalExplorer · 04-20-10, 03:35 AM

Tracking Room can answer your questions. Come into my office if you're interested [ link ].

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can anyone adivise where the British kept their capital ships during the war so i can pop there and hopefully sink a few, most grateful.

Scapa Flow, Kamerad! Approach from the west side, Dec. 1939:

bond672 · 04-20-10, 07:03 AM

Many thanks, i will check it out and sink them all!!
regards
Simon

pickinthebanjo · 04-21-10, 08:34 PM

I use to attack scapa flow all the time in SH3, except I do it from the east.
I would use storms to cover the approach, then when I pass the nets I submerge and sneak in.

But this time i'm gonna bring a sub with some mines and drop one whenever a destroyer comes at me.

cgjimeneza · 04-21-10, 08:37 PM

and how dense is the minefield... you would have to cruise on the surface or be sunk probably by shallow set mines...

GlobalExplorer · 04-22-10, 12:01 PM

Following on the projected route, and during late 1939, I had no problems to cross this field twice. I wasn't even aware of a minefield at the time!! Too bad my torpedoes were not working

pickinthebanjo · 04-22-10, 12:35 PM

Yeah the idea of willingly cruising through a minefield is unnerving to say the least, but I think I will give it a try (right now

) and see how well it goes.
I have attacked lots of harbors including Gibraltar (that was crazy

)
so this "shouldn't" be to difficult.

GlobalExplorer · 04-22-10, 01:26 PM

I think one of the hardest ports to attack is Loch Ewe, and I got killed the only time I tried.

pickinthebanjo · 04-22-10, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

I think one of the hardest ports to attack is Loch Ewe, and I got killed the only time I tried.

Good to know. I just got killed on my first patrol by an armed merchant

.
One shot broke my bow planes and down I went, then slammed into the sea floor breaking the batteries and many other systems. That damn thing got a lucky shot on me.

I'm still kind of used to SH3

04-20-10, 02:22 AM	#1
bond672 Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23 Downloads: 378 Uploads: 0	where are the capital ships? Hi there, just starting a new German campaign, sick of SH5... but can anyone adivise where the British kept their capital ships during the war so i can pop there and hopefully sink a few, most grateful. kind regards Simon

04-21-10, 08:37 PM	#5
cgjimeneza Captain Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 527 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	west approach and how dense is the minefield... you would have to cruise on the surface or be sunk probably by shallow set mines... __________________ Pacific Thunder Campaing VIII-Retired www.subsowespac.org "Left on their own, engineers can be dangerous"

04-22-10, 12:01 PM	#6
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Following on the projected route, and during late 1939, I had no problems to cross this field twice. I wasn't even aware of a minefield at the time!! Too bad my torpedoes were not working __________________

04-22-10, 12:35 PM	#7
pickinthebanjo Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 651 Downloads: 282 Uploads: 0	Yeah the idea of willingly cruising through a minefield is unnerving to say the least, but I think I will give it a try (right now) and see how well it goes. I have attacked lots of harbors including Gibraltar (that was crazy) so this "shouldn't" be to difficult.

04-22-10, 01:26 PM	#8
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	I think one of the hardest ports to attack is Loch Ewe, and I got killed the only time I tried. __________________

04-20-10, 07:03 AM	#3
bond672 Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23 Downloads: 378 Uploads: 0	Many thanks, i will check it out and sink them all!! regards Simon

04-21-10, 08:34 PM	#4
pickinthebanjo Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 651 Downloads: 282 Uploads: 0	I use to attack scapa flow all the time in SH3, except I do it from the east. I would use storms to cover the approach, then when I pass the nets I submerge and sneak in. But this time i'm gonna bring a sub with some mines and drop one whenever a destroyer comes at me.