Wish me luck

TM=Bluntman · 05-17-19, 07:21 PM

Heading to Scapa Flow tonight. First time ever doing it with TWOS, 100% real. Not sure if I should enter West or enter East. Should be a blast either way.

Sailor Steve · 05-17-19, 08:23 PM

Scapa Flow is one of the great problems of any sub sim. Prien only made it because he worked closely with Dönitz analyzing photographs and planning every last step. That said, the mission shouldn't be easy. So, best of luck. And he entered from the east.

Oh, a point of interest: The very last episode of The Silent Service was devoted to Prien's adventure. And Gunther Prien himself was played by Werner Klemperer, the future Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes.

TM=Bluntman · 05-18-19, 10:34 AM

Well that just sucked lol, I thought I found a way into the basin, ran aground to the right after getting through the mines. Went in pinging all the way to get around the sunken ships. Guess I didn't extend far enough to the right (closer to the shore I'm guessing.) I'll give it another go tonight.

Fifi · 05-18-19, 12:03 PM

Prien used the tide to enter by the East...without tide, he probably couldn’t!

Sea tide isn’t modeled in any SH...

XenonSurf · 05-18-19, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifi

Prien used the tide to enter by the East...without tide, he probably couldn’t!

Sea tide isn’t modeled in any SH...

Yeah, I think this operation was so daring that no one on the English side would have predicted it. AFAIK a similar attack was only repeated in an American port once.

Also I think it's impossible to simulate it in a sub game, especially because all ship AIs are turned off in ports in all SH games.

Sailor Steve · 05-18-19, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by XenonSurf

Yeah, I think this operation was so daring that no one on the English side would have predicted it.

As I recall the Royal Navy was planning on sealing up that channel just a week or so later, so Prien was really lucky in that respect as well.

TM=Bluntman · 05-18-19, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fifi

Prien used the tide to enter by the East...without tide, he probably couldn’t!

Sea tide isn’t modeled in any SH...

It seems to be low tide lol....I'll keep pinging until I find the sweet spot.

05-17-19, 07:21 PM	#1
TM=Bluntman Swabbie Join Date: May 2019 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 12 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Wish me luck Heading to Scapa Flow tonight. First time ever doing it with TWOS, 100% real. Not sure if I should enter West or enter East. Should be a blast either way.

05-17-19, 08:23 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Scapa Flow is one of the great problems of any sub sim. Prien only made it because he worked closely with Dönitz analyzing photographs and planning every last step. That said, the mission shouldn't be easy. So, best of luck. And he entered from the east. Oh, a point of interest: The very last episode of The Silent Service was devoted to Prien's adventure. And Gunther Prien himself was played by Werner Klemperer, the future Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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05-18-19, 10:34 AM	#3
TM=Bluntman Swabbie Join Date: May 2019 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 12 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Well that just sucked lol, I thought I found a way into the basin, ran aground to the right after getting through the mines. Went in pinging all the way to get around the sunken ships. Guess I didn't extend far enough to the right (closer to the shore I'm guessing.) I'll give it another go tonight.