Lightships (replenishment)

[Iron Budokan]

In GWX I came across a British lightship E of the Firth of Forth and sank it with my machine gun. (was this a good thing to do?) But I have a question. Why were these ships parked out there. I kind of expect for navigation, but didn't that make them targets sitting out there at night with their lights blazing?

I also wondered if I could replenish my boat's supplies if I came across a Nazi lightship somewhere bc when it looked through the 'scope it read "replenishment". Thank you!

p.s. I love GWX!

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

In GWX I came across a British lightship E of the Firth of Forth and sank it with my machine gun. (was this a good thing to do?) But I have a question. Why were these ships parked out there. I kind of expect for navigation, but didn't that make them targets sitting out there at night with their lights blazing?

The lightships didnt have any effect to the war, well maybe morally but not like the merchants carrying vital supplies for the troops. Not a good target to waste a torpedo to.

[bigboywooly]

No you cant use them to replenish
They are classed as a type=100 which is a replen to stop them spawning in convoys
The lightships you will see are - for the most part - historic and were there on those dates
Up by the Firth was a busy convoy area so thats why that one stayed lit whilst others were removed from station

[Iron Budokan]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

No you cant use them to replenish
They are classed as a type=100 which is a replen to stop them spawning in convoys
The lightships you will see are - for the most part - historic and were there on those dates
Up by the Firth was a busy convoy area so thats why that one stayed lit whilst others were removed from station

Man, the more I play GWX the more I learn. Thank you for answering my question.

[bigboywooly]

No problem
Spent ages researching those damn things
:rotfl:
Plenty of info on the US ones but very little on elsewhere

[_Seth_]

Actually, some of the german uboats did not consider sinking those lightships. They aided them in navigation too, just like they aided those convoys.

[Iron Budokan]

No, I would never waste a torp on something that small, I just raked the decks with machine-gun fire until blood started running from the scuppers. A few rounds must have penetrated an ammo locker or something because she started to burn and went down fast.