Canary Islands

predavolk · 05-09-08, 07:51 AM

It's May 1941, and after an agonizing decision about whether to respect realism or to go up and help the Bismark, I decided to go to my patrol zone in between Gibraltar and the Canaries. Unfortunately, I missed perhaps my best chance to bag some really big ships (if not the Hood, the attack force that bagged the Bis). Fortuantely, I picked up a couple of convoys and a few nice lone merchants.

So now, late May-early June 1941, I pulled out the sailing map and noticed that a whole bunch of single-merchant sailing lines converge on the Canaries. I've decided to head down there and have a look for myself, but I thought I'd see if anyone else has hunted this area with any success. I just bagged a large British merchant on the way down there, but I'm hoping to get a lot more action once I arrive on station. Any thoughts, comments, or suggestions? Thanks.

Brag · 05-09-08, 08:11 AM

I've had good luck in the Central Atlantic, but haven't run into anything close to canaries (but never hung around there either).

Red Heat · 05-09-08, 08:49 AM

for me its a desert even in 1941 or earlier...no luck at all!

Gaijin · 05-09-08, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by predavolk

I pulled out the sailing map and noticed that a whole bunch of single-merchant sailing lines converge on the Canaries. I've decided to head down there and have a look for myself, but I thought I'd see if anyone else has hunted this area with any success.

I tried the same twice before in two different careers, '41 and '42, I think, and didn't see or hear anything. I only gave it two weeks though.

nikbear · 05-09-08, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Heat

for me its a desert even in 1941 or earlier...no luck at all!

Same here,it looks like it should be lone merchant heaven(my favourite victims)but its barren,wasted loads of time with very little to show for it

Kipparikalle · 05-09-08, 02:11 PM

I think british have created Philadelphia teleporting device.
I got sound bearing on a british Task Force, we were closing on each other. But then, poof. They were gone.

*******ing hackers

Red Heat · 05-09-08, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Kipparikalle

I think british have created Philadelphia teleporting device.
I got sound bearing on a british Task Force, we were closing on each other. But then, poof. They were gone.

*******ing hackers

:rotfl:

Jimbuna · 05-09-08, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kipparikalle

I think british have created Philadelphia teleporting device.
I got sound bearing on a british Task Force, we were closing on each other. But then, poof. They were gone.

*******ing hackers

LOL :rotfl:

It's actually a pretty productive convoy route (just to the left) later in the war

HW3 · 05-09-08, 10:36 PM

I've found single and double merchants West of the Canaries in 1940 and 1941. Some turned toward Gibraltar around the top, while others continued North.

BasilY · 05-13-08, 12:40 AM

I once encounterred a very unlikely situation. I was docking at Salamis in Greece for a few times. I would find single allied vessels right in the Agean sea not far from port. In an area under german air cover with limited room to manuver. What were they thinking

Jimbuna · 05-13-08, 05:49 AM

An early version of the Allied naval kamikaze brigade perhaps

05-09-08, 07:51 AM	#1
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Canary Islands It's May 1941, and after an agonizing decision about whether to respect realism or to go up and help the Bismark, I decided to go to my patrol zone in between Gibraltar and the Canaries. Unfortunately, I missed perhaps my best chance to bag some really big ships (if not the Hood, the attack force that bagged the Bis). Fortuantely, I picked up a couple of convoys and a few nice lone merchants. So now, late May-early June 1941, I pulled out the sailing map and noticed that a whole bunch of single-merchant sailing lines converge on the Canaries. I've decided to head down there and have a look for myself, but I thought I'd see if anyone else has hunted this area with any success. I just bagged a large British merchant on the way down there, but I'm hoping to get a lot more action once I arrive on station. Any thoughts, comments, or suggestions? Thanks.

05-09-08, 08:11 AM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I've had good luck in the Central Atlantic, but haven't run into anything close to canaries (but never hung around there either). __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

05-09-08, 08:49 AM	#3
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 243 Uploads: 0	for me its a desert even in 1941 or earlier...no luck at all! __________________ ´´There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea.´´ Plato

05-09-08, 10:36 PM	#9
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,446 Downloads: 453 Uploads: 0	I've found single and double merchants West of the Canaries in 1940 and 1941. Some turned toward Gibraltar around the top, while others continued North. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

05-13-08, 05:49 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	An early version of the Allied naval kamikaze brigade perhaps __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

05-09-08, 02:11 PM	#6
Kipparikalle Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I think british have created Philadelphia teleporting device. I got sound bearing on a british Task Force, we were closing on each other. But then, poof. They were gone. *******ing hackers

05-13-08, 12:40 AM	#10
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I once encounterred a very unlikely situation. I was docking at Salamis in Greece for a few times. I would find single allied vessels right in the Agean sea not far from port. In an area under german air cover with limited room to manuver. What were they thinking