Gibraltar!

Tonnage_Ace · 03-17-06, 06:10 PM

I think you could say I'm in a bit of a pickle :hmm:

It's '44 and I'm drifting through the Straight in my brand new XXI at 200 rpm, exactly 260m. I had just attacked two convoys, one going into the Med(troop transport) and one coming out(three T3's and a troop transport), lost the pursuing DDs and then made my approach directly down the middle of the needle thin entrance. Satisfied I had lost all escorts and finished reloading all torps for the trek ahead, I began heading through @ 128x TC. At around midnight, I had not quite reached the point in my journey directly below the famed port when my 128x TC drops down to 8x! I'm in a XXI and not even going ahead slow, but set speed to coincide with 200rpm and I'm at 260m! This is my first attempt at passing through the straight because I wanted to wait until I had the XXI to attempt it, but how in the world did they find me? I know it's not sound(although my next attempt will be at 100rpm) and I'm extremely deep so how did their passive sonar pick me up?

I know the DDs passive sonar is like a cone ahead of the bow and that I try to avoid this area when approaching a convoy's lead DD, but c'mon, I'm usually at around periscope depth when I do this. Maybe I should drift down to 280m on my next attempt?

Another theory I had was that I'm approaching the problem the wrong way: instead of going down the middle where patrols are heaviest, maybe I should try going along the outskirts, in shallow water...Any input would be great.

03-17-06, 06:10 PM	#1
Tonnage_Ace XO Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 411 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Gibraltar! I think you could say I'm in a bit of a pickle :hmm: It's '44 and I'm drifting through the Straight in my brand new XXI at 200 rpm, exactly 260m. I had just attacked two convoys, one going into the Med(troop transport) and one coming out(three T3's and a troop transport), lost the pursuing DDs and then made my approach directly down the middle of the needle thin entrance. Satisfied I had lost all escorts and finished reloading all torps for the trek ahead, I began heading through @ 128x TC. At around midnight, I had not quite reached the point in my journey directly below the famed port when my 128x TC drops down to 8x! I'm in a XXI and not even going ahead slow, but set speed to coincide with 200rpm and I'm at 260m! This is my first attempt at passing through the straight because I wanted to wait until I had the XXI to attempt it, but how in the world did they find me? I know it's not sound(although my next attempt will be at 100rpm) and I'm extremely deep so how did their passive sonar pick me up? I know the DDs passive sonar is like a cone ahead of the bow and that I try to avoid this area when approaching a convoy's lead DD, but c'mon, I'm usually at around periscope depth when I do this. Maybe I should drift down to 280m on my next attempt? Another theory I had was that I'm approaching the problem the wrong way: instead of going down the middle where patrols are heaviest, maybe I should try going along the outskirts, in shallow water...Any input would be great.