Operation SN

Captain Nemo · 10-18-06, 10:30 AM

I'm on my eighth patrol in June 1940 and I was assigned to patrol grid AN55. Whilst doing this I was attacked by an aircraft in the westerly area of the grid and I quickly dived my boat. I thought I'd use the external camera to see my boat diving and to my horror I saw just on my starboard side a mine. Anyway this got me interested in where the Allies put mines around Great Britain during WWII. I found some info on Operation SN which basically involved the Royal Naval deploying mines in an attempt to prevent the enemy from breaking out into the Atlantic Ocean through the Orkney - Faeroes - Iceland gap and through the Denmark Straight from the north into areas where trans-Atlantic shipping could be attacked. I know that the English Channel is a no-go area, but I would be interested to learn if any forum members playing SHIII have been sunk in the North Sea or in any of the areas mentioned above by mines?

Nemo

bigboywooly · 10-18-06, 11:24 AM

Heres an old pic I found about the North sea in 1939

Biggles · 10-18-06, 11:34 AM

Sure that is from 1939 and not just about 1939?

Captain Nemo · 10-19-06, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Heres an old pic I found about the North sea in 1939

Thanks for the pic bigboywooly, it would have been the minefield just off the East coast of England that I nearly fell foul of. Presumably though, the Allies would have added to these minefields as the war progressed (up until 1943 anyway when I believe mine laying was halted). I think the original plan was to place mines across from Scotland to Norway but this plan was scuppered when the German's invaded Norway in 1940.

Nemo

Warmonger · 10-19-06, 07:00 AM

The area E and SE of Scapa is heavily mined as well I presume as I got damaged a few times already for no apparent reason (I disabled the external camera so I can't take a look).

Captain Nemo · 10-19-06, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Warmonger

The area E and SE of Scapa is heavily mined as well I presume as I got damaged a few times already for no apparent reason (I disabled the external camera so I can't take a look).

Yep that fits in with Operation SN's objectives.

Nemo

10-18-06, 10:30 AM	#1
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Operation SN I'm on my eighth patrol in June 1940 and I was assigned to patrol grid AN55. Whilst doing this I was attacked by an aircraft in the westerly area of the grid and I quickly dived my boat. I thought I'd use the external camera to see my boat diving and to my horror I saw just on my starboard side a mine. Anyway this got me interested in where the Allies put mines around Great Britain during WWII. I found some info on Operation SN which basically involved the Royal Naval deploying mines in an attempt to prevent the enemy from breaking out into the Atlantic Ocean through the Orkney - Faeroes - Iceland gap and through the Denmark Straight from the north into areas where trans-Atlantic shipping could be attacked. I know that the English Channel is a no-go area, but I would be interested to learn if any forum members playing SHIII have been sunk in the North Sea or in any of the areas mentioned above by mines? Nemo

10-18-06, 11:24 AM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Heres an old pic I found about the North sea in 1939 __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41 Last edited by bigboywooly; 10-18-06 at 12:26 PM.

10-18-06, 11:34 AM	#3
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Sure that is from 1939 and not just about 1939? __________________

10-19-06, 07:00 AM	#5
Warmonger Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 266 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	The area E and SE of Scapa is heavily mined as well I presume as I got damaged a few times already for no apparent reason (I disabled the external camera so I can't take a look).