Why not serve the Royal Navy for a change?

-Dreadnought- · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Finland

It would seem that the next part in the Silent Hunter-series will be in the Pacific, right?
I was just wondering, why not make a campaign in the Royal Navy and not always the jerries or yankies? Just a thought... :ahoy:

Etienne · Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 641 Location: Canada

The RN's WWII submarine campaign was not as grand as the americans or the german ones.

STEED · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 1671 Location: England

Would be nice to have some missions in it that are British Yep

Torplexed · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 1194 Location: Seattle, WA

I've always been in favor of a British Mediterranean sim. Play the role of ace of the deep Lt. Commander Wanklyn of the Upholder for once. I've always been told that would be a niche within a niche market.

STEED · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 1671 Location: England

Type XXIII · Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 124 Location: Norway

A RN subsim could also include the late war patrols along the Norwegian coast and in the Skagerrak.

Green water patrols along the coast of Norway would be interesting. (And probably demand alot of skill in submerged navigation.)

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Sigh... for several years I've researched the British submarine campaigns with particular emphasis on the U-class battles in the Med. Unfortunately SH3 came along and I really don't want to bother upgrading - it was for SH2. But it's really something that's long overdue.

Mountbatten

Torplexed · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 1194 Location: Seattle, WA

Yeah...it always gets squeezed out by the bigger and more well-known Atlantic and Pacific submarine campaigns. Sad

Commanding a British sub in the Med would make a good challenge. Especially since they had to spend most daylight hours running submerged because they were operating under Axis controlled airspace.

Wulfmann · Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 507 Location: Florida

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Not to mention that many parts of the Med are coastal shallow waters and they are visible to aircraft above, or that plenty of Italian supply was delivered by coastal convoys in light ships forcing the subs to go very close in!

Also... it might be interesting to get a crack at this sub:

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_52-42_mk1.htm

Cheers,
Mountbatten

Torplexed · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 1194 Location: Seattle, WA

Verrry Nice. Always enjoy the exotic subs. X-1 looks to be the British equivalent of the Surcouf or Nautilus. Why waste a torpedo when an old-fashioned broadside will do? Thumbs Up

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Note how she has TWO twin turrets. Can you imagine surfacing 500 yards from a startled freighter and shelling it into oblivion! Yeaha!! Or firing salvoes at the enemy fleet forcing it to detach its escorting DDs to hunt for the turretted subs while sending in your own DDs to launch a torpedo attack on the now vulnerable heavies? Maybe they could mix that design up with the K class steam submarines - would probably take the same amount of time to ready the turrets as it would to ready the steam engines for surface running...

I can dream can't I?
Mountbatten

deglaser · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 29 Location: Oslo, Norway

GlowwormGuy · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 615

Heck if they don't want it, with all the stuff Betasom has done in SH2 we might as well do it ourselves...

but I'll be missing that X1.

Mountbatten

Torplexed · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 1194 Location: Seattle, WA

Nice to know I am not alone on this. Possibly a hopeless quest but it doesn't hurt to voice interest and show support for His Majesty's Submarines. Perhaps it may have to be up to Betasom to create one but if a British WW2 sub sim should ever appear on the horizon I've got my signature image all ready to go.

She may be a bit stubby but beauty is in the eye of the Upholder..... Wink