wwengr
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Joined: 1/14/2007 From: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA Status: offline
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Very interesting read. Thanks for the link. In WITP terms, it does not look like they were much of a factor. The average turn around time in Batavia was about 70 days and the report talks at length about the lack fo skill maintenance crews and such to keep the boats operational. It appears that they were used to some extent, in Batavia and Singapore, as blockade runners with the intent of pulling raw materials back to Germany. In terms of combat effectiveness, the claim of 1760 vessels sunk does not distinuguish between early operations in the Southern Ocean, and later operations. As reported the average vessel size for these 1760 was less than 600 tons. This would imply that they mostly sunk fishing boats, coastal barges, and small coastal tramp steemers, which are not units in the game.
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I have been inputting my orders for the campaign game first turn since July 4, 2009. I'm getting close. In another month or two, I might be able to run the turn!
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