Chapter 4 – 14. December

Finally it is time to set sails. The Escort Group leaves fist, then the merchants and finally the Audacity with her escort destroyer. After a short but rough dispute Walker gave Mac Kendrick the order to provide air patrols all day through. Mac Kendrick replied that this would certainly lead to fatigue and therefore would reduce the combat strength in case of an attack, but Walker insisted. So the planes will patrol an area of about 30 miles in front and 20 miles to the rear and sides. The escorts would form an inner and an outer ring with a maximum distance of ten miles. The merchants will form a box with 5 columns. The Audacity will be in the center of the last row, with a destroyer as her personal guard. The speed of the convoy is 7.3kn.

The convoy sails course South West until it is out of sight from the Spanish mainland and then turn North West to sail to Liverpool.
This evening, another convoy will leave Gibraltar, a small Capetown bound one.

In the darkness of the night Walker’s convoy enters the Atlantic Ocean. Walker has the strong feeling that the fighting will soon begin. At 23:30 he hears the sound of depth charges and sees the light of phoscars on starboard. A swordfish of the Gibraltar patrol found a submarine with the A.S.V. and threw three charges. The distance is about three nautical miles on the right.

1) Please draw a sketch of your convoy with the positions and names of the escorts.
2) What are your commands regarding the sub?
3) Please give orders regarding your course! Drawing may help!!

Deadline is March 16!

P.S.: Your enemy consists of 6 to seven high mitivated players!!