how do i do escort Norway convoy

[White Moss]

Hello, how do I escort the Norway convoy? You do not have enough torpedoes to kill the enemy and you cannot get back to base in time to get more.

[SpaceBikerV]

You sure you have a full stock of torpedoes? It's been a while since i did a convoy escort mission but if i remember correctly there is at most 3 enemy ships, which takes 3-6 torpedoes. After that there's no spawn

I suppose you could try using the deck gun and attack from behind if the enemy doesn't have rear guns

[BanDHMO]

It's random. Sometimes you don't face any enemies, sometimes it's manageable, and other times it's completely beyond your abilities. Nobody said war was fair.

[Snake Plissken]

Originally posted by BanDHMO:

It's random. Sometimes you don't face any enemies, sometimes it's manageable, and other times it's completely beyond your abilities. Nobody said war was fair.

Well said.

[athenian]

I finished the mission, but it was quirky. You need to do repeated runs (3 me reckons), and not all of them require you to sink enemy ships. I think this mission is something the devs should tweak a bit (though I do not have any suggestions) before final release.

[BattlePants#2233]

Its really random as was mentioned already. Sometimes even a single british destroyer would charge the convoy at 22kts and sink them all even the German escort destroyers.
Just stock on torpedoes and make sure you're ahead of the convoy NW of it aprox 50-70km to give you time for 2nd attack if your first attack fails.

[ShabDez]

Isn't there an alternative Weserübung patrol mission that counts for objective completition? If escorting is too random, go on a 2.000 km patrol and sink 2 merchant vessels.

[wntu4]

I am currently on this mission and I must have drawn the short straw because so far I've sunk 5 corvettes and one DD and disabled another and STILL have 3 Corvettes about to molest the convoy. One of the Type 1934's magically sank a few minutes ago for no apparent reason, the Brits are still 30 km away. Meanwhile my sub is shot to pieces and I have numerous wounded. I WILL be having words with BdU should I make it back alive.

[Gefallener_Held]

I think I am going to skip this mission

[Chaos]

It's suck most of the time if you get 2-3 large spawn back to back.
Very RNG dependent too, sometime the escort destroyer do most of the job, sometime they don't.

I usually manage one or two by torping the bigger ship then try to gunned down the smaller one while using the reverse gears (rip to all those man overboard).

Overall, just save scum to get a patrol mission instead lol.

[LeGust]

Originally posted by wntu4:

I am currently on this mission and I must have drawn the short straw because so far I've sunk 5 corvettes and one DD and disabled another and STILL have 3 Corvettes about to molest the convoy. One of the Type 1934's magically sank a few minutes ago for no apparent reason, the Brits are still 30 km away. Meanwhile my sub is shot to pieces and I have numerous wounded. I WILL be having words with BdU should I make it back alive.

The 1934 is German Support Destroyer of the convoy... and if one reads the radio message you get when you are too near the convoy, it states that you might be misstaken for an enemy... (and they will hunt you until you are recognized or sunk/slip away) ... Found out the hard way... If they hunt you and you draw them away from the convoy, the convoy stops until their destroyers are back... (Held up my completion of the mission as I approched Bergen...)

[japp_02]

I placed myself 20 km ahead of the convoy and went underwater in regular fashion, so I was able to spot any intercepting hostiles via sonar. For me it was a single corvette for which I made "kurzen Prozess..." as we say in Germany.
However these small and fast targets can be tricky to hit, but 1 hit will be enough. With a dud torpedo you won't get a second chance because the corvette's profile is just too small to make a hit at bow or when it circles around, but then the convoy's warship will take care quickly which my savescum has shown (I reloaded but didn't fire, I wanted to see what happens against the type 34, well...it was short for the corvette...)

Historically, the Weserübung had major torpedo problems with most uboats.

[Mouse Rat]

you can "cheat".

if you just exit port. and stop your ship. and go max TC.
4/5 times it will fail
1/5 times or so it will suceed.

reload a few times until it succeeds.
especially if you are on the dingy.

i've had 5-7 ships spawn on me while i was with the dingy , not fun.
Also trying to kill them while they are engage with the convoy.. not exactly possible, you need to intercept them before they start combat moves.

i usually rush T5s so i get a fighting chance.
Then engage them outside of the convoy.

I usually shadow the convoy on the left hand side in front. And i've had enemies spawn to my left, on a left to right intercept course for the convoy.

Even if you engage and make them hunt you, give some time for the convoy to power through.

[grei209ks]

I remember choosing the Norwegian convoy mission. But before leaving, I found out in time that I forgot to load torpedoes. What was my surprise when after clicking on the time (which took to load torpedoes, I think 8-12 hours) I saw a notification of successful completion of the mission. At first I thought it was a bug. After a while I again selected this mission. And specifically repeated the same actions (first selecting the mission, and after loading torpedoes). The result was the same - “successful completion of the mission”. How? I did nothing for this. I didn't even leave the port. I had to start my career again.

[Placebo]

Originally posted by White Moss:

Hello, how do I escort the Norway convoy? You do not have enough torpedoes to kill the enemy and you cannot get back to base in time to get more.

Though dangerous and seldom advised, you may be able to lure enemies away. It may require, counter-intuitively, making lots of noises(which is 'unheard of' in usual simulations) as this maneuver shifts the paradigm entirely from having torpedoes(which may have been exhausted from earlier endeavors) to having fuel, a bit or maritime "know-how', and a hardened crew who puts their captain a certain level above.

I imagine the enemy ships, from their perspective, knows that there is an uboat lurking constantly at range but always out of reach — it would certainly break the morale of the toughest skippers and shift attention from the mission to the imminent threat. For them, perhaps, to fail the mission may mean stern consequences back home, but to not address what is immediately before them — they may not even have the luxury to come back at all. You may not have torpedoes, but they don't know; a high stakes gamble.

[Mouse Rat]

Originally posted by grei209ks:

I remember choosing the Norwegian convoy mission. But before leaving, I found out in time that I forgot to load torpedoes. What was my surprise when after clicking on the time (which took to load torpedoes, I think 8-12 hours) I saw a notification of successful completion of the mission. At first I thought it was a bug. After a while I again selected this mission. And specifically repeated the same actions (first selecting the mission, and after loading torpedoes). The result was the same - “successful completion of the mission”. How? I did nothing for this. I didn't even leave the port. I had to start my career again.

That's what i described.
It's one of the ways to "cheat".
Unsure if it's introduced by the devs as means to skip the terrible missions or not.

There are ppl claiming they did this or that but i have yet to see a video of an actual successful combat against 5+ warships in the escort mission without T5s.

Sometimes you get lucky and spawn a single corvette, or they don't spawn at all.. or they spawn far away and miss the convoy.
That's not what it's supposed to do .. so in a sense you landed on the "cheating" part without noticing.. since there was no combat.

I've done the norway a few times and the only way to actually do it is rush T5s from the game start.
And pray you don't get that many warships spawning.

So if ppl wanna just skip over that missions to get it moving .. i'd give them the pass.

Tried in the dingy without T5s and isn't possible if they spawn correctly.

Again some ppl claim this or that .. I'd seriously be curious to see what tactics ppl use on high , realism , no cheating combat against a spawn group of warships in that particular type of escort mission.
As in more than 1 ship.

If there are such videos around i'd appreciate a link.