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Silent Hunter III: U-Boat: Battle in the Mediterranean add-on
UKDate 2006-08-18
Publisher Deep Silver
Genre Simulation -> Simulation

U-boat: Mediterranean is the most feature rich expansion to appear for Ubisoft's Silent Hunter III, offering a richer campaign experience and more than forty new ship classes! Designed to extend and expand the Silent Hunter world into the Mediterranean theatre and Black Sea, the submarine commander has new bases, new harbors and many hours of excitement in the silent service. The campaign is greatly expanded and covers the period from May, 1941 to the Allied invasion in 1943, including hundreds of historical convoys, task forces and resupply activity. 

New classes include the following: 
Wasp Class CV 
Scharnhorst Class BB 
Gneisenau (Scharnhorst Class) 
Deutschland Class heavy cruiser 
Queen Elizabeth Class BB 
Royal Sovereign Class BB 
Kent Class heavy cruiser 
London Class heavy cruiser 
Trento Class heavy cruiser 
Arethusa Class light cruiser 
Gloucester Class light cruiser 
Southampton Class light cruiser 
Bellona Class light cruiser 
New Orleans Class heavy cruiser 
Swiftsure Class light cruiser 
Da Barbiano Class light cruiser 
Guissano Class light cruiser 
"H" Class DD 
"M" Class DD 
Benson Class DD 
Benham Class DD 
Gridley Class DD 
Mahan Class DD 
Sims Class DD 
Battle Class DD 
Navigatori Class DD 
1936A (Mob) Class DD 
ZG-1 Hermes DD 
Type 7 DD 
Type 7U DD 
Russian Transport 
Churruca Class DD 
Grimsby Sloop 
Egret Sloop 
Bittern Sloop 
Black Swan Modified 
Hunt II Class DE 
Balilla Class submarine (It) 
German minesweeper Type M 
APD Light Transport 
US Attack Transport 
British Fast Transport 
Four New merchants 
More than half of these ships include up to four skins each, which means that when you have more than one "M" class destroyer in a convoy you won't see the identical ship twice. 

New base types have been created for this expansion, including a special airbase for Malta, and special naval bases for the British. Approximately thirty new cities and harbors have been created for the Med, with anchored ships in each harbor. Anchored ships rotate according to stages in the campaign, and they also show up randomly in radio reports. You may be notified, for example, when a British battleship is anchored at Alexandria. 

Random surface activity includes historical convoys and engagements, the invasion of Italy, and the activity of battleships like the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. "Engagement zones" have been modeled, which allow you the opportunity to participate in classic battles like the Battle of Sirte. 

If you begin the campaign in May, 1941, you have two options: access the Type IXB from Lorient and pass through the well defended Strait of Gibraltar, or start a campaign from Salamis in Greece. 

In September you can access the German base at La Spezia, and from November onward you will have resupply access to the Italian sub port at Taranto. The Black Sea base of Constantza becomes available in October, 1942. From February to October, 1942 there is limited resupply at sea. 

Single missions include eight training missions, eight battle scenarios and four historical missions. Two of the historical missions are part of Operation Berlino in February-March, 1941 along with the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. 

Thanks to Johny Blackfill :)