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Originally Posted by HanSolo78
@bk
Could it be bad weather?
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Weather, yes, it wasn't perfect, but not so bad, wind 14m/s, big waves, but full visibility, partly cloudy, sun visible, no rain. Not good only for a deck gun.
To be exact, firstly, vessels were listing/sinking and then explosion and smoke appeared. One by one all escorts sank untill only merchants remained. After second or third escort sank, the convoy dissipated, but very soon reorganized into columns, not zigzagging. There could be collisions between merchants, when they were reorganizing, but escorts were surely separated when sank.