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Originally Posted by Zosimus
Do you really do that? Does it work?
I mean, normally when I am chasing a ship, I already know it's speed because it's part of a convoy that I found when the game announced a nearby convoy complete with its speed.
If not, I'm probably just shooting at it with my deck gun.
Otherwise, if I think it's big enough to justify a salvo, I'll just chase it for 32 minutes. A ship going 7 knots will cover 7 km in 32.4 minutes. That gives me lots of time to set up a shot. You'll know its course spot on, its speed, and be able to set up for an easy shot with time to spare.
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You're joking, right? Chasing it for 32 mins? One can easily calculate speed. Take a range/bearing and plot it. Do it again 3 minutes and 15 seconds later. Measure the distance it has traveled and divide by 100. That's its speed in knots. You can also calculate based on start/stop of the stopwatch as its bow and stern cross the wire, knowing ship length.