Wolfpack vs Uboat -- Differences ? ? Pro's/Cons

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Correct me if wrong Neal, but while there may not be a "There's a convoy, get ready" message, in reality, Wolfpack just starts (currently) at the next step from such a message and one knows there's a convoy somewhere in the vicinity.

You are correct, essentially that is what happens. When Wolfpack starts, you know there is a contact out there somewhere.

Same with Silent Hunter: when the TC abruptly drops from 2018x to 1x, you know there is a contact.

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

I.e., in SH one gets: A. A convoy reported message then goes to an intercept spot and then
B: hunts for and hopefully finds it.

What do you do if you do not find it?