Damaged destroyer outran my torpedoes

[U-104]

I was sailing my new XXI U-boat when I encountered a British destroyer and hit it with an acoustic torpedo. It blew off one of its propellers and jammed its rudder. The destroyer came to a complete stop, so I lined it up at a 90-degree AOB and fired a steam torpedo at it and it went from zero to ten knots in about one second. The torpedo went on behind it without hitting a thing. :hulk: How is that a damaged destroyer with only one propeller can go from zero to ten knots in about one second and evade a torpedo coming at it at 40 knots? :-?

[the_rydster]

If its rudder was jammed/locked then if it went full power on the useable screw then that could probably ruin your shot as it would not only accelerate but turn.

[U-104]

it jammed straight.

[oRGy]

The acceleration settings of all ships are far far higher than they were in reality, probably because the AI in SH3 is so useless - they have to be able to stop and reverse in a few seconds in order to avoid ramming the wrong ships and so on.