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Von Tonner · 07-11-05, 09:08 AM

I am exactly in this situation at the moment - waiting for night to fall while tailing a convoy. It is 3.15pm game time and I expect night to fall at around 7-8pm (I don't know how dark that will be).

So, what I am doing is keeping the convoy just on the horizon in front of me while I tail them at their speed. So when I go to TC everything should stay constant. They are about 6-7kn in front of me in slight mist/fog. When I'm surfaced I make sure I have good watch on and when submerged I keep getting updates on the warships as I think this convoy has about two on each flank. The trick here is to make sure that once an attacking opportunity comes up to make damn sure your batteries are fully charged.

I started tailing this convoy at 6am and the funny thing is that at around 2pm a C3 fell out of the convoy and came to a dead stop while the convoy moved on. I closed on her, sank her and thought that that would surely bring the destroyers back onto me but they stayed with the convoy. Strange.

07-11-05, 09:08 AM	#8
Von Tonner Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 711 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	I am exactly in this situation at the moment - waiting for night to fall while tailing a convoy. It is 3.15pm game time and I expect night to fall at around 7-8pm (I don't know how dark that will be). So, what I am doing is keeping the convoy just on the horizon in front of me while I tail them at their speed. So when I go to TC everything should stay constant. They are about 6-7kn in front of me in slight mist/fog. When I'm surfaced I make sure I have good watch on and when submerged I keep getting updates on the warships as I think this convoy has about two on each flank. The trick here is to make sure that once an attacking opportunity comes up to make damn sure your batteries are fully charged. I started tailing this convoy at 6am and the funny thing is that at around 2pm a C3 fell out of the convoy and came to a dead stop while the convoy moved on. I closed on her, sank her and thought that that would surely bring the destroyers back onto me but they stayed with the convoy. Strange.