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Originally Posted by Zedwardson
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5. if you find a ship sailing by itself, hang around, many times you will find a shipping lane and make a death zone. ...
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Thanks, I'm going to give that a try.
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6. Three ships and 9000 tons might not seem alot, but its not bad for early in the war when you don't have convoys to poach,...
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It's much better than "not bad". Historically, only a very small group of sub commanders in WWII - from all of the navies involved - ever managed to average 9000t per patrol. Any one who could was an ace.
Unless a target is worth vastly more than your sub, nothing justifies unnecessarily risking the boat, and especially the crew. What you've said all sounds like good judgment to me.
Here are some other things things I've tried:
If I encounter a convoy with all the escorts up front, then I know that they'll be deaf once they've passed me, and I've got at least until the first torp. hits (and up to 20 seconds more) to use flank speed, before they can turn themselves around enough to hear me.
I use slow speed torps on escorted merchants if possible - gives me even more time to clear the firing point.
If I have to turn after firing, I try to use as little rudder as possible. Full rudder (the default) will keep me at the firing point until the boat finishes its turn.