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Originally Posted by Laughing Swordfish
In my minds eye, you donned your breathing apparatus, and you and your best men made it out of the escape hatch, your signaller having got off one last SOS. After a miserable few hours bobbing in the ocean (and steadfastly refusing to show a light and be picked up as a prisoner) an Arado seaplane circles overhead, and a german e-boat is soon on the scene.
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I like that ending. BTW, I was inspired to write this by your outstanding story (the 'other' U-46).
I would love to hear advice on homing torpedos. Is magnetic the right way to go? Do they have a 30% success rate, as the manual says? Do they work (that is, home in) at all against targets slower than 12 kts?