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Originally Posted by Gargamel
Not always.
I sat perched underneath a very very slowly sinking Empire Freighter once, while an escort circled for about 12 hours game time. The Convoy was long gone. I eventually had to sink him as he came around the ship. I was at full stop, under or parked directly beside the Empire. I had to do something as air quality and a slowly disappearing hide was becoming an issue.
Was going to link the full play by play, but I cant seem to find it. Somewhere in the Campaign thread.....
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Interesting, what year was it? Late in the war when a convoy might have 12 escorts they could afford to detach 1 or 2 DD's from the convoy to hunt you down. Depending on how close you are to the convoy's destination is a factor as well, if it's only 10 miles from the destination once it reaches it all the warships will dissapear. Obviously if you're in the middle of the Atlantic that's not an option, in the Irish Sea you could potentially wait him out long enough for the convoy to reach Britsol or Liverpool.
Stubborn escorts like the one you encountered I would have sunk too. If he is so fixated on sinking you that he's willing to lie in wait for half a day its no longer cat and mouse, but endgame Chess. Whoever makes the first mistake is likely going to the bottom.