It's not so much the speed of the panicked unit, as it is the constant helming that is my bug-a-boo. In SHIII it was a little easier as the ships followed a fairly routine "wave" pattern, but in SHIV, they can go in all different directions.
As such, I target my torpedoes to hit from midships to stern. This increases the likelihood of damage to engines, props, and occasionally rudders. Ships are a lot easier to take out once you've crippled their propulsion systems.
Hits in the bow rarely seem to have much effect on a ship, especially in the stock game.
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