Attacking a convoy in thick fog and stormy conditions can be hairy - it's the ONLY time in dozens of patrols that I have been killed by a DD (when I die it's usually the a/c that get me). Visibility can be next to zero - sometimes 300 m or less! It's a crapshoot; if the DD is nearby, you are dead meat. If not, then you can penetrate the convoy and pick off your targets point-blank. Stay on the surface - speed and your small size is your best bet. Dive only when absolutely necessary.
I did manage an attack the other day in my trusty VIIb; I tracked the convoy's movements by hydrophone to get a rough idea of its course and speed - barrelled in and bagged a C2 at 350+- m.
And then a Black Swan FF raked me with 20mm and killed most of my deck crew.
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