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Originally Posted by acetoolguy
I just know I'll run into an unescorted convoy of slow troop transports with no torps on my way home....in heavy weather....I would hate to take that chance.....
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It can happen. I was returning from an Atlantic patrol north of Scotland when my watch crew spotted HMS Nelson and HMS Hood sailing together at night with no destroyer escort. I was in a perfect position to make a night suface approach and attack, but I had expended all my torpedoes and I don't think the deck gun would have cut the mustard! So I let them pass and carried on towards my home port. This adds to the realism for me.
Nemo
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