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Originally Posted by Harald_Lange
What is the best tactic to avoid destruction if you happen to get detected by an enemy ship in shallow waters?
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Caught by Tommy ASW in shallow waters? To quote the ill-fated Kaleün, Unglück von Untergang: "Na dann, meine Herren, gute Nacht."
Lots of good advice already, though, even though you must embrace the suck and come to peace with the fact that your career is facing a sudden end.
To sum it up from my personal experience:
1) Do you have deeper waters anywhere nearby? If so, you
might stand a chance dodging like crazy and flanking towards that area every time the Tommy is done with a pass. Forget about intelligent positioning, your sole priority is to get to somewhere where you can hide.
2) Extremely poor visibility? Best bet is to wait for him to pass, then order flank speed ahead, blow ballast and run like the wind in the opposite direction he's going and tell the LI to forget about recharging the batteries on the surface (he'll do that by default, so be sure to order him NOT to as it slows your boat down). Mind you, this will
only have a snowball's chance in Hell of working in extremely poor visibility (night, fog etc.) AND provided that he doesn't have radar. You cannot outrun a destroyer, so if he can "see" you, you'll lose.
3) None of the above? Go to periscope depth after a pass, wait for him to come around for a second pass and then, in the middle of his turn, let go all tubes forward in a fan attack. Low depth, magnetic detonator (the impact detonator will still work if you actually manage to hit him). It's a desperate move, but if 1) and 2) are right out, it's your only one. Well, except for
4), which is if you're out of eels. In that case, blow ballast, man the deck gun and shoot it out on the surface while going as fast as you can, changing course as much as you can without making it impossible for you to aim. That's not only desperate, it's downright suicidal in most cases, but at least it beats letting the damn Tommy kill you at his leisure or surrendering.
Welcome to the Ubootwaffe, Herr Kaleun!
