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Originally Posted by VonApist
December 1943. Night attack against a convoy in Gibraltar. 2 ore carriers hit but still struggling in the middle lane of the convoy. U27 was spotted by escorts and dived at a vertical course to the convoy. And at a depth of around 30 meters, a collision with the sinking merchant.
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Am I reading that right? You made a night SURFACE attack on a convoy in 1943?!? Wow.
Perhaps you were submerged, but your use of the word 'spotted' rather than 'detected' made me think you were on the surface.
Either way, just crappy luck.