One question. You said southern coast of England. Do you mean the English channel? If so then I would reccomend staying out of there at all cost, especially as the war progresses. Between air patrols, DDs and Pt boats, and in the case of my modded game, mine fields, the english channel can be a death trap. Plus it shallow so not much room to manuver.
Like other have said. Depth is your friend. If you are being actively hunted and the DDs are using their ASDIC then try to get down to 150m and run silent. If they start pinging you (the pinging will get faster) wait until it stops and you can hear the DDs screws from the control room. Thats a good indication they are making an attack run on you. Go ahead flank and when your sonar guy reports DCs in the water do a hard rudder turn. As soon as the explosions stop go back to silent run and rudder amidships. Now what you wanna do is try and keep either the bow or stern of your boat pointed towards the DD. This limits your profile and makes it harder for them to pick you up on ASDIC. Keep in mind that you want to try and work your way out of the area as well.
If you are in shallow waters (anything under 50m) then the same tactics apply for the most part, except for going deep of cours. But your chances get reduced significantly.
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