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Anachronous · 03-25-06, 09:27 PM

Its Oct 1940 and Im heading up the western side of the UK near liverpool, in the convoy lanes and its fairly shallow in places.

Now I had a destroyer following me and I was out of internal Torps after taking out a merchat convoy. Ive taken some damage and spend a couple hours trying to lose this destroyer with no luck. Eventually I surfaced behind him and took him out with my deck gun, though I lost a couple crew in doing so.

The problem is while I took him out, he must of called for help, as other destroyer turned up, this one with bigger guns.

Now Im heading slowly for deeper water, swapping between silent running and speed when I can. I am at 40m with 15m to spare and each time the destroyer comes close, i have to go evasive. Luckily I can out turn him.

I thought Id lost him for a while, as I was sitting on the bottom not moving, but then he found me again and I had to move.

My crew are tired and so am I. This cat and mouse game has been going on all night.

So what would you do?

03-25-06, 09:27 PM	#1
Anachronous Medic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tasmania Posts: 167 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	What tactics do you use for Losing a Destroyer. Its Oct 1940 and Im heading up the western side of the UK near liverpool, in the convoy lanes and its fairly shallow in places. Now I had a destroyer following me and I was out of internal Torps after taking out a merchat convoy. Ive taken some damage and spend a couple hours trying to lose this destroyer with no luck. Eventually I surfaced behind him and took him out with my deck gun, though I lost a couple crew in doing so. The problem is while I took him out, he must of called for help, as other destroyer turned up, this one with bigger guns. Now Im heading slowly for deeper water, swapping between silent running and speed when I can. I am at 40m with 15m to spare and each time the destroyer comes close, i have to go evasive. Luckily I can out turn him. I thought Id lost him for a while, as I was sitting on the bottom not moving, but then he found me again and I had to move. My crew are tired and so am I. This cat and mouse game has been going on all night. So what would you do? __________________ Use of undefined constants causes assumptions!