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Originally Posted by Captain Hammered
My advice would be to end-run. Using the sound data you can establish a general idea of the convoy's heading and range. The initial part of the attack - when you are BVR and listening to their distant screws - you have all the time in the world; you can stop your vessel (for ease of calculating), and record numerous marks at the point at which the sound heading indicators fade out. Enough marks give you sufficient information to give you the convoy's general heading and speed. Using that data, surface and race like hell to a point far ahead of the convoy's path.
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This turned out to be excellent advice. Thank you. Bagged three merchants in three attacks during the storm without any visual cues. It is difficult to trust the course/speed estimates without visual confirmation but it must be done.
Accurately guessing the convoy's destination (Toko, Formosa) was hugely beneficial to the calculation of course and speed. In future storms I may just camp within striking distance of an enemy port for this reason.