In my readings there are an infinite number of descriptions of U-Boat Commanders finding and sinking single ships they just stumbled upon with no warnings. An infinite number. And how many times have I read the opposite.....none. I have an extensive library. (10 years of collectiing!)
I think the goal of a good Historical Simulation is to simulate the typical most accurate situation, not "how it could have been".
Using single ships contacts sailing around the map turns the sim into an Arcade Game. If you want realism and experience close to what a real U-Boat Commander had to do don't use them.
Its is still possible in the game to find single ships. They are in the shipping lanes. DIving on occassion to do a sound check can pick them up also. Otto Kretschmer's standard procedure was to dive for two hours every morning before dawn to do sound checks. That method has worked for me to find single ships several times.
Magua has spoken.
