Yes, and your chances are good. Commanding an IXB July 1942 I attacked a task force in the bay of biscay a few days out from Lorient, in the BF grid. At first i thought it was a pair of merchants i got no radio message warning me of a taskforce in the area, so i gave chase, spotted a escort and dived, went deep, then the sonar started yelling of numerous warship contacts so knew this wasn't no merchant convoy as they were moving to fast,(15knots) later in the hunt i ordered periscope depth, raised the scope and spotted a carrier with 5 escorts surrounding her. I was in a lucky position - ahead of her so all i had to do was sit and wait. She went down with 4 torpedoes in her side. hehe.
In an earlier career commanding a VIIC I managed to attack a taskforce with one Nelson BB and one small carrier, cruising just outside of gibralter heading west and moving fast, but I only managed to damaging the Nelson still she sailed away like nothing happen. Had to dive deep and make my escape there was no hope of chasing her.
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