Second try. In fact I stop my diesel engine before ordering periscope depth, when the speed was below 5kts. They didn't spot me. I managed to sink one of the Dale Oiler (17500 tons!). It was my only one target but I spotted another Dale Oiler at the back of the small convoy, so after avoiding the escort, 3 destroyers searching me for half an hour, I followed them deck awash when they left me to join the convoy.. I checked on wikipedia and only 6 Dale Oiler were built so I am not sure it is really historical accurate to have 2 of them in the same convoy.
This time I went past them and tried to infiltrate the convoy for head-on, facing them to offer the least surface to the escort, engine stopped and periscope death. The only problem is that the convoy esscort was too close.. I had one on each side at 40 degrees approaching and they got me on asdic before they went past my sides. I though hey would escort the convoy from the side but they were just ahead and 2000 meters from each other.
I had to escape but I remained periscope death to shoot my two last torpedoes at the last Dale Oiler that turned and offered me his 140 meters wide flank. My solution was really inaccurate but one torp at the back killed it. Might be lucky to sink a 17500 tons ship in a single torp ^^
I then left the convoy.
The subsighted message should be desactivated as it is probably bugged, I keep receiving them while the convoy escort doest not react, and it is received as soon as my scope exit the coning tower, even when I am surfaced..
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