First off, thanks for all the replies!
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As far as the destroyers go, I've found that even when you're submerged in the middle of a convoy column, they usually do beeline directly to your general position once you're detected. Which is pretty unrealistic as you probably wouldn't have been detected by sound with all those screws around you, but thems the haps.
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Hmm, what year are you playing? I'm in an IXC boat in early 42 and I have already made three attacks in my described fashion. As soon as I come in under the first merchant I order full ahead and not once have the escorts turned on my position. As soon as my eels starts going off the whole convoy starts zigzagging... but the escorts starts to do a flank search as well as position a few DD's astern of the convoy. From what I have read, this is exactly the mistake the brits did in the early war days before they discovered the Uboats special tactic.
I usually stay at convoy speed in the mid lane and reload my tubes. After all internal reloads are exhausted I do a 90 turn and track the convoy at a distance of about 25 kilometers. It only takes two attacks in order to exhaust the IXCs eel storage in this way, and it really deadly.
Edit: And oh yes, running with decks awash seems rather risky... the ships usually light up as soon as my first torp hits, and searchlights travel around the conoy.