Finish him with deck guns, or just stay with him. He'll sink.
Are you in a Type VII? Don't underestimate the loadoat limitations of the German Uboots. It's better to be able to get off a maximum number of shots in a convoy attack than to limit your flexibility in a convoy situation for the sake of a large freighter. I'd say it really depends on your situation - because I would even go so far as to let it go if it meant I had one less torpedo in total to fire at a convoy at one time. On the other hand if I were already out of reserves or had an empty bow tube, I'd probably make sure he went down with eels.
Kretschmer always said: „Ein Schiff, ein Torpedo." It's food for thought.
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