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Originally Posted by Rykaird
So I'm off the lovely Spanish coast in an absolute frog-drowning storm. Can't see a thing - near zero visibility. I'm submerged to conserve fuel, running due north, and I get a merchant contact, bearing 064, constant distance.
I get repeated contacts, and each bearing gets greater, as in increasing towards 90. Given I don't know his range - other than the rather non-helpful "long" - is there a way to even get an estimate so I can lay an intercept? In this weather I'm going to have to get right on top of him to ever see him.
Anyway, if there is a way, or I'm barking up the wrong sausage, let me know. Thanks!
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Doesn't look good... As you travel slow, if it is a medium speed, you can forget it. Long range is anything above 3 Kms but could be a lot more. If you put your ears behind the hydrophone, you should get an idea from the sound if it's really far. Since you're travelling north and the contact is constant distance moving from 64 towards 90, it's probably heading something near south, which is your opposite direction.
As anyway you won't be able to make a proper attack in these visibility conditions, I wouldn't even bother trying to catch him.