First, don't take any sh*t from Elco's. You can drop that little wasp with a few rounds of the deck gun and/or flak guns. Second, Elco's don't have hydrophones. If you dive, and there's just an Elco around, go flank towards deep water. Go for a bit. Periodically check with the scope - see if there's a destroyer coming (but locate him with the hydrophone first!). If there is, and he's < 3km, go silent and you'll be fine provided they don't make another visual sighting of your periscope. Remember - it's distance from you enemy that matters - you can go deep, or get further away laterally. I usually stay at PD and keep the vision advantage, but go for distance.
Using this techique, I can be spotted by a warship at a long distance (~8km), and by the time he gets to where he last saw me, I'm somewhere else and he has _no_ chance of finding me. Remember that he'll approach you at flank turns, and will be deaf right up until he arrives. BE BOLD. HAVE COURAGE. STAY AT PD AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
Kb
P.S. And yea you have to start over. Dead is Dead (DiD)
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