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I've just finished reading two excellent books on Atlantic warfare, and am right now in the middle of a third. Great emphasis and training was placed on Allied convoys maintaining proper formation and NOT panicking. It did happen, but a lot less than some people like to think. The convoy Commodores were highly trained, and by mid-war so were all the merchant captains. According to every source I've seen, nine times out of ten they did indeed maintain formation.
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OK, granted, but you should still see flank speed and some zigging ordered in the middle of an active attack. Or at least zigging. Early-war attacks should have displayed some pacic as well, but I see no change from 1940 to 1945 (when I die gloriously.)