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Originally Posted by ddiplock
What is your normal "operating procedure" for sighting a lone merchant ship on the seas?
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Attack and sink it
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On a serious note now: If it's alone I stay on surface and I go ahead flank. Most merchants are slower than U-Boats so you can (almost) always outrun them. If it's early in the war I just man the deck gun and go straight for it to finish the job quickly. In later years this is really dangerous. In these situations I try to plot a paraller course to the target but at a distance where I cannot be spotted (depends on weather conditions and time of day). Then after I outrun him I plot a perpendicular course to his and go ahead flank. At about 2-3 Km away I go to periscope depth. If he is still far away I continue my course until I come really close, otherwise I fire my topedoes from larger distances.