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Send a status report at least every day. A status report is what determines the completion of missions and allows for additonal missions to be received.
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This is the biggie right here. Easy to forget and nobody reminds you. I'm not even certain this is in the manual. Once you get out there and do your mission tell the folks back home how it's going. Contact an enemy? Send a contact report and be advised on how to proceed. Complete a mission, sink/kill enemies and send a mission report.
You also, if you're playing on easier levels (or just don't have the patience to make frequent, lengthy, refuelling runs home), might have unlimited fuel. Do keep an eye on your battery and CO2 levels when running submerged with TC on.
TC is the key to a decent experience and coupling that with reporting to HQ will keep things rolling along, IMHO.
I'm still getting my sealegs myself but this is making all the difference so far.
You need to be below periscope depth, say 75-100 feet, for the hydrophones to work. They'll 'hear' much farther than most of your guys can see. The slower you're moving the better they work too. I tend to cruise around in a zig-zag search pattern over the area. Slow speed (1/3 or 2/3), medium time compression if I'm in my patrol zone. I think my guys spot things better the lower it is but I'm too impatient to go /really/ slow. Maybe around 32-128 TC. Keep an eye on CO2 and battery levels (assuming you have those on). I'm also usually submerged during the day to avoid aircraft. I'll come up at night to recharge batteries and stay up until near morning when I go under again.
Interception and approach is a whole nother topic I'll leave to more expert people.