Ever been lured into a False sense of security?
October, 1939 - I found a convoy off the england coast line and setup a flanking intercept. All contacts were small costal merchants and one troop steamer. I'm thinking its dawn, shallow water but it's early war and these DD's are not going to be a problem... I waited till the lead screen pasted me by, ahead full in his baffles. At 900m, let the fish fly. Hard to starboard, flank speed, dove to 22m (one meter above the sea floor). Went to silent running, 2kts. Steamer sinks to the bottom and I'm recieving active pings... Iv'e being DC'd for over 2 hours of real time now. The DD has pursued me over 30nm from the convoy. Out of desperation I went to periscope depth, took a 360 degree looksy... There are THREE DD's pounding the tar out of me.
The boat is still 50nm away from deeper water and we will certainly not make it.
