In my opinion, and many will disagree, Time Compression doesn't have anything to do with realism.
If you want to stay at sea the longest possible time, travel at Ahead Slow. It is best to try to conserve fuel on the way to your patrol area, so you have plenty of fuel to chase down enemies, and you can return to base at the best possible speed. It took Hardegan something like 23 days to get to the US East Coast, but only 10 days to return. Travelling submerged as much as possible, thus running on batteries, also saves fuel.
I think 1 or 2 people did real time patrols in Type II's when SH3 first came out.
I've done a 105 day patrol in a Type IXc without refueling.
I return to port because I love to back my uboat into the pens.
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U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface.
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