It's interesting to read the differing views here on this subject. Personally, I have managed to get as close as 600 metres to a destroyer at night (no moon) without being detected. I manoeuvred past this escort to set up a perfect stern shot on a large cargo with my last torp. However, I must add the caveat that I was at decks awash at the time and I do not use the 16km mod. I was quite proud of this manoeuvre, the only disappointment being that the torp (my last) was a dud.
Nemo
__________________
"I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic".
Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL
AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF
___________________________________________
|