Yes, definitely, the Ship is riding up and down a lot and plunging into waves and whatnot so the eel might very well either run too deep, too shallow, detonate prematurely or miss completely.
I try not to engage anything in stormy weather but if I have to I leave the escorts entirely alone, they're far less effective in those sort of conditions, I try to go for the biggest ships with impact eels set fairly shallow, 4 meters or so, much better chance of hitting.
Interestingly enough, most of the people injured while serving on Flower Corvettes specifically during WWII didn't suffer from damage caused by enemy action but from broken bones due to heavy weather, those things were basically seaworthy but turned out to be a very unstable and uncomfortable ride during storms. :hmm:
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