Deciding from hydrophone contacts if they are moving away to rejoining the convoy or are just trying another area is part of the game to my mind. Personally I would prefer not knowing how long the escorts will stick around without reacquiring the boat.
As for escorts loosing contact with convoys and having to catch up, I would suppose it might not be too unrealistic. I would guess that situations where escorts were drawn out of position would have arisen from time to time. The times I have seen this happen the escorts tend to move back towards the convoy at a brisk speed, so any advantage which might be gained isn't as great as it might appear given the top speed of the u-boat attempting reach the convoy again after resurfacing.
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Last edited by 3Jane; 02-23-08 at 10:19 PM.
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