04-14-08, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
If by bad weather you mean extremely heavy weather and waves, then no, they didn't attack in those conditions. Torpedoes were totally unreliable. In fact, according to Nicholas Monsarrat, convoy commanders felt that the weather was more dangerous than any possible u-boat attack, so in very bad weather the convoy would actually heave to (turn into the wind and stop).
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Interesting Steve 
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