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Originally Posted by Kielhauler1961
@ danlisa,
Some weeks back, driving a type II, I was heading westbound through the Orkney - Shetland gap and my sonarman picked up a contact "Warship moving fast, bearing 080, constant distance". I tracked the contact for a time and established he was heading east at a distance of about 10-12 km, at an estimated speed of 15 knots+.
Wishing to complete my transit as quickly as possible, and figuring I was safe from detection (submerged, 25m) and given his speed, distance and course, I increased TC to x64 and the next thing I know is "We're taking damage, Sir!" He somehow detected me at extreme range, but only because I put on TC. It was a V&W class destroyer, all by itself, and it took me four hours to lose him, and then I had to head back to base for repairs.
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If this situation is indicative of your current findings in TC detection I have a conceivable explanation. I don't think he detected you at all. I think his waypoint path was directly placed on your course and due to you being submerged presumably traveling at slow speeds to conserve battery life, the V&W Class actually caught up with you while you were at TC.
In the Orkney / Shetland gap there is always a scripted patrolling ship (more sometimes), which if you open the SCR layer within the Mission Ed will show as diagonally zigg-zagging this narrow waterway.
In this instance, it is plausible that you, traveling at 3-4 kts (guess), incidentally making a lot of noise at this speed, were in fact traveling slowly enough at TC for the VW Class to come back around on his designated patrol course and for him to actually detect you.
Edit - Unless you have edited your TC settings, something doesn't add up. If you had been detected, your TC would have automatically dropped to either (max) 32x but more likely 8xTC when being hunted.
