There and Back Again

[SubBadger]

Afternoon All

Once given a patrol mission, what would be a WWII Subs procedure for actually getting there? I've spend ages looking for clues but I suspect I'm desperately seeking subs in all the wrong places.

What I mean is, They moved faster on the surface, but used up the diesel which I presume shortened their range. But if they traveled submerged, the war would presumably have been over before they got to there designated patrol areas!

So would it have been surface travel up to a certain point (enemy contact not withstanding) and then submerged for the patrol? Or surface travel at night and submerged during the day?

One thing which in the sim at least would seem to me to suggest surfaced travel, would be the ability to speed up time. The actual skippers would have known the depth they were traveling in using their charts, but as far as I know this is something that "SH4" does not replicate and so any time accelerated submerged travel would carry a danger of grounding unless you were on the surface?

Badger