Life boat mod question re: abandoning ship

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by K-61

Last night I torpedoed a large merchant with my last torpedo, in a calm sea. It dropped low by the bow but sailed on for some. After some time it dropped a lifeboat and eventually it slowed and then stopped and the convoy sailed on. As I was out of eels and she had a deck gun, I was averse to the idea of surfacing to finish her off. I decided to linger, then maneuver to about 2-3 kms directly to her front. As fate would have it, the seas whipped up and I was unable to use the deck gun anyway! I stayed nearby and watched her; after 14.5 hours she finally sank.

Even with her armed once she's dropped out of the convoy and escorts have left her behind all you gotta do is wait for calm waters to use your deck gun. Even if submerged you don't have to run at silent so can easily maneuver however you wish; best to either position yourself on a facing where she has no guns (or out of their arc of fire) or put yourself at 4000m-5000m away. Calm seas and a stationary target you've got the major advantage long as you (yourself) can handle the deck gun well and drop 5 or 6 good waterline/low hull shots and submerge if needed if their guns have the range to reach you and present any kind of real threat. Especially something as large as a large merchant still presents a good target size to aim at even at long range.