what was realistic patrol tonnage like ?

[Tobus]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

As to the cruisers smiling and waving while you lob shells at them I have not witnessed this behavior personally. Hell even armed merchants can give me struggles in a surfaced "slugfest".

Agreed. I have run into armed merchants and was shelled to ****, crashdiving immediately. But destroyers: I have only had one instance in where they were good in finding me. Most of the time they are The Republic of Congo's Navy rejects.