Stay on the surface

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by joegrundman

I find it easy enough to make a surface attack against convoys, and i get really close too, but i find that within 5 - 10 secs of torpedoes hitting I'm picked up by searchlights pretty much 100% of the time.

I always crash dive at that point, so in the end i end up underwater anyway

Crash dive is like ringing the dinner bell
If you are going to dive do it at the speed you are already going or less and slip beneath the waves quietly
Hitting C ramps speed up to flank - if they havent seen you till then they will with a burst of speed