Convoys

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Originally Posted by Hotspur1337

Gee, thanks everyone. I never thought of diving under the convoy instead of coming about and running.

Last night I had a Flower Class pass by me while I was waiting for the convoy to come into position. So, I decided to take him out. I sent three torpedoes, and as soon as the first hit him he steered towards me, but then he sunk. The two other torpedoes than went on to take out a cargo ship way over on the other side of the convoy. Heh. Then I got away.

Waste of eels. You got lucky with the added bonus of a cargo ship but that was lucky.

If the escort was the only escort and you could have the convoy all to yourself after the escort sinks, take advantage of it. If he has friends with him, they are going to be hunting you and you are going to be dodging them instead of sending tonnage to the bottom in the form of cargo ships/tankers.

Later in the war with more and better escorts, shooting escorts is a complete waste and more than likely you're tugging on the tiger's whiskers.