Cruising trough the Channel in 1940

[Chisum]

Originally Posted by Kielhauler1961

Yes, surfaced. Must be at night, in bad weather and shadowing a slow merchant (5-6knots). Try to keep about 300 - 500 metres from him. If the seas are rough this will help by giving you hydrophone contact from time to time when your boat dips below 10m. Otherwise, track him through your 'radar' UZO. Oh, and resist the urge to sink it!

You can't complain. You got yourself into this mess in the first place!:rotfl:

Consider that if I follow a merchant at only 300m or 500m she don't stays in a right road...Left, right, left, right...I don't know the word to explain this movement, in french "louvoyer". And it means that the DD will be alerted bye the merchant movements...

I can try but will resume a save if it no works. For me the best way still deep and silent. If I can pass from West to East I can pass trought from East to West.

I don't complain, I'm in the mousetrap but I'm a cat lol.