Being engaged by escorts...

[Janus]

I've already been at 140m depth with engines OFF
for almost an hour I would say. But the escort still came back to ping me.
I'm afraid I just have to sit it out until the escort will regroup with it's convoy - whenever this will be...

Keep speed slow at 2kts
Stopped you will still be an asdic target and stopped one at that
2 kts and regular turn
Keep move away from convoy course

[Jimbuna]

Manually (from the speed guage and whilst in silent running mode) set your speed to 1 knot....that is as quiet as you can be whilst moving.

The other plus is that your battery lasts longer (longer than your oxygen level anyway)

[Brag]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Manually (from the speed guage and whilst in silent running mode) set your speed to 1 knot....that is as quiet as you can be whilst moving.

The other plus is that your battery lasts longer (longer than your oxygen level anyway)

Yup, speed one knot. rudder 5-10 degrees. You may change depth.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Brag

Yup, speed one knot. rudder 5-10 degrees. You may change depth.

You may run, but you can't hide

[Janus]

I finally made it by moving away from the (estimated) convoy's course with 2 knots silent running at depth 160 meters.

Now I need to get into an attack position again.
It is damned hard to engage a late '43 convoy...

[Task Force]

What type of boat do you have?

[Kurt Lange]

Originally Posted by Janus

I finally made it by moving away from the (estimated) convoy's course with 2 knots silent running at depth 160 meters.

Now I need to get into an attack position again.
It is damned hard to engage a late '43 convoy...

I have NYGM 3.0, attacking convoys in the Mediterranean in December 1943 in the 'Wolves At War III' campaign and am having no problems. Here are my tips:

Next time, try attacking from between 3500 and 4000 metres. Stay on silent running all the time, going very slow ahead and astern to maintain your distance until you have a good gyro angle.

Any escorts come close during that time, dip down to 20 metres till they have moved away, then return to periscope depth.

Once you have launched your torpedoes, turn away from the convoy, and dive using SLOW silent running...do NOT get twitchy and speed up. Do not stay at periscope depth to see if your torpedoes hit...you will know soon enough by sound.

By attacking from this distance, the escorts do not know where to start searching for you, and you will be amazed how quickly they give up and return to the convoy.

By the way, you say you were trying to escape that escort at a depth of 140 metres. You need to go much deeper than that. When I have been pinned down by them in the past, I have gone to a depth of 230 metres, silent running at 1 knot. Its risky as your hull may not hold up but thats what it took, especially during my trip past Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean.