Tips for attacking two ships in convoy

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Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Is that trigonometrically possible, to do it at 90 AOB? And at 1.5 km out, you would tend to have another line of ships between you and your target row.

However, it is certainly manageable if you are using magnetic pistols, as AOB is far less important.

Say you are targeting a Tanker followed by a Cargo. You would get a solution on Cargo and fire. At that point, your stopwatch starts. For example, 2 minutes. Turn towards Tanker, and work up a solution. You would want to fire when your TDC shows a time that is equal to 2 minutes less elapsed time.

You need to work this pretty finely... but if the two shots hit within 6-8 seconds of each other, you should be fine. And if you can't arrange it, give up the 2nd shot... no need to spoil both.

If you must do AOB 90 impact shots, then your best bet is to work two rows rather than one. Fortunately, the outside ships tend to be of shallower draft than the bigger targets. Simply calculate your distances and your torpedos' speed and go for it. Again, your stopwatch (to the first target) and TDC (to the second) will let you calculate when to make that second shot.

Feel free to use steam-propelled torpedoes, by the way, unless you are attacking a naval ship. Merchants don't see them. But look up the speed settings and write them down before you leave port.

It is if we are using the same definition of columns and rows. I was in the understanding that columns are parallel to their course. And rows are as below. I meant this, targets being on eachother's beam: