Short Tutorial: How to quickly regain sonar contact after a depth charge pass

Fidd · 03-12-23, 07:12 PM

There's a much easier method:

Whatever your convoy heading, establish the perpendicular two bearings. So, if the cvy heading is 090, then 000 and 180 are the two perpendicular ones. As soon as you drop, turn the nearest of these two headings. At >400 yards, turn away from the cvy until back on the input heading. As soon as the bearing of the uboat changes, turn an additional 5 degrees past that heading. So, if the uboat is on 060, but the general tendency is moving right to left, then for a target at 060, steer 055. This will bring you over the u-boat every time, and crucially, away from getting caught up in the convoy. Once a uboat ends up in the convoy, it's best left alone for the AI ships to sink until it comes out the back of the convoy.

03-12-23, 07:12 PM	#7
Fidd XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blighty! Posts: 432 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	There's a much easier method: Whatever your convoy heading, establish the perpendicular two bearings. So, if the cvy heading is 090, then 000 and 180 are the two perpendicular ones. As soon as you drop, turn the nearest of these two headings. At >400 yards, turn away from the cvy until back on the input heading. As soon as the bearing of the uboat changes, turn an additional 5 degrees past that heading. So, if the uboat is on 060, but the general tendency is moving right to left, then for a target at 060, steer 055. This will bring you over the u-boat every time, and crucially, away from getting caught up in the convoy. Once a uboat ends up in the convoy, it's best left alone for the AI ships to sink until it comes out the back of the convoy.