And you're right, Penelope, it's much closer to a fleet boat than a Type VII. Maybe that is the problem. I'm having a great cruise here with three objectives fulfilled (SH4 wrinkle there), 5 merchies on the bottom for a 48K+ tonnage and half my torpedoes used up. Sure is a pain getting the external torpedoes into play! And my hull is 40% damaged from early airplane encounters. I've been much better lately though. It's hard to adjust to no decent radar. The radar detector comes in handy though.
I've had a pretty good array of attack strategies: 3 Dick O'Kanes, a Fast-90 a plain old manual setup and a point and shoot that I remember clearly. I know I shot more torpedoes than that. I don't keep a torpedo log like some around here have done.
But this boat is nothing but fun! How can anybody hate a boat this sweet?