Unable to escape destroyers

Audiomannen · 01-05-24, 08:05 PM

Good evening sailors,
I am having a bit of a moment in SH3 where I have attacked a convoy in the North-Atlantic ocean, the destroyers have found me and I am trying to escape from them.

It is may 1943, and I am in a Type IXB that is fully upgraded at the current time. I am in silent running, 2knots at 260m depth. I have tried deploying decoys and changing my course, but I still cannot escape the british asdic.

Never had this issue in the past, usually I can just dive deep, and the destroyers lose track of me. I reinstalled the pc, so there might also be something wrong with some of the files.

lederhosen · 01-06-24, 04:49 AM

2knts is too fast.
But it should not be a problem at 260m

Hooston · 01-06-24, 04:59 AM

If the weather is calm, it is late war and the escort has high proficiency then it can be very very difficult to shake it off. This is realistic. The conventional uboats became suddenly obsolete in mid 1943 and largely withdrew from the North Atlantic convoy routes. Things get really bad from 1944 onwards; attacking convoys becomes too dangerous because of the threat of multiple escorts equipped with hedgehog. The SH3 homing torpedoes help as they are somewhat OP, but it is time for your Kaleun to transfer to a training flotilla or head for the South Atlantic and only attack lone merchants.
Tonci87 runs through the usual evasion tactics in his latest "U-tube" video:

With a single escort Tonci's tactics should work eventually. The escorts only hang around for about 20-40 minutes after they have lost contact so it is important to stay silent as soon as you think they have lost you, even if they are still running in to attack the last known position. The same principle applies to multiple escorts, they each seem to have their own independent "lost contact" timer and leave one by one.

An escort will run out of charges eventually, giving you an opportunity to get up to periscope depth and sink it. Not easy with manual targeting. If the weather is nice you can also fight it out with the deck gun. Good luck with that.

01-05-24, 08:05 PM	#1
Audiomannen Nub Join Date: Jan 2023 Posts: 3 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Unable to escape destroyers Good evening sailors, I am having a bit of a moment in SH3 where I have attacked a convoy in the North-Atlantic ocean, the destroyers have found me and I am trying to escape from them. It is may 1943, and I am in a Type IXB that is fully upgraded at the current time. I am in silent running, 2knots at 260m depth. I have tried deploying decoys and changing my course, but I still cannot escape the british asdic. Never had this issue in the past, usually I can just dive deep, and the destroyers lose track of me. I reinstalled the pc, so there might also be something wrong with some of the files.

01-06-24, 04:49 AM	#2
lederhosen Planesman Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Trier, Germany Posts: 182 Downloads: 422 Uploads: 0	2knts is too fast. But it should not be a problem at 260m __________________

01-06-24, 04:59 AM	#3
Hooston Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 137 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Welcome to 1943 If the weather is calm, it is late war and the escort has high proficiency then it can be very very difficult to shake it off. This is realistic. The conventional uboats became suddenly obsolete in mid 1943 and largely withdrew from the North Atlantic convoy routes. Things get really bad from 1944 onwards; attacking convoys becomes too dangerous because of the threat of multiple escorts equipped with hedgehog. The SH3 homing torpedoes help as they are somewhat OP, but it is time for your Kaleun to transfer to a training flotilla or head for the South Atlantic and only attack lone merchants. Tonci87 runs through the usual evasion tactics in his latest "U-tube" video: With a single escort Tonci's tactics should work eventually. The escorts only hang around for about 20-40 minutes after they have lost contact so it is important to stay silent as soon as you think they have lost you, even if they are still running in to attack the last known position. The same principle applies to multiple escorts, they each seem to have their own independent "lost contact" timer and leave one by one. An escort will run out of charges eventually, giving you an opportunity to get up to periscope depth and sink it. Not easy with manual targeting. If the weather is nice you can also fight it out with the deck gun. Good luck with that. Last edited by Hooston; 01-06-24 at 05:22 AM.

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