A small merchant ship making a coastal run.
The Type VIIC U-Boat moves in on the surface. U-Boats are much faster on the surface than underwater.
The U-Boat closes to insure a hit. Torpedoes are very expensive and they only carry a few. The U-Boat can't afford a miss.
The U-Boat has to aim ahead of the merchant ship to take the speed of the ship into account.
Sometimes U-Boats surfaced and attacked with the deck gun to conserve torpedoes.
The U-Boat closes to insure a hit. Torpedoes are very expensive and they only carry a few. The U-Boat can't afford a miss.
The U-Boat has to aim ahead of the merchant ship to take the speed of the ship into account.
Sometimes U-Boats surfaced and attacked with the deck gun to conserve torpedoes.
The ship is the Revell Flower Class Corvette in 1/72nd scale, converted to a waterline model and merchant ship. The submarine is also from Revell in 1/72nd scale.
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