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Destroyers follow a fixed Search, Detected and Attack escalation that is triggered by firing a torpedo.

How it works

Firing from the surface means automatic detection. Firing at Periscope Depth places a Searching token, and every Destroyer Phase after that rolls a search (detected on 1-3) until the boat is detected or evades. Once Detected, the destroyer attacks once per turn using the depth table. The boat evades, discarding all tokens, only by ending the phase at 200m after surviving the attacks.

Once a Destroyer begins its search, it will not relent until it has detected your U-boat or you have evaded it.
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