Coming to all stop when setting speed to Flank is a SH3 Malfunction I have had before. Sounds like it might be the case.

It really is a sound move to run through everything when you leave port. Test all the speeds, diving and surfacing, the guns, etc. They aren't the sort of things you want to find out about in the heat of battle.
I know you say you think you must have used Flank before then, but if you test everything you won't have to think, you'll know.


Nice job getting out of that tight spot, by the way. :up:

Really cool that you made it out of that whole mess. Have had 1 similar situation with regards to the screwed up dive controls, though the screen was reporting accurate information - my aft bow planes were destroyed during the depth charging. When stuff gets destroyed though it should always show up in red both when you click on the compartment, and the compartment itself will be outlined in red. There was some kind of bad mojo going on there but good you could make it through, those are always the most memorable patrols.

Sometimes the lure of the big catch of running into a task force is best left to watch pass by. Was patrolling just NE of Alexandria from Salamis and ran into a huge taskforce, King George, 2 Nelsons, 2 Southhampton's ahead and behind the BB column; surrounded by a column of 6 DD on each side, with 2 Dido's in the aft flanks. Sinking any one of the BB's would've been a great catch, but wasn't worth the risk of potentially 12 DD's coming after me tell they start seeing body parts floating up :dead: I found the whole situation hilarious to watch seeing 2 Nelson's, and knowing that on my last patrol I sunk the Nelson in port at Alexandria. Amazing how fast the Brits can raise and repair those capital ships :|\\