Thanks for all your advice- very useful. Actually I got as far as the cornish coast, spotted a lone merchant ship, nice clear weather- thought I'd have a go at the deck gun (I'm using manual tdc with map contacts on though still a little rusty with this and figured the deck gun was a surer bet) . Eventually blew him in half and then made the mistake of sitting around waiting for him to sink (I knew it was a mistake but couldn't help myself!). Anyway, whilst waiting for him to go down, another merchant turns up- thought my luck was in, only I had failed to notice a destroyer closing in fast from the opposite direction. Took avoiding action, crash dived to 130m or so and tried to sneak away. To no avail- the destroyer dropped depth charges on me, destroyed the engines, flooded the engine room and the whole thing was over in less than a minute!
Have now started another campaign, Mar 1941. This time I did go around well to the north or lerwick (in dreadful weather fortunately) and headed south in the deep water west of ireland. Made it to my patrol area and am now back in the hunt! I can see already how addictive this game can be- "just another 30 mins- maybe I'll spot something!"- It reminds me of fishing!
By the way, I have a few questions re the manual targeting, shall I ask them in this thread or should I start a new thread for that?
Thanks again for all your interest & help- best game forum I've ever been on, by a long shot.
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